Oasis Mindfulness

13/01/2025

I am excited to host this retreat day for you to quietly set your intentions and mindset for this new year becoming.
Celebrate with me as I guide you towards a day of deep listening to the most important and influential person in your life. YOU.
Reconnect and reset your truest self, using the profound practices of embodied listening.
Listening with your whole body to connect to your heart felt self, can only bring you abundance and vitality towards the life you want now and beyond.
Embodied listening practices included in the retreat day:
- gentle restorative yoga to unwind your mind for clearer understanding
- guided meditations, creating a pathway from choiceless to choice
- quiet periods of reflection and journaling, to open the space for change
- walking the labyrinth for clarity on the unknown, allowing the universe to decide
- awakening all your senses, rewilding with the beautiful Sophia gardens cared for by nuns.
Spend a day of silence without having to set any new year goals or resolutions.
Opening yourself to deep embodied listening will give rise to your most inner desires without any expectations, cultivating a sense of freedom and new beginnings.
Saturday 18 January, 2025
9am – 4pm
Sophia Center
225 Cross Rd , Cumberland Park
BYO Lunch
Cost $125
Click on this link to book
https://www.trybooking.com/CWGRJ

26/10/2024

Today marks a journey into a new adventure that fills my heart with excitement.

Two unlikely people, an ex NASA engineer and an advertising executive, drawn together from across the globe. Both with the same vision and passion for deepening human connection by combining tango with mindfulness.

In one week, I will be joining Chan Park to assist in facilitating Tango Zen workshops to seasoned and beginner tango dancers in Buenos Aires.

I can’t wait to experience Chan’s interactive and experiential weekend workshops as I immerse myself in the culture of all things tango.

The tango gods are surely smiling upon me. If I pass my apprenticeship in Buenos Aires, I will be Chan’s teacher assistant at his workshops in Australia and more excitingly, at the Omega Institute, New York state.

How did this miraculous opportunity happen?

I followed my bliss and listened to Joseph Campbell.

“If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one that you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else.”

13/10/2024

I am excited to host a New Year Reflect and Renew Retreat Day to quietly set your intentions and mindset for this new year becoming.

Celebrate with me as I guide you towards a day of deep listening to the most important and influential person in your life. YOU.

Reconnect and reset your truest self, using the profound practices of embodied listening.

Listening with your whole body to connect to your heart felt self, can only bring you abundance and vitality towards the life you want now and beyond.

Embodied listening practices included in the retreat day:
- gentle restorative yoga to unwind your mind for clearer
understanding
- guided meditations, creating a pathway from choiceless to
choice
- quiet periods of reflection and journaling, to open the space for
change
- walking the labyrinth for clarity on the unknown, allowing the
universe to decide
- awakening all your senses, rewilding with the beautiful Sophia
gardens cared for by nuns.

Spend a day of silence without having to set any new year goals or resolutions.

Opening yourself to deep embodied listening will give rise to your most inner desires without any expectations, cultivating a sense of freedom and letting go.

Saturday 18 January, 2025
9am – 4pm
Sophia, 225 Cross Rd , Cumberland Park
Cost $125

Book by clicking on this link.
https://www.trybooking.com/CWGRJ

04/06/2024

Neuro-scientists have discovered how the brain knows what is important to you? Surprisingly the answer is by what you focus upon the most!!

How can we truly know what is important to us when we don’t stop and listen to our hearts, where the treasure of our true being lies dormant.

If you are curious about how manifestation can work for you. I invite you to our 6 day retreat of self-discovery, soul-ly dedicated to YOU.

Supported by my beautiful co-facilitator Cherise Vallet

What women love about our retreats:
- You can relax completely.
- Your own wellbeing is the main agenda.
- You don’t need to think about cooking, cleaning, work or family obligations.
- The beauty of nature and the retreat setting, including the luxurious accommodation.
- You feel inspired, “held” and cared for by the environment and your own practice.
- The amazing meals, all prepared for you with love and care.
- The teachings of yoga and mindfulness we offer and explore with you.
- The sense of intimacy with yourself and the depth of your experience.

When and Where is it?
Monday (beginning with dinner) 9 September – Saturday (finishing with lunch) 14 September, 2024 at Amori Villas, Ubud, Bali.

What does it cost?
Your investment for this 6-day/5-night experience is $1997 twin share ($2597 single). Includes all meals and daily fresh coconut water, luxurious accommodation in a traditional Balinese villa with ensuite bath, exclusive use of this serene and set-apart resort and the beautiful grounds/infinity pool outside, choice of massage, mindfulness/yoga/restorative yoga sessions offered by me and Cherise, and much more besides.
(Prices do not include airfares.)

What's stopping you from manifesting your most wonderful life?

Click here to find out
https://lnkd.in/g3gPkcWk

20/04/2024

Announcing the gold standard MBSR Program Live and On-Line commencing 11th May 2024.

