Kimberley Outreach Programming

Mindful Hearts educates and empowers some of Western Australia’s most remote and underserved communities with strategies to build socialemotional awareness, social-emotional regulation and growth-mindset. Developed with a capacity building and ‘train the-trainer’ approach to support sustainability in remote regions, the Program piloted from April 2022 - July 2023, consulting and working collaboratively with remote school staff, community organisations, local language groups and Traditional Owners to customise, create and deliver Mindful Movement activities and resources. Following best practise co-design principles for rural and remote communities, Mindful Hearts embeds a collaborative approach valuing local language group cultural structure and systems, building strong and mutual relationships with community members and authentically partnering with community for resource creation. 

A variety of culturally relevant, trauma-informed and unique-tocommunity developed breathing exercises, movement activities  (yoga) and relaxation techniques support quick five-minute brain breaks or larger wellbeing sessions. All activities are designed to be  used within the classroom, the community or on Country and continue to be delivered by school staff and Aboriginal Indigenous Education Officers (AIEO) independently following program completion.

Watch the video to learn more about Mindful Hearts. 

To further outcomes, understanding and impact - a multi-year funding project with multiple community touch points and growth opportunities is needed.

This is the cause for Fundraising for Mindful Hearts.

Yogazeit relies on our own fundraising effort, grant writing and partnerships. In order to maximise impact in the Kimberley region and build capacity for the program and Social Impact Initiatives, we're aiming to secure 3million dollars to cover place-based community engagement and collaboration for the next three years (2024 - 2027). 

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All communities wished to be revisited - with individual funding limitations by the schools being the biggest barrier.

In light of the success of Mindful Hearts, our goal moving forward is to secure further funding for a  2–3 year period. This will have the potential to further maximise impact for Western Australia’s most under-served communities through community participation, an evidence-based approach, the development of further resources and capacity building.

Particularly the Fitzroy Valley region appears strongly hit by the impacts of the past couple of years and a desire to further Mindful Hearts in this region is identified. A potential collaboration and consultation project includes multi-touch points incl. Early Learning Areas, Shires, Community Service Providers. This multi-year funding will be supported by:

• Furthering additional resources in communities (e.g. development of Mindful Movement stories relating to community, digital resources, breathing exercises, movement, consulting schools for implementation and extension opportunities (calm zones, teacher wellness, on-country camps)
• Term visits to each schools/community (min 3 x per year) to foster capacity building and training for Indigenous and Western staff
• Extending community partnerships with service providers and shires/LGA’s and advancing the train-the-trainer model and training of locally based Indigenous Youth Yoga Teachers  (Deadly Minds) across the regions.
• Continuing to revitalise language and working with Linguists and Elders collaboratively
• Supporting evidence-based Social Emotional Wellbeing approaches (Research) Potentially focusing on Fitzroy Valley region to maximise the footprint:
• Schools/regions suggested are (but not limited to) Djugerari Rem Com School, Fitzroy Valley District High School (expanding activities with a student focus and student-teacher), Wangkatjungka Remote Community School, Halls Creek District High School, Yakanarra Community School, Yiyili Aboriginal Remote Community School.