The 5 Bodies - A Spring Day Retreat
Sep
22
10:00 AM10:00

The 5 Bodies - A Spring Day Retreat

An urban day retreat designed as an awareness 'Spring Clean'

Designed for any dedicated student or teacher wanting to explore an embodied experience of awareness, from the skin to the subtlest parts of who you are.

Using the Yogic map of the 5 Koshas (layers/bodies) Irene will lead you on a whole day of exploring the interconnection between the body, mind, breath and beyond.

This day retreat will comprise two experiential masterclasses on the ways Yoga can touch our self understand, empowerment and expression across how we move, breath, think and feel. 

Be nourished together, with a delicious warm lunch provided in between (dietary requirements welcome).

A day of wholistic spring cleaning and an experience of alignment for your whole being.

Masterclass One: The Somatic Body

Masterclass Two: The Subtle Body

Included:

•⁠  ⁠understanding the map of the 5 Koshas and application in yoga and daily life

•⁠  ⁠⁠Embracing the uniqeness of our embodiment 

•⁠  ⁠⁠the relationship between breath and vitality 

•⁠  ⁠⁠adaptability and the intelligence of our nervous system 

•⁠  ⁠⁠a day of practice, release and wholistic re alignment for body, mind and beyond 

•⁠  ⁠⁠YA certified for 5hrs CPD for existing yoga teachers

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 

10am-4pm

$220 including lunch

Bookings

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Mental Health First Aid Training - Online
Sep
6
to Sep 13

Mental Health First Aid Training - Online

Mental Health First Aid

Accredited Blended Course by Mental Health First Aid Australia
(100% online with self led & instructor led content)

Facilitated by Irene Ais

Students will complete their own self-paced study before attending two live facilitated sessions (delivered over two separate sessions) with Irene Ais:

Friday 8th AND Friday 15th September 2023, 9-11.30am AEST on each date.

Course Components

  • Course Component 1 - A self-paced eLearning component (takes 6-8 hours to complete). Please note this is a PREREQUISITE to attending the online live sessions.

  • Course Component 2 - An Instructor-led component using video conferencing (2 sessions of 2.5 hours each on the dates listed above)

Course Fee
Early bird: $300 + GST (until 31 July 2024)
1 August onward: $350 + GST


This is the total course fee.
Includes: MHFA manual (will be posted to you), access to eLearning portal, and 2 x live online instructor led sessions with Irene Ais.

The Blended Mental Health First Aid course teaches people (18 years and over) how to offer initial support to adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. The course curriculum is evidence-based, as informed by the MHFA Guidelines.

What the course covers

Course participants learn about the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

Developing mental health problems covered are:

  • Depression

  • Anxiety problems

  • Psychosis

  • Substance use problems.

Mental health crisis situations covered are:

  • Suicidal thoughts and behaviours

  • Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called deliberate self-harm)

  • Panic attacks

  • Traumatic events

  • Severe effects of drug or alcohol use

  • Severe psychotic states

  • Aggressive behaviours.

Course format

This is a 100% online course blends the best of self paced and instructor led learning. 

  • Course Component 1 - A self-paced eLearning component (takes 5-7 hours to complete)

  • Course Component 2 - An Instructor-led component using video conferencing (2 sessions of 2.5 hours each).

Course participants receive a copy of the MHFA Manual to keep (participants can choose a PDF manual for free or add the cost of a hard copy manual in their registration), and a Certificate of Completion.

Who can attend the course?

Any interested adult can attend. Please note this course is not a therapy or support group, rather it is an education course to learn how to give first aid to others.

Claim CPD points

Most professionals can claim attendance at a MHFA course for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with their industry body.

The Standard Mental Health First Aid Course has been endorsed for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for a number of professions.

MHFAider ACCREDITATION

After completing any blended MHFA course, participants are eligible to complete a short 20 question online Accreditation Assessment in order to receive a Mental Health First Aider Certificate of Accreditation valid for 3 years. Accredited Mental Health First Aiders are eligible to be appointed as Mental Health First Aid Officers in the workplace. Read all about the MHFAider Program.

Testimonials

"Outstanding and thought provoking. I found this course extremely informative and believe it will help me, both in my professional and personal life."

"Informative and interesting, the course made me realise that there is a lot more involved with mental illnesses than I had previously realised. A great community course!"

"Excellent course. Well researched and presented. I found it extremely worthwhile."

