Pastoral Healthcare Network Australia

09/07/2023

Are you available? This is such a lovely activity to do with others

03/05/2023

Martina loves her new knee rug. Thank you Pastoral Healthcare Network Australia She can't wait to join up with the craft group. Martina loves crocheting ❤️

15/08/2022

Thank you Pastoral Healthcare Network Australia for this beautiful shawl that you gave me when I was sitting in the grief of my Dad's passing (April, 2021).
Every time I wear it now, I remember how sad I was and what a lovely warm comfort the shawl brings to me knowing that someone crocheted it to help me along the way ❤️ Still miss Dad of course but the sadness has flown - Jacqui Dreessens

04/08/2022

Thank you Pastoral Healthcare Network for your very kind gesture of supporting love. My name is Antje Seeber from Alentejo, Portugal and Jacqui Dreessens gave me your healing heart 💖. I carry it in my bag with me everywhere. Thank you from my heart.

15/03/2022

This may be of interest for you. Join in! Jacqui Dreessens will be running a singing/drumming workshop and telling stories about the African rhythms from an Outsider's perspective

Still to come this week at the Windfire Festival:
Wednesday 16 March at 10.30am - 12.00 noon
African Drumming with Jacqui Dreessens
at the Pioneer Room, St. Mary's Parish Office, 150 Yarra St., Geelong
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=844373&

Thursday 17 March, 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Choral Workshop on the Bellarine with Kym Dillon
at St. James Anglican Church, 55 Collins St., Drysdale
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=752705&

Friday 18 March, 7.30pm
Geelong Concert Band, Director Shannon Ebeling (premiere of new work by Kym Dillon) at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra St., Geelong
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=844370&

Saturday 19 March, 3.00pm
Exaudi Youth Choir, Director Mark O’Leary
at Wesley Uniting Church, 100 Yarra St., Geelong
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=752715&

Sunday 20 March, 3.00pm
Melbourne Chamber Choir, Director Alan Cook
at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra St., Geelong
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=844371&

24/12/2020

Our fantastic finale to 2020 Virtual Pamper days

19/12/2020

Thank you PHNA for inviting us to be a part of your Christmas Around the World. A pleasure to play for you all 🤩🥳🥰

18/12/2020

VIRTUAL PAMPER DAY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PROGRAM
Saturday 19th December, 11.00 - 1.00pm
Please email Rod Bush: rodnbush@gmail.com or call 0410471005 to book in for the Zoom link.

11.00am Greetings and Welcome to our musical Christmas Special
11.15am Christmas around the World with Leonie Rastas. How do people celebrate Christmas Day?
11.30am sing and play ukulele with Linda and Ellen as they share their Christmas songs
11.45am sing and play ukulele with Chele and Woz from Bellbrae Heartspace, live from their campsite in Pt Lonsdale
12.15 pm Listen to some beautiful Irish waltzes and slow reels with TradJam of the Ironbark and join in a Christmas Dance with Jacqui around your Christmas Tree

https://www.facebook.com/tradjamoftheironbark
12.45pm Meditation in honour of Gabrielle Miller
12.55pm the big sing: “We wish you a Merry Christmas” all on ukulele.

We play the music of our Celtic and Americana Roots. We bring traditional music to the community and

17/11/2020

VIRTUAL PAMPER DAY Saturday, 21 November, 11.00 - 1.00pm with special guest Rhonda Ohlson, singer, author of 'Sovereign Woman'; 'Business Warriors' and Feldenkrais practitioner.
Please email Rod Bush: rodnbush@gmail.com or call 0410471005 to book in for the Zoom link.

Program commencing at 11am:
11.00 Greetings: Rod Bush - President, PHNA
11:05 Opening prayer - Leonie Rastas - Vice President PHNA
11.10 Health topic: '5 Ways to Well-being' discussion with Leonie Rastas (nurse and mid-wife)
11.45 Lifting the Spirit: Rhonda will sing and take us through a Feldenkrais therapy workshop
12.45 Meditation and Body of Sound with Ethnochoreologist, Jacqui Dreessens

Rhonda Ohlson: https://www.womanshine.com.au/
email: womanshine@gmail.com

I work with people who have difficulty expressing their needs, wants, desires and feelings.

