15-17 November 2024
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

VIP Experiences

Elevate your festival journey with our exclusive VIP Experiences, where you can immerse yourself in a world of connection and creativity.

Choose the Private Group Audience for an intimate session with our talented hosts, explore your creative side with our small group Workshops, or immerse yourself in our mini retreat for the ultimate restorative experience.

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VIP Experiences are paid experiences. Purchase an add-on when booking your Festival ticket.

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This exclusive space is dedicated to fostering connection and growth among like-minded individuals. 

From mindfulness practices to spiritual exploration, our Private Group Audience offers a safe and empowering environment where you can connect with others who share your interests and aspirations, while being guided by one of our talented and passionate hosts.

Katie Underwood

Sound & Mantra Healing with Katie Underwood
Immerse yourself in profound serenity during in the 1-hour session 'Sound & Mantra Healing with Katie Underwood ‘. Delight in live vocals, Tibetan & Vedic mantras, chimes, and singing bowls, all following traditional Tibetan practices by Venerable Lama Lobsang Tendar.

Jason McDonald

Private Group Audience Session with Jason McDonald
Showcasing psychic medium talents at the MindBodySpirit Festival, offering insights into spirit messages, clairvoyance, and the art of working with spirit guides. Attendees can learn about reading energy, receiving visions, and communicating with spirits, alongside guided meditation and a development Q&A session.

Private Group Audience Timetable

FRI

SAT

SUN

12.00pm – 1.15pm

Sound & Mantra Healing

Katie Underwood

 

12.00pm – 1.15pm

Sound & Mantra Healing

Katie Underwood

 

2.30pm – 4.30pm

Private Group Audience Session

Jason McDonald

2.30pm – 4.30pm

Private Group Audience Session

Jason McDonald

*Timetable subject to change.

It’s time to get creative! Join our amazing hosts as they guide you through jewellery-making, essential oil making, painting and manifestation!

Suitable for all skill levels, all materials are provided.

Succulent Arrangement and Propagation Workshop

With Inventa Lorelai
Join Luana Bittar for a hands-on workshop on crafting beautiful succulent arrangements and mastering propagation techniques.

Learn to design eye-catching displays and grow new plants from your collection.

All materials are provided, and you'll take home your own unique creation. Connect with nature and enhance your green thumb in this interactive session!

The Art of Water Marbling: Create Your Own Masterpiece!

With In Aetheria Studio
Join Amanda from In Aetheria Studio for a water marbling workshop where you'll explore this vibrant art form used in the brand's printmaking.

Amanda will guide you through the basics and let you experiment with inks in the marbling bath. Enjoy the therapeutic process as you play with techniques and colors.

You’ll transfer your designs onto provided paper (up to 6 pieces) and can frame them or use them as gift cards. This beginner-friendly workshop emphasises the creative journey as much as the final artwork.

Ayurvedic Essential Oil Making

With Holy Sanity
Attendees will craft three 15ml custom-blended Ayurvedic essential oils and gain insight into Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medical system.

The agenda covers understanding extraction methods, selecting quality oils, safe usage, practical applications, and concludes with a Q&A session.

Participants will leave equipped with personalised oils and knowledge to continue their Ayurvedic journey.

TMJ Jaw Balance

With Sharon Tal
Suffering from headaches, migraines, stress, backaches, neck issues, hormonal imbalances, sinus problems, clenching and grinding, digestive issues, post-dental trauma, or sleep disorders?

Jaw alignment affects your entire body—bones, muscles, nerves, and hydration. Relieving jaw tension can alleviate pain and restore balance throughout the body.

Sharon will teach you the TMJ Jaw Balance technique, empowering you to relieve jaw tension anytime you need.

Feather Wand Making Workshop

With Birds of a Feather
In this Feather Wand Workshop, you will be guided, step by step to make your own Feather Wand to take home.

You will learn about the spiritual symbolism of different feathers and their healing and energetic properties.

You will be given a selection of feathers, tools and other materials required for the wand making process. You will also be encouraged to use your intuition as you create your very own customised and unique feather smudge wand. Your hand made feather wand can be used in space cleansing rituals, healing rituals, shamanic work or simply place it on your alter or in your spiritual space.

Intention Setting & Jewellery Making With Maddy

With Maddy Verde
Join Maddy for a unique workshop that combines jewellery-making with self-discovery.

Participants will begin by setting personal intentions before crafting a one-of-a-kind necklace or bracelet.

This experience focuses on reflecting on desires and releasing obstacles while creating a meaningful piece of jewellery.

Using high-quality gemstone beads selected by Maddy and optional charms, attendees will create a piece imbued with positive energy, guided by Maddy’s expertise.

Mystical Journey Guidance + Free Oracle Deck

With Rockpool Publishing
Join Tennessee Charpentier, and walk away with your very own signed copy of the Mystical Journey Oracle Deck, with the wisdom to embrace your divine path.

Participants will learn how to read and understand her oracle deck which was designed to inspire, motivate and help discover passions and life missions.

Tennessee will bring her original oracle deck to help guide you through this workshop as she shares the story behind the oracle deck, and explain the meaning of each card.

