Join us at the launch event of the Healing On Country program, to be held during NAIDOC week at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum
Currambene Creek is Aboriginal land. The museum champions Caring for Country and all participants will be offered a free ticket (normally $10.50) giving access to their emergent exhibitions : Culunghutti and their Possum Skin Cloak display celebrating this age old traditional practice.
Our day will also include:
Proposed Agenda:
9.45 am: Arrive
10.00 am: Yuin connection: Smoking Ceremony, Welcome to Country with Jrumpinjinbah, Justine Brown, Jo Brown Mcleod and Alex McLeod .. Ochre and communal dance.
11.00 am: Spotlight on Yuin Country
12 noon: Lunch - Yarning Circles With Lunch provided by Culunghutti Catering
1.30pm: Wrap Up, Next Steps and Close
Event tickets cover our speakers, facilitators, venue and catering AND museum entry.
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About - Healing On Country Program
Following this launch, we will look to further Cultural Awareness through training, written materials, events based on significant dates and ways to respectfully centralise First Nation understandings within the broader health ecosystem.
Our pilot program will bring together allied, traditional, complementary and medical practitioners, within the local area to mutually explore traditional approaches to healing.
In the spirit of reciprocity, opportunities will be provided for the First Nations community to draw from the rich therapeutic knowledge of SoulAdvisor’s practitioner community through training, workshops and individual consultations in order to support the health of these communities.
The Healing on Country program is based on an understanding that healing in Australia is best informed by those who understand the intricate reciprocity between humanity and the rest of the natural world and that the health of one implies the necessary health of the other. For this reason, the program will therefore create employment opportunities and networks of common focus within the wellness industry inclusive of First Nation community members and the SoulAdvisor practitioner base. This program will create a leadership role for First Nations involvement in collaboration and co-designing ways to improve social, physical, mental and cultural wellbeing in local areas for all peoples.
This will inform the practice of wellness modalities locally and provide inspiration and a framework of reciprocal healing between water, land, sea and skies and humans. Once successful, we aim to replicate the project in other Countries across Australia,
SoulAdvisor is an emerging global health and wellness company founded in Australia that offers access to a growing collective of qualified practitioners. SoulAdvisor’s purpose is to be a global facilitator of health and wellness through access, education and advancement of traditional and complementary therapies.
Ngungwulah Aboriginal Corporation's primary objective is to advance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people’s culture within the Australian wellness community. Having first championed the Reconciliation Action Plan held by Yoga Australia by creating respectful introduction of conversation, learning opportunities and communications, together we are expanding this objective into the broader wellness community.