15/11/2020

Most of you at PHNA would know Thaedra Frangos as she has been a guest practitioner two times now on our monthly Virtual Pamper Days. In celebration of NAIDOC week you may like to participate in Thaedra's sensory meditation.

CONNECTING TO SELF AND CULTURE

Designed for students in Years 7 - 10, join Wemba Wemba and Dhuduroa artist, Thaedra Frangos, as she shares her personal journey of reconciliation with her Aboriginality through connection to Country and leads students through a guided sensory meditation that explores the relationship between self and nature.

Available free and On Demand at geelongartscentre.org.au/naidoc-week

13/11/2020

Currently studying her masters at The University of Melbourne, Tiffani Clingin is all over the science of wellbeing.
😊
Please join us tomorrow at 12 noon as Tiff shares the 5 evidence based ways we can all move ourselves in the right direction on the wellness continuum.
🖐
See you tomorrow here on the facie!

05/11/2020

Our October Pamper day focused on Trauma and the power of Art therapy to aid the healing process. Our guest presenter was Michelle Buggy.

https://youtu.be/wkTetR135Mo

Our Virtual Pamper day - Health Topic Birth Trauma and Guest Therapist Michelle Buggy demonstrating art therapy involving the audience. Ukelele Singalong wit...

04/11/2020

Our very talented Mercy Sisters perform their new single at Pamper day in October. https://youtu.be/iWJjdt0wxdU

Beautiful 'singing nuns" bringing joy to our October 2020 PHNA Pamper Day

02/11/2020

A beautiful Ballroom dance tribute to our Sr Lindas brother Noel Hewitt https://youtu.be/jzr07q9bl5Y

John and Loreen Batterham, the choreographers of Noels Waltz, demonstrate this beautiful dance in memory of Noel Hewitt. Signature music 'When You Taught Me ...

27/10/2020

VIRTUAL PAMPER DAY Saturday 31st October, 11 - 1pm will be offered via Zoom
Please email: Rod Bush for the zoom link rodnbush@gmail.com or call Ph: 0410471005

Health topic will be 'Healing birth trauma' - looking at therapies available, presented by Leonie Rastas Nurse and Mid-wife.

Lifting the Spirit - B.Y.O Ukulele - Linda Hewitt is back together with Ellen to share a very special new song for COVID and of course one about the Footy!!

Then our very special Art Therapist from the Surf Coast Michelle Buggy, will be taking you through an exciting journey...

HEART SENSE - EMBODYING CHANGE
Embodying Change is an experiential arts therapy workshop that will look at how to integrate and adapt to change, to practice living mindfully and not get stuck in personal struggle. The arts therapy process will guide you through steps to exploring a new sense of 'where am I now' and ' how do I feel moving forward now.' The focus will be about finding personal meaning within an ever changing experience.

PLEASE BRING: your personally preferred art materials (paper & crayons or paints or clay) for an experiential art exercise.

No art experience necessary

Michelle Buggy
Director of Informemotion

Michelle Buggy is an Art’s Therapist, MA Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy (MIECAT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), counsellor & psych-educator; trained in DBT, CBT & EMDR

She works as a Group facilitator, working within mental health & community groups for the past 20 years.
Her past 6 years has been focused on working with depression & anxiety in a Mental health setting.
She is currently working in a psychiatric hospital setting and is PACFA accredited.

www.informemotion.com
www.theredtepee.org
Instagram – herartsense https://www.instagram.com/herartsense/?hl=en

Pamper Day will finish with a beautiful Body of Sound meditation to pamper your Innerlandscape with ethnochoreologist Jacqui Dreessens.

30/09/2020

A wonderful session with guest Aunty Bronwyn Razem demonstrating Weaving within a Yarning Circle.

Topic- Social Isolation and loneliness and the impact on health. Guest Aunty Bronwyn - demonstrating weaving