The breakdown of families and communities causes distress and difficulties for many.
Each term the foundation offers workshops that fosters genuine growth in our personal, spiritual and social lives. Explore your understanding of relationship with yourself, the divine, family, work, community, planet.
IN-PERSON
TAI CHI - FOR HEALTH AND WELL BEING
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!
Join us on Thursday afternoons for the relaxing,
deep breathing, physically coordinating practice
of Tai Chi! Learn Tai Chi and Qigong breathing
exercises for the prevention of stress and chronic
diseases. Learn postures and movements that
prevent pain, improve balance and coordination
and promote brain and immune system health.
Develop a healthy practice that has lifelong
health benefits,
Join Sue Salvary
Thursdays, 9 January to 3 April
Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Location: FHD
Cost: $390
THE STILL POINT - GENTLE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR SENIORS
THE STILL POINT - GENTLE YOGA EXERCISE.
DEEP BREATHING. GUIDED BODY MEDITATION
This course is both a gentle, manageable
exercise routine and a process of deep inner
healing. It is an effective method of destressing
and shedding negative thought patterns
through developing a ‘dialogue of joy’ with our
bodies, and is carefully designed to ease
discomfort in the back, hips and knees
Join Sarah Becket
Thursdays, 13 March to 10 April,
Time: 10.15 am - 11.15 am
Cost: $240
LET US CONSIDER BEAUTY
‘Let the Beauty we love be what we do,
there are a hundred ways
to kneel and kiss the ground’ (Rumi)
Whether we are aware of it or not beauty is quietly woven into our days.
In Greek the word for ‘the beautiful’ is to kalon from kalein which carries the notion of to call.
When we experience beauty, we feel called, it enriches our awareness, stirs joy and a gracious connection with the world, to our own bodies and to one another.
Above all beauty is something we love to share with one another.
In the rush and bustle of daily life, the pressure of this digital age where everything is geared toward instant gratification, the real meaning and gravitas of Beauty can be forgotten.
Join Sarah Beckett
as she helps us to reconnect with Beauty.
Date: Saturday 18 January,
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
WHY DO WE HAVE PAINFUL EMOTIONS?
Are you troubled by emotions like shame, guilt, depression, fear, anxiety?
Do they have you feeling miserable and bad about yourself?
Wondering why this is happening?
Let’s explore these emotions and begin to recognize the positive side of feeling bad
with Nicole Dumbell
Date: Saturday 1 February,
Time: 9.00am-2.00pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
EMBRACING THE SHADOW
EMBRACING THE SHADOW
Illuminating the hidden power of your Shadow
“Our shadow is made up of
the thoughts, emotions and impulses
that we find too painful,
embarrassing or distasteful
to accept” (D. Ford Chopra)
This workshop is for everybody who has begun their developmental and spiritual journey, as it will help you to learn from the shadow, integrate it and allow it to evolve your thinking and doing.
Join Angela Laquis Sobrian
Date: Saturday 8 February,
Time: 9 am-1 pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
ONLINE
UNPACKING DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
UNPACKING DYSFUNCIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Through childhood and adolescence, many of us have experienced some dysfunctional relationships, whether with parents, siblings, extended family, friends, mentors ...
The impact of this has conditioned our current behaviours, mindset and attitudes.
Some of us have been fortunate enoiugh to have begun the healing process.
This workshop is about unpacking these dysfunctional relationships, releasing the healing from within.
Join Steve Williams
Date: Monday 20 and 27 January ONLINE
Time: 5.30-7.30pm,
Cost: $200
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRACTICES
A CONTEMPLATIVE START TO THE NEW YEAR
A CONTEMPLATIVE START TO THE NEW YEAR
DEEPENING YOUR CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
The essence of prayer is not so much what we do as what God does in us.
In this workshop we will practice being fully present in heart mind and body.
You will engage in four practices -
Visio, Poetica, Lectio. and Musica Divina,
with Marc Grosberg
Date: Saturday 11 January,
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
WALKING WITH GOD THROUGH ARID TIMES
WALKING WITH GOD -THROUGH ARID TIMES
Dressed for walking through forest and stream, take a contemplative walk through a thirsty landscape.
Feel the dry air, listen to the crunch of leaves as you step, smell the parched earth...
Rediscover yourself as part of God’s creation, restoring your sense of balance in a hurried world.
Join Russell Nath, Ian Benjamin and Marc Grosberg
Date: Sunday 16 March
Time: 6.00 - 10.30am,
Ortinola Estate, Maracas Valley.
Cost: $250 with freshly cooked breakfast.
ENHANCE YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH SAINT ANTHONY OF THE DESERT
ENHANCE YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT
This workshop opens you up to the life and spiritual journey of St. Anthony of the Desert,
focusing on his encounters with demonic temptations, his transformative experiences in the desert and the spiritual lessons applicable to our own journeys, particularly the power of faith and the discernment of evil
with Michelle de Leon Thomas
Date: Saturday 05 April,
Time: 9 am - 1 pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
EASTER - CONTEMPLATIVE TRIDIUM
CONTEMPLATIVE TRIDIUM with Marc Grosberg
18 APRIL - GOOD FRIDAY LABYRINTH, 5.30PM
Walk the dust carrying with us our regrets-memories of the times we have acted from our false selves…
As we exit the labyrinth, we walk away empty to enter the night of the Spirit, which is Holy Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY, 9.00 am - 11.30 am
Morning of Reflection and Silence.
We contemplate the silence, the stillness, letting go to God and allowing him space and time to act
Resurrexit EASTER SUNDAY, 6.00 am
And when the stone was rolled aside the light of the Father’s love, the Holy Spirit entered the tomb and Jesus’s earthly body...
This offering is Free, and Donations are always welcome