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!
Come and learn Tai Chi and Qigong breathing exercises for the prevention of stress and chronic diseases. Learn postures and movements that prevent back and neck pain, improve balance and coordination and promote brain and immune system health.
With Tai Chi friends, develop a healthy practice that has life long health benefits
Join Sue Salvary
Thursdays, 11 April –2 7 June
Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Location: FHD
Cost: $330
GENTLE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR SENIORS
Join Sarah Beckett in the mornings
Thursdays, 18 April - 27 June
Time: 10.15 am - 11.15 am
Cost: $400
SPECIAL SESSION FOR DEAF WOMEN -WOUNDEDNESS AND HEALING
This workshop focuses on the understanding of and improving upon the behaviours of deaf women in relationships.
Join Steve Williams, in conjunction with Latisha Street and Qushiba La Fleur as interpreters.
Saturday 20 April
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
BREATHE
“If I had to limit my advice to just one tip, it would be simply to learn to breathe correctly”. Dr. Andrew Weil
Breathing correctly is key to managing stress, anxiety and mood. In this workshop we will discuss the basic mechanics of proper breathing, some breathing techniques, the vagus nerve…and how it all contributes to better social connections and deepens spirituality.
Join Carol Lutchman
Saturday, 11 May
Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
MY LIFE STORY
You don’t really know who you are until you are in touch with your Life Story. What you experienced as you were growing up influences how you respond to life now. Come spend a morning getting to know your original, unique self a little better.
Join Nicole Dumbell
Saturday 18 May
Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm
Cost:$250 with lunch
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THESE TIMES
Stress impacts our lives and work. Join Arune Pooransingh in understanding resilience, and exploring how to cultivate habits of mind, body and heart to build resilience.
Join Arune Pooransingh
Sunday 26 May
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
JOINING THE COSMIC DANCE
Abba Agathon said, “I have never offered agapes; but the fact of giving and receiving has been for me an agape, for I consider the good of my brother to be a sacrificial offering”
AN EXPLORATION OF DIVINE EXCHANGE - ABUNDANCE AS THE DRIVESHAFT FOR INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND COSMIC TRANSFORMATION
Join Peter Jamadar
Saturday 6 July
Time: 9.00 am - 12.30 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
ONLINE
TOXIC PEOPLE – TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS
This one session workshop assists you in learning to avoid such relationships, and to manage and refocus your energy on building satisfying relationships.
Join Steve Williams ONLINE
Monday 22 April
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Cost: $100
WALKING WITH GOD - NATURE LUSH
WHAT HELPS AND WHAT DOESN’T HELP
WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS SICK, SUFFERING, GRIEVING A LOSS, OR IN PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL PAIN
Join Wendy Aqui and Steve Williams
for this engaging session ONLINE
Monday 6 May
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Cost: $100
HOW TO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE
How will the other person react when I tell them exactly what I think about them or how they make me feel?
Join Steve Williams
for this session ONLINE
Monday 3 June
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Cost: $100
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRACTICES
DIVINA POETICA -FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL, THROUGH POETRY
“Literature is like a thorn in the heart; it moves us to contemplation and sets us on a journey” “The words help me to understand myself, the world and my people, but also to understand more profoundly the human heart, my personal life and faith, and my pastoral work.” Pope Francis
Join Marc Grosberg
4 Mondays, 29 April - 20 May
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Donations welcome
ONLINE PENTECOST LECTIO
Join Ian Benjamin and friends for an encounter with the WORD on the Holy Spirit. Deepen your experience of Pentecost through this Lectio.
Join Ian Benjamin
Monday 20 May ONLINE
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Donations welcome
YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY - GUIDED BY THE WORKS OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
In this workshop the focus will be upon the teachings of Ignatius of Loyola, both his Rules for Discernment of Spirits and making an election (discerning God’s will).
Through a series of case scenarios we will examine his Rules. and consider how these Rules can be integrated into our own spiritual journey and how they can be applicable to us today.
Join Michelle De Leon Thomas
Saturday 8 June
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
DIVINA MUSICA - FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL, THROUGH MUSIC
Beauty is capable of creating communion, because it unites with God, humanity and creation in a single symphony; because it joins the past, the present and the future; because it draws different people into the same place and involves them in the same gaze.
Join Marc Grosberg
Friday 5 July
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Donations welcome
WALKING WITH GOD - ANTICIPATING CHANGE
Join us on a contemplative walk through a changing landscape. Warm air beginning to cool; damp leaves beginning to decompose; the rich, dark earth anticipating the rain …
Lean into the experience and restore your sense of balance as you rediscover yourself as part of God’s creation.
Join Russell Nath, Ian Benjamin, Marc Grosberg
Date: Sunday 7 July
Time: 6.00 am - 10.30 am
Ortinola Estate, Maracas Valley
Cost: $250. with freshly cooked breakfast.
Dress for walking through forest & streams.