Workshops
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Compassion in connection: Sea Land People and Ancestral Wisdom
These workshops create space for reflection, dialogue, and shared responsibility, supporting individuals, communities, and organisations seeking balance, understanding, and meaningful connection. They are shaped by creation stories inviting participants to engage with teachings in ways that are respectful, accessible, and human-centred. Story-based tools support reflection, discussion, and learning across settings. We invite and encourage inquiry—helping participants explore values, relationships, and responsibilities through story, symbolism, and guided reflection.
We invite participants to explore compassion as a relational practice, grounded in connection to Sea Country, Land, community, and ancestral wisdom. It emphasises that compassion is not only an individual capacity, but something that is held, practised, and sustained through relationships and place.
“We’re all connected.”
Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
- Deepen understanding of compassion as relational and place-based
- Recognise the role of ancestral and place based knowledge and wisdom cultural continuity in shaping wellbeing
- Explore reciprocity and responsibility in relationships with people, land, and sea
- Reflect on how groundedness and connection support sustainable compassion
- Recognise the role of creation stories and ancestral narratives in shaping identity and knowledge
Key Themes
- Ancestral and Place-Based Wisdom: Knowledge systems grounded in Country, Sea, and cultural continuity
- Relational Connection: Strengthening bonds between people, place, and story
- Grounded Presence: Being present in body, place, and relationship
Belong Us: Sea, Sky, Land and Ancestral Wisdom
Belonging in Practice
Introducing our new workshop offering, Belonging in Practice — grounded in Sea, Sky, Land, and Ancestral Wisdom. This framework begins with a simple understanding: we are deeply connected to Country, to each other, and to the knowledge carried across generations.
At the foundation is Ancestral and Place-Based Wisdom, recognising knowledge held through story, lore, observation, and lived connection to sea, sky, and land. From this foundation, we explore Relational Practice and Cultural Humility which shows up with respect, reflection, accountability, and openness to ongoing learning.
This comes to life through the Circle of Compassion and Care, where understanding becomes action, and where dignity, connection, and collective wellbeing are strengthened through everyday practice.
A two day workshop including workbook for a maximum of 25 people. Reach out about customisations for larger groups.
Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) Culture and History 2-day Workshop
Zenadth Kes(Torres Strait) peoples maintain enduring connections to their islands, seas, ancestors, and Ailan Kastom. These living systems continue to shape identity, governance, belonging and community life today.
This two-day, face-to-face workshop offers a relational learning experience grounded in story, reflection, and shared dialogue. Participants explore the histories, cultures, knowledge systems and contemporary experiences of Zenadtth Kes people, while strengthening their capacity to work respectfully and effectively across cultures.
Designed for professionals across community services, education, health, government and human services, the workshop supports deeper understanding, meaningful engagement and culturally responsive practice.
Learning Themes
- Creation Stories, Ancestral Knowledge and Cultural Continuity
- Torres Strait Cultural and Archaeological Histories
- Ailan Kastom, Governance and Belonging
- Rights, Self-determination, and the legacy of Mabo Decision (1992) and, law and sovereignty.
- Kinship, Languages and Cultural Responsibilities
- Intergenerational Trauma, Resilience and Community Strengths
- Contemporary Community Life, Leadership and Cultural Continuity
- Cultural Humility, Cultural Safety and Relational Practice
Training incorporates best practice adult learning in a two-day workshop, and includes a workbook. Minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 people. Costings include catering and venue hire. Reach out about customisations for larger groups.
Delivery in
- Outside of Cairns $880 per/participant inc GST
- Local to Cairns $660 per/participant inc GST
Featured Learning Topic
Creation Stories and Concepts of Time
Explore how Zenadth Kes creation stories and cultural understandings of time continue to shape identity, relationships, responsibilities, and community life today.
Participants are invited to reflect on how different worldviews can influence communication, engagement, and culturally responsive practice.
What You’ll Gain
Participants will:
- Develop knowledge of Zenadth Kes histories, cultures, identities, and contemporary realities.
- Understand how history, policy, and place continue to shape community experiences and engagement
- Reflect on assumptions, perspectives, and decision-making to strengthen culturally responsive practice
- Apply relational approaches that centre Zenadth Kes voices, lived experience, and ways of knowing
Organisational Outcomes
This workshop supports organisations to:
- Strengthen workforce capability in culturally responsive and relational practice
- Build respectful engagement with Zenadth Kes peoples and communities
- Embed cultural safety and reflective practice into everyday service delivery
- Support more inclusive and culturally responsive workplaces and services.
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Bring this learning experience to your organisation and strengthen respectful engagement with Zenadth Kes peoples and communities through shared understanding and relational practice.