BODY VOICE CENTRE

What's on in 2023 & 2024.

SAUNDERKAN JU-JITSU
Every Monday night, 6.30pm - 8pm.
First 2 sessions are free.
All enquiries here.

CONNECTED BODY with Ailsa Woodhouse. Wednesday nights, 7:15pm-8:15pm, 2023.
Investment $100 total. Places limited, bookings essential.

Reduce stress, release trauma, calm the mind, discover TRE®. In this 5-week course led by Ailsa Woodhouse, we will explore how to generate and follow the neurogenic tremors already present in your body through Tension and Trauma Release Exercises. The course is suitable for complete beginners and those who are already cultivating a home practice. TRE teaches you to trust your body’s own natural intelligence rather than being controlled by your conscious mind.

For enquires and bookings
ailsawoodhouse@gmail.com
M 0422647014

2024
CREATIVE VOICE SUMMER SCHOOL with Hilde Knottenbelt. Fri, Sat & Sun 10:00am – 4:30pm, Jan 26-28, 2024.
Cost: EARLY BIRD $515 (in full by Dec 28).
LATE BIRD $580

Three days of vocal exploration and music making!

Come and express your aliveness through voice!
By immersing in a playful, multi-layered approach to improvised singing, you'll be engaged in extending the expressive and poetic possibilities of the human voice, from sound, rhythm and spoken word, to improvised song.
What’s not to love?

Do get in touch if you’d like to enrol or if you have any queries.

Phone: +61 419 192 187
email: hildek@netspace.net.au
http://www.creativevoice.net.au
Creative Voice 3-Day Summer School Jan 26-28, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/events/268459602828067
fb.me/CreativeVoicewithHilde

COMMUNITY YOGA CLASSES.
📍 Fridays, 6PM- 7:15PM.
✨ All genders, bodies and abilities welcome!
☕️ A juicy yoga flow followed by chat and chai: an opportunity to connect with likeminded people.
💸 Prices per class: $15 Unemployed/Student. $20 Working part time. $25 Working full time. (Service fees apply when paying online).
🆓 First class free.
🧘‍♀️ Led by Hannah (she/her), a qualified Hatha yoga teacher with a background in community, humanities and psychology.

🎟 TO REGISTER: https://bit.ly/Community-yoga
📷www.eventbrite.com.au/cc/community-yoga-classes-2441789 www.instagram.com/communityyogawithhannah/

DANCE NATURE BY ECSTATIC DANCE BY CANDLELIGHT Dance for adults with Lisa Sommerlad.
Once a month Saturdays 7:30-10pm.
Transformative Ecstatic dance with foundations in Yoga. Led by Lisa Sommerlad, Dance Nature offers a joyful, nourishing, somatic, ecstatic dance immersion for adults, freeing us into the spaciousness & natural, heart-felt joy of the flow state.
The BodyVoice Centre is an ambient studio space in which we can gather, unwind & sink into the welcoming rhythms of breath, heartbeat, body and sound ~ immersed in the divine glow of candle-light amidst the play of shadows & gentle cover of darkness.
With the foundational support of yoga in which we honour the wholeness of being, the play of bliss in our bodies that is sound, movement & rhythm... we awaken a remembering of our essential nature...our Dance Nature.
Lisa will offer gentle guidance in moving, breathing & listening to begin- & from there our well-crafted playlist of sonic sweetness will carry you into your own ecstatic dance nature as you feel it.
We close the session with deep, supine rest in sivasana, followed by a circle of chai, cookies and chats.
Once a month Saturdays 7:30-10pm
Dec 2nd 2023 then 6th Jan,10th Feb, 16th Mar, 20th Apr, 25th May, 22nd June, 20 Jul, 24th Aug, 21st Sep, 19th Oct, 16th Nov & 7th Dec 2024
Bookings please! Directly through me- Lisa 0431590109 lisa@binducreativedanceandyoga.com.au
$22/pp or $36/bring a buddy ~Pay online or at the door.
Have a favourite track? Requests welcome!

FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY SING-A-LONG CHOIR led by John Howard. Call John for all enquiries.
Thursdays from 7 to 8.30pm during school terms. Starting 5th October, 2023.
Casual $20/10 or by the term. Book here.
COME AND SING WITH US
No auditions, ever. No previous experience necessary. All voice types welcome including those who have been told they “can’t sing”.
TRY SINGING
It’s good exercise and great for connecting with others.
Our goals: fun, wellbeing, inclusiveness, MUSIC!
FIRST TRY-OUT SESSION IS FREE
New singers can join any time. First session with the group is free! Then $20/$10 a session casual, or join for the whole term.
All are welcome.
Contact John 0430 120 436 for questions.
Singing together. Keeping connected. Joyful and fun.

BINDU CREATIVE DANCE AND YOGA is an inner west well-spring of immersive creative expression!
Established in 2011 & led by dancer/senior yoga teacher/artist Lisa Sommerlad.
Bindu’s joyful, magical and unique children’s classes are non-gender specific, non-competitive & nurture confidence & self-expression through art-based, play-based creative movement & dance.
Sessions engage & activate sensory body-mind awareness through the exploration of a varied & vibrant aesthetic theme~scape each week.
In being receptive to feeling tones in evocative music, innovative use of props, & in relationship to themselves & each other, young people access their natural freedom of expression, build social confidence & develop their creative potentials. These classes really are about ‘taking your imaginations for a dance… into yoga!’
See Lisa’s website for further info on weekly classes & holiday sessions; while you are there, please read testimonials from the wonderful community of families that love Bindu Creative Dance & Yoga. www.binducreativedanceandyoga.com.au
All classes $18. Trials welcome. Mid-term enrolment is ok. Please book with Lisa! M:0431590109 lisa@binducreativedanceandyoga.com.au
Primary U8 yrs Mon 4:15- 5:15
Primary 8+s Monday 5:20-6:20
Preschoolers 3-6yrs
Wed 9:30-10:15
Thur 10:30-11:15
Fridays 9:30-10:15
Toddlers (18mths-3) + adult/carer
Thur 9:30-10:15
Friday 10:30-11:15

PRACTICE YOGA with Lisa Sommerlad
Lisa is a senior qualified yoga teacher with a creative and intuitive approach to guiding yoga & meditation classes.
Lisa specialises in 1:1 sessions & family sessions, with a commitment to offering yoga for clients with specific needs of all ages and abilities, held in the Small Studio.
She is available for primary, secondary school & university Well-being incursions and Yoga sessions at aged-care centres, workplaces and events.
Whether you are after a one-off personalised session or ongoing lessons, feel free to be in touch with Lisa to discuss your requirements.
Lisa 0431590109 www.binducreativedanceandyoga.com.au

SUN YOGA with Lisa Worley. Tuesday evenings from 2023.
General Hatha yoga classes for adults.
They are gentle and slow paced, developing a deep meditative focus that nourishes your body, heart and mind.You will strengthen and stretch, relax and focus, slow down and breathe...
Casual attendance welcome. First class FREE :-) Join anytime.
Info and bookings call Lisa 0411 111 794

DANCE LUMIERE

DANCE LUMIERE with Leighton Stevenson.
Dance Lumiere offers a diverse range of class options to guide you on your journey. Check out our range of classes from beginner to professional, in a group or private, to find the class that suits you. Not sure where you fit in? Read out helpful guide or contact us.
If you have any questions please get in contact with me either by email or phone: 0452 072 092
Please look after yourself and each other, and thank you for your understanding. Leighton Stevenson. Founder, Dance Lumiere.
We're pleased to announce that for 2023 Dance Lumiere will be open three days a week at the Body Voice Centre Footscray.
With the additional time available we're able to expand our roster of class types, giving you more options to get your weekly dance fix in.
2023 Studio open times:
MON 6:45-10PM
FRI 5:30PM-10PM
SUNDAY 10:30AM – 4PM
Introducing Lumiere Unlimited. With so many new classes we wanted to give our regulars the best value, to get the most out of their dancing. LU is an ongoing membership that gives you:
Unlimited group class access
$5 discount of private lessons
Membership discounts on Lumiere events and store items
2023 Price structure
Lumiere Unlimited: $47 per week
10-class pass: $185
Casual rate: $21 per class
Private lessons: $80 per class ($75 with membership)

