There are days when things feel a lot. When unhelpful thoughts hook into our mind and mislead us away from empowerment. Where our capacity to cope is compromised. Where hearts beat fast and brains feel squashed and breath feels short. Grounded is for those days and/or in preparation for those days.
About the experience:
Grounded is a place to be. A saving grace. A moment of respite. A realignment. Grounded is presence. Trust. A reminder that everything is always working out for us in this game called life, even when evidence seems to be gathering momentum in the opposite direction.
In this intimate and nurturing setting, we experience a range of strategies to draw upon as resources to support ourselves in the present or in the future. We practice embodying such strategies to find presence through sensory experiencing. The more we practice from a grounded place, the more the felt-sense of presence can be remembered by the brain and body as an accessible source of settlement and stability throughout future times of heightened nervous system states such as stress, activation, grief and/or anxiety.
Grounded is not a space to fish one out of the authenticity of all that's arising. It's not space to turn a frown upside down. It's a space to allow emotions to be compassionately witnessed with loving awareness and acceptance as they are. It's a space of self-love and self-care.
About your facilitator:
Grace Elizabeth is the visionary, founder and director at the helm of Centre of You (www.centreofyou.com.au), a multi-modal centre for inner exploration. Centre of You is a place for the purposeful facilitation of self-understanding, personal-discovery, integration, play, learning, unlearning, relearning, movement, release, restoration... a place to be and become among kindred community. Grace navigates life, love and business with the long-term effects of complex trauma (CPTSD) in tow. She herself requires grounding relatively often and guides this gathering from a place of tangibly having benefited from the self-soothing practices she draws upon to ground herself throughout times of nervous system activation.
Things to note:
Centre of You has plenty of bolsters, blankets, and cushions for you to get cosy with. We recommend wearing comfortable, loose clothes to enable deep breathing and sitting/laying upon the floor with ease. A journal is recommended as are any familiar personal items that will aid you in feeling grounded (crystal, teddy, scarf, etc).
Arrival: Endeavour to arrive between 6:15pm - 6:30pm. To preserve the experience for all involved, doors will close at 6:45pm. Truly, it breaks our heart to have to turn latecomers away yet the disruption to the whole group experience by virtue of lateness does require management. We ask that you find understanding and consideration for the timebound nature of the container and make every effort to arrive on time.
Driving: Know Centre of You is on Chapel St and ample time to find a car spot is best to be factored into your plans. Park direct on Chapel St (spots unmetered after 5pm) or in Anchor Place, the open-air parking lot in the side street that runs opposite Centre of You (unmetered after 4pm).
Public transport - tram: Both the number 6 tram & 78 tram stop on the corner of High St/Chapel St. This is stop 31 on the number 6 tram (Moreland/Glen Iris) & stop 45 on the number 78 tram (North Richmond/Balaclava).
Public transport - train: Both Prahran & Windsor stations along the Sandringham Line will get you walking distance to Centre of You.
Finding Centre of You: Centre of You is nestled within the arcade that Chapel St Bazaar is in (217 Chapel St). It is up a flight of stairs with a wide landing at the half-way-point. Unfortunately, this current version of Centre of You does not have a wheelchair accessible lift. If you could use support in getting up the stairs or would like to discuss ways to make your experience at Centre of You more comfortable, please reach out via grace@centreofyou.com.au or via DM over on Centre of You Instagram.
Accessibility: At COY we aim to ensure our community and events are inclusive and accessible while alongside upholding the needs and responsibilities of our business and the businesses of our collaborating facilitators. Should you be in a time of financial challenge and unable to pay the full ticket price comfortably, please join by donating what you can.
Ticketing T&Cs: We get it, life happens, therefore we will gladly refund you up until 24hrs before the event start time. After that, we have a strict no refund/no transfer to future events policy.
If you are no longer able to attend and wish to pay forward your ticket to someone within the community, be in touch via grace@centreofyou.com.au or via DM over on Centre of You Instagram.
Questions? Email grace@centreofyou.com.au or reach out via Instagram DM.
Tickets: $45.00 general exchange, or by donation in place of purchasing a ticket.