Oasis Mindfulness

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
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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.

03/03/2022

I had to access my inner calm today as I left my notes home for the CALM Workplace Meditation session. Walking to the gallery I noticed a sign saying Do it with Love. I did not need the notes anyway, they are my security blanket and today I proved to my inner critic Mrs Doubtfire that I can let go.

Catch the next two Workplace Meditation sessions coming up,

CLARITY to RESOURCE - Thursday 10th March @ 10.30am
Clear the muddy pool of the mind to get clarity on any challenges or issues where you feel stuck or closed in. Gaining the resources you need to address what is important, and exploring different practices to open up possibilities for your most effective and productive self.

CREATIVITY to REALISE - Thursday 17th March @ 10.30am
As Oscar Wilde says "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken". Rise to your fullest human being, living abundantly and with clear purpose by accepting and realising who you truly are. Opening to your strengths to unleash creativity. Life can be fun.

Mindfulness in March is a series of mindfulness sessions, designed to give you the full scope of mindfulness experience that you can easily integrate into your daily life. Each presenter brings their own flavour of teaching mindfulness.

These sessions are recorded and will be available on the Hunab Ku website for you to view at your own leisure.

Bookings essential
[email protected]

02/03/2022

I am excited to be presenting Mindfulness in March with Kim Seow (Master SAHMRI Be Well Co. trainer) and Madhavi Nawana Parker (Positive Minds Australia).

My one hour Workplace Meditation sessions are themed as follows:

CALM to RELAX - Thursday 3rd March @10.30am
Calming the body and steady the mind by relaxing and releasing those tense muscles to feel the whole body relax into a state of calmness and ease, ready to take on whatever the day offers you.

CLARITY to RESOURCE - Thursday 10th March @ 10.30am
Clear the muddy pool of the mind to get clarity on any challenges or issues where you feel stuck or closed in. Gaining the resources you need to address what is important, and exploring different practices to open up possibilities for your most effective and productive self.

CREATIVITY to REALISE - Thursday 17th March @ 10.30am
As Oscar Wilde says "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken". Rise to your fullest human being, living abundantly and with clear purpose by accepting and realising who you truly are. Opening to your strengths to unleash creativity. Life can be fun.

Mindfulness in March is a series of mindfulness sessions, designed to give you the full scope of mindfulness experience that you can easily integrate into your daily life. Each presenter brings their own flavour of teaching mindfulness.

These sessions are recorded and will be available on the Hunab Ku website for you to view at your own leisure.

Bookings essential
[email protected]

20/02/2022

Australia's #1 In-Person Mindfulness Course

20/10/2021

Retreat Day of Mindfulness in Silence
Spend a day of silence making no decisions. You have permission to rest, reflect and contemplate or join in the guiding mindfulness practices including sitting and walking meditations through nature. A deep relaxing, restorative yoga practice will help you to unwind your mind.
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? If so I have an offer for you. Take time-out from your busi-ness of life and refocus and recharge by coming to my full day silent retreat.

Imagine a full day of listening to your heart desire, to rest, to recuperate and contemplate your life, with no interruptions and no distractions.

I have done several silent retreats and I have felt the healing affect almost immediately.

Prolonged periods of silence enables the mind, body and spirit to reset to a calmer set-point.

Join me for a full day of silence amongst the beautiful gardens of the Sophia Center grounds, set in our local suburb of Cumberland Park.

I will guide you through the day of silence including:

- sitting mindfulness meditation

- walking meditation

- gentle mindful movement

- reflection and contemplation in the midst of the gardens

You must have meditation experience to attend this retreat day.
Lunch: BYO
Snacks are provided
Spending some dedicated time to slow down, reset and recharge is just the thing to hear your self think. To get out of the foggy, distracted clutter of your mind.
Click on this link to book.
https://www.trybooking.com/BTIJN

16/09/2021

Hot off the press, a series of mindfulness meditation booster sessions just released by Mindfulness Works Australia.

