FUNdraiser: Yoga Flow & Ecstatic Dance

Costs:

Full Price $65

Concession $45

If you want to come and this is a barrier come on the day and join in the fun we want to see you!  I will also need help on the day hosting, serving food and wine.

What is Mental Health First Aid?

Whilst people often have a basic understanding of common physical health problems, there is widespread ignorance and misunderstanding of mental health. General first aid courses are recognised as improving the public’s skills in giving initial and appropriate help at medical emergencies however most of these courses do not address helping with mental health crisis or developing problems.

In Australia, approximately one in five adults will experience a common mental illness in any given year. Most of us at some point in our lives will have close contact with a work colleague, family member or friend experiencing a mental illness, problem or in distress.  It makes sense to prioritise mental health education so you, or persons in your workforce, know how to support when help is needed.

“Mental Health First Aid is the help offered to a person developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. The first aid is given until appropriate professional help is received or until the crisis resolves.”

MHFA is a 12 hour training running over two 6 hour Fridays.  This is an Edition 4 training.

We come to your workplace or organisation if you have 8-20 persons to train.  If you are a workplace with under 8 persons you may like to book into one of our monthly training’s in our own Professional Training Room or at your workplace.

The  Mental Health First Aid course teaches adults, 18 years and over, how to provide initial support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis.  The course curriculum is evidence-based, as informed by the MHFA Guidelines.

Developing mental health problems covered are:
*Depression
*Anxiety problems
*Psychosis
*Substance use problems

Mental health crisis situations covered are:
*Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
*Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called deliberate self-harm)
*Panic attacks
*Traumatic events
*Severe effects of drug or alcohol use
*Severe psychotic states
*Aggressive behaviours

All MHFA Courses teach how to give the mental health first aid using the MHFA Action Plan. Course participants receive a copy of the Standard MHFA Manual (4th Edition) to keep and a Certificate of Completion.

Training runs over 2 Fridays: November 13th & December 3rd
Places limited early booking recommended

For more information visit our website:
www.mentalhealthstation.org ( currently being re-designed)
and www.mhfa.com.au

The Mental Health Station is a proud Partner of http://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/
“Act-Belong-Commit is a community-based health promotion campaign that encourages people to take action to improve their mental health and wellbeing. This evidence-based campaign was developed primarily from research undertaken by Curtin University into people’s perceptions of mental health and the behaviours they believed protected and promoted good mental health. The campaign is directed by Mentally Healthy WA at Curtin University, and implemented through health services, local governments, women’s health services and not-for-profit groups.”

 

Home of Yoga Meditation Day: An Urban Retreat

“Silence is essential. We need silence, just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.” ~~ Thich Nhat Hanh

In a era of information saturation and contraction of time where our minds and bodies are accustomed to short waiting times and filling the spaces of our lives with technology and sound, to balance our lives we need to prioritise giving our selves the space to sense our own beingness and explore our relationship to silence.

Our intention with the Home of Yoga The Mindful Home devoted to meditation is to build a community of persons who would like to regularly attend both Urban and Nature retreats where we immerse ourselves in moments of silence.

It is popular now for music to predominate in the yoga space as well and I love it! There is the risk however of adding to the phenomena many of us are finding where it hard now to embrace moments of silence, just as we loose the ability to rest deeply into our bodies and the present moment if the daily space for this is not created.

“May silence bloom within our hearts” Sydel

In our meditation sessions we will explore a range of practices that are both nurturing, playful and embracing of silence. How the day shapes will depend on who comes and the feel and need of the day!

Whiles future longer retreats will includes silent days for this Nectar of Silence : Meditation Session we will immerse in silence and there may be spaces of sharing and some music – just so your know what to expect.

An offering of love

All Welcome

Practices will likely include:

• Playing and Body Awareness
• Mindful Sitting in Silence
• Sound Awareness & Humming
• Mindful Yoga & Restorative Yoga
• Mindful Walking Mindful Dancing to soft music
• Active meditations if we need to shake rattle & roll
• Community Sharing & Mindful Eating

Costs:

Full Price $55

Early Bird $45 available till end of October

Concession $45

We also have 2 Partial Scholarships available for details please email sydel@www.homeofyoga.com.au

 

About Mindfulness

Together as an intentional community we support each other in practising mindful awareness. Through regular practice at home and as a group we can find a more peaceful place inside from where to build on our inner strengths and navigate the challenges of today’s world with more resilience, kindness and compassion.

Mindfulness practice can help you to feel more spaciousness in your day, reduce stress, go with the flow and rediscover a sense of wonder with life. Curious? Looking for a supportive community to explore mindfulness and establish a regular practice? Open the doorway to the skill of meditation and bringing full awareness to the present moment.

Mindfulness is an essential skill for navigating the ups and downs of life and emotions that can for all of us be overwhelming at times. Mindfulness practice is not a fix and does not give answers. It does however help you move from the zone of automatic so many of us gravitate to.

Regular practice reduces stress, helps us to experience life from a wider perspective, and strengthens our ability to discern and problem solve. We begin to taste life, wonder, play, love and gratitude more fully and cultivate a whole new relationship with life.

Be part of a Mindful Living Community: This program is intended to facilitate a shared experience in mindful living where participants support each other in their journey. The facilitator Sydel Weinstein shares information, resources, personal experience and provides a loving context.

The Home of Yoga is a proud Partner of http://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/
“Act-Belong-Commit is a community-based health promotion campaign that encourages people to take action to improve their mental health and wellbeing. This evidence-based campaign was developed primarily from research undertaken by Curtin University into people’s perceptions of mental health and the behaviours they believed protected and promoted good mental health. The campaign is directed by Mentally Healthy WA at Curtin University, and implemented through health services, local governments, women’s health services and not-for-profit groups.”