Open Day - Welcome

YARRA VALLEY RETREAT CENTRE IS BACK!!

To reconnect the local community with what is now on offer at the Yarra Valley Living Centre, its new custodians - The Brahma Kumaris - are inviting everyone to an open day on Sunday May 22, from 10-5pm.

From 10-3, a variety of different events will take place - talks, meditation, entertainment, art, games, stalls, etc. Then from 3-5pm there will be an outdoor Peace Concert to complete the day.

After two years of being locked down and disconnected, the invitation is to come together with family and friends and enjoy this incredible land, its living beings - bird, animal and human -  and experience a feeling of real community.

With the theme ‘community | connection | co-creation’ it promises to be an uplifting, fun and informative day for all the family.

Dr Ian Gawler and friends established the Gawler Foundation  and began it all with cancer groups in 1981. He says:

During the last year, the Centre has been leased to the Brahma Kumaris, a religious organisation I have known well for over 40 years and for whom I have the utmost respect. A fully volunteer organisation, the BKs have Centres all around the world. They were drawn to leasing our Centre as a place to present their own raft of healing and meditation retreats, while honouring the past and remaining true to the objectives of the Foundation.

Maureen Chen, Co-ordinator of the centre, says:

We are honoured to carry on the legacy of The Gawler Foundation. Entering this 40-acre property, there is a

deep connection with the land. Surrounded by nature, animals and birds, sitting by the river, or in one of the

dedicated meditation rotunda, the energy is palpable.

For further information, please contact Maureen on 0478 777 405 or Andy Travis on 0415 734 744.