Workshop Timetable

FRI

SAT

SUN

11.00am – 12.00pm

Ayurvedic Essential Oil Making

George Janev

Stand: B05

11.00am – 12.00pm

Intention Setting & Jewellery Making With Maddy

Maddy Verde

11.00am – 12.00pm

The Art of Water Marbling: Create Your Own Masterpiece

Amanda Lo Bartolo

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Feather Wand Making Workshop

Sonia Halliday

Stand: C45

 

 

12.30pm – 1.30pm

How to – Succulent Arrangement & Propagation

Luana Bittar

2.00pm – 3.00pm

How to – Succulent Arrangement & Propagation

Luana Bittar

2.00pm – 3.00pm

Feather Wand Making Workshop

Sonia Halliday

Stand: C45

 

 

3.30pm – 4.30pm

Self-Healing: Release Stress & Pain By Balancing Your Jaw

Sharon Tal

Stand: A45

3.30pm – 4.30pm

Ayurvedic Essential Oil Making

George Janev

Stand: B05

3.30pm – 4.30pm

Self-Healing: Release Stress & Pain By Balancing Your Jaw

Sharon Tal

Stand: A45

*Timetable subject to change.

Immersive Mini Retreat brought to you by Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat is a nature based restorative respite sanctuary in Warburton, offering a complete break from life to reset and reprioritise self care. We’re delighted to bring a ‘mini retreat’ immersion to MindBodySpirit Festival where you can book in and experience a range of our restorative body, breath and sensory practices. From their popular Restorative Rest class, to Yoga Nidra, nurturing Sound Bath, Breathwork to an indoor Forest Therapy fusion. Book in to learn and experience many ways to switch off, Rest and Restore.

Restorative Rest (Intuitive Gentle Yoga)

With Crystal from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat
A gentle and restorative yoga class that encourages you to listen to the subtle cues and sensations of your body. Learn postures and breath work to sooth, comfort, lengthen, stretch, ground and find restful balance and harmony.

The meditative flow and embodied mindful movements will help to clear away mental and emotional clutter, and increase spaciousness and clarity in both body and mind. Suited to all levels and ages.

Nurturing Sound Bath

With Rebecca from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat
A soothing, nurturing, and deeply-relaxing sound healing session. You will bathe in the warm, deep, and rich frequencies of the golden gong and celestial crystal bowls.

Yoga Nidra + Harp

With Vasudha from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat
A lying down experience with Yoga Nidra and live harp music for deep relaxation. Enjoy a refreshing rest & nervous system reset through sound interspersed with silence.

Get comfortable, leave the external world behind and quieten the mind with slow, conscious breathing. Be gently guided to a state of deeper presence and peace. Feel the beautiful resonance of the harp soften the atmosphere and ease you into a place of tranquillity and bliss.

Restorative Breathwork

With Layla from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat
Slow breathing is a restorative practice to regulate our response to stress in the Autonomic Nervous System, via the vagus nerve.

Breath awareness is also a form of mindfulness meditation; linking awareness with breath anchors us in the present moment to connect with yourself.Layla works through a trauma informed and somatic lens, and breath is the foundation of all her teachings.

In this restorative workshop you will learn and practice accessible tools to access your breath in acute situations & long term practices to address the chronic effects of long term stress, restoring health.

Eco Therapy & Sound: Indoor Nature Connection

With Catherine from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat
Join Catherine (Eco therapist, sound healer & trauma-informed counsellor) to experience her unique fusion of Eco therapy and sound; with a guided meditation to open up your senses, listen to plants sing with plant music, and connect with nature indoors.

Native American flutes, chimes and vocal toning will be woven throughout the experience to help lull you into a state of deep relaxation.

Class Timetable

FRI

SAT

SUN

11.00am – 11.50am

Restorative Rest (Intuitive Gentle Yoga)

 

11.00am – 11.50am

Yoga Nidra + Harp

Vasudha from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

 

11.00am – 11.50am

Eco Therapy & Sound: Indoor Nature Connection

 

12.00pm – 12.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

 

12.00pm – 12.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

12.00pm – 12.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

1.00pm – 1.50pm

Restorative Rest (Intuitive Gentle Yoga)

 

1.00pm – 1.50pm

Yoga Nidra + Harp

Vasudha from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

1.00pm – 1.50pm

Eco Therapy & Sound: Indoor Nature Connection

 

2.00pm – 2.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

 

2.00pm – 2.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

2.00pm – 2.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

3.00pm – 3.50pm

Restorative Rest (Intuitive Gentle Yoga)

 

3.00pm – 3.50pm

Restorative Breathwork

Layla from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

3.00pm – 3.50pm

Eco Therapy & Sound: Indoor Nature Connection

4.00pm – 4.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

 

4.00pm – 4.50pm

Yoga Nidra + Harp

Vasudha from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

4.00pm – 4.50pm

Nurturing Sound Bath

 

5.00pm – 5.50pm

Restorative Breathwork

Layla from Rest & Restore Wellness Retreat

 

*Timetable subject to change.