Mindfulness Plus – Mindfulness & Meditation Booster Sessions Empower Your Self Enhance Your Self Enlighten Your Self Mindfulness Plus is for people who want more Mindfulness and Meditation in their life. 4 sessions EVERY month Australia’s Best Teachers 100% Live. 100% Real. 100% Support. Join th...

21/08/2021

I have been to two of these meditation sessions with the A*O and I can thoroughly recommend the experience. Anne

Whichever way you find contemplation, with music of old and of our time, refresh your spirit in a uniquely powerful way.

10/08/2021

I invite you to take a 20 minute break today and listen to this guided music meditation. This experimental work draws your attention to the varying elements of music and is a creative way to meditate if you like music.

An experiment in music and mindfulness

03/08/2021

Has lockdown clipped your wings?
I recall jumping into my car at the end of lockdown and feeling an exuberant wave of freedom, and that was the exact moment I felt like an eagle soaring.

My chest opened and I literally took that breath I had been unconsciously holding for seven days. As I closed my eyes and felt the kiss of the sun, I felt the release of space as freedom coursed through my body and touched my spirit.

In a split second I could see me, free as a bird lifted up beyond my world to see. Yet seeing was not my full experience, it was endlessly more. I had an instant flash of freedom. I was alive and free at last, to do anything I wanted. Alas this was a fading moment, albeit a beautiful one. This momentary deep connection to freedom, what did this really mean to me? How can I feel freedom more beyond a fleeting second.

As I went about doing my dutiful errands, I tucked this experience into my subconscious for reflection during meditation and to trust in the curriculum of my life to bring me the answers.

Then slowly it came to me, like the fusing of loose ends. I came to the realisation that I was living with guilt. Guilt was holding me back from feeling freedom. Ah the elation of insight and my treasured mindfulness practice.

I instantly recognised I needed to free myself from guilt to feel happy.
To let go of the guilt I feel when…

• I buy another pair of tango shoes when I have more than enough
• I pay for the things I do not need but want…think facials and dance lessons
• I am studying and there is housework to be done
• I think of an ex-boyfriend
• I spend too long on my computer when I should be exercising

What guilt are you feeling today?
Can you let it go?
Is feeling guilty stopping you from true happiness and being your best self?

If so, can you do something about it to release your freedom.
I invite you to take the time now to quietly listen inwards and name your emotion, then you can tame your emotion.

Amazingly just by consciously naming an emotion, you offer yourself engagement, distance and perspective. This action ignites a neural pathway in your brain to activate change.

This post has been inspired by my teenage idol Russell Morris who sang, Wings of an Eagle.
Image Sam Bark

28/07/2021

Are you qualified to teach mindfulness?

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is an opportunity to take the first step to becoming a qualified Mindfulness Teacher.

Attending a MBSR course is a mandatory requirement of the gold standard mindfulness training, drawn from the lineage of Jon Kabat-Zinn, the pioneer of western mindfulness.

My mindfulness teaching journey began six years ago, and this was the exact moment I learned to live comfortably with the highs and lows of life. Once I integrated mindfulness strategies and tools into my day, coupled with a daily formal meditation routine, my life dramatically changed. I felt more in charge of who I was and who I wanted to be.

All my teachings have been developed from the Mindfulness Training Institute of Australasia training curriculum for MBSR (click on link below for more info) and enriched with training from the Oxford Mindfulness Center.

In a recent introductory mindfulness session I had a clinical psychologist say to me "you must have studied very deeply, I have learnt so much". She was very smart as she would not recommend clients until she attended my course.

Key reasons why you should attend this secular mindfulness program:
- Experience how mindfulness can be used for your clients to help
them with anxiety, stress and chronic pain
- Learn mindfulness from trusted sources based upon evidenced
based and scientific knowledge
- Fill the widening gap between available professionals and those
clients/patients in need of help
- Registration and or Certification towards a qualified Mindfulness
Teacher

At the conclusion of this course, you will know much more about yourself and your needs, and you will have established a relationship with yourself that will be of a radically different quality from the one you have now – for life. What are you waiting for?
If this interests you please go to my website Oasis Mindfulness for the details of my next MBSR course starting Wednesday 22nd September.

