This 4 hour retreat is a chance to reset your overwhelmed nervous system and feel supported in your mothering journey.

• Listening circle: A chance to hear a little of Alita and Helen’s story of motherhood, the highs and lows and challenges that brought us growth raising 6 children between us. A space to share where you are at and what you are needing most in this season. Or simply listen and feel the magic of hearing women share their stories.
• Nourishing food: A vegetarian lunch to warm your heart and belly. Tea and sweets. And extra time for connection with other mothers and Alita and Helen.
• Realistic self care tools shared throughout the event
• Restorative Yoga Nidra: no movement, just rest, breath, surrender and reset.

Benefits of joining this spring day retreat include:

• Feel less alone in everyday motherhood
• Feel connected again in a supportive space
• Come alone and meet new people
• Bring a friend and support each other
• Calming and restorative connection
• A focus on your vital role as a mother
• How to nurture and get YOUR needs met
• Understanding self compassion and why it will help you through the hardest moments of parenting and life
• Tips to support you when you are struggling: when you shout, flip your lid, yell, scream, rage, run away, feel anxious and all the intense feelings motherhood brings up.

Facilitators

Alita Blanchard, Parent Coach and Circle Facilitator

Based on the NSW Central Coast, Alita is a dedicated, honest and nowhere near perfect mother of four boys (including one in the stars) who love to rumble and ramble in the outdoors . She is a trained Rites of Passage facilitator, Women’s Circle facilitator and nervous system-informed Parent Coach.

Alita supports and guides mothers in their transformation through motherhood (matrescence) and helps to bring awareness to their own needs and emotions so they can feel more aligned, aware and connected to themselves and their children.

Instagram: @alitablanchard_parentcoach

www.theawaremama.com.au

Helen Macnair, Yoga teacher and owner of Umina Beach Yoga

Helen Macnair’s yoga journey began in 1990 in her early 20’s. She began teaching in London in 1997 and is a registered senior teacher with Yoga Australia. Helen owns and manages Umina Beach Yoga, teaches weekly classes at the studio, runs regular yoga retreats both in Australia and internationally, and the Bella Mamma postgraduate yoga teacher trainings.

During her first pregnancy, Helen began her journey into the world of yoga for pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. In 2005 she trained as a Doula with Michel Odent, the French Obstetrician, and completed her Birthlight pregnancy and post natal yoga diploma with Francoise Freedman. Helen is passionate about her work with women and supporting them through this magical but often challenging time.