A program for carers: ("carer" - someone who looks after/protects/provides for/ feels concern for another/others.)

10am - 10.30am: Welcome
Setting the tone of the day:

"Dear Vasco,
In response to your question "What is worth doing and what is worth having?", I would like to say simply this. It is worth doing nothing and having a rest; in spite of all the difficulty it may cause, you must rest - otherwise you will become restless!)...........................
learn to curl up and rest - feel your noble tiredness - learn about it and make a generous place for it in your life and enjoyment will surely follow. I repeat: it’s worth doing nothing and having a rest."

"The Curly Pyjama Letters", Michael Leunig

10.30am - 11.15am: The Cultivation of Mindfulness.

11.15am - 11.45am: Cuppa and refreshments.

11.45am - 1.00pm: Walking Meditation;
Writing/drawing task.

1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch (BYO)

2.00pm - 3.30pm: Guided Imagery and Music session.

3.30pm - 4.00pm: Concluding Ritual.


**N.B. The program can be adjusted to a half day, and is flexible in respect to catering for the needs of special interest groups.

Enquiries: Jane Jeffers 0401 857 886

"a dream unexamined is like a

letter unopened..." (Jewish sage)

We all dream. Dreams offer us questions, they are an opportunity to understand and know clearly its symbolic language, they are an invitation to relationship with ones self on a 'soul' level, and they are a gift to value. “The dream can inspire new perspectives on life and call us to live our waking hours in enriched and more vital ways.” (Holligan, 2002).

Join us to learn how to develop and understand your dreams through:

• reflecting on dream symbols
• dialoguing with dream figures
• using music/art to concretize images
• keeping a dream journal

For appointment/ enquiries, call Kay on 0412 785 031.

In her book "Goddesses In Older Women", Jean Shinoda Bolen writes of women, who at some time after turning fifty, cross a threshold into the third phase of their life. It is in this third trimester that powerful new energies and potentials stir within. The wellspring of these feelings are the goddess archetypes. Once activated, they are sources of deep spirituality, wisdom, compassion, action and authenticity.

In this program, co-facilitated by Kay Kilham and Jane Jeffers, participants are invited to creatively explore, welcome, experience and celebrate these archetypal goddesses:

• Metis, Goddess of Practical and Intellectual Wisdom,
• Sophia, Goddess of Mystical and Spiritual Wisdom,
• Hecate, Goddess of Intuitive and Psychic Wisdom,
• Hestia, Goddess of Meditative Wisdom,
• Sekmet and Kali-Ma, Goddesses of Transformative Wrath,
• Bawdy Baubo and Uzume, Goddesses of Healing Laughter,
• Kuan-Yin and Mary, Goddesses of Compassion.

This workshop will not be running in 2008. 2009 dates and venue will posted on this site later in 2008.


Kay 0412 785 031; Jane 0401 857 886

Hero stories are found in all cultures throughout human history. These stories describe experiences that have been the experience of humanity at all times and in all places. Women and men go on hero journeys several times over their life-time: journeys of discovery and development, journeys of transformation, and journeys toward increased consciousness and awareness.

The hero story, or myth, offers a grid from which to view and understand theses journeys of growth.

Over this program, participants will consider the role of ‘story’ in identifying personal patterns of behaviour; explore themes associated with the hero journey; reflect on major transitions within their own life experience; use the model of the hero journey to write their own myth; and translate that myth into a ritual.

Facilitator: Jane Jeffers 0401 857 886

"We are like the tree standing in the middle of a bushfire sweeping through the timber. The leaves are scorched and the tough bark is scarred and burnt, but inside the tree the sap is still flowing, and under the ground the roots are still strong. Like that tree, we have endured the flames and we still have the power to be re-born." Ungenmarr, M.R. 1988


This program supports participants who have experienced change due to the death of a loved one or acquaintance; relationship breakdown; separation or divorce; retrenchment or change in employment; illness; migration; or any other significant life event.

The aim of the program is to address the impacts of life change, to provide tools to deal with these changes and to develop networks with others with similar experiences.
Each program is adapted to meet the specific needs of participants.
Typical sessions are:

• Understanding Grief & Loss
• Knowing Your Rights
• Communication Styles
• Acting Assertively
• Conflict Resolution
• Dealing with Stress & Anxiety
• Identifying Internal & External Supports

Facilitator: Jane Jeffers 0401 857 886

Although we cannot avoid stressful situations in daily living, we can increase our ability to cope with them. Jane Jeffers facilitates a stress management program which offers enormous benefits in dealing with stress, improving individual/workplace performance, promoting more harmonious relationships with others and fostering healthy lifestyle change.

Objectives: At the completion of this program each participant should be able to

• Reflect on their own experience of stress and the ways they manage it
• Understand the effects of stress on health and well-being
• Implement and practice effective stress management strategies

Principles of Program: The program is practical. Information about stress and its effects is provided, but the main emphasis is on experience, observation, reflection and practice.
The program not only has application for resolving problems, it is also useful for preventing them. Each program is developed to specifically meet the needs of the participants.

Sample Program:
Task 1: What is ‘Stress’?
Task 2: Identifying stressors in everyday life.
Task 3: Recognizing the effects of stress (on self and others).
Task 4: Current coping skills?
Task 5: Strategies for effective stress managent.

Enquiries: Jane Jeffers 0401 857 886

"If Life is a journey, the choice of roads we take is crucial"

' In his well known book, "The Road less Travelled", M. Scott Peck invites us to travel toward spiritual growth. It charts a new course for many of us searching for ways to deal with the problems of everyday life. Scott Peck says, realistically, that “Life is difficult”and an inner voice says, “He's right. Life is difficult, and there's no dodging its challenges.” For herein lies the road to reality and integrity.' (from Exploring the Road Less Travelled: A study guide.)

Using Scott Peck's book and the study guide, we will be exploring different highways and byways of the road through discussion, education, journalling, art, and music.



Facilitator: Kay 0412 785 031

PAYMENT POLICY

Unless stated otherwise, twenty five percent of the total fee is to be payed one week prior to the commencement of the course or workshop. The balance is due on commencement of the course or workshop.

REFUND POLICY

Cancellation by Ma’at Holistic Health

Participants are advised that in the situation where a course is prepaid and Ma’at Holistic Health is unable to deliver a service on the scheduled date(s), or negotiate alternative arrangements, Ma’at Holistic Health will refund 100% of the course/workshop fees received.

Cancellation by a participant

Cancellations received three days, or less, prior to the commencement date of a course/workshop will be refunded, less a cancellation fee of $20.00 to cover administrative costs. No refunds will be given thereafter.

No refund will be given for non-attendance, except on medical or compassionate grounds. Proven evidence is required. The refund given will be at the sole discretion of the Ma’at Holistic Health directors.