This MBSR program introduces participants to an assortment of mindfulness tools and techniques designed to cultivate awareness, acceptance and compassion towards yourself and others.

Held in a supportive and structured space, and incorporating mindfulness meditation techniques and gentle physical movement, this 8-week MBSR program assists individuals to:

EMPOWERING YOU to cultivate your own inner resources of wisdom, intuition and creativity, creating a deeper, more meaningful life
Establishing new habits of mind and body
Learning to live in the present moment
Reducing stress and anxiety
Moving beyond habitual negative patterns, learning to live life consciously and without judgment
Enabling you to face any external challenges from a clear and calm centre.

Facilitated by Anne Rodgers and hosted by Mindfulness Works Australia.

For all details, click on link.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course MBSR Australia. Online and live via Zoom. Qualified Teacher. Evidence based 8-week mindfulness course.

02/03/2024

When was the last time you decided to care for yourself unreservedly?

One of the best things I held dear on my last retreat, was deciding what to do next. A swim in the infinity pool, a rejuvenating smoothie, a relaxing massage, resting or just quiet time to sit and gaze over the valley. No pressure to do anything!

This practice is called self care.

You can experience this and more at our Bali retreat. Curious?
click here https://oasismindfulness.com/thrive/



Cherise Vallet

17/01/2024

Only 4 spots left for our Women's Bali retreat featuring the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

If this strikes a chord with you, don't dally as we have had keen interest for this retreat and only have limited spots available with room for a maximum of 12 women.

Set aside a week and luxuriate in paradise whilst discovering how mindfulness can shape your future life.

Having recently experienced our retreat venue of beautiful Amori Villas, I can guarantee you will be pampered and treated just like family in this opulent resort, nestled in the hills of Ubud overlooking a stunning valley.

There will be plenty of time for daily gentle yoga sessions, mindfulness meditations, seasonal freshly prepared food, daily massage... and more.

I will be joined by my dear friend and retreat partner, Cherise Vallet, to guide you over 6 days/5 nights of rest and renewal.

Don't hesitate or you will miss out.
Check it out
https://oasismindfulness.com/thrive/

14/12/2023

Set aside a week and luxuriate in paradise whilst discovering how mindfulness can shape your future life.

Having recently experienced our retreat venue of beautiful Amori Villas, I can guarantee you will be pampered and treated just like family in this opulent resort, nestled in the hills of Ubud overlooking a stunning valley.

There will be plenty of time for daily gentle yoga sessions, mindfulness meditations, seasonal freshly prepared food, daily massage... and more.

I will be joined by my dear friend and retreat partner, Cherise Vallet, to guide you over 6 days/5 nights of rest and renewal.

If this strikes a chord with you, don't dally as we have had keen interest for this retreat and only have limited spots available with room for a maximum of 12 women.

Don't hesitate or you will miss out.

05/12/2022

Are you in need of pampering, peace and purpose in your life?

I am excited to announce our international women's retreat set in Ubud, Bali.

My co-facilitator Cherise Vallet and I will guide you during this special six-day experience, including:
> Daily sessions of Mindfulness Meditation
> Daily morning session of Hatha Yoga
> Daily afternoon session of Restorative Yoga and/or experience of Yoga Nidra – deeply relaxing, profoundly calming

We will have exclusive use of luxurious and private Amori Villas set in beautiful Ubud. Cost includes:
> Daily half-hour massage
> Fresh, delicious meals
> Personalised transfers from/to Denpasar airport

Plus you will have ample time for quiet solitude and reflection; or visits to local markets/temples/Balinese healers.

Only four spots left for four beautiful women.

12/11/2022

What do you do that makes your family most proud?
One of the participants immediately texted her mother and asked her! I'd love to hear what you think?
This question was posed by Michael F. Steger speaker from Happiness and its Causes Conference

12/11/2022

How much money do you need ? How much money do you need to live to your values?
I can still hear the words of Katherine Trebeck resonating through my body. “Do you judge yourself and others according to financial status?” My unconscientious self shamefully admits GUILTY.
Then Vanessa Stoykov arrives on the stage and plays the Make a Wish song, Pure Imagination from W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I made a wish and I realised I do not need as much money as I thought to live to MY values. How enlightened and free I feel now.
I am so grateful I get to travel and listen to inspiring speakers so that I can share their insights with my readers.
This revelation came from an accumulation of speakers at the Happiness and its Causes conference.
Thank you Michael F. Steger, Vanessa Stoykov, Katherine Trebeck.
I invite you to sit back, click on the link, close your eyes and make a wish. You never know what dreams will come true for you.
Ladies and gentlemen
Boys and girls
The chocolate room
Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
lyrics from Imagination, W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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02/11/2022

