Country Knows Listening to Nymboida (overnight stay - workshop and canoe adventure)

Join us on the banks of the Nymboida River for an immersive experience in We Al-li’s Culturally Informed Trauma-Integrated Healing (CITIHA) approach. Over an afternoon and evening we will walk a path of remembering, reconnection, and renewal held by Country.

The following day Mark Cartner from Walkabout Training will lead an experiential canoe lesson on the Nymboida River. Participants will discuss using the outdoors for therapeutic outcomes, putting the We Al-li approach into practice. The canoe journey will cover about 3.5 kilometers on gentle, moving water, suitable for beginners. Some mobility is required for navigating the riverbanks to embark and disembark in the canoes.

Workshop Intentions:
To embody We Al-li's six phases of healing in direct relationship with Country
To experience Country as an active co-regulator and co-facilitator
To engage in story, movement, art, and ceremony as ways of remembering
To reflect on how the land teaches therapeutic principles: rhythm, regulation, rupture and repair, belonging
To take part in a canoe journey to solidify these practices

Setting:
Held outdoors along the Nymboida River, on Gumbaynggirr Country, this workshop embraces the belief that trauma healing is intertwined with land healing. The We Al-li approach, developed by Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson and extended through community-led practice, draws from Indigenous knowledges, neurobiology, and ritual to guide people back into connection within themselves and with the living world. The workshop will be facilitated by the We Al-li trained team (Carlie and Judy Atkinson) in collaboration with Mark Cartner of Walkabout Training.

Half of the proceeds will be used to provide students from Bundaberg area the opportunity to pursue their Certificate III in Outdoor Leadership, targeting low socio economic and indigenous students who might otherwise miss out. These students will be attending the workshop and assisting with the logistics of this workshop to pay back their opportunity. The other half will further the work of Judy Atkinson and We Al-li in providing training and programs to assist first nations people in Australia.

Ticket price includes all food - 2 x lunches, dinner and breakfast.



Contact person / details:
Registration - https://events.humanitix.com/country-knows-listening-to-nymboida-country
Contact David Ryan of We-Ali for onboarding david.ryan@wealli.com.au.
Queries regarding canoe journey to Mark Cartner 0402402263 or email mark@walkabouttraining.com.au.