Reflections on Retreats
At the start of the year we took time to reflect on our experience facilitating and experiencing the five retreat series labour of love around the Medicine Wheel last year: If you’d like to join us this year, here are the dates & some deets:
2026 Retreats & Upcoming Event
Mark your calendars and please pass on the Spotty Gum Peace Centre retreat dates for 2026! And if you’re near Moruya, you’re invited to join an author’s talk and discussion about indigenous science & the Medicine Wheel on Thursday February 12 at 2:30pm.
Graceful Leadership
Blog by Lukas There are many different ways to reflect upon the tumult of world right now. Indeed, the very sense that things are particularly tumultuous is in some ways a mirage, and like all mirages, is born of perspective. Reflecting to a fellow millennial about the relative tranquility of the 1990s of my childhood,…
Calendar Year Reflections
Blog by Valerie Honour all ancestors – of land, lineage and spirit. Live in balance. This is a steady life’s mission. And even after years of this commitment, I can still feel profoundly torn at times, like I’m being called to discard a deeply engrained aspect of identity. Coming up lately have been some foundational…
For the love of destruction
Blog by Valerie We recently revisited one of my favourite childhood movies with our daughter, Ferngully. I was reminded of the depiction of pure destruction and the power and joy of that aspect of our nature in the character of Hexxus (what a metaphorical name!). I like to refer to the cycle of the Earth…
The Paradox of Healing
Blog by Valerie Years ago when I took a uni course on social psychology my main takeaway was that people who use positive psychology have better mental health than those who don’t. But, if a belief or mantra that has been helping the person is shown to be untrue, their mental health becomes worse than…
Honouring our Rage
Blog by Valerie Rage matters. It’s a passionate, spirited emotion. Spirit keeps our inner fires burning and helps us feel alive. We need healthy spirits! I remember spiritual teacher Tom Lake, an Anglo-Celtic medicine man sharing that to try to get rid of one’s anger is to dis-spirit oneself. What we do with that energy…
Wollongong workshop
You are invited to visit the beautiful Nan Tien Buddhist temple in Wollongong, enjoy the monthly markets, nourishing cafes, and peaceful energy of the temple grounds and partake in a short & fulfilling workshop to deepen your understanding of the Medicine Wheel and its relevance in your life. A revived one-day mini retreat on the…
Earth Ethos 