Therapeutic Movement & Mindfulness Program

Our TMM sessions look and feel quite different to a standard yoga or mindfulness session. Informed by a rigorous evidence-base regarding trauma-informed care and mental health awareness, our sessions focus on choice, interoception, shared authentic experience, and present-moment experience. 

Each session shares psycho-education and tools to help participants reconnect with a sense of internal balance. Practices are invitational in nature; participants are welcome to opt in or out, and move at their own pace.

Yes, depending on the site. We can discuss options and tailor the program to meet your needs and timeline. We also offer this program in-person and online for people who are not connected with a service provider; check out What’s On for future dates.

Groups who we have delivered TMM for include:

• Psychiatric in-patients 

• Imprisoned women

• Survivors of family violence

• Adults from refugee backgrounds

We have run TMM in partnership with Western Health, Eastern Health, St Vincent’s Hospital, Maroondah Hospital, Broadmeadows Community Care Unit, North Fitzroy Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) and Cohealth Sunshine.

Research shows there can be a fine line between supportive embodiment practices and their potential to be re-traumatising. Adapting practices to be trauma-informed and mental health aware is how we begin to access embodiment practices as supportive resources.

Research shows that a trauma-informed approach to movement and mindfulness can:

• reduce autonomic sympathetic activation and blood pressure;

• improve neuro-endocrine activity and vagal tone;

• increase heart rate variability;

• reduce reported symptoms of PTSD (Emerson & West, 2015, Rhodes et al., 2016; Tyagi & Cohen, 2016; van der Kolk et al., 2014).

If you are attending a TMM program delivered onsite at a service or organisation (i.e. Cohealth) that you are a client of, there will be no cost to you.

If you are joining a public iteration of TMM (as advertised on our What’s on page), we offer tiered pricing:

• Tier 1: for those who are financially secure - $405.00 AUD

• Tier 2: for those who are financially resourced - $355 AUD

• Tier 3: for those on low incomes and/or with caring responsibilities - $255.00 AUD

*Payment plans are available for all tiers.

**All programs are free for First Nations people and communities

We run this program in partnership with service providers. If you are not connected to one, we also offer this program in-person and online for people; check out What’s On for future dates.

In addition to the facilitator who will guide each session, there will be a support facilitator assigned to this course.

The support facilitator will practice alongside you and is available to support you throughout the session.

The new Victims of Crime Financial Assessment Scheme (or FAS - formerly known as VOCAT) is now accepting applications. Historically, recipients of VOCAT funding have been able to access our programs through the scheme.

If you would like to include a Collective Being program in your FAS application, please email our Programs Coordinator Alexia directly: alexia@collectivebeing.org.

Yes, depending on your plan. Please get in touch with us directly to discuss, or have a chat with your case manager or allied health support worker to confirm.

Yes, we do. Typically, the program fee is divided into 3 payments received before the first session. However we can offer more regular payments if that is more supportive for you. Connect with our team at hello@collectivebeing.org to request a payment plan for an upcoming program.

Subsidised places are also available for those experiencing financial duress. All Collective Being programs are free for First Nations people and communities. Please get in touch for more information.

Please email our Programs Coordinator Alexia directly at alexia@collectivebeing.org