Wellbeing, Connection & Belonging.
We’re passionate Educators and Wellbeing providers, offering sensory, creative, and nature-based programs & products that bring people together, create calm, and strengthen wellbeing.
Proven in classrooms, aged care & retirement communities, workplaces, and NDIS-funded support, and ready to bring to yours.
We create meaningful experiences where everyone can connect and belong.
For Every Age and Stage.
Our Communities
Tailored nature and connection programs designed for specific developmental, accessibility and cognitive needs.
For individuals, schools, retirement communities, NDIS participants, accessible accommodation, aged care, and in-home care.
Reconnect, engage the senses, and quiet the mind.
Education
Primary & Secondary Schools
Activities & resources that support emotional regulation, enhance focus, and build connection. Helping students to unplug, calm their mind, feel grounded and present.
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Aged Care
Seniors
Activities for seniors living at home, in aged care, and retirement villages. Connecting older Australians with each other or with nature can support meaningful engagement and wellbeing.
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NDIS Participants
Accessible in-home sessions for participants with varied physical and cognitive abilities. Connect with others and engage with nature through activities suited to individual needs.
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Workplace Wellbeing
We help Australian organisations create healthier, more connected workplaces through engaging wellbeing experiences that encourage connection and support workplace wellbeing.
Explore Workplace ProgramsBuilding Bonds Across Generations
See how meaningful shared experiences can bring generations together, creating moments of connection, joy and belonging for both young and old.
Connection has no age limit.
Our intergenerational experiences create opportunities for younger and older generations to learn, create and connect together.
This Channel 9 feature offers a glimpse into the simple moments that can build stronger relationships and a greater sense of belonging.
Explore the ProgramProducts for Connection
Screen-free boxes, sensory prompts and conversation cards that help people ground themselves and talk with each other, at home, at school or in care.
Community outreach program designed to bring children and older adults together through meaningful connection, shared learning, and gentle engagement. As a community contribution initiative, it invites people of all ages to take part in a multi-engagement program that strengthens community wellbeing and fosters genuine community connections.
Grounded in the principles of Lifelong Learning, our Community Engagement program creates opportunities for participants to learn from one another, develop skills, share stories, and build relationships that create connection, reduce loneliness, improve confidence, and enrich the wider community. This nurturing experience encourages people of all ages to slow down, engage and connect.
Challenges and discouragement are not uncommon as you strive to accomplish goals and realise dreams. With daily practice of affirmations and uplifting yoga poses and joyful aromas, you can move past these obstacles. Featuring Grapefruit, Lemon, Osmanthus, Melissa and Siberian Fir essential oils in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil, doTERRA’s Ascend Enlightening blend inspires moments of rising up and reaching for your highest. The aromas of this blend support your stability as well as your freedom, endurance for your body, and courage and happiness in your heart.
Our program tailors to individual preferences; visiting a local park, natural habitat or the country. Participants become mindful of the sights, sounds, smells around them. Learning about nature and how it affects our lives.
Immersing ourselves in nature recharges our mental, spiritual, and physical selves. Studies show nature immersion, or even a walk in the bush or garden, has profound mental and physical benefits.
Join us at a local park, nature reserve or in the country. We’ll share in nature together so you can feel rejuvenated, reconnected and grounded.
Get in touch with present-moment experience in a deep way.
Our Origin
“Because better connection to each other and with nature leads to better health and happiness. We provide a safe place to talk, breathe, and re-engage with the living world around us.”
Catherine
Founder, Teacher & Forest Therapy Guide
In their words
“I was surprised by how connected I felt.”
Camille, Student · Primary & Secondary
“It was amazing how quickly the group connected from the beginning.”
Karen, Participant · Corporate
“Loved the way you tapped into the different gifts of each participant.”
Chris, Participant · Corporate
“The group is very special.”
Enid, Participant · Intergenerational
“I have found a special relationship in my life.”
Millie, Student · Intergenerational
“Thank you, Wayne and Cath, for another amazing program.”
Lee, President, Bayside Lions Club · Intergenerational
“Congratulations to the Leaders, they made us sparkle! What a gift they have!”
Mary, Participant · Intergenerational
“I can’t believe the students who came out of their shells to connect with someone new.”
Eileen, Teacher · Intergenerational
“I was apprehensive but was able to contribute because of my student partner.”
Gladys, Participant · Intergenerational
“I loved the organic connections that happened. Wonderful!”
Jenny, NDIS Support Worker · NDIS
“We had such fun together.”
Lauchie, Participant · NDIS
Guided Experiences
Sessions and programs we facilitate with you, in your home, your school, the bush or your community.
In-Home Sensory
Experience
Simple, fun, and creative ways to reconnect with nature and engage your senses from the comfort of home or bed. Designed for NDIS participants, this experience encourages relaxation, curiosity, and connection through hands-on sensory activities. Participants develop new skills, explore the natural world around them, and celebrate the beauty of their environment, all while fostering calm, awareness, connection and wellbeing.
In-School Sensory
Experiences
Nature-inspired sensory experiences brought directly into your school, for individual students and whole classrooms.
Bush Therapy
Our program tailors to individual preferences, visiting a local park, natural habitat or the country.
Intergenerational
Program
Bringing children and older adults together through meaningful connection, shared learning and gentle engagement. Choose a program we implement for you, or a digital kit you can run yourself.
Experiences That Create Connection
Hear from students, seniors, teachers, wellbeing professionals and community members who have experienced the Gentle Presence Intergenerational Program.