"I was really impressed! The course opened my eyes to many aspects of mental health that I didn't know, or at least only superficially."

"One of the most interesting, informative and valuable courses that I have ever attended."

"Fantastic! Congratulations on developing such an important and vital course as this one."

"I think it was a fantastic course and hope that every single Australian is given the opportunity to take part in it.""I consider it a privilege to have been able to attend and learn so much from this course."

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Beyond Rest Immersion Melbourne
Aug
9
to Aug 11

Beyond Rest Immersion Melbourne

  • Gertrude Street Yoga (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Complete rest is medicine for the modern world. 

Returning to a calm and easeful presence is not only the foundation of traditional Yoga practice but is essential for our wellbeing. 

Modern life leads to the build up of fatigue, stress and tension in the body and mind. This immersion will support you to dissolve the unconscious weight of what you have been carrying.

Combining lunar and restorative yoga, grounding breath work and the practice of guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), this experience has been crafted to explore how we can create the conditions for ultimate release for body, mind and beyond.

Expect to emerge deeply rested, recharged and connected to the core of your being.

Friday - Sunday 8am - 5pm

INCLUDED

- Understanding the science of rest 

-Grounding the nervous system system

- Exploring the Langana Effect (the energetics of slowing and emptying)

- Yoga Nidra; discovering sleep with awareness 

- Turiya and the 4 states of consciousness 

- Sthitti - the ultimate state of unsurpassed calm

- Restorative Hatha Yoga

- Lunar Hatha practices, breathwork and meditation for grounding and releasing 

+ Written manual for ongoing study and reflection

*Eligible for 20hrs of continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance International for all Yoga teachers and can be contributed to 300hr certification with The Bridge School

WEEKEND STRUCTURE: FULL IMMERSION

This full weekend immersion into rest is crafted for deeper understanding, embodied direct experience and an opportunity to reflect on the unique practices that support you or others who you may share the practices with. 

Explore the spectrum from grounding hatha to restorative yoga and the ultimate rest practice, Yoga Nidra. Study to understand how we create the conditions for ultimate rest in the nervous system and understand the Yogic technology of restorative practice.

Bookings:

Available for bookings through Gertrude Street Yoga

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Swa Tantra - Embodied Tantric Hatha Immersion - Byron Bay
Jun
25
to Jun 30

Swa Tantra - Embodied Tantric Hatha Immersion - Byron Bay

We invite you to a rare opportunity to immerse in Traditional Tantric Yoga on Bundjalung land.

Using the map of Tantric Hatha Yoga you will take a pilgrimage towards the wisdom of your body, mind, breath and beyond.

This immersion is an opportunity; a calling to deepen your practice, further your understanding of Yoga and yourself.

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Though studio classes can have a powerful effect on practitioners, there is no substitute for immersing yourself in a curated container to truly immerse in practice and empower the trajectory of our lives.

Our days together will consist of embodying complete Hatha practice, including asana, mantra, bandha and meditation supported by workshops sharing the underlying frameworks of Hatha, Tantra and Samkhya Philosophy.

Crafted as an all inclusive residential Immersion to nourish you deeply while we immerse in daily practice, study & togetherness.

A space to turn inward with precious days of deep introspection & expansion.

This is a rare opportunity to immerse in Australia with two facilitators and a community of practitioners dedicated to the teachings and practice of Tantric Hatha Yoga

Practice. Learn . Integrate

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Deep Rest Masterclass - Adelaide
May
19
10:30 AM10:30

Deep Rest Masterclass - Adelaide

Join Irene Ais to experience the deepest rest of your life!

Complete rest is medicine for the modern world.

Returning to a calm and easeful presence is not only the foundation of traditional Yoga practice but is essential for our wellbeing.

Modern life leads to the build up of fatigue, stress and tension in the body and mind. This masterclass will support you to dissolve the unconscious weight of what you have been carrying.

Combining lunar hatha and restorative yoga poses, breath work and the timeless practice of guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), this experience has been crafted for ultimate release for body, mind and beyond

Expect to emerge deeply rested, recharged and connected to the core of your being

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Mental Health First Aid Training - Adelaide
May
18
to May 26

Mental Health First Aid Training - Adelaide

  • Google Calendar ICS

Mental Health First Aid

Accredited Blended Course by Mental Health First Aid Australia
(100% online with self led & instructor led content)

Facilitated by Irene Ais

Students will complete their own self-paced study before attending two live facilitated sessions (delivered over two separate sessions) with Irene Ais:

Friday 8th AND Friday 15th September 2023, 12.30 - 3:00pm AEST on each date.

