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Welcome to your trusted breastfeeding support resource. Whether you’re expecting a baby or navigating the early weeks of motherhood, our expert breastfeeding classes are here to guide you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence you need to succeed. As an IBCLC lactation consultant and experienced midwife, I offer group classes and private sessions tailored to your unique breastfeeding needs.

Why Choose Our Breastfeeding Classes?

Personalised & Expert Care
With years of experience in both midwifery and lactation consultancy, Harriet provides evidence-based, compassionate support to parents navigating their breastfeeding journey. Whether you’re a first-time mum or need a refresher, my classes cover everything you need to know about breastfeeding.

Flexible Options for Every Family

• Group Classes: Join like-minded parents in a supportive group setting to learn the basics of breastfeeding, including latch techniques, positions, milk supply, and troubleshooting.

• Private Sessions: (Available here) If you prefer one-on-one support, my private sessions are tailored to your unique needs, helping you overcome any breastfeeding challenges and offering personalised guidance.

Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Content
Our classes are based on the latest research in lactation and midwifery, ensuring you receive accurate, up-to-date information to make the best choices for you and your baby.

The Grounded Hour - EFT & Nervous system reset for mamas

A soft pause for the woman behind the motherhood

A gentle 90-minute workshop to:

• Release the weight of the mental load

• Regulate your nervous system

• Feel held, seen, and supported

• Leave feeling lighter in your body and mind

A space to pause, exhale and to return to yourself.

Hosted by Kate from Mineral & Grace.

Mamma-to-be Gathering 20 Juy 2025 10am-11:30am

These beautiful mornings are calm, nurturing and nourishing for pregnant mums no matter what stage of pregnancy from 6 weeks 40 weeks you are all welcome!

Each gathering starts with a mindful practice, followed by sharing in a beautiful supported circle. I share practical tips and tools on a different area of birth or postpartum. We finish the Gathering off with a restorative meditation. I will also bring along some homemade goodies to enjoy and warming tea.

My next Mamma-to-be Gathering will be Movement and Mindfulness and we will finish the session with a yoga Nidra (haha if there as time as I know sometimes the chatting and questions can take the whole session.) 

We will be exploring 

• the birth circuit

• trying out different birthing positions which are amazing to help bubs move down

• mindfulness techniques to tap into the present moment and what is going on in our body

• distraction tools as well! 

I will be providing tea and my home cooked treats and these Gatherings are the perfect way to connect in with yourself and bub and meet other pregnant mums too!! 

20 July 10am-11:30 @ The Village Collective 

The Gatherings are an amazing opportunity to connect with like-minded mammas-to-be and find beautiful friends to journey through into motherhood with!  

I cannot wait to welcome you to these Mamma-to-be Gatherings and support you through your journey into motherhood and meeting your village!!

Kathryn xx

THIS IS NOW BOOKED OUT. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ANOTHER ON IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

To celebrate the beauty and wonder of motherhood, we have a very special Life Drawing class held by local artist Jessica Davina. We will be raising money for the Gidget Foundation and drawing a true goddess in the form of a pregnant mama full of new life.

Drawing guidance will be given but you are free to draw at your own pace, sip, snack, chat and attend to your little one, with babies up to toddler welcome. All drawing supplies are included plus some extra special treats.

Chillis will be sponsoring this event so as part of your ticket there will be delicious pastries for us to snack on while we draw and a ccoffee voucher to redeem on the morning from Chillis Deli in the Galleria.

You will also receive a gift bag filled with goodies from small female owned business, a coffee voucher for the wonderful cafe Chilli's who will also be sponsoring this event and providing delicious pastries for us to snack on while we draw.  

100% of the ticket will be donated to The Gidget Foundation.

For more information on Jessica's classes please visit her website www.jessicadavina.com or her Instagram jessicadavina.art

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Welcome to your trusted breastfeeding support resource. Whether you’re expecting a baby or navigating the early weeks of motherhood, our expert breastfeeding classes are here to guide you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence you need to succeed. As an IBCLC lactation consultant and experienced midwife, I offer group classes and private sessions tailored to your unique breastfeeding needs.

