An introduction to meditation to help calm the mind and connect you with nature.

Join us for this workshop, led by Julie Atkinson, where we will be focusing on fostering calm in our lives and connecting with the nature in our suburbs.

Research shows that meditating in nature and/or visualisation may help:

• Lift spirits and relieve anxiety

• Give us greater clarity and focus

• Enhance wellbeing

• Foster creativity

The session will include:

• Nature walking (in your garden, a park or reserve, or inside your house/apartment). There will also be an option to remain seated or lying down, and practice visualisation

• Flower meditation: you may choose to have an actual flower, a picture of a flower, or you can simply visualise a flower during this meditation

• Guided relaxation: forest visualisation

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Julie Atkinson has more than three decades of yoga practice, study, and experience, including teaching in Melbourne, Switzerland and the United States. Julie is currently teaching yoga and meditation in Melbourne and online.

Julie creates classes and workshops woven from her studies of yoga and oriental healing, as well as her connection with nature. She is passionate about the benefits of Okido yoga and working with the seasons, the elements, the time of day and the times we are living in.

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This workshop has a pay-as-you-feel ticket price, which will help us continue running these events in future. Our suggested amount is $5 for students/unwaged, and $10 for waged.

If you are not in a position to donate the minimum amount of $1 via Eventbrite, please email us, and we will be happy to sign you up manually.

This is an online event conducted over the videoconferencing platform Zoom.

Register via Eventbrite to receive the meeting link.

Photos by Julie Atkinson.