Course Components

  • Course Component 1 - A self-paced eLearning component (takes 6-8 hours to complete). Please note this is a PREREQUISITE to attending the online live sessions.

  • Course Component 2 - An Instructor-led component using video conferencing (2 sessions of 2.5 hours each on the dates listed above)

Course Fee
 $375 + GST


This is the total course fee.
Includes: MHFA manual (will be posted to you), access to eLearning portal, and 2 x live online instructor led sessions with Irene Ais.

The Blended Mental Health First Aid course teaches people (18 years and over) how to offer initial support to adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. The course curriculum is evidence-based, as informed by the MHFA Guidelines.

What the course covers

Course participants learn about the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

Developing mental health problems covered are:

  • Depression

  • Anxiety problems

  • Psychosis

  • Substance use problems.

Mental health crisis situations covered are:

  • Suicidal thoughts and behaviours

  • Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called deliberate self-harm)

  • Panic attacks

  • Traumatic events

  • Severe effects of drug or alcohol use

  • Severe psychotic states

  • Aggressive behaviours.

Course format

This is a 100% online course blends the best of self paced and instructor led learning. 

  • Course Component 1 - A self-paced eLearning component (takes 5-7 hours to complete)

  • Course Component 2 - An Instructor-led component using video conferencing (2 sessions of 2.5 hours each).

Course participants receive a copy of the MHFA Manual to keep (participants can choose a PDF manual for free or add the cost of a hard copy manual in their registration), and a Certificate of Completion.

Who can attend the course?

Any interested adult can attend. Please note this course is not a therapy or support group, rather it is an education course to learn how to give first aid to others.

Claim CPD points

Most professionals can claim attendance at a MHFA course for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with their industry body.

The Standard Mental Health First Aid Course has been endorsed for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for a number of professions.

MHFAider ACCREDITATION

After completing any blended MHFA course, participants are eligible to complete a short 20 question online Accreditation Assessment in order to receive a Mental Health First Aider Certificate of Accreditation valid for 3 years. Accredited Mental Health First Aiders are eligible to be appointed as Mental Health First Aid Officers in the workplace. Read all about the MHFAider Program.

Testimonials

"Outstanding and thought provoking. I found this course extremely informative and believe it will help me, both in my professional and personal life."

"Informative and interesting, the course made me realise that there is a lot more involved with mental illnesses than I had previously realised. A great community course!"

"Excellent course. Well researched and presented. I found it extremely worthwhile."

"I was really impressed! The course opened my eyes to many aspects of mental health that I didn't know, or at least only superficially."

"One of the most interesting, informative and valuable courses that I have ever attended."

"Fantastic! Congratulations on developing such an important and vital course as this one."

"I think it was a fantastic course and hope that every single Australian is given the opportunity to take part in it.""I consider it a privilege to have been able to attend and learn so much from this course."

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Awaken Vitality - Adelaide
May
18
10:30 AM10:30

Awaken Vitality - Adelaide

Join Irene for a masterclass to build our reservoir of vitality.

Yoga is much more than a practice of cultivating presence.

The combination of Tantra and Yoga creates a master system for building or personal energy.

This Tantric Hatha masterclass will offer you a completely unique experience of yoga asana where each pose is enlivened with breath, bandha and mantra to reveal our inner radiance.

Expect a practice focused on building the inhale and empowering your backbends that will leave you feeling enlivened, vibrant and connected to the ultimate reservoir of luminosity in the heart centre.


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Beyond Rest Immersion
Aug
11
to Aug 13

Beyond Rest Immersion

Complete rest is medicine for the modern world. 

Returning to a calm and easeful presence is not only the foundation of traditional Yoga practice but is essential for our wellbeing. 

Modern life leads to the build up of fatigue, stress and tension in the body and mind. This immersion will support you to dissolve the unconscious weight of what you have been carrying.

Combining lunar and restorative yoga, grounding breath work and the practice of guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), this experience has been crafted to explore how we can create the conditions for ultimate release for body, mind and beyond.

Expect to emerge deeply rested, recharged and connected to the core of your being.

