Community Workshops & Circles

Our Approach to the Creative, Nature-based Groupwork in Melbourne ​

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Community Wisdom & Connection

• Holding the Pain for the World: Creating safe, communal container to fully acknowledge and articulate the grief, fear, and anger arising from the ecological crisis (The Great Unravelling). This radical acceptance transforms overwhelm into active hope and shared purpose.

• Collective Joy: Engaging in group processes that enhance collective joy, creativity, and strength, fostering a sense of shared belonging, ethno-diversity, and cultivating the courage needed to support one another in taking wise action. We draw inspiration from traditions that honour the sacred of life, celebrating our fierce love for the living world with food, connection and festival.

 

Depth Psychology, Eco Dharma & the Ecological Self

• Uncovering Patterns of Separation: Explore Eco-Dharma teachings and Depth Psychology to uncover old, unconscious psychological patterns of separation—the internalised narrative that positions us outside of nature. Engage with active imagination and creative process for healing our collective cultural narrative and relationship with more-than-human kin.

• Reclaiming the Ecological Self: Reconnecting with your essential nature and sense-making, fostering a feeling of being aligned, whole, and a vital part of the natural world's vast, intelligent web of life. This connection inspires and resources you to explore personal myth, your cosmic vision or calling and taking wise action in the world.

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Mindfulness & Embodied Presence

• The Power of Being Present: Drawing on Mindfulness (like the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn) to cultivate insight, compassion, and awareness of body, mind, nature, and community. Rest deeply, restore and renew your energy in nature.

• Somatic Grounding: Developing sustainable tools to regulate our nervous system and cultivate a steady, embodied presence amidst life's challenges, rooting deeply in the timeless intelligence of the felt sense and sacred body, community and the Earth and the awareness of the sacred that flows through everything.​​

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Sacred Circle & Creative Arts Studio

• The Power of Creative Ritual: Drawing from the principles of nature-based spirituality, we engage in ritual, storytelling, writing, singing and creative arts practice in women's circle for expression, moving energy and honouring thresholds and life cycles. 

• Creating Sacred Space: Learning to intentionally define and hold space—both outdoors and within community—to deepen presence, intention, and collective power and wisdom. 

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Land-Based Connection & The Eco Retreat

• Organic gardening and food cultivation: Experience nature-based insight with the cycle of life, from seeds of intention, to cultivating soil condition and understanding the elements required for growth through to the harvest. Enjoy paddock to plate experiences on holistic nature-based retreat, coming soon at The Eco Retreat. 

• Start a sit spot meditation practice and design, then create your special sit spot outside in your backyard or garden for meditation, journalling and nature observation. You can also include a spirit house for offerings for nature spirits.

• Rewilding and Landcare: Learn about the natural history of your local region and build a reciprocal relationship with the earth by planting indigenous and native plants, regenerating soil quality, composting and conserving resources.