Cultivating Gratitude: a potent practice of purpose

Name: Cultivating Gratitude: a potent practice of purpose
Start: 2025-10-25T10:30:00+1100
End: 2025-10-25T14:00:00+1100
Location: 25 Donaldson Rd

Sat, 25 Oct, 10:30am - 2pm AEDT

25 Donaldson Rd

Kangaroo Ground VIC, Australia

AWEN HOLISTICS - Laura Battley

5 followers · Contact host

Event description

Cultivating Gratitude
Sacred Centre, Kangaroo Grounds
Saturday • 10:30 am – 2 pm
Open to all over 21 years

“Gratitude is a practice of returning to the present moment and saying yes to life as it is.” — Tara Brach

The Invitation

Gratitude is more than a passing feeling—it is a way of seeing, a state of consciousness that turns the heart toward light. To practice gratitude is to soften into presence, to notice what is already whole, and to invite renewal from within. As Tara Brach reminds us, “The boundary to what we can receive is often the boundary to what we are willing to notice.”

When we give thanks, we open pathways in the mind, body, and soul—creating coherence, deepening empathy, and awakening a sense of belonging to life itself

The Class

In this experiential class hosted in a sacred, inclusive space guided by Laura a health practitioner of 20 years you will be supported and inclusively held in a community of like-minded souls as you explore gratitude together in connection, quiet reflection, and creative expression.

The Learning

You will leave with:

A deeper understanding of gratitude as a transformative state of being, reflecting Tara Brach’s teaching that gratitude opens the heart and awakens presence.
Practical tools (humming, tapping, journaling) to cultivate calm, resilience, and presence in everyday life.
Insights from shared stories and collective wisdom, with compassion as the foundation for gratitude.
A personal SoulCollage® card as a symbolic anchor for your gratitude journey.
A journal of reflections and takeaways to support your unique ongoing practice.

The Resourcing

You will be guided to develop your own unique Gratitude Practice, by cultivating gratitude as living source within by opening to:

Grounding
Receiving
Awakening
Tending
Illuminating
Trusting
Uniting
Deepening
Embodying

-an emerging practice to draw on in both calm and challenging times.

The Flow

10:30 am – Arrive at the serene centre, nestled in nature with gentle connection before the class begins.

Circle – the container will open with practices of OM, and gentle tapping,

Teachings- Sharing knowledge and wisdom of the essence of Gratitude

Journaling – Time to capture reflections and inspirations in your journal

SoulCollage® – Engage in simple, yet deeply profound creative process,

Ritual – The class will close in ritual.

The Journey

“When gratitude flows, the heart naturally widens toward belonging.”

Through this guided, reflective practice, you will begin to cultivate a felt sense of gratitude—an embodied knowing that exists beyond words. This inner texture becomes a grounding presence that nurtures resilience, empathy, and anchors in a heart-lead life.

What to bring

Bring along a journal to record your reflections and emerging gratitude practice.

Complimentary

Lots of healthy snacks & teas available to nourish you

You have access to a fridge should you wish to bring along your own nourishment.

Lots of cushions and blankets available for your comfort

Ample parking so drive on up the laneway marked centre.

With much blessings - Laura

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

Hostinformation

AWEN HOLISTICS - Laura Battley

5 followers

Contact host

View profile

Lovely to connect and share my background with you. With over two decades of experience, I bring a richly layered approach that weaves together clinical depth, holistic wisdom, and creative expression. Professionally trained in Psychology and Arts Psychotherapy in the UK, and now a PACFA-registered Clinical Psychotherapist in Australia, my practice is trauma-informed, developmentally attuned, and rooted in relational and systemic perspectives. I have extensive experience supporting children, adolescents, and families through dyadic work, adolescent-focused sessions, and whole-family approaches — always with a gentle, respectful holding of each person’s story.

My therapeutic framework is integrative, drawing on modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment-based therapies, and creative arts processes to support healing, wholeness, and inner harmony. At the heart of my work is a soulful, holistic orientation. I bring decades of experience in soul work, shamanic practice, and energy healing, honouring the spiritual and energetic dimensions of the human experience. I hold sacred space for deep transformation — where body, mind, soul, and spirit can be fully met, witnessed, and supported.

Deeply connected to nature, the seasons, and the rhythms of life, my work is grounded in an earth-based spirituality and a reverence for the cycles that shape us. My personal and professional development is a living process, nourished by daily self-care practices, reflective supervision, ritual, and ongoing learning. I walk my talk — continuously exploring the terrain of my own inner world to stay resourced, embodied, and ethically aligned in my work with others.

As an artist and SoulCollage® facilitator, I use image-making, symbol, and story as portals to the inner self. My creative practice is both personal and professional — a form of self-inquiry, a healing modality, and a way to support clients in accessing their own intuitive wisdom and inner archetypes.

I also offer supervision, professional development workshops, and lectures for therapists and allied health professionals, supporting others in bringing depth, creativity, and soulful presence into their own practice.

Get Tickets

Sat, 25 Oct, 10:30am - 2pm AEDT

25 Donaldson Rd

Kangaroo Ground VIC, Australia

Hosted by AWEN HOLISTICS - Laura Battley