Friday 6-8pm

Saturday + Sunday 8am-4pm

INCLUDED

- Understanding the science of rest 

-Grounding the nervous system system

- Exploring the Langana Effect (the energetics of slowing and emptying)

- Yoga Nidra; discovering sleep with awareness 

- Turiya and the 4 states of consciousness 

- Sthitti - the ultimate state of unsurpassed calm

- Restorative Hatha Yoga

- Lunar Hatha practices, breathwork and meditation for grounding and releasing 

+ Written manual for ongoing study and reflection

*Eligible for 20hrs of continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance International for all Yoga teachers and can be contributed to 300hr certification with The Bridge School

WEEKEND STRUCTURE: FULL IMMERSION

This full weekend immersion into rest is crafted for deeper understanding, embodied direct experience and an opportunity to reflect on the unique practices that support you or others who you may share the practices with. 

Explore the spectrum from grounding hatha to restorative yoga and the ultimate rest practice, Yoga Nidra. Study to understand how we create the conditions for ultimate rest in the nervous system and understand the Yogic technology of restorative practice.

A TASTE OF DEEP REST: FRIDAY EVENING ONLY

If you are unable to join us for the full weekend we invite you to experience our Friday evening practice, which we will share as open masterclasses for the community. 

(You can find this as a separate session to book)

Restorative Yoga and Guided Yoga Nidra 

This restorative evening provides 2 hours of supported floor postures to support deep rest and release for body and mind. Restorative practice creates the conditions to experience a 20 minute guided Yoga Nidra (Yogic sleep with awareness), the ultimate rest practice in the system of traditional Yoga. 

Bookings:

https://momence.com/Irene-Ais/Beyond-Rest%3A-Full-Weekend-Immersion/87081743?skipPreview=true

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Mental Health First Aid - Refresher Course
Aug
11
9:00 AM09:00

Mental Health First Aid - Refresher Course

Refresher courses allow people who have previously completed a 12 or 14 hour Mental Health First Aid course to refresh their knowledge and skills. Accredited MHFAiders can renew their accreditation for a further three years.

The content of each refresher course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.

Note: These courses are not therapy or support groups.

Course Fee
Early bird: $160 + GST (until 30 June 2023)
1 July 2023 onwards: $190 + GST

Why attend an MHFA Refresher course?

Evaluations consistently show that MHFA training is associated with improved knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments and appropriate first aid strategies, and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness. It is also associated with decreased stigma and an increase in help provided.

Who can attend this course?

Any adult who has previously completed a Standard (Community), Youth or Aboriginal MHFA course can attend.

What will you learn?

• The latest research in the mental health field

• The 3 key actions for helping someone feeling suicidal

• Work through complex mental health first aid interactions

• Practice mental health first aid skills.

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The Energy Body - Exploring the Subtle Realms and Techniques of Yoga
Jun
10
9:00 AM09:00

The Energy Body - Exploring the Subtle Realms and Techniques of Yoga

Join Irene and Ziggy for a masterclass in discovering the power of Prana (Life-force).

Yoga can be more than a practice of cultivating presence - it is a pathway to realising potential. The combination of Tantra and Yoga creates a master system for building personal energy and empowering our capacity in the world.

This Tantric Hatha masterclass will be an opportunity to understand the role of Prana - how to experience and build it in your practice and then direct it towards building adaptability and vitality.

In this workshop, we will focus on using the breath, in particular building the inhale, to shape and collect energy through Bandha and Kriya, leading you to experience Prana as the catalyst for our deepest transformation and evolution.

This workshop will empower you with the practical tools to experience Yoga as an energetic and transformative practice, which you will then be able to incorporate into your studio classes, home practice and daily life.

Bookings

https://gertrudestreetyoga.com.au/workshops/

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Beyond Rest - Restorative Hatha and Yoga Nidra Workshop
May
20
2:30 PM14:30

Beyond Rest - Restorative Hatha and Yoga Nidra Workshop

Complete rest is medicine for the modern world. 

Modern life can lead to the build up of fatigue, stress and tension in the body and mind.

Returning to a calm and mindful presence is not only the foundation of traditional Yoga practice but is essential for our wellbeing. 

This immersion will support you to dissolve the unconscious weight of what you have been carrying in your system.

Combining restorative yoga poses, breath work and the timeless practice of guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), this experience has been crafted for ultimate release for body, mind and beyond.

Expect to emerge deeply rested, recharged and connected to the core of your being.

