Our mission at Lifestyle Journeys is to give you the travel experience of your life. As a boutique tour company and retreat provider, we’ll give you an experience that fulfils the potential of travel to amaze, move and transform.
So not only will you get to savour the simple delights of visiting foreign lands, including the indigenous food, wine, shopping and people, but you’ll have the opportunity to explore yourself and return home with simply more than gifts and souvenirs.
Sharon Breslin
Founder and Managing Director of Lifestyle Journeys
Sharon Breslin, the founder of Lifestyle Journeys, is an award-winning travel agent with over 25 years experience in the industry. Thirteen of those years were spent as the owner-operator of the House of Travel in Lower Hutt, a highly successful business in Wellington, New Zealand, that garnered several awards including ‘The Best New House of Travel’, ‘The Business Excellence Award’ and the prestigious “Supreme Outlet Award’.
In 2005 Sharon left the House of Travel to follow her dream of setting up her own company, Lifestyle Journeys. Based on a philosophy of personal development, Sharon has combined her executive experience with her skills as an Advance Interior Alignment and Medicine Wheel Feng Shui practitioner plus her experience in intuitive healing to create a special travel company with a difference. One that helps you discover new life paths while exploring the many fresh corners of Planet Earth.
“Lifestyle Journeys combines my love of travel and being able to share with people the same wonderful opportunities and experiences that I have had – to spend time at ancient sites learning from the indigenous people. Through our tours, retreats and workshops I want to show you a different perspective. Encouraging personal discovery through sharing a holistic view of the world as well as finding time to introduce you to the simple pleasure of a different culture; relaxing with good company over a meal and glass of wine, or wandering the colourful markets of a foreign land….”
Our Philosophy
Lifestyle Journeys believes in promoting a holistic approach to living ......that all mental, physical, and emotional aspects of your life are intrinsically linked, and influence both your personal and professional performance. By taking you on a unique journey, we aim to maximise your mental, physical, and emotional potential for a fuller, more holistic life. Be prepared to expand your horizons; appreciate new and undiscovered parts of yourself; and witness the many beauties of our world with new found friends. We achieve this by providing you with holistic tours and retreats that allow you to see yourself, and your surroundings, with fresh new eyes.
Come and discover your world
Here at Lifestyle Journeys we are proud of the unique offerings we deliver on behalf of our customers. We are constantly listening to your feedback and are continuously seeking to provide ever greater experiences that compliment our goal of promoting self discovery and personal development. Without exception our highest priority is “you”. You can be assured that our experience is brought to bear in each and every offering so that your rights, motivations and expectations are respected throughout. Our approach is professional, yet personal, and your growth, enjoyment and security are paramount.
Experience the journey of your life
Our mission at Lifestyle Journeys is to give you the travel experience of your life. As a boutique tour company, retreat and workshop provider, we’ll give you an experience that fulfils the potential of travel to amaze, move and transform.
So not only will you get to savour the simple delights of visiting foreign lands, including the indigenous food, wine, shopping and people, but you’ll have the opportunity to explore yourself and return home with simply more than gifts and souvenirs.
Discover yourself, discover the world
Tours: Small group travel with indigenous guides
Embark on spiritual tours that more deeply explore your chosen destination with indigenous guides leading you on a journey that ensures a truly authentic and safe travel experience.
Strangers in your small group will soon become companions, as you tour new places, and you’ll be welcomed into the lives of the locals to experience their way of life, and their definition of entertainment!
Unique retreats and workshops to invigorate body and soul
Lifestyle Journeys offers retreats within New Zealand or Australia that invigorate the mind and refresh the body. With the special talents of
Sharon Breslin, both an intuitive healer, Feng Shui practitioner and the founder of Lifestyle Journeys, our retreats and workshops offer you an escape with a difference – acknowledging that life takes its toll on more than just your physical well-being.
Re-visit your values and analyse the unique components of your make-up through astrology, past lives, sacred geometry and much more. Treat yourself to a little (or a lot!) of shopping; and indulge in the food, sights and wine of your retreat destination.
Lifestyle Journeys would be delighted to provide a tailor-made itinerary for private group travel to any of our destinations. Please contact us for more information.
Meet Lifestyle Journeys' Local Indigenous Guides
Spain
- Ricardo Guggenheimer
Is our experienced multi-lingual guide during the walking tour of Spain. Describing himself as an “eternal traveller”, Ricardo was born in the US but moved to Spain as a child, and later to England.
He spent ten years travelling and working around Europe experiencing ‘the university of life’. With a background in the Humanities (from the University of Toledo, Spain) he has also studied natural medicine and massage.
Ricardo’s people skills and sense of adventure, coupled with his knowledge of Spain and its culture, makes him an invaluable guide. He passionately believes in travel as an ‘experience’, which for him means: “seeing, feeling, taking part and sharing in remarkable journeys”.
Peru
- Willaru Huyatu
Willaru is an Incan spiritual messenger from Cusco, Peru. A Quecha Indian, as our guide in Peru Willaru generously shares his extensive local knowledge, both of today and the past. Taking us back through time to the ancient Inca civilisation, Willaru brings the soul of Peru to life.
This humble and gentle man rejects conventional labels such as ‘teacher’ or ‘shaman’. Instead, he prefers to be known simply as ‘a student of life’. Willaru brings invaluable insight to Lifestyle Journeys’ tour of Peru, not only in terms of local customs and culture, but also in his interpretation and guidance of life’s spiritual path.
Tibet
- Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche
Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche is our guide to the mystical kingdom of Tibet. A Buddhist monk, he has taught around the world, including New Zealand, Australia, UK, Holland, Spain, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
In 2003, he established a Buddhist centre in Nelson, New Zealand. A deeply spiritual and intelligent man, yet Rinpoche is also immensely approachable with a good sense of humour. To enjoy his company and share in his knowledge is an unforgettable experience.
Actively involved in helping his people, Rinpoche is committed to developing a Buddhist College of Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche at Ju Mohar. His first project, with help from his western students, is to build a school for orphans and children of one-parent families and to establish a clinic for local people at Junyong.
By working with local guides we not only support the local market but also experience the journey through their eyes.
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