Schedule of group classes: early 2023
MONDAY
6:45pm – Teenagers Class (with school term, ages 12-17)
7:30pm – Intro to Dance
8:15pm – Ballroom Improvers
9:00pm – Ballroom Skills in Action
FRIDAY
5:30pm – Kids Class (With school term, ages 6-11)
6:15pm – Teens Class (With school term, ages 12 – 17)
7:00pm – New Vogue
7:45pm – Intro to Dance
8:30pm – Latin Improvers
9:15pm – Latin Skills in Action
SUNDAY
Private lessons by appointment

IYENGAR YOGA with Vanessa Shribman. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Contact Vanessa for all enquiries: Phone or Email or Web
Class Pass here.

Yoga maybe the way out of Chronic Pain
Have you ever noticed how your emotional state and wellbeing affect your pain? You may have noticed when someone knocks into you in a crowd that If you are sleep deprived or upset the pain is worse than when you are feeling fine. AFL players fail to notice a hamstring tear when they are kicking the winning goal; women when describing the birth of their baby hardly mention the pain when they felt safe, supported and in control. Is this a strange anomaly or is it explained in the physiology of pain? I have just come across the Pain Management Workbook by Pain Psychologist Rachel Zoffness. It reiterates all I learned in neuroscience and explains what we now know about pain and the brain. We know so much more about pain through the study of neuroscience and through the fMRI of the brain when in pain.
Pain is not rooted only in the body. Pain is interpreted by the brain. It is influenced by how we are feeling and by the social context of our situation. This does not mean that there is nothing physically wrong when we feel pain but the extent of the physical injury or condition can be down played or up played by the brain. This happens in the examples I gave above. In the case of chronic pain (which is pain felt for longer than 3 months) pain can be even more complex because it becomes wired into the part of the brain which controls the physical body and can extend out into other parts of the brain We talk about different areas of the brain lighting up when we feel chronic pain. When we are in challenging emotional states, depressed, anxious, tired more areas of the brain light up sending more danger signals and increasing the intensity of the pain. Believe it or not this is good news for those experiencing chronic pain. If we can undertake activities which change the focus of the mind and or relax us, the pain intensity can decrease significantly. Research has discovered that graded mindful activity is the best way to change that neuronal wiring that embeds the pain cycle. We want to go to bed and hide when we are in pain but in the case of chronic pain that is the worst thing we can do. Yoga fits the bill of graded, mindful activity. Not all yoga is equal in chronic pain management. The movements need to be guided, slow and controlled. Practitioners need to be mindful and conscious. This is where Iyengar Yoga reigns supreme as it can be all of these things at once. It is also supported with props and taught by experienced and trained teachers making it the perfect modality to deal with pain and the fear that accompanies it.
If you are suffering from pain, ensure that you attend classes with a certified Iyengar teacher who can modify the classes for your needs.

HULA HOOP CLASS with Donna Sparx. Check in with Donna for online options.
7.30-8.45pm on Wednesdays.
Tix available throughout the term (unless sold out) and every hula hoop class is designed as a stand-alone – meaning you can join at any time and slot right in!
Do you feel like it’s time to inject some fun, fitness and flow into your world?
Needing to tone up, tune in and take some time out for you?
This class will get the body moving and grooving with a hula hoop.
If you are looking for new ways to get fit, relax, have fun, connect with other awesome people and play, then Hoop Sparx classes are for you!
Our hula hoop classes are a combination of inspiration, fitness, tech, flow, play and dance. Classes include instruction, practice and challenges for everyone at all levels.
There are 5-10 hoopers in every class aged from about 20-65!
WARNING: Once you come to hoop class, it's likely you will end up:
a) totally addicted
b) part of a really awesome community
c) getting toned without even noticing you're doing a workout
d) giggling more
e) surprising yourself at what your body can do
f) having more fun and joy in your world
Each term runs for 8 weeks and each class focuses on different moves, tricks, drills, transitions and concepts. Classes don’t add on to each other so you can join at any time although, people who come more regularly do start to get comfortable in the hula hoop and begin to pick things up a little quicker.
About the facilitator:
Donna Sparx is a professional hula hoop dancer who is passionate about bringing the dance into the hoop and sharing the freedom found in play and flow. Recognised globally for her creativity, innovation, flow facilitation and playful approach, she has shared the hoopla with thousands of people aged 2 to 72! Donna has performed with the Women’s Circus and at many festivals and events. She brings a passion and playfulness to her work that is infectious.
Her motto: Do it ‘til you can.
What to bring: All hoops provided and sanitised for covid safety. BYO playfulness, water bottle and wear comfy clothes.
Stay connected: Web: www.hoopsparx.com. Facebook: www.facebook.com/hoopsparx Instagram: @donnasparx

