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Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 7pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm

Zebras Australia, Floor 1, 369-371 Bridge Road, Melbourne (2025)

14/03/2024

Our intention is to provide our community with a range of products, resources, outreach initiatives and healthcare services that consider the whole person, centre the body and create the conditions for self-enquiry, connection and change 🦓

For change to occur we view feedback as an essential part of the process. Your feedback is our fuel for growth. When we say growth we don’t just mean in terms of numbers, dollars or people - although, we are a team of almost twenty humans these days - but in terms of our personal, professional and organisational development ✨

And that is why for the past two years, we’ve invited our community to participate in our Community Survey 🦓

It’s an opportunity for you to let us know how we’re doing - we love a bit of data - so that we can use this to improve your Zebras experience.

We’ve kept it short and sweet - about 7 minutes - but if this is outside of your capacity right now, you’re welcome to email us at careteam@zebrasaus.com.au with your answers to these three short questions:

✨ What you would like us to keep doing?
✨ What you would like us to stop doing?
✨ What you would like us to start doing?

To give your feedback please follow the top link in our linktree (found in our bio)🦓

On the 28th of March, three lucky Zebras who have completed our survey (or responded to this email) will be drawn at random for a selection of Zebras goodies and a voucher to one of our yoga classes.

As always, we’re so so grateful for your time and energy.

Melissa, Andrew and the team at Zebras 🦓

Some T’s + C’s:
- All survey respondents are eligible for a single entry.
- Respondents outside of Australia at time of survey completion are considered ineligible.
- Entries close on Thursday 28th of March 2024, at which point the recipient will be drawn at random and contacted.
- Prizes will be available for pick up at Zebras Australia in Richmond or alternatively posted to the recipients.
- We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions.
- In the event of a dispute, all decisions by Zebras Australia are final.

04/03/2024

Last week our team came together to celebrate all of the rainbow Zebras in our community with our first ever ‘Wear Your Stripes’ day; a day to step out of our regular neutral colour palette 🌱 and dress in a way that embraces colour and self expression in line with Mardi Gras that took place over the weekend 🌈🏳️‍🌈

29/02/2024

Today is not only the rarest day of the year (happy leap year everyone!) but it’s also a wrap on Zebruary for 2024 and Rare Disease Day! 🦓

As our month long celebrations for all Zebras come to a close we wanted to take a moment to reflect and shout out all the members of our community who continue to shine and dazzle not just today but every day!

We see you, we hear you, and you continue to inspire us daily!

Our Zebruary highlights include:

🦓 Relaunching Yoga with and

🦓 In Conversation with and

Zebras Who campaign orchestrated by .manon

Moving Kindly Workshop with and

Our raffle where we raised funds for .danlos society

It’s been a huge month and we look forward to bringing you Zebruary 2025 next year! 🦓🫶🏻

02/02/2024

Revealing our second Zebruary event - In conversation with &

Join our co-founder Melissa Williams and renowned movement therapist, author and creator of the Integral Movement Method and The Zebras Club, Jeannie Di Bon for a conversation around their personal journeys with movement and how this has shaped their approach to supporting those who identify as a Zebra 🦓

When and where?
Wednesday February 7th at 7:00pm AEDT (8:00am GMT) here on our page.

Can’t join us live? We’ll be making it available here on the page afterwards.

We’re looking forward to an enriching conversation and if you have any questions you’d like to ask these two you can leave them in the comments below 👇

01/02/2024

Revealing our second Zebruary event - In conversation with &

Join our co-founder Melissa Williams and renowned movement therapist, author and creator of the Integral Movement Method and The Zebras Club, Jeannie Di Bon for a conversation around their personal journeys with movement and how this has shaped their approach to supporting those who identify as a Zebra 🦓

When and where? Wednesday February 5th at 7:00pm AEDT (8:00am GMT) here on our page.

Can’t join us live? We’ll be making it available here on the page afterwards.

We’re looking forward to an enriching conversation and if you have any questions you’d like to ask these two you can leave them in the comments below 👇

01/02/2024

Happy 1st day of Zebruary! 🦓

Kicking it off this year by introducing Moving Kindly: A self-compassion workshop with and 🦓🍃

🦓 What is Moving Kindly?
This is a two hour experiential workshop that offers opportunities to learn and practice ways of living and moving with more self-compassion.

This workshop is perfect for those seeking to infuse their movement practices with kindness and understanding, as well as a holistic approach to navigating life’s challenges with grace.

🦓 When is the Event?:
Saturday February 24th 2024
10am-12pm

🦓 Where is the Event?:
Zebras Australia Movement Studio
Wurundjeri Country
Floor 1, 369-371 Bridge Road
Richmond 3121

🦓 What can you expect?:
You’ll be introduced to the practice of Mindful Self-Compassion - what it is and what it isn’t.

You will collectively explore accessible means to embody self-compassion day-to-day.

Following a light morning tea (supplied by us), you are invited to open your heart to yourself in a gentle guided yin, before finishing with a short meditation practice, supported by crystal singing bowls.

You’ll leave with real-world techniques that support you to be on your own side (kinder to yourself!).

All practices and teachings are trauma-sensitive and suitable for beginners. All bodies are welcome 🤗

We strive to provide a safe and supportive learning environment so please let us know if there is any way we can make your experience more easeful.

🦓 What do you need to bring?:
Pen and a journal

Loose, comfortable clothing that you can move and stretch in

There will be options to sit on the floor or on chairs

Mats and bolsters are provided, however you are welcome to bring your own

Anything else that feels supportive for you i.e. fidget tools, ear plugs

🦓 Cost:
Tiered Pricing -
$65.00 Support - supports your peers
$55.00 Sustain - covers your place
$45.00 Community - supported by your peers

If you are an NDIS Participant please speak to your local area coordinator, support coordinator or plan manager to find out if your funding allows for this.

