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Supporting individual and collective wellbeing with body-based care

Currently in hibernation from December 2025

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A note to our community of participants, program partners, and supporters

In late 2025, after 12 months of effort, reflection, and community consultation, it became clear that in its format, Collective Being could not overcome the persistent funding challenges we had been facing.

We are therefore in a period of hibernation - a time for our team to rest, reflect, and re-strategise for the future.

We are hopeful that a different version of Collective Being will be born of this period, scaffolded by the innovation, collaboration, co-design, and community-hearted work that has made us a responsive, unique, and beloved organisation.

We remain open to finding sustainable ways to continue our work, and welcome your contributions to that conversation. Please contact us directly if you would like to discuss funding our important work - hello@collectivebeing.org.

During this time, you can still explore our impact, access free online practices and resources, and connect with Collective Being team members who continue to offer somatic and therapeutic work.

Our impact →

Resource Hub →

“I have tried many self-taught practices, meditation, counselling and courses alike over the years. I genuinely feel Collective Being's Therapeutic Movement and Mindfulness Program has been the physical and emotional component necessary for my body to recognise it is safe. I'm truly grateful.”

Therapeutic Movement & Mindfulness Program participant, 2025

Our impact since 2017

10,00+ people supported

300+ free community events

250+ professionals trained

200+ programs delivered

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Resource Hub

Over the years, we have shared many video and audio practices on Instagram and YouTube for our community to move towards rest or calm. We emphasise somatic ‘micro-practices;’ small, practical, and accessible interventions designed to interrupt the stress response and regulate emotions. These micro-practices that can be integrated into daily life - wherever they may be.

YouTube →

Instagram →

“I have felt at a loss the last few days, like I have needed something but unsure what and didn’t feel like a full on counselling session. Coming here has felt like it’s met what I was looking for. I feel a lot better.”

Clinical Outreach Program participant at Tarrengower Women’s Prison, 2024

Our work in action

Over 2023-25, our team collated impact data, stories, and feedback from our outreach programs and we’re excited to share what we’ve gathered with our community.

Program stories ->

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Children's yoga session @ Maribyrnong council

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Yoga room with chairs on black mats near large glass windows showing an outdoor garden.

Our facilitators Claire (they/she) and Phil (he/him)

Applied Somatics public training, March 2025

Facilitators Alexia (they/them) and Elsie (she/her)

Young people with their values bracelets, 2019 youth program

Setting up for a community practice session

Children personalising their take-home yoga mats

Sammy (he/him) delivering care kits to our communities during lock-downs, 2020

Group of people sitting on the floor in a circle in a well-lit room with large windows, participating in a workshop or class. Some have notebooks, and a large screen is set up at the front.

A group of children and adults sitting on colorful yoga mats in a room, engaging in writing or drawing activities, with a foosball table in the foreground and a light green wall decorated with children's artwork in the background.

A woman performing music on stage, with her hand over her heart, standing in front of a microphone and electronic musical equipment.

Rolled blue exercise mats stacked on a countertop near a window, with an outdoor playground area visible outside.

A large, elegant room with tall, arched windows and white columns, where people are practicing yoga on mats with some chairs and bags around.

A classroom or workshop room with a projector screen displaying the title 'Somatics for wellbeing and care,' positioned between two windows showing trees and parked cars outside. There is a whiteboard on the right side with handwriting, some papers,

Group of five people sitting on a yellow outdoor carpet, smiling and talking, with a grassy background and fallen leaves.

A large group of people in a spacious room with big arched windows, sitting on yoga mats and cushions, participating in a meditation or yoga class. Some are engaged in conversation, while others are preparing for the session.

Coloring book with mandala design, colorful zigzag pattern tape, inflated blue balloon, pink and blue pipe cleaners, black nail polish, and paper towel on a black mat, near a green cushioned surface.

A diverse group of people posing together in a room with colorful posters and sticky notes on the walls.

A person holding a light blue note card with a handwritten quote that says, "You tried to bury me, but you did not realize I was the seed." - Bayo Akomolafe on post traumatic growth.

A group of people practicing meditation or mindfulness sitting on cushions in a spacious indoor studio with a black ceiling, gray walls, and some chairs and equipment along the wall.

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Thank you to our partners

Thank you to our 60+ community partners with whom we have delivered our movement and mindfulness programs in hospitals, prisons, schools, mental health units, refugee services, LGBTQIA+, and women’s services.