Weaving is Healing Melbourne May 2026

Welcome to Weaving is Healing! Join us for two days of growth, creativity and connection as we come together to learn the art of weaving as a healing practice. Day 1: Figure eight coiling technique with roots in Africa and Europe. Day 2: Burkina technique (twist and plaiting technique). You can come for one or both of these days.

This in-person event will take place on Sat, 30th and Sun, 31st May, Ceres Environmental Centre, Melbourne. 10.30am - 3.30pm both days. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced weaver, this event is perfect for anyone looking to unwind and tap into the creative energy of the universe, weaving as our ancestors did, working with our hands and the fibres of nature, as part of our birthright. Come and experience the therapeutic benefits of weaving as we spend the day surrounded by nature and nourishing company. Don't miss out on this opportunity to relax, learn, and create something beautiful! Be inspired!

This will be a space to learn to weave a basket with natural fibres, straight out of your garden, or the bush. We will also weave ourselves together in loving connection, intentionally and mindfully. Twirling our fibres into a form of beauty and wholeness. This is not your ordinary craft workshop, its a gentle, fluid and fun form of intentional and loving group practice focused on growth and grounding, safety and belonging. And wisdom. It is not an Indigenous Australian cultural weave.

10.30am till 3.30 pm. $120 pp incl all materials for the day.

The workshop will be conducted through means of a ceremonial space where you will be nurtured in a circle of like-minded beings, sharing and breathing and creating together.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply joyous and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the patterns, mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other.

Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

Please bring something savoury to share for lunch, and your own plate with cutlery.

Pandanus fibre will be available to buy on the day, if needed for future weaving projects or expansion of your current one. All fibre used on the day is provided.

Bio:

René Bahloo is a creator and facilitator of ceremonial spaces that are rooted in the healing power and wisdom held within the ancient art of fibre weaving. Through her lifelong interest and pursuit of knowledge that draws us in closer relationship to our soul and subsequent experience of aliveness, René walks with a philosophical and practical understanding that speaks to the magic (and music) of the weave of life, available in each present moment. This is a magic that is often hidden by our perceptual filters, yet it exists regardless, and is a deep source of freedom, joy and healing waiting to be recognised and consciously engaged with, like a beloved friend. René facilitates workshops and spaces where she weaves with the fibre of these strands of knowledge and wisdom in a way that is multidimensional, in honour of the fractal patterning of the creative universe. Her work is also very practical and down-to-earth, using plant materials and basket weaving techniques to illustrate and enhance understandings of spiritual concepts which in turn promote connection and open-heartedness amongst participants, in a fun and lighthearted, yet profound manner. René’s background as a qualified visual artist and psychotherapist, as well as her extensive life experience with (and deep ongoing connection to) Indigenous shamanic/earth-honouring families and cultures, enhances her intellectual, creative and spiritual capacity to speak eloquently to this interconnected weave of life.

Note: René claims no Indigenous Australian heritage, rather, she is a bridgemaker and walker between humans coming from a deep heart-based and relational standpoint. For a deep dive into indigenous cultural practices, with traditional knowledge holders, see her Arnhem Land Journeys where she shares her experience of connecting in Indigenous cultural landscapes with elders.

René brings you a gift: a direct demonstration and embodiment of the experience of her own aliveness, and beautiful fallible humanness, through radical honesty as well as authenticity to the moment, and inspires us to remember, to love and to honour all parts of our soul expression in the world, no matter how they show up, in the spirit of ‘already being whole’.

Tickets are transferable but not refundable, within a one-year period. 48 hour notice required or ticket will be forfeited.

Workshops and journeys are subject to numbers.

Tickets can be booked through Eventbrite, or by emailing to organise a direct deposit / cash. (direct deposit bypasses the eventbrite fee).

René Bahloo

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(0438)162552

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