Wayapa Wuurrk ‘connect to the earth’ children's workshops

By Gabriel Garcia

Jan 16, 2023

Practitioner and teacher: Rachel Findeis is calling out for any children with a passion for caring for the environment to come forward. Photo by Contributed

Practitioner and facilitator of the Wayapa Wuurrk workshop Rachel Findeis is calling for any children who wish to learn about ancient First Nations wisdom on how to care for the planet to come forward.

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The program will comprise teaching attendees about how First Nations people care for the environment before they are taught a 14-piece movement sequence designed by Gunaikurnai custodian Jaime Thomas which embodies appreciation of the land.

Miss Findeis emphasises that the program is based on cultural appreciation and not cultural education.

The Wayapa Wuurrk is a licensed earth-based program that is approved by the Department of Education and co-founded, designed and created through First Nations peoples of the Kulin Nations.

Miss Findeis said the goal of the program was to enrich the understanding that children had with First Nations culture.

“My heart lies with enriching children’s connection to nature and this country through movement,” she said.

Miss Findeis said the program was designed to help children appreciate the world they lived in and how different people cared for the world.

“Wayapa is so deeply seated in my heart as a means of children embodying their innate relationship with nature and also emerging their trans-generational gifts and wisdom from their own cultures and heritage.”

Miss Findeis hopes the program will help and encourage children to build a harmonised planet.

For expressions of interest for the program please contact Rachel Findeis on 0415 325 103 or email at rachel-findeis@hotmail.com

For more information about Wayapa, visit www.wayapa.com