Janoel Liddy | Co-Lead Facilitator
has been involved in women’s circle work for 16 years, holding a safe and deep space for groups, initiations and mother blessings. An engaging and experienced facilitator and trainer, she has worked in TAFE, university and community organisations as a trainer and events organiser for over 20 years. With her regular work facilitating A Celebration Day for Girls workshops, Janoel has made her life work in offering meaningful ritual for girls and women to deepen their connection to themselves through practical learning and enjoyable processes. Raising a son and daughter in Melbourne with her partner of 21 years, Janoel is a foodie and storyteller who practices yoga and sweats her prayers regularly in 5Rhythms dance.
BA (Monash), Grad Cert Training Mgmt, Adv Dip Hosp, Cert IV TAE
Find out more about Janoel's work in puberty and well-being education in schools on the Step into Living website
BA (Monash), Grad Cert Training Mgmt, Adv Dip Hosp, Cert IV TAE
Find out more about Janoel's work in puberty and well-being education in schools on the Step into Living website
Jane Bennett | Co-Lead Facilitator
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began her professional life as a social worker and after experiencing the revelations of charting her menstrual cycle in the mid-eighties I pursued a career counselling, teaching and creating resources for Natural Fertility Management .
In 2000 Jane designed and ran the first Celebration Day for Girls, and in 2012 began training facilitators internationally to run this programme. She is deeply honoured to have shared this special occasion with so many mothers and daughters over the years and now to be assisting an exceptional group of women to run this program in their own communities and countries. Jane is the author of A Blessing Not a Curse (2002) and Girltopia (2010), and co-author of The Natural Fertility Management Kits for Contraception and Conception (2004) with Francesca Naish, The Pill: Are You Sure It’s For You? (2008) with Alexandra Pope and Woman Wise Conversation Cards with Andrew Lines. |
Melissa Hellwig | Yoga teacher and facilitator
is a Hatha and Childplay yoga teacher who completed her trainings in 2009 & 2012 while living in Canada. Yoga for her is as much about nature, stillness and sense of play as it a daily breathing & physical practice. Registered with Yoga Australia she now lives in Adelaide with her husband, almost-adult son and daughter, two dogs and too few paddleboards.
Melissa is also an experienced environmental communicator and enabler with a Masters of Environmental Management. BSc Hons (UNE), YTT, MEM (UNSW)
Melissa is also an experienced environmental communicator and enabler with a Masters of Environmental Management. BSc Hons (UNE), YTT, MEM (UNSW)
Rosemary Colston (guest facilitator in 2019)
is a Psychologist with 16 years of experience in private and government sector mental health care. Rosemary is a skilled hypnotherapist, child birth educator and group facilitator, with a special interest in women’s health, lifespan development and interpersonal relationships. She currently works in private practice for Innovated Life in Maroochydore and was the co-founder and director of the Women’s Creative Cooperative on the Sunshine Coast where she lives with her partner, son and daughter. Currently Rose is working on her PhD with the University of Sunshine Coast, exploring adult play as a pathway to happiness and well-being.
HBCE, Hyp Cert, BPsych (Hons), BBeh Sc
Find more about Rose on her Innovated Life website
HBCE, Hyp Cert, BPsych (Hons), BBeh Sc
Find more about Rose on her Innovated Life website
Melinda Cooper
Melinda Cooper has contributed her professional wisdom and warm energy to our program over the years, either through on-site delivery of sessions or sharing her professional resources. This year she wishes us well from home.
Melinda is well-known for her work in all women's health issues that are amenable to physiotherapy, including pelvic floor, persistent pain syndromes and musculo-skeletal disorders, especially in the childbearing year. She believes that by enhancing a woman’s well-being, you can help a family and a community. A regular lecturer/workshop presenter in Australia and beyond, Melinda is proudly a daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. She and her husband of 30+ years live their tree change to rural Victoria. Uni Qld, Uni Melb. Also teacher/examiner/researcher, Uni Melb Physio Dept.
Melinda's Marshall St Practice, established in 1987, is now part of Inform Physio in Fairfield, Victoria.
Melinda is well-known for her work in all women's health issues that are amenable to physiotherapy, including pelvic floor, persistent pain syndromes and musculo-skeletal disorders, especially in the childbearing year. She believes that by enhancing a woman’s well-being, you can help a family and a community. A regular lecturer/workshop presenter in Australia and beyond, Melinda is proudly a daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. She and her husband of 30+ years live their tree change to rural Victoria. Uni Qld, Uni Melb. Also teacher/examiner/researcher, Uni Melb Physio Dept.
Melinda's Marshall St Practice, established in 1987, is now part of Inform Physio in Fairfield, Victoria.
Kimberley Roberts
Our founding yoga teacher Kimberley is now the mother of a little girl! She sends her blessings to this year's retreat participants.
Kimberley Roberts was first introduced to yoga in her early 20s, and it was then that a love affair began. Her regular practice had such a profound transformative affect on her life that she was inspired to share it with others. Initially training with the IYTA (International Yoga Teachers Association), she later completed the Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Teaching and become an accredited Satyananda Yoga teacher. Kimberley's classes are deeply soothing and nurturing to the whole being. She teaches from the belief that yoga is so much more than a physical practice but rather a way of life that has the potential to bring great richness and depth to any and every activity and interaction in one's life.
Find more about Kimberley's classes & workshops at Your Peace Within Yoga & Wellbeing.
Kimberley Roberts was first introduced to yoga in her early 20s, and it was then that a love affair began. Her regular practice had such a profound transformative affect on her life that she was inspired to share it with others. Initially training with the IYTA (International Yoga Teachers Association), she later completed the Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Teaching and become an accredited Satyananda Yoga teacher. Kimberley's classes are deeply soothing and nurturing to the whole being. She teaches from the belief that yoga is so much more than a physical practice but rather a way of life that has the potential to bring great richness and depth to any and every activity and interaction in one's life.
Find more about Kimberley's classes & workshops at Your Peace Within Yoga & Wellbeing.