Click the link in our bio or give us a call to book in 🦓

We’re so excited for this one 🤗

31/01/2024

Today we pause to acknowledge international 🦓

Traditionally, the zebra represents individuals living with illnesses or conditions that the medical community considers rare. Around the world, a beautiful and passionate community, including not just those with lived experience but those who advocate and care for them, has formed around this symbol.

Though this term means different things to different people, we’ve found ourselves wondering whether it truly includes all of those who want to be included. We’ve met many of you who don’t fit so neatly into the box yet so clearly identify with the experience.

It has challenged us to expand our understanding of what it means to be a zebra and today we would like to share some things we have noticed that aren’t always talked about or listed in diagnostic criteria.

🦓 Are you someone from a diverse background who is navigating fluctuations in your capacity to engage in a full life as a result of unwanted bodily pain, fatigue and tension?

🦓 Have you had a long journey with your constellation of symptoms and some less-than-positive experiences with care providers?

🦓 Has your world become quite small though this isn’t always obvious from looking at you?

🦓 Do you disagree with the notion that your body is wrong or broken?

🦓 Are you seeking to surround yourself with a community and a team of informed care providers who honour your body’s unique needs and support you as a whole person?

🦓 Are you motivated to understand and reconnect with your body and from this build a toolkit that invites more ease?

🦓 Are you hopeful to gain confidence to move your body regularly in safe and sustainable ways, return to things you love and explore new interests that bring a sense of joy and purpose?

If you’ve answered yes to any or all of these questions, you’re not alone. And as you can see those in our community have far more in common than their diagnoses.

In our eyes, you are some of the most courageous and resilient human beings we’ve ever met. ❤️

We’re in awe of you and we’re here for you. 🦓😊

25/01/2024

Savour your practice 🦓

As the first day of Zebruary approaches, we’re excited to announce the relaunch of yoga at Zebras.

From the first week of February, you’ll see the reappearance of two familiar classes with two familiar faces...

Firstly, we’ll be offering Alpha, our Therapeutic Yoga class with Irene.

✨When? - Tuesdays at 11am
✨Where? - Online

This 50 minute class is inspired by the traditional lineage of hatha yoga and includes a thoughtfully paced mix of movement, mindfulness and breathwork to regulate the nervous system. You can expect to explore a number of shapes against gravity and a whole lot of options offered to suit your unique needs in that moment.

And then we have Theta, our Yin Yoga class with Lauren.

🌟When? - Thursdays at 7.15pm
🌟Where? - In-person or online

In this 45 minute largely floor-based class you will be invited to move towards rest and relaxation. You can expect a slower pace, longer holds in shapes as well as considered propping and transitions for those with orthostatic challenges.

We’ve heard you when you say you’ve enjoyed what we’re offering but sometimes life (or your health) gets in the way of making it to your mat.

That is why going forwards we’ll be recording and making these classes available to you each week for a full week so that you can savour your practice at any time. Can’t attend the live class? You can still purchase access to the recording for the full week too. 🦓

Our hope is that this will make our yoga offering more accessible to more members of our community 🧘

Both classes can be booked and pre-paid online via our website 🌿

Any questions? Please contact our friendly Client Experience Team at (03) 9938 0498 or email us at careteam@zebrasaus.com.au 👋

19/01/2024

The woman who wears many hats 👒🎩🧢

Today we’re celebrating the incredible as she steps into her new role (or should we say roles) for 2024.

Ash is an established integrative physio, hunting SIMs and crushing DIMs ( )with the best of them.

You’ve also likely seen Ash’s face and creative genius across our socials for the past few months as she’s been working behind the scenes as a content creator.

And now Ash will be taking on a new challenge of supporting a team of practitioners in their roles at Zebras. Is there anything she can’t do?!

Bravo Ash 👏👏👏

19/12/2023

Zebras Australia is officially an Ehlers-Danlos Society Network of Excellence ✨🦓

We are so proud to share with you all that we are Australia’s first multidisciplinary allied health clinic for hypermobile adults to receive this incredible honour!

So what does this mean you ask? To be recognised as a Network of Excellence, we’ve made a commitment to follow the C.A.R.E model.

We cannot wait to partner with .danlos and a growing number of organizations worldwide in our collective mission of reducing the diagnostic odyssey faced by so many hypermobile folks, as well as increasing the availability of clinical services and standardizing communication and care 🦓🌟

18/12/2023

Farewell and 🦓👋

With Maddie and Emily stepping away from their respective roles at the end of the year, we’d like to take this opportunity to celebrate their time at Zebras 🌟

Maddie and Emily have brought so much warmth and wisdom to our team; Maddie as our first integrative physiotherapist and team leader based in Naarm, Melbourne, and Emily as our first integrative occupational therapist and fully remote team member based in Meanjin, Brisbane 🥰

We’ve seen both of these women grow into passionate advocates and experts in their disciplines, delivering almost 2,500 consultations between them and welcoming over 250 new individuals into our community. When they weren’t consulting, Maddie and Emily could be found supporting their colleagues and creating opportunities for connection amongst our team, something we truly treasure 🥳

We think ourselves lucky to have worked alongside these two wonderful humans for the past few years. From everyone at Zebras, we wish them all the best for their next chapter 🦓💞

01/12/2023

It’s here 🤪

Our ‘Chronic Illness 2023 wrapped’ 🙌

What was on yours? 🫣🦓

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