Why Choose Our Breastfeeding Classes?

Personalised & Expert Care
With years of experience in both midwifery and lactation consultancy, Harriet provides evidence-based, compassionate support to parents navigating their breastfeeding journey. Whether you’re a first-time mum or need a refresher, my classes cover everything you need to know about breastfeeding.

Flexible Options for Every Family

• Group Classes: Join like-minded parents in a supportive group setting to learn the basics of breastfeeding, including latch techniques, positions, milk supply, and troubleshooting.

• Private Sessions: (Available here) If you prefer one-on-one support, my private sessions are tailored to your unique needs, helping you overcome any breastfeeding challenges and offering personalised guidance.

Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Content
Our classes are based on the latest research in lactation and midwifery, ensuring you receive accurate, up-to-date information to make the best choices for you and your baby.

Couples Postpartum Planning Session 8 June 2025 11:30am-1:30pm

We plan for our birth but what about our postpartum? In this session I will support couples in creating a practical, nurturing and nourshing postpartum plan to ease the transition into parenthood. Topics will include:

• Setting boundaries & visitors

• Role of the partner

• Sleep and deep rest and how to get it

• Postpartum food and snacks

• Postpartum hormones

• Self care for both mum and dad

• Matrescence

I will also answer any questions or address any worries around what our postaprtum. Having been a postpartum doula for 4 years and been through the fourth trimester three times myself I cannot wait to share my knowledge and experiences and offer practical support and advice on this very important topic!

The session will include a workbook, snacks and tea.

Kathryn xx

This course starts on Thursday 5 June for 5 weeks 10am-11:30am

​Each class includes baby massage, mamma time where we have tea and snacks while sharing our motherhood journey and connecting with the other mums. We always finish up with a calming relaxation both you and baby will enjoy!

You will leave each class feeling connected to both your baby and other local mums and lovely and calm for the rest of the day!

Herbal Self-Care Workshop is the second gathering facilitated by Maddie Lyons (Naturopath & Herbalist) at The Village Collective in Ettalong Beach. 

Date: Sunday 1st June 2025

Time: 10am - 12pm 

Location: The Village Collective – Shop 70-72 in The Galleria - 189 Ocean View Road, Ettalong Beach

As we approach the cooler months of the year, we will gather to discuss herbal self-care practices, learn about various herbal medicines, and create a custom herbal cream to treat your individual skin condition. Facilitated by naturopath and herbalist, Maddie Lyons, this workshop will include naturopathic insights to women's health, skin healing and nervous system.

What to expect:

• Guided meditation

• Magickal herb oracle reading

• Herbal remedies for self-care practices

• Plant study: Learn about ten herbs

• Make your own custom herbal cream

• Q&A with Maddie, Naturopath & Herbalist

• Herbal drinks and sweet treats

What’s included:

• Custom herbal cream (50g amber glass jar)

• Booklet covering key points

• Herbal drinks and sweet treats

About Maddie:

Maddie Lyons is a clinical naturopath and herbalist with a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) and full practicing member of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia. Maddie's clinical experience includes menstrual cycle conditions, fertility and preconception, pregnancy support, postpartum care, perimenopause and menopause, children's health conditions, gut health and metabolism, mental health and skin conditions.

Maddie is available for one-on-one naturopathic consultations at The Village Collective, either in-person or via Telehealth. Maddie also facilitates naturopathic and herbal medicine workshops and talks, on topics such as herbal medicine making, herbal self-care, holistic stress management and postpartum recovery.