25/07/2021

Join me for a Hatha Yoga Zoom class this morning from 10am - 11.30am. I will be introducing T.K.V. Desikachar's sun salute where we connect with the earth. I learnt this very gentle salute flow on my trip to India. Click on the link to register at Yoga Spirit Studios.

Yoga Spirit Studios has classes everyday. View and book in directly from the page. Gentle classes with modifications offered to suit you.

24/07/2021

As part of the Nature Festival I am pleased to be hosting a Mindful Walk in the Urrbrae Sensory Garden and Labyrinth. A special beautiful space of country in our suburban sprawl.

Labyrinths are said to provide a resolve to unanswered questions by way of the heart. Open to new perceptions in this contemplative walk.

12/05/2021

Do you like VIP treatment ladies? If so I have an offer for you. Due to the success of our Getaway Goddess retreat and booked out Eco Adventuress retreat, Cherise Vallet and I are scheming our next retreat to be held later this year. If you would like to be the first to know the details, please join our VIP list. We hold boutique retreats in beautiful SA and our last two retreats sold out in 2 weeks. Need to know more hear about Lesley and Kate's experience.

Lesley says 'Our retreat weekend exceeded expectations, beautiful venue, food and a wonderful programme of yoga, meditation, walks etc put together by Cherise and Anne. I left feeling refreshed and committing to put my learnings into daily practice as best I can. Our special group of women interacted well, supporting and sharing with each other☺️Thoroughly recommend. Thank you.'
and Kate 'The retreat was such a worthwhile experience, and I've already recommended to friends to keep their eyes out for the next one. Anne and Cherise compliment each other beautifully throughout their program, which is the perfect balance of nourishing restorative yoga, mindful meditations, reflection, connection with others, delicious food and time for personal recharge in a spectacular coastal setting'.

Message us to to become a VIP member for Oasis to Thrive Women's Retreats. Curated for fun, discovery, nourishment and travel.

27/04/2021

Due to a last minute booking withdrawal, we have a spot available at our Getaway Goddess retreat at Cockle Beach House Hardwicke Bay this weekend. Early bird rate of $537 being offered to fill the last single room. Please contact me to secure your room or share to your goddess friends.

Relax This fabulous house is situated on the beachfront at Cockle Beach on 74 acres of natural and replanted vegetation with almost 2kms of coast at your doorstep. Secluded and peaceful, come and enjoy the stunning views across Hardwicke Bay, past Point Turton and all the way to Corny Point.

31/03/2021

Queue Meditation for a happy Easter
Stand tall. Breathe. Allow. Be here.
When something holds up your progress like an Easter supermarket queue, see if you can become aware of your reactions. At these times, it is helpful to “check in” with what’s going on in your mind. Taking a moment to ask yourself:
- What is going through my mind?
- What sensations are there in my body?
- What emotional reactions and impulses am I aware of?
compliments of The University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre

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16/03/2021

I am privileged to be working with Dr Karen Chan who is clinic director, physiotherapist, acupuncturist, lecturer extraordinaire. Besides she trusted me enough to send her patients to me for yoga classes.

Last night she asked me for a brochure for my next mindfulness course and said she knew of a patient who could benefit. Adding " people are only interested in seeking help externally they are not willing to do the work themselves".

Would you prefer someone else have the answers to how you want to feel and behave?

Rewiring myself through meditation, I have come to realise all the answers to a happy fulfilled life are in the internal work, not the ashrams, cathedrals, medical centers, massages or dog poses. Growing into oneself is constant and it takes a lifetime!

Thankfully we have Karen and other professionals that can help in our times of need. Yet there is a shortage of psychologists available to treat people with mental health issues. And increasingly there are presentations to emergency departments seeking help. Our mental health system is not coping.

My next mindfulness course may fill the widening gap for people who are struggling or who need to know themselves better so they can inspire and lead others.

Take this opportunity to participate in THE Gold-Standard 8-week Mindfulness course that can change your life... Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction