FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS – 2023 CLOSED

Continuing the success of Deadly Minds 2022 we were excited to announce 10 fully funded scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to learn new skills to improve not only their own wellbeing, but the wellbeing of their greater communities in 2023.  This training has now been completed but you can find key information about the Deadly Minds training below. 

This 5 day all inclusive, all expenses paid training immersion was delivered at Karijini Eco Resort on Banjima Country during Mental Health Week from Monday 9th October – Friday 14th of October.

Successful applicants learned breathing techniques, mindful movement adapted from yoga, relaxation scripts, mindfulness activities and participate in partner and group work. The ‘Deadly Minds’ camp included comprehensive workbooks and all training activities, led by Yogazeit’s Indigenous Outreach Coordinator, Murri Gamilaraay and Maori woman Sharnell Avery. The training explored ways to manage physical and mental health, emotional regulation, sessions on body anatomy and safe stretching to prevent injury and yarning circles that helped trainees find their own unique way of teaching.

The program equips Australia’s next generation of mindful leaders with skills to start teaching their mob practical ways to combat stress, improve social-emotional skills, support learning and improve mental, cultural, physical and spiritual health. 

Deadly Minds recognises that Indigenous cultures across the world have already been practising what we call ‘mindfulness’ for thousands of years. These practices could be healing and medicinal, hunting, Songlines, communicating with Country and ways to connect to culture and spirit. Due to the ongoing impacts of Colonisation, some of Australia’s most underserved communities face a mental health crisis and disconnection from traditional mindful living. 

Deadly Minds aims to empower Australia’s First Nations peoples to utilise mindfulness tools in their everyday lives to improve wellbeing, mental resilience and overall fitness. 

Deadly Minds is an inclusive and accessible program. We emphasise: “All you need is a breathing body!” Participants do not need any previous yoga experience or equipment to be involved. We actively invite participants to translate activities into their local language or dialect. The program hopes to spark language-revitalisation and connection to country, alongside widespread improved health outcomes.

We invite our Deadly Minds Yoga Teachers to make this training your own!

Our graduates learned how to make mindful movement fun for the mob they’re teaching so it feels important and physically, mentally and culturally safe. All are welcome to change up any parts that don’t feel right, or skip out any bits they don’t feel comfortable to teach. Indigenous people are the experts of their own culture. So, it is important to emphasise that the program allows for flexibility. The opportunity to make it your own, translate, narrate, modify and improvise.

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