Contact:

Any questions please email Maddie at maddie@maddielyonsnaturopathy.com

Website: www.maddielyonsnaturopathy.com

Instagram: @maddielyonsnaturopathy

Limited spaces available. Purchase your ticket today to avoid missing out.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

$180.00

Sun, 25 May, 2pm - 5pm AEST

Ticket cost covers both Mother + Child

First Moon Circles are a beautiful, empowering alternative to traditional period education featuring craft, conversations and a special parent-daughter celebration.

These sacred, beautiful, love-filled and most important of all FUN space for young girls and people identifying as female* to gather in circle to receive knowledge and tools to start their periods with ease, flow (pardon the pun!) and comfort.

The benefit of celebrating menarche as a rite of passage ripples out across whole lifetimes, and generations far into the future.

Give the gift of empowerment to your loved child.

This is a three hour circle. The first two hours is with the girls only.

Mothers join us for last hour to celebrate their daughter.

For more information on First Moon Circles, please see my trainers website https://firstmooncircleschool.com/about-first-moon-circles/

Introductory Matrescence Awareness & Embodiment Workshop

This workshop will be led by Bree Sutherland, the founder of Soul FULL Coaching & Yoga. Bree is a certified Matrescence Facilitator, Life Coach, and Yoga Teacher, as well as a mother herself. With a deep commitment to supporting women through the profound shifts of motherhood, she creates nurturing spaces for self-discovery and empowerment.

Pause. Reflect. Restore. Reset.

Motherhood transforms every part of a woman — mind, body, and soul. Yet the journey of Matrescence — the transition into and through motherhood — is often overlooked, leaving many women feeling unseen, unprepared, or disconnected from themselves.

This introductory Matrescence Awareness & Embodiment Workshop is a deeply nourishing space created for mothers in the early years postpartum — beyond the first 12 months — who may be navigating the ongoing shifts of identity, energy, purpose, and self.

It’s a space for those who are ready to move from simply surviving to gently thriving.

Blending insightful Matrescence education with guided reflection and restorative yoga, this workshop offers you space to:

Explore the ongoing impact of Matrescence, including emotional, physical, and identity transformations.

Reconnect with yourself through nurturing, reflective practices.

Experience gentle, restorative yoga designed to foster mind-body connection, supporting your nervous system & creating space for reflection, introspection, and the integration of your learnings.

Feel seen, heard, and truly understood in a safe, supportive, nurturing space.

Motherhood changes everything — but you don’t have to lose yourself in the process.

This is your invitation to soften, to breathe, and to return to the woman within the mother.

It would be my honour to witness your journey and hold this space for you.

I can’t wait to welcome you, mama.

What to Bring:

Yoga mat, bolster and/or eye pillow (optional, these are also provided)

Blanket, to cosy into some restorative yoga poses 

Journal, to capture any notes & insights you want to keep 

Duration: 1.5 hours

Day & Time: Saturday 24th May, 3.30 - 5pm

When returning to exercise there are some key components that we need to be looking at. Although the doctor gives us the all clear at that 6 week check up there are so many factors to consider before jumping straight back into exercise.

In this 6 week Foundations Course we’ll go over the importance of taking things slow and setting up a strong foundation first, as this is going to allow you to build strength from the inside out and help you progress safely and confidently. The breath work I teach in this course will not only assist you in returning to the exercise of your choice but also assist in supporting you in everyday life too!

Cost: $120 for 6 weeks

Dates: 14 May - 18 June 2025

Day + Time: Wednesdays 12pm - 1pm

Mindful Hypnobirthing Day Course with Kathryn from Mamma Nurture 4 May 10am-4pm.

Hi I am Kathryn, a certified Mindful Hypnobirthing Instructor and super exctied to bring Mindful Hypnobirthing Day Course to The Village Collective. You won't learn just breathing and relaxation in this course, you will learn how to amplify the effect of these using hypnosis, alongside some powerful and simple birth mindfulness.

 We will prepare both of your mindsets ready for an empowering birth, learning how to reframe birth, release any fears and worries you may have and give you the practical and phsyical tools,  resources and support you need for a confident and calm birth.

