Wisdom and Wellbeing 2025 Season 4: Balance and Harmony

Every week brings a new experience, blending ancient wisdom, modern practice, and practical tools you can use straight away.
Unique, accessible, and great value, the program is designed to improve your everyday life.
This term, we explore the concepts of Balance and Harmony we’ll discovery what harmony feels like, in your breath, body, mind, and community. Each week we'll explore balance through a different doorway: Tai Chi–inspired movement, breathwork, sound, art, story, and shared wisdom.

Weekly Schedule (subject to revision)

Program Sessions

Week 1, 15/10
Balance and Harmony – This opening session explores balance and harmony through Indian guṇā and Daoist yin–yang principles. Not about avoiding tensions, but finding the center where balance grounds us and harmony flows.

Week 2, 22/10
Breathe to Balance (with John Ireland) – Breath is the bridge between body and mind. Guided practices settle the nervous system, restore equilibrium, and bring calm to the whole being.

Week 3, 29/10
The Sound of Sattwa – Enter Kirtan, a call-and-response chant practice. Through sound and voice, we explore how harmony arises within and between us, revealing sattwa: clarity, peace, and balance.

Week 4, 5/11
Balance and the Seven Directions – Guided by Indigenous Mexican wisdom, we explore East, West, North, South, Above, Below, and Center. Each direction offers qualities that weave balance into a living map of harmony.

Week 5, 12/11
A Cup of Mindful Harmony – Tea becomes meditation. In the Gong Fu Cha ritual with Po-Tien, every gesture and steeping invites presence, showing how harmony lives in the smallest details of life.

Week 6, 19/11
The Balanced Body – Somatic practices help us listen to the body’s messages of imbalance. With guided exercises, we release tension, restore equilibrium, and rediscover harmony from within.

Week 7, 26/11
Harmony in Motion – Inspired by Tai Chi, we explore movement as dynamic balance. Flowing gestures teach how harmony is not fixed but rhythmic—finding when “enough” is enough.

Week 8, 3/12
Rhythm of Harmony – In a drumming circle, individual beats merge into one pulse. By listening and joining, we experience collective flow where many rhythms become one harmony.

Week 9, 10/12
The Art of Balance – Creative expression as a path to harmony. Through drawing, painting, and shaping, we explore balance in line, color, and form—not for beauty, but for awareness and inner balance.

Week 10, 17/12
Celebrating Harmony – The term closes with a festive gathering. We reflect on the journey of Balance and Harmony, share insights, and celebrate the joy of community and connection.

A note on prices and the sustainability of the program
Our commitment is to make this program accessible to all our community no matter their financial situation.

If you can afford more than the minimum ticket price, your generosity will contribute to the ongoing sustainability of the program. We also believe strongly that our facilitators who dedicate their lives to their crafts should be fairly compensated for their services.

However, we don't want payments to be a barrier to participation in the program, if you are in financial hardship, please reach out to Mowana and arrangements can be made. support@mowana.org.au