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Download the CCW calendar for June (PDF)

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Social Walking Groups

We are pleased to have our free weekly social walking groups and Café Vita coffee catch-ups led by Lea and Leah commencing from Tuesday 30 November.

We will also be holding a special walking group where we will take a tour of the rose gardens at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

As the flowers and nature around our grounds are in full bloom, we look forward to showing you all our vibrant gardens.

See Walking Group dates and times

Online Wellness Video Series

Morning yoga with Carmel

Join Carmel and enjoy this gentle and empowering way to start your day.

Chair yoga with Carmel

Honour where your mind and body are right now. Chair yoga has all the benefits of yoga – flexibility, strength and balance for the mind, body, and spirit.

Open heart yoga with Carmel

Join Carmel for this wonderful yoga practice, designed to help you nurture an open and loving heart.

5-minute white light body scan with Carmel

Join Carmel for this short but powerful meditation, ideal for when you have little time or are new to meditating. It will help you drop into the present moment and relax the mind and body.

Morning heart opening meditation with Carmel

Led by Carmel, this meditation is all about opening your heart and finding stillness.

Loving kindness meditation with Carmel

This is a beautiful meditation to help you develop a deep, loving appreciation for yourself, others, and the world around you.

QiGong: Neck and Shoulders with Lea

A wonderful exercise for neck and shoulder pain or tension, Join instructor Lea from the Centre for Care & Wellbeing for this short Qigong practise.

Qi Break: Sadness and Grief with Lea

Coping with sadness and grief can be an incredibly challenging experience. This session combines gentle movement, posture and breathing techniques to help support you as you work through sadness, grief, stress or worry in your life.

Qi Break: Morning Mobility with Lea

This short, Qigong-inspired session is suitable for beginners and designed to be incorporated into your morning routine. Join instructor Lea from the Centre for Care & Wellbeing for this easy, 14-minute exercise.

Resources to support your journey

Supporting our community with care and wellbeing

Since the inaugural launch of the Centre for Care & Wellbeing (CCW) in 2017, we are proud to have supported over 3,000 members of the Victorian community, connecting people through more than 600 sessions and activities.

Grief and Bereavement Resources

Find support in resources from Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement Fact Sheets and find out more about support organisations who have information specific to different circumstances.

Living and grieving well

Mindfulness: finding presence in the present

June 23 2021, 10.00 am

Supporting your mental health when grieving

If you have experienced a loss, taking steps to support your mental health can help.