2024
Community Events
Feel more like you this year with these delicious and soul-filling community offerings.
Soulful Sundays
Soulful Sundays
Curious as to what a Soulful Sunday feels like?
Take a peak with this video
Filmed by Ben Ridgeway
Your monthly self-compassion immersion.
Held on the 3rd Sunday of (almost) every month
This monthly meet is a place for people to come and rest their bodies and minds, meet themselves where they are and bask in kindness and compassion. Soulful Sundays is a place where you are free to unravel and find yourself again.
"True to its title this class is soup for the soul."
“Thank you so much again for creating such a nurturing morning. I feel connected to myself. It was really beautiful and inspiringly to hear you talking about your own experience from a very genuine place.”
Feel seen, heard and held as Vivienne shares parts of her self-compassion journey with you, forming the focus for the session. Then deepen your own self-compassion practice through meditation, loving-kindness mantra, sound healing and contemplative journalling.
You’ll be feeling all the feels after the Compassionate Connection Circle (unique to A Mindful Mind’s Soulful Sundays). For extra nourishment, stay for tea and chats.
What you need to know
Time: 9.30-11am
Location: Flourish Health Group, 5 Beaumaris Parade, Highett
$45 pp/session
$320pp/yearly pass - get one session free
2024 Dates: Jan 21st, Feb 18th, Apr 21st, May 19th, Jul 21st, Aug 18th, Oct 20th and Nov 17th.
The fine print
Please arrive 10 minutes early, we begin on time and late arrivals are not permitted out of respect to other group members.
Please BYO a journal and pen
All props provided (1 x mat, bolster, blanket & pillow per person)
Comfortable clothing recommended.
Urban Half Day Silent Retreat
Urban Half Day Silent Retreat
“We will always have outside noise whether with issues we are dealing with or thoughts, etc with life in general. It is how we choose to respond or deal with it is the key difference here. I was able to tune into my breath and focus on your guidance which was great. To be in my own space eating mindfully without having any distractions and just really being in the present moment as much as I can with what I had in front of me. It was a great lesson learnt for me.”
Why retreat in silence?
Tired, stressed, burnt out? Silent retreats offer a few intentional hours to recover, recalibrate. The health benefits speak for themselves, but here's a few:
Regulates the nervous system
Soothes an anxious, busy mind
Increases life satisfaction and levels of happiness
Increases clarity, focus and presence
Reduces stress levels and physical tension
Decreases relational stress
Highlights from the 2023 Urban Day Retreat
Your ticket to peace, without leaving town.
Held every 3 months (in place of Soulful Sundays)
I know first hand what it feels like to be going through the motions, week in week out, crawling to the finish line that is the weekend or your next holiday. Heck, I spent 2023 feeling a lot like this! But it doesn’t have to be that way.
This mixed-modality style of silent retreat is designed intentionally to bring you back to what matters most: YOU.
Only by applying our own oxygen mask first are we then able to support others and a silent retreat is one of the best ways to practise this. Aside from my guidance, the group holds a companionable silence in which each individual is afforded the chance to go within and connect with self, without interruption.
New meditators need not fear, there is a mix of mindful movement and journaling along with sound and guided meditation, so that the unique needs of each participant to recalibrate is honoured.
If you are ready to feel rejuvenated without needing to leave the city or carve out a few days to do so, then an Urban Half-Day Silent Retreat is for you.
“Thank you for being such a big part of helping me through 2023! You’ve been a shining light for me. The urban day retreat was an absolute highlight.”
What you need to know
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Merkaba Studio, Cheltenham
$130pp/session
$300pp/yearly pass (3 half day silent retreats)
2024 Dates: Mar 24th, Jun 16th and Sep 22nd
Inclusions:
3hr silent retreat experience*
Morning tea grazing board
Beverage bar of teas, kombuchas and sparkling/still water
Retreat gift pack
*Flow between guided meditation, sound bathing, mindful movement and journaling.
The fine print
Please arrive 10 minutes early, we begin on time and late arrivals are not permitted out of respect to other group members.
Please advise any dietary requirements at time of booking.
Please BYO a journal and pen
All props provided (1 x mat, bolster, blanket, head pillow & eye pillow per person)
Comfortable clothing recommended.