Wellness
All programs are holistically based, focus on long term healing and are available for women affected by domestic and family violence.
Please contact us for further information
Please contact us for further information
Program for Safe spaces for DV survivors for Spring 2020
Wellness Gardening — Once a week starting in September 2020
This program meets one afternoon a week. This program reconnects participants with nature. Evidence shows that working with the earth brings better mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. This gentle program teaches how to design and build healthy organic vegetable gardens. The group design a garden, prepare the soil and beds, plant seeds and seedlings, tend to the plants, and harvest the yield. They work with wellness of body, movement, and the earth and the activities suit all levels of fitness.
We begin on 28th September near Pomona. The actual address is given on registration
We begin on 28th September near Pomona. The actual address is given on registration
Restorative Day — Every Thursday starting 15th October 2020 near Pomona
Recovery from Domestic and Family Violence often feels overwhelming and confusing, and at times not possible. How do we even begin the journey of healing after such trauma?
Restorative days give an opportunity to exit every day life and to feel safe in a relaxed environment.
Through creative expression we heal trauma without re-experiencing the trauma.
Through nature, meditation, collage, guided drawing, painting, and soul collage, our unconscious assists healing without our heads getting in the way.
Through self awareness and self expression we rediscover self worth, self esteem, and self confidence.
Sinking into comfy lounges, snoozing, being still and soaking up the beautiful vista all aid the road to recovery.
Lunch is simple and delicious with fruit and veggies fresh from the garden or locally sourced. Clean, healthy eating - all part of overall wellness. Treasure hunting is when Our Wellness HQ is open on the day for you to choose a new outfit or two and maybe pick up some home wares - Kath’s Gift to all our guests. All clothing and home wares are very generously given. Tea and coffee is always available. Please advise us of any special dietary requirements.
If you would like to join us for this gentle, nourishing restorative day,
Please confirm your registration by Monday by calling Kath's Gift 0477 290 727, emailing wcnaa@icloud.com, or via messenger
Address is given on registration. Numbers are limited.
Kath’s Gift is administered by The Women’s Circle Network Australia Association Inc (WCNAA). The committee of WCNAA is deeply honoured
to be offering a restorative, healing day in the Pomona area on behalf of Kath’s Gift, a community initiative to honour the legacy of Gympie local,
Kath Walsh. Kath had a dream to create a safe space to nurture and empower survivors of domestic violence.
9:00am: Property Opens
9:30 - 12:30pm: Healing through Creative expression, meditation, relaxation, creativity, gardening, walking, or snoozing ... whatever you need
12:30 - 1:30pm: Lunch and treasure hunting
3:00pm: Doors Close
Restorative days give an opportunity to exit every day life and to feel safe in a relaxed environment.
Through creative expression we heal trauma without re-experiencing the trauma.
Through nature, meditation, collage, guided drawing, painting, and soul collage, our unconscious assists healing without our heads getting in the way.
Through self awareness and self expression we rediscover self worth, self esteem, and self confidence.
Sinking into comfy lounges, snoozing, being still and soaking up the beautiful vista all aid the road to recovery.
Lunch is simple and delicious with fruit and veggies fresh from the garden or locally sourced. Clean, healthy eating - all part of overall wellness. Treasure hunting is when Our Wellness HQ is open on the day for you to choose a new outfit or two and maybe pick up some home wares - Kath’s Gift to all our guests. All clothing and home wares are very generously given. Tea and coffee is always available. Please advise us of any special dietary requirements.
If you would like to join us for this gentle, nourishing restorative day,
Please confirm your registration by Monday by calling Kath's Gift 0477 290 727, emailing wcnaa@icloud.com, or via messenger
Address is given on registration. Numbers are limited.
Kath’s Gift is administered by The Women’s Circle Network Australia Association Inc (WCNAA). The committee of WCNAA is deeply honoured
to be offering a restorative, healing day in the Pomona area on behalf of Kath’s Gift, a community initiative to honour the legacy of Gympie local,
Kath Walsh. Kath had a dream to create a safe space to nurture and empower survivors of domestic violence.
9:00am: Property Opens
9:30 - 12:30pm: Healing through Creative expression, meditation, relaxation, creativity, gardening, walking, or snoozing ... whatever you need
12:30 - 1:30pm: Lunch and treasure hunting
3:00pm: Doors Close
Healing through creative expression — Fortnightly starting October 2020 in the Gympie Area
This program meets once a fortnight and uses creativity to bring about healing. Evidence indicates that expressive arts can heal without re-entering into the vortex of trauma. Through expressive arts, participants work through unconscious patterns, altering their perceptions positively to make their individual visions possible, rebuild their "inner" gardens, and bring about healthy happier interior worlds, with the support of the facilitators and their fellow participants.