Can't wait to share this poem at my next yoga class...
The way the dog trots out the front door every morning
without a hat or an umbrella,
without any money or the keys to her doghouse
never fails to fill the saucer of my heart with milky admiration.
Who provides a finer example of a life without encumbrance—
Thoreau in his curtainless hut with a single plate, a single spoon?
Gandhi with his staff and his holy diapers?
Off she goes into the material world with nothing but her brown coat and her modest blue collar,
following only her wet nose,
the twin portals of her steady breathing,
followed only by the plume of her tail.
If only she did not shove the cat aside every morning and eat all his food
what a model of self-containment she would be,
what a paragon of earthly detachment.
If only she were not so eager for a rub behind the ears,
so acrobatic in her welcomes, if only I were not her god.
- Billy Collins
image Laula Co Unsplash

21/07/2022

Hello ladies, are you dreaming of a retreat to rejuvenate yourself after our cold winter blast? Well don't wait too long as we only have 3 spots left.

Oasis to Thrive Spring Renewal Women's Retreat is for your own renewal pleasure. We will practice mindfulness and yoga together, enjoy time around an open fire while a gazillion stars blaze overhead.

$527 cost includes beautiful vegetarian meals & snacks, accommodation, provision of yoga equipment and a wonderful program led by me & Cherise Vallet.

If you are interested please message me for further details.
thank you kindly Anne

The eco-friendly, off-the-grid Springmount Retreat offers spectacular views, a communal living space, a shared bunkhouse with comfy single beds, and acres of space around us. This retreat is for your own renewal. We will practice mindfulness and yoga together, enjoy time around an open fire while a....

14/06/2022

Who directs your mind?
I used to think the mind was the most wonderful organ of my body, until I realised who was telling me this. Emo Philips

I was walking down a nutty, knobby Jacaranda footpath in Prospect gazing up at stark winter branches when I saw a flash of colour. A flock of rosellas had landed and started to chirp away. I was mesmerised by their playfulness and the contrast of their beauty against the backdrop of the crisp winter sky.

I was on my way to snuggle in to the cosy atmosphere of a cafe and get lost in my emails whilst savouring my daily coffee fix. Next I was talking to Ben who was doing the very same thing. We had a very animated conversation about all things business and ended up swapping referrals for our mutual advantage.

Walking back to the car my brain was buzzing with ideas and the resonance of his words. I jumped into the car and then it hit me. I could not remember walking from the cafe to the car. My mind had gone into auto-pilot and I noted I had missed the pleasure of the colourful singing birds for the pleasure of my buzzing thoughts.

What is the difference between these two experiences?
The difference is choice.

On the way, I had chosen to direct my mind to the knobbly path, branches and birds. I did not choose to direct my mind to dissecting Ben's conversation in analytical depth on the way back. The moment I realised I had mindlessly ventured into the auto-pilot of the mind, is the moment of mindfulness. When you choose where you place your mind you are being mindful and present to the choices you make. Then you can live your life consciously without letting the subconscious part of you, that is full of concerns, worry and fear, make the decisions.

Honing the muscle of mindfulness is one way you can choose to live as the master of your life, without making unconscious patterned choices.

Join me for a day of mindfulness meditation, reflection through journaling, deep restorative yoga and silence. Where there is nowhere to be, nothing to know and no-one to be.

Saturday 9th July, 9.15am - 4.30pm, Sophia Centre
Click to book
https://lnkd.in/dtbFw6mf

26/05/2022

Radical Self-Care Winter Women's Retreat
3-5 June, Chapel Hill Retreat, McLaren Vale
ONE LUSCIOUS SPOT LEFT!
In a luxurious and spacious twin-room with private ensuite... come away with us for an extended time to self-nurture, connect with self, and explore creative potential. Come, relax, tend to your own good self, all surrounded with Cherise’s and my care.
Book here by clicking on the link and possibly change your life's direction.
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=847028&mc_cid=47d0eb4d84&mc_eid=2c9b2448b0

15/03/2022

15/03/2022

Want to chill out after mad March?
You are invited to a day off, to let go and be mindless while still being mindful.
You only have yourself and the beautiful Sophia gardens to explore.

Do you long for peace and quiet and look forward to the weekend to unwind? Do you feel so overwhelmed with life’s demands that you find it difficult to stop your mind from buzzing? Take time-out for yourself and the busi-ness of life to refocus, recharge and rejuvenate. Calming practices include g...

11/03/2022

Along with my beautiful friend, Cherise Vallet, we are crafting a wonderful program to give yourself the gift of radical self-care.

Have you forgotten what it is like to care for yourself? To take time-out, pause and replenish.

Ladies our program has been created specifically for you.

Only a few spots left for my winter Oasis to Thrive retreat to be held at Chapel Hill Retreat McLaren Vale.

Early bird rate closes 31st March and only twin rooms are left.