Mates on Mats is a monthly mindful event to bring awareness to mental health and raise money for The Wayside Chapel.

Keeping with current COVI-19 Health restrictions we are limited to a total of 10 people at this event, including the teacher. More tickets will be released if the laws change.

We meet at first light, move together as the sun rises and share an amazing experience.

This is the ultimate Bondi sunrise experience. Come by yourself to make new mates or come with your mates to enjoy this beautiful morning together.

Our tradition is to meet at Heart Cafe Bondi after our morning practice to catch up over a coffee and delicious breakfast. Heart Cafe is Bondi's first social enterprise cafe, working alongside The Wayside Chapel. All participants receive a 2 for 1 coffee voucher.

There will be 2 components to the morning, Yoga and a Cacao ceremony. The yoga is suitable for all levels of fitness and all are welcome.

Yoga with Bess Wittingslow

Bess is a creative soul who draws inspiration from everything in life. Live “the bess life” is her moto.

Bess is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher & Sound Healer from Sydney and is passionate about guiding others into The Art of Ceremony and awakening to their true self. Bess infuses her love of sound, movement and creative self-expression into all of her classes.

Bess’s love of Bhakti Yoga has led to role of selfless service in the community where she is passionate about providing Yoga, Mediation, Mindfulness & Sound to people who need these offerings the most. Through Charites like “A Sound Life” & “Mood Active” Bess teaches Yoga & Music in the Mental Health & Disabilities Sector and Mindfulness to Primary School Children through “LifeskillsGroup”.

Bess’s classes are led from the heart and are designed for you to tap into your free-flowing states of mind, body & spirit. You will leave her classes feeling more connected to your true self, with a new found love for your own uniqueness and fullest heart expression.

Cacao Ceremony with Valerie

Valerie believes that starting the day with some yoga practice can help you to be healthier, feel better, reduce stress or anxiety and carry on that bliss with you throughout the day. Rituals are an important part of a yogi lifestyle. A cacao ceremony is a beautiful mindful experience.
You will be guided through this ceremony with warm ceremonial cacao.

What To Expect

A heart-opening experience: I feel obligated to leave this one pretty open ended. Ceremonial cacao works almost magically at opening up the heart chakra. ...
Intentionality: Drinking cacao for ceremonial purposes invites us to SLOW DOWN and to intentionally set time aside for ourselves. ...
Feel-Good Feelings.

This event is BYO Yoga mat to keep you safe.

Thanks to our Supporters :

@heartcafebondi

More sponsors being announced soon