We begin on 14th October. Location is given upon registration for safety reasons.
We begin on 14th October. Location is given upon registration for safety reasons.
Women’s Circle — Twice a month starting in October 2020 in the Gympie Area
Women’s Circle is a regular gathering twice a month for a 2 - 3 hour session, depending on location.
Each gathering is open to any woman or support worker in the field affected by domestic and family violence.
Women’s Circle is a space that is created by the women that attend the gathering as peers, in a consciously created environment.
It is supported by two experienced Women's Circle facilitators who are present until the peer group is able to support itself.
We begin on 14th October. Location is given upon registration for safety reasons.
Each gathering is open to any woman or support worker in the field affected by domestic and family violence.
Women’s Circle is a space that is created by the women that attend the gathering as peers, in a consciously created environment.
It is supported by two experienced Women's Circle facilitators who are present until the peer group is able to support itself.
We begin on 14th October. Location is given upon registration for safety reasons.
Thanks to Bendigo Bank for their support and care in community healing.
Community Mural Workshop — late October 2020
This is a community project that includes the interaction of 36 budding creatives to create this space. In recognising the need for healthy relationships, we invite DV survivors to come and join our community to help bring this mandala to fruition.
Each person is given a board with the design already drawn, and all the materials required to create their own masterpiece that will then come into community with the other pieces. When finished, the art piece can be moved around to any space to bring awareness of domestic violence to the neighbourhood .
Each person is given a board with the design already drawn, and all the materials required to create their own masterpiece that will then come into community with the other pieces. When finished, the art piece can be moved around to any space to bring awareness of domestic violence to the neighbourhood .
Changing lives: The Enneagram — Coming to Gympie 2021
This is a ten week program suitable for DV survivors, and support providers in the field, as well as social workers, psychologists etc., or anyone working with those who have experienced DV. The program offers DV survivors and any connected parties an extraordinary and accurate map about our personality habits. It brings insight into the individual unconscious motivations, thoughts and emotions. It also provides the key to each individual journey to support the creation of a more healthy and integrated life.
Introduction to The Enneagram — last weekend in September 2020 - postponed
This is a two and a half day weekend retreat, starting on a Friday evening, ending on a Sunday afternoon. It can be residential or non-residential. This retreat offers an introduction into the Enneagram of Personality. Taught in the narrative tradition, participants learn that there are nine different views of the world, nine very different motivations, and nine very different keys to support a healthier, happier lifestyle for each of the nine types.
1) The Enneagram is a psycho-spiritual system which offers a deeper understanding into individual habitual patterns.
2) Healing through Creating brings about healing and reintegration.
3) The combination of Enneagram knowledge and therapeutic creativity offers healing in a gentle way.
1) The Enneagram is a psycho-spiritual system which offers a deeper understanding into individual habitual patterns.
2) Healing through Creating brings about healing and reintegration.
3) The combination of Enneagram knowledge and therapeutic creativity offers healing in a gentle way.
Soul Collage
Soul collage is a trademarked expressive arts form that provides healing without re-traumatising the participant. It offers the opportunity to work with unconscious patterns in a non threatening manner and offers a tool that can be used for personal guidance. This is a two and a half day weekend retreat, starting on a Friday evening, ending on a Sunday afternoon. It can be residential or non-residential. This combined program brings together the Enneagram with Soul Collage, offering a gentle pathway into unconscious habitual patterns and supportive solutions.
Expressive Arts Retreat
This is a two and a half day weekend retreat, starting on a Friday evening, ending on a Sunday afternoon. It can be residential or non-residential. Through various techniques, participants discover a lot about their inner world, unconscious thought patterns, and find healing through drawing, art, and creativity, without the need to re-enter into any previous trauma. Healing happens.
Living beyond Domestic and Family Violence — closed group
Please contact us if interested
This is a ten week program suitable for DV survivors, and support providers in the field, as well as social workers, psychologists etc., or anyone working with those who have experienced DV. The program focuses on education and developing self-managed support strategies for those affected by these abusive experiences.
Recovery from Domestic and Family Violence sometimes feels overwhelming and confusing. Drawing upon participant’s self-discovery and self-awareness, we will collaboratively assist in the building of individual recovery plans incorporating themes of safety, stability, grieving, self re-connection and social integration. The foundational values of this program are moving forward and rediscovering hope.
Recovery from Domestic and Family Violence sometimes feels overwhelming and confusing. Drawing upon participant’s self-discovery and self-awareness, we will collaboratively assist in the building of individual recovery plans incorporating themes of safety, stability, grieving, self re-connection and social integration. The foundational values of this program are moving forward and rediscovering hope.