​You will both leave this day feeling so incredibly prepared both practically and emotionally for your birth with a huge amount of new knowledge.

Topics we cover in the
Mindful Hypnobirthing Course

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• Psychological process of birthing and how your mind and body works together

• Breathing techniques and mindset training

• Creating an oxytocin toolkit

• Releasing fears, worries and reframing birth

• Anchoring and imagery to create a calming space and mindset

• How to stay calm and alert with self-hypnosis

• Reducing intervention with simple changes to your birth plan and your language

• Physical toolkit for your partner to support your birth

  What's included in the day:

• Online version of the Mindful Hypnobirthing course valued at $99

• Take home worksheets and mindful gifts to use for your birth

• Hypnobirthing sound tracks

• Option for me to record your personal visuallisation as created in the course

Total cost of the day per couple $295 Next Date: 4 May 2025 @ The Village Collective 10am-4pm

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Mamma-to-be Gathering 3 May 2025 10am-11:30am

These beautiful mornings are calm, nurturing and nourishing for pregnant mums no matter what stage of pregnancy from 6 weeks 40 weeks you are all welcome!

Each gathering starts with a mindful practice, followed by sharing in a beautiful supported circle. I share practical tips and tools on a different area of birth or postpartum. We finish the Gathering off with a restorative meditation. I will also bring along some homemade goodies to enjoy and warming tea.

The Gatherings are an amazing opportunity to connect with like-minded mammas-to-be and find beautiful friends to journey through into motherhood with!  

I cannot wait to welcome you to these Mamma-to-be Gatherings and support you through your journey into motherhood and meeting your village!!

Kathryn xx

We're excited to announce The Village Mothers’ Group; a six week course designed just for you and your bub (babies aged 6 weeks to 9 months).

Each week, we'll be joined by a different Collective Practitioner to share invaluable knowledge, provide support, and help you thrive as a mum. This will then be followed by time to connect, for babies to play and for you to have tea and share the ups and downs of motherhood.

THEME: Fertility Foes - Get to know the things that are stopping you from falling pregnant easily.

And take home your own DIY hormone friendly cleaning/self love product!!

This is perfect for you if you have tried everything to conceive and you don't know where to turn to, if the medical advice from your doctor has left you confused and defeated - there is still hope for you to become a mother with the right support <3

This is also super helpful for you if you are about to start trying and you are worried it might not be easy!

So come join us and make this journey to motherhood as fun, easy and smooth as possible, with your village of women by your side!

Beaming baby dust your way!!

UPCOMING GATHERING DATES & THEMES FOR 2024
Saturdays, 10am-12.30pm
✦ 19 April

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Awakening the Intuitive Mother: A Sacred Journey of Connection

Join Liz & Laura at this small group event for a profoundly nurturing & empowering 3-hour experience designed especially for expectant mothers seeking to cultivate trust in their intuition and deepen their Soul connection with their baby.

This very sacred gathering will help you fine-tune your inner wisdom, embrace your maternal instincts, and release subconscious fears so you can step into motherhood feeling empowered, at ease, and deeply connected to your baby through a soulful meditation journey, intuitive guidance, reflective self-nurturing practices, and a restorative sound bath. 

In this experiential gathering, you will enjoy:

✨ teachings about intuition & energy awareness

✨ channelled guidance by Liz about the soul connection you have with your baby

✨ a deeply nourishing and restorative sound bath by Laura

✨ a bespoke soulful meditative journey with your baby 

✨ a tea ceremony

✨ understanding your subconscious fears and releasing them  

✨ connection with other like-minded mothers

✨ journalling time

✨ oracle cards to connect with

✨ a goodie bag

You will leave this supportive space feeling:
✨ Open to the full power of your intuition

✨ Strengthened in the soul bond with your baby and how to listen to the deep wisdom percolating up within you

✨ Aware of the gift you hold for this baby as its mother  - why your baby chose you!

✨ Feel more grounded and confident in your journey of motherhood