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Grieving Together - Grief Retreat

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18 - 20 October, 2024 | Friday evening to Sunday afternoon

Join us and The Compassionate Friends of Victoria for a grief retreat at the beautiful Springvale Botanical Cemetery. With the theme of 'grieving together', we will come together to process our grief in a supportive environment.

For more information and to book, visit The Compassionate Friends of Victoria website.

CCW Monthly Calendars

Click the month of your choice below to view the CCW calendar. You can also download a copy.

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Online Wellness Video Series

Make self-care part of your everyday. The following wellness videos provide a series of online classes delivered by our caring CCW team. View the full series on our Youtube Channel.

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 Community 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 Community 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 Community 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.