Non Violent Communication
This is a two and a half day weekend retreat, starting on a Friday evening, ending on a Sunday afternoon. It is offered as a residential or non-residential retreat. It is suitable for DV survivors, service providers in the field, as well as social workers, psychologists etc. NVC is a recognised language used to minimise violence through the use of specific language and requires a facilitator trained in the field.
Guided Drawing
This is a two and a half day weekend retreat, starting on Friday night, ending on Sunday afternoon. Guided drawing works through haptic perception, the language of the hands. Through the intuitive connection with the body, guided drawing helps to unlock unconscious trauma and setbacks safely, and assists with the process of feelings, felt sensations, allowing healing and healthy integration.
Body Language Project
This Art Workshop gives participants the opportunity to use art as an outlet to express what they feel inside. The use of plaster torsos, made by the participants from moulds and plaster, helps them create an external expression of their personal journey in a way that is emotional, honest and often thought provoking. Each artwork is unique, as each person is unique. It gives the individual a process whereby they can develop and expand on an initial theme through to its completion, enabling them to experience a sense of identity and ownership expressing what they feel on the inside, on the outside of their Art torso. The participants also learn vital skills such as team work, compassion for others, inner strength and confidence. Through art they find their voice. This is a 4 day program specifically designed for DV survivors, one day a week for 4 weeks and is available for 4-10 participants. This program is facilitated by the designer of the program. It has proven to be a very provocative and healing workshop for DV survivors.
"Many Hands" and "Moving One Step Forward" Workshops
This is a three day retreat — a long weekend.
It takes many hands to make a community and we all need to keep moving forward, one step at a time. The workshops either focus on the individual’s foot or hand to make an art piece that represents connection and integration.
These workshops are 3 days in length, for 4-10 participants.
It takes many hands to make a community and we all need to keep moving forward, one step at a time. The workshops either focus on the individual’s foot or hand to make an art piece that represents connection and integration.
These workshops are 3 days in length, for 4-10 participants.
"Words of Affirmation" Project
2 half days or one full day for up to 12 participants. 4 day program, one day a week for 4 weeks and is available for 4-10 participants. This Art Workshop guides participants through a process where they produce a positive inspirational artwork on canvas then sketch and paint an inspirational word that is relevant to them. The participants leave the workshop with a completed Artwork that can serve as a positive daily affirmation. Sometimes we are surrounded by negativity and aggressive words constantly putting us down. This workshop explores positive affirmation and provides each participant with something they can see everyday to inspire and lift their spirits using art as a positive motivator. In this workshop they are also taught skills in graffiti, creative writing, graphics and different paint effects. The end result enables them to experience a sense of identity, ownership and pride in their piece of word art. This program is facilitated by the designer of the program. It has proven to be a very provocative and healing workshop for DV survivors.
Gathering, Exhibition and Integration Open Day
This is an Open Day for all survivors and their loved ones.
Let's celebrate the work that has been done to bring healing to DV survivors at a grass roots level over the year.
Special works, gardens, creative pieces, and expressive arts will be displayed for people in the community to come together and celebrate the healing that has emerged over the 4, 6, or 12 month period. Let's celebrate our survivors.
Let's celebrate the work that has been done to bring healing to DV survivors at a grass roots level over the year.
Special works, gardens, creative pieces, and expressive arts will be displayed for people in the community to come together and celebrate the healing that has emerged over the 4, 6, or 12 month period. Let's celebrate our survivors.
Trainings
Women’s Circle Training
We believe that within 36 months, we will have DV survivors keen to take the circle work into their own communities, or further afield in rural areas in the Wide Bay location. We would like to offer a 4 day training to ensure that they have a solid platform and supervision as they step out into the greater community.
Holding Space Retreat
The term used today, “Holding Space” is a relatively new, though the idea comes from very old contemplative practice. The most prominent person in the field today is happy to come to Australia to offer her services at a community rate for DV survivors, educators, and people working in the DV sector. It is a deep, transformative four day retreat, both residential and non-residential. This retreat could be offered every 2-3 years and available for anyone involved in the DV community, survivor or support.
We believe that within 36 months, we will have DV survivors keen to take the circle work into their own communities, or further afield in rural areas in the Wide Bay location. We would like to offer a 4 day training to ensure that they have a solid platform and supervision as they step out into the greater community.
Holding Space Retreat
The term used today, “Holding Space” is a relatively new, though the idea comes from very old contemplative practice. The most prominent person in the field today is happy to come to Australia to offer her services at a community rate for DV survivors, educators, and people working in the DV sector. It is a deep, transformative four day retreat, both residential and non-residential. This retreat could be offered every 2-3 years and available for anyone involved in the DV community, survivor or support.