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Mental Health 1st Aid Training
Jul
23
to Jul 30

Mental Health 1st Aid Training

The Blended Mental Health First Aid course teaches people (18 years and over) how to offer initial support to adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. The course curriculum is evidence-based, as informed by the MHFA Guidelines.

WHAT THE COURSE COVERS

Course participants learn about the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

Developing mental health problems covered are:

+ Depression
+ Anxiety problems
+ Psychosis
+ Substance use problems.

Mental health crisis situations covered are:

+ Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
+ Non-suicidal self-injury (sometimes called deliberate self-harm)
+ Panic attacks
+ Traumatic events
+ Severe effects of drug or alcohol use
+ Severe psychotic states
+ Aggressive behaviours.

COURSE FORMAT

This is a 100% online course blends the best of self paced and instructor led learning. 

> Course Component 1 - A self-paced eLearning component (takes 5-7 hours to complete)

> Course Component 2 - An Instructor-led component using video conferencing (2 sessions of 2.5 hours each).

Friday 23rd July and Friday 30th July, 9-11.30am AEST on each day

"Outstanding and thought provoking. I found this course extremely informative and believe it will help me, both in my professional and personal life."

"I think it was a fantastic course and hope that every single Australian is given the opportunity to take part in it.""I consider it a privilege to have been able to attend and learn so much from this course."

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300hr Info Night (Adelaide)
Jul
11
4:30 PM16:30

300hr Info Night (Adelaide)

SADHANA - DHARMA - SEVA - 'THE GREAT RETURN TO LOVE'

Yoga is a pathway towards empowered, purposeful and impactful living.

This 300hr Immersion for dedicated teachers of Yoga will create an embodied exploration of the power of our practice to shape who we are, our personal role in collective evolution and our power to lead an inspired life of purposeful action.

This training is much more than a month of learning more yoga methodology. It has been crafted to re-orientate us to our highest embodiment…a life lived from the heart. Together we will explore how our practice, lives and teaching can be in service to this pinnacle of Yogic wisdom?

Join Irene for a free guided meditation and discussion about this upcoming 300hr master training in Byron Bay this August. We look forward to meeting all those teachers who are ready to accelerate their practice, their evolution and empower their teaching.

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Beyond Rest Masterclass
Jul
9
6:30 PM18:30

Beyond Rest Masterclass

Join Irene Ais to experience the deepest rest of your life!

Complete rest is medicine for the modern world.

Returning to a calm and easeful presence is not only the foundation of traditional Yoga practice but is essential for our wellbeing.

Modern life leads to the build up of fatigue, stress and tension in the body and mind. This masterclass will support you to dissolve the unconscious weight of what you have been carrying.

Combining restorative yoga poses, breath work and the ancient practice of guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), this experience has been crafted for ultimate release for body, mind and beyond

Expect to emerge deeply rested, recharged and connected to the core of your being

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Maps of Prana
Jul
4
9:00 AM09:00

Maps of Prana

Join Irene for an embodied experience of balancing the 5 vital movements of prana


A journey into the intelligence of the 5 prana vayus for all dedicated students and teachers of Yoga.

In the vedic view, it is the energetic that gives rise to the physical world as we know it; the subtle shapes the material.
This is true not only of the world around us but of our own body and mind. 

This one day training will explore Yoga as an energetic practice and how we can use our asana, breathwork and meditation to balance, nourish and enliven our whole system.

Expect a day combining advanced tantric practices and detailed lectures exploring prana, the gunas, the 5 vayus and how we can use targeted yoga practice to create harmony and vitality in our system.

This deeper study of embodied energetic anatomy brings our practice to life allowing us to experience how shaping our energy can transform how we breathe, move, think and feel

 

This 1 day course with IRENE AIS includes detailed exploration of:

  • Samkhya philosophy and the descent of consciousness into matter

  • Understanding prana as the intelligence of nature

  • Embodied experience of the 5 prana vayus

  • The energetic effect of the breath

  • Breath focused asana practice

  • The impact of asana, pranayam and meditation on the 5 vayus

  • Creating impactful change in body, mind and awareness through yoga

  • Sadhana – Balancing the vayus in self practice or teaching

This training is worth 5 hrs continuing education points for all 200hr certified Yoga Alliance teachers



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I acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia.

Sovereignty was never ceded.

Always was and always will be Aboriginal land


I pay my respects to the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin nation who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work and the unbroken chain of wisdom passed down through elders past, present and emerging. 

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