06 Sep 2026 | Mindfulness

Jarrangbarni (Koolpin) Gorge

The music, from MaMuse is the back drop for just some of the photos of our immersion into Jarrangbarni Gorge in Kakadu National Park, N.T. I walked with a gorgeous bunch of wonderfully alive and wild women. It was hard, challenging, wonderful, beautiful and powerful. As the mindfulness facilitator, I…

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11 Jan 2026 | Mindfulness

The Light on Kakadu Escarpment, 17-25 August 2026

We have our dates confirmed for the 2026 Mindfulness Bushwalk on Kakadu Escarpment. 17th-25th August.  Click here for more information and to register.  There is something about Bilkbilkmi Gorge that naturally slows the pace. Days unfold with walking, cool clear water, dusk and dawn firelight, and long stretches of simply…

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05 Jan 2026 | Mindfulness

A Different Taste of Ongo

Ongo has given me so much — connection, learning, and a sense of steady practice over time. As I step back a little this year to listen more closely to ‘what is mine to do’, I want to warmly share an offering from my dear friend and Ongo colleague Anne,…

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10 Dec 2025 | Mindfulness

Events 2026

What a year it has been. I welcomed a new grandson, little Ishaan, into our family, and spent treasured time with my other two grandsons, my adult children, and the people I love. My heart feels full. This year also marked a big transition. I conducted my last wedding, a…

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26 Jun 2025 | Mindfulness

Warm Rocks and Steady Presence

There’s something deeply grounding about walking through Bilkbilkmi Gorge, the quiet, the steady presence of the land, the trees, the plants, the rocks. We are offering this retreat not in the form of long formal practices or sitting in a meditation hall. The land itself will be our guide. We’ll…

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15 Jun 2025 | Mindfulness

Parents, Grandparents, Carers…

I’d like to extend an invitation to join a small group of us for something deeply personal and quietly radical: an in-person Ongo retreat—the first in 14 years. It is to be held in Bali near where the authors of Ongo, Catherine and Jesse, have been living these past few…

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10 Jun 2025 | Mindfulness

Don’t meditate to fix yourself

Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to heal yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing…

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12 May 2025 | Mindfulness

Bilkbilkmi Gorge in Kakadu

Do you long for space to walk in silence, sleep under stars, and reconnect with what truly matters? Do you yearn for companions on that journey — people who savour poetry, meaningful connection, and the wild beauty of untouched places? This mindfulness walking retreat isn’t hours of seated meditation or…

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30 Jun 2024 | Healing

Doing the Repair Work

When I witnessed a highly polarised and conflicted situation being met with love and compassion, I had to watch it again. In a group that was struggling, Aya Caspi, NVC trainer and facilitator spoke and brought people into a place of connection and shared agreement. Her presence and clarity was…

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06 Jun 2024 | Healing

Loving Kindness

Every morning after waking and before I get out of bed I place my hands over my heart and lie there in the stillness. Not doing anything, just being with love. “Loving-kindness is about connection, an offering of unconditional love for ourselves and others. In this, we are not trying…

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