🔭 The Present Perspective Newsletter

❤️‍🩹 Healing through patience, presence and space

We often forget that healing is built into us—not something we need to chase or control. Mindfulness helps us return to our natural state of balance, allowing body, mind and heart to realign with ease.

“To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.” — Stephen Levine

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Dear Reader

Our body naturally heals. If we scrape our knee, over time the blood stops, the pain fades, the skin grows back and we are whole again.

Our whole biological system is designed for wholeness and healing. If something is out of kilter or not working, our inbuilt healing and balancing mechanism will do its best to get it to work and bring it back into balance.

We can trust this movement to healing and movement to wholeness; it applies equally well to our emotional and psychological life which is just as grounded in nature as the parts of our body.

Giving yourself dedicated time to heal, to re-balance, is critical for good emotional and mental health. It allows this natural adjustment and alignment that is in-built in us to come to the fore. Just as we go for walks or go to the gym for our physical health, we take time out to practise formal mindfulness and meditation for our mental and emotional health.

Unless our emotional and mental pain and hurt is acute, disruptive or overwhelming, sitting with ourselves in silence gives our mental and emotional body time to reset and restore itself and for the natural healing process to kick in.

So often we can over-complicate matters. Our mind tells us there is something wrong, something needing to be fixed or to be got rid of. Very often though, this way of thinking is an outcome of a dysregulated nervous system. More thinking, more adding, more fixing does nothing because it's just more of the same.

In these cases, all that is often required is for us to step back, provide space for our natural balancing to take effect, and have faith in ourselves and the healing process.
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We find that our nervous system quite naturally then regulates, we feel whole, held, safe and complete. Presence holds us.
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At this time, our mind quietens down and is no longer trying to warn us of any threat or need to be fixed.

We get the opportunity to experience our natural and in-built healing and balancing capacity—and it feels great.

➕ How to Stop Overthinking and Overwhelm — Mindfulness Plus Workshop

This workshop blends heart-centered mindfulness practices, the power of intention and intuition with insights from neuroscience, to reduce overthinking and feelings of overwhelm.

Understand the causes of overthinking and what to do to prevent it.

Learn and apply techniques that reorient you so that you can navigate challenging situations and make decisions with less angst and confusion and with greater ease.

Enjoy a sense of being more grounded and in control of your mental and emotional state.

What you will learn in this workshop:

• Heart-based mindfulness strategies to reduce overthinking and create more calm and stability.

• Neuroscience insights that explain how stress affects your brain, and how you can rewire to enjoy greater calmness and stability.

• Practical tools to feel more grounded and in control, and to stop the cycle of overthinking and overwhelm.

Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
​Time: 6.30pm – 7.30pm AEDT
​Price: $20 standard ticket. $35 VIP ticket (includes recording)
​Facilitator: Karen Bradford
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⚔️From Worrier to Warrior - 7 Week Course. Starts 6 November

Join certified mindfulness teacher, Nat Mallia and take the journey from worrier to warrior.

What you get with this course

☑️ Transform your life and cultivate inner strength.

☑️ Enjoy Nat’s East meets West approach with a blend of Buddhist philosophy and Neuroscience.

☑️ Strategies for identifying and resolving negative thought patterns that can contribute to anxiety and stress

☑️ Warrior Mindset Strategies to develop a mindset that empowers you to face life's challenges with confidence and courage

☑️ Your very own Warrior Mindset Action Plan

☑️ Designed for both beginners and those looking to refine their meditation skills.

☑️ Plus many bonuses to support your journey!

BONUS - Save 10%​
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Enter the promo-code: WARRIORMF at checkout to get 10% off this course.
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🧘‍♀️ Mini Mindfulness Exercise: Healing and Balance

Duration: 10 minutes

1. Settle: Sit comfortably, allowing your body to rest naturally. Feel the gentle rise and fall of your breath.
2. Sense the Body: Bring your attention to your body—the warmth, the pulse, the quiet aliveness beneath the skin. Notice any areas of tension or unease without trying to change them.
3. Let Go of Fixing: Instead of analysing or solving, simply allow. Imagine your body knows exactly what to do—just as it heals a cut, it can also heal the subtle stress and tightness you carry.
4. Breathe and Trust: With each breath, sense a quiet intelligence restoring balance. You might silently repeat: “My body and mind know how to return to balance.”
5. Rest in Wholeness: For a few moments, rest in the sense of being whole—nothing to add, nothing to remove. Just this.

Why this helps:​
When we stop trying to “fix” our experience, the nervous system relaxes and natural repair mechanisms—both physical and emotional—can operate freely. This is mindfulness as nature intended: a gentle return to our inherent wholeness.

🏫 Intro to Mindfulness Courses and Workshops

Reduce anxiety, improve sleep and increase self-acceptance with mindfulness.
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These Intro to Mindfulness and Meditation courses and workshops are designed for absolute beginners and are offered by certified Mindfulness Works mindfulness teachers.

Online and Live

Online and live - Monday, 3 November​
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🏡 Coming Home to Yourself — 7-Day Silent Meditation Retreat, Healesville, VIC: 11 – 17 Feb, 2026

Step into a world of calm, depth and self-love. Experience an environment of safety, silence, beauty and natural ease.

Now is the time to truly come home to yourself.
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​“A fantastic retreat to reconnect with self led by two very skilled facilitators.” — Lisa Shortridge​
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Experience a precious and profound opportunity to embrace yourself fully and unconditionally.
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Located in the serene setting of Maitripa Retreat Centre, Healesville, this retreat provides an exceptional chance for self-love, self-forgiveness and self-acceptance.

Book your place now with a $500 deposit.​
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Teachers: Karl Baker and Stephen Archer
​Location: Maitripa Retreat Centre, Healesville, Vic
​Dates: Wednesday, 11 Feb – Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2026.
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💗 Awakening to Self-Love — 6-Day Silent Meditation Retreat, Bowral, NSW: 7 – 12 March, 2026

The essence of your self-love is woven into the fabric of the universe.

It is integral to you. It just requires the right environment to emerge.
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​“It was like a balm for the soul.” — Carmel Brock

The Essence of Self-Love, Silent Meditation Retreat provides that environment.
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​Book your place now with a $500 deposit.​
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Teachers: Karl Baker and Stephen Archer
​Location: Hartzer Park Retreat Centre, Bowral, NSW
​Dates: Saturday, 7 Mar – Thursday, 12 Mar 2026
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🏢 Workplace Mindfulness Training

Nationwide in-person or online mindfulness training for workplaces.
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– Build team mental and emotional resilience.
– Improve mental fitness.
– Practical strategies for reducing burnout.
– Enhance team communication and connection.

Get a customised program and free quote.
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🤔 Mindful Check-In. When do you feel most naturally in balance?

Moments of balance often sneak up on us when we stop trying to create them. By noticing when we already feel at ease, we strengthen our connection to the body’s natural rhythm of healing and harmony.

📝 Mindful Meme of The Week

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