ADULTS ARTS THERAPY GROUP with Kimberley.
9.30am-11am fortnightly Wednesdays from 17th January 2024.
NDIS and all people are welcome.
Found Objects Creative Therapies invites you to an inclusive environment to support mental health and wellbeing in a safe and supported environment. The group offers an opportunity to engage with a variety of art materials and creative processes as a form of self-expression, providing connection and inspiration, in a supportive environment.
No art experience needed.
Some of the benefits of group art therapy sessions support participants in creating opportunities for social interaction, and reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness. Group activities foster a sense of community and belonging, allowing engagement in materials and with other like minded participants.

Each session will have a theme and allow a variety of materials to be explored, however those who prefer, can use it as an open studio to create as they choose.
Morning tea and all materials are provided. Small groups, booking required.

About Found Objects Creative Therapies:
Found Object Creative Therapies was founded by Creative Arts Therapist Kimberly Howeler AThR in 2023. Kimberly has a BA (Visual Arts) MTAP (Therapeutic Arts Practise) has experience supporting individuals from paediatrics to the elderly facing mental health challenges, AOD recovery, and people with ASD/ADHD/IL/PDA in both community and clinical settings. She facilitates groups and one on one session.

Kimberly’s passion lies in engaging with people, their unique stories, and their diverse experiences, fostering a spirit of curiosity within the therapeutic space. Her primary goal is to cultivate a non-judgmental, person-centered environment that embraces a multi-modal approach to therapy.

Kimberly is based in Footscray and is a professional member of ANZACATA. She is available for one on one or group sessions.

Enquires and bookings: Please reach out to Kimberly for more information and bookings.
Phone: 0475 403 722
Email: foundobjectstherapies@gmail.com
Website: www.foundobjectstherapies.com.au

MAX TINKLE'S MUSIC SCHOOL
Experienced in Harmonica, Saxophone, Clarinet & Piano!
For all ages, and especially younger ones in Jazz, Blues and Popular Music.
Enquiries: Max 0418 587 687 - 7 Days 9.30-8pm
Click here for Max's website
Click here for Max's email
Max's YouTube Play Blues Harmonica in 5 Minutes is here
Enjoy and keep in touch...

BELINDA FOSTER MUSIC SCHOOL Professional singing tuition with Belinda Foster.
Contact Belinda for an appointment. email 0418502095.

THE PALMIST IS IN with Ruth Gale. Book Ruth for an online or in person session.
You have a map to your life in your hands. It can tell you who you are and why you are here. I can read it for you.
I can identify your life purpose, areas of challenge and soul path. You'll gain an expanded sense of who you are and why you are here. Phone 0439947287 or email Ruth to make an appointment. Sessions are available over the internet.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE with Shona Innes. On Tuesdays.
Shona is offering a couple of different types of lessons. The first is the usual hands-on lesson and the second a hands-off lesson (in Alexander language called a "talkthrough".) A "Talk through" can accomodate social distancing and is something which is standard practice for Shona.
THE THINKING BODY with Shona Innes. Alexander Technique lessons, Experiential Anatomy and Todd Alignment are Shona's areas of expertise.
Hands washing and usual precautions apply.
Find out how the Alexander Technique can help you with Pain Posture Performance Stress Management
Shona: 0421 285 338 shona.alextech@gmail.com
Footscray, Fitzroy
Shona offers private classes. Contact Shona for booking.

LIFEWISE COACHING Online with Marg Peck.
Lifewise coaching and mentoring. Life and health coaching move towards ease, growth, creativity and joy. Clarify your personal and professional purpose and authentic mission. Align with values and create life balance. Realise our gifts and share them in creative and sustainable ways.