At the Avaivilla Group our Events stream is changing and expanding, as we collaborate more with like minded educators and creatives to bring to our spaces events that are culturally safe, engaging and meaningful with purpose. We will continue to add and make changes to our events stream as we grow. Currently we have two streams in our event space. The Working in Two Worlds Forum which is held in November, and our wellness event Ngarra-Djarra Gurri Bunmarra, held in March.
Current and Upcoming Events
Events Stream
Our events program is designed around our core program and offers two cultural learning opportunities to bring organisations and individuals together to share in knowledge, practices, and wellness. We also offer community events in partnership with individuals and organisations, information regarding events will be posted on our events page and our Facebook page.
Ngarra-Djarra Gurri Bunmarra
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A gathering of sistahood, holding space with healing and wellness, through yarning, weaving and ceremony.
Join us Tiddas.
Ngarra-Djarra Gurri Bunmarra meaning 'Heal, Well Health' in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri Nation, is an event that acknowledges First Nations Healing and Wellness practices focused on sistahood. coonection and unlearning habits that keep us in a space of exhaustion and disconnection to what is good and what is true. And that is healing our journey through acknowledgment, connection and ceremony.
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'None of us are born to journey alone, as a First Nation I learnt early that my community, family and culture are my basic protection from being disconnected from what is good and true to me, my wellness and my healing. Keeping ceremonial practices reminds me the importance of caring for self, through sharing medicine, which then connects to the overall wellness of my community'. Terori HA
Sistas joining us will share in ceremony to cleanse and renew with a full body smoking facilitated by Senior Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Diane Kerr. Aunty Di brings with her a wealth of knowledge of traditional healing practices and words of wisdom to ground and renew your space and cleanse your disconnection, inviting goodness, peace and healing.
To end our day, we will be holding a women's yarning circle with a KOKO ceremony. KOKO (cacoa) is grown in many of the island nations in the pacific, where the practice of KOKO ceremony is protected and shared as medicine by women. This is testament to many ceremonial practices being passed from Elders to young women, allowing the knowledge to flow through generations. Terori will facilitate this scared medicine for acknowledging ancestors, acknowledging our broken journeys, allowing reflective of self and holding a space for acknowledgment and forgiveness.
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This will be a day filled with empowering sistahood, reconnecting to what is natural and holding space to heal, focus on wellness and hold space for ceremony to renew, reconnect and be well.
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​FLOAT Women's Wellness Retreats
Float Women's Wellness Retreat is an exclusive destination event, catering to entrepreneurial, professional and retired women. Our retreats cater to small groups, focusing on overall wellness experience as well as cultural experiences. we are coming back next year bigger and better.
Check out our highlights page to see Float24 images. click here
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FLOAT25 details coming soon.
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"Float24 has changed my life. I came to the retreat with a broken heart and soul full of confusion and resentment. Seven days later, I left the retreat with peace, a calmed spirit and an enlightened soul. I could not have done this season of life (and healing) without the support of likeminded women. These women, not only champion ‘change’, but they create a safe sacred space for women to embrace our individual transformative process, without guilt or shame. I will always be grateful to Avaivilla Group for recognising the importance of women empowerment and healing. This will be the annual reset and recharge event for myself and I cannot wait for Float25. Au eswau (big thank you)." Tareka
+ Working in Two Worlds Forum
June 2025
Leading together for change
Details coming Soon.
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Women's Wellness Gathering
+ Ngarra-Djarra Gurri Bunmarra Women's Wellness Gathering
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The Ngarra-djarra Gurri Bunmarra Women's Gathering was bliss, thanks to amazing women who gathering to hold space. Women who came together to hold space with healing and wellness practices from First Nations in Australia and the Pasifika Nations together in sharing healing and wellness through storytelling, ceremony and connecting. Ngarra- djarra Gurri Bunmarra, meaning 'Heal, Well Health' in the Woi-wurrung language of the Wurundjeri Nation, is a gathering for women, both First Nations and Allies alike from all walks of life to come together in a space of cultural sharing and healing.
It was an emotional day, filled with truth raw and honest, healing, redirecting, connecting and wellness. Women holding space for each other, wishing nothing but goodness and wellness for each other. Many of us are still in that space of healing and reconnection to what grounds us, what allows us to move forward. Ngarra-djarra Gurri Bunmarra, gave us a space to come together, for healing, for wellness and to journey together. Big esso (thanks) to our sponsors, partners and supports for making this event so amazing and wonderful to share with women in the sista circle. We look forward and invite women to our next sista circle.
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Go to our highlights page to see images from the gathering and images from other events.