Welcome in a new you with feel-good fest, The Festival of Wellness.

Your journey to wellness begins here.

Holistic health and healing are on the agenda this October, as inaugural event, The Festival of Wellness, wheels into Deakin University Waterfront Campus. Across two days, on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, The Festival of Wellness will become Geelong’s newest destination for connection, community and feel-good transformation.

Brought to you by the same team behind Geelong’s own Piccadilly Market with seasoned events specialist Janina Lear at the helm, The Festival of Wellness is your gateway to feeling good. The event integrates market stalls with workshops and sessions, live music and entertainment, creative activations, and food. The market and expo space includes over 50 stalls from creatives, health brands, and wellness businesses. 

THE FESTIVAL OF WELLNESS

WHEN: 25 & 26 OCT 2025, 10 AM – 5PM

WHERE: DEAKIN WATERFRONT CAMPUS GEELONG

Keep up to date with what is happening in and around regional Victoria here.

Boasting a bright program of over 40 sessions, The Festival of Wellness works through yoga, meditation, sound healing, breathwork, creative workshops, live music, intuitive readings, nutrition, and self-nurturing events. For any of the immersive exercises, participants should bring their own mats, blankets, and pillows, according to the session requirements, with sessions running on a first in best dressed basis. Experience rooms can hold up to 70 people. Creative Workshops can be prebooked at an additional cost.

With break out spaces, food trucks, and lounges including Breathwork and Meditation Lounges, the Mindfulness Colouring Lounge, and Affirmation Wall, along with an intuitive readers lounge, there is so much to experience.

To help navigate the full offering, the festival is divided into spaces of serenity including The Sacred Space, The Sanctuary, The Haven 1, The Haven 2, the Courtyard, and the designated Creative Workshops space. 

Let’s take you on a tour of the huge The Festival of Wellness. 

 

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THE SACRED SPACE

The Sacred Space is a spot where tranquillity comes in the form of group healing, energy exercises and sound journeys. There are sound healing and sound immersion experiences, awakenings, meditation exercises, and breathing activity. Sessions are led by known names in the health space including Tanya Wasylewski, Katrina Valdez, and award-winning Sound Healer/Spiritual Musician, Bindy from Divine Horizons.

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Group Energy Healing – Chrysalis Awakenings
• Introduction to Breathwork by Chill Breathe Revive
• Meditation with Angie Hilton – Destination Happiness

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Tap Into Calm – EFT with Tanya Wasylewski
• Sound Healing –  Sacred Elipse
• Breathwork with Chris Adkins

*All Sacred Space sessions are included in the festival ticket

THE SANCTUARY

Settle into The Sanctuary, where body, mind and soul are connected through dance, movement and mediumship. Journey onto the other side with live audience spiritual connections with Readings Healing Academy, go through a guided meditation, breathwork, journaling, and heart-opening live music session with Hazel Ray and feel the restorative nature of ancient Chinese medicine Qigong.  

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Audience Spirit Reading with Connie Rose. Connect with a loved one.
• Pause Music – Hazel Ray
• Wellbeing Warrior – Walkabout Dreamtime Wisdom

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Qigong – Body & Soul Solutions
• Dancing with Spirit Healing Academy
• Youtopia Yoga

*All The Sanctuary sessions are included in the festival ticket

 

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THE SANCTUARY 2 BONUS SESSIONS

• 9D Breathwork – Max Rooke & Mark Pearce
• Lego Building Mindfulness with Annie from Lego Masters

THE COURTYARD

The Courtyard is your stage for the two days where you will witness a beautiful opening ceremony led by Michelle Teunon, witness a tradition Tribal Drum performance from Aware Wolves, featuring Native American Flutes, Drums and Didgeridoo with Fredrick little Fox as SHUNKA, and honour the handpan with a live handpan music session designed for relaxation and inner reflection. Participants can sit or lie down and enjoy the calming sound of the handpan in a peaceful atmosphere.

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Opening Ceremony – Michelle Teunon
• Handpan Relaxation – Alice Handpan
• Drumming Circle from One Spirit Africa

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Laughter Yoga – Jen Arnette
• Handpan Relaxation – Alice Handpan
• Performance – Aware Wolves

*All The Courtyard sessions are included in the festival ticket

 

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THE HAVEN 1

Clarity and calming are the aim of The Haven 1. From journaling to healing keynotes, The Haven 1 is your space to find meaning, begin your journey to closing wounds and connecting with yourself on a deeper level. 

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Soul Survivor Talk – Geraint Seren 
• Trust Yourself – QuantiMama
• Resilience in Real Life – Resilience Mindset

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Astrology for Growth & Guidance – Aura & Sage
• Nutrition Meets Psychology – The Psychologist Nutritionist
• The Thread We Share: A Reflective Community Circle Parent Thread

*All The Haven 1 sessions are included in the festival ticket

THE HAVEN 2

Serendipity and the sacred are entwined in The Haven 2. From mindset to inner body health and healing, these sessions are designed to strengthen your inner power, shift mindsets and manifest greater futures.

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Your Hormone Health – Green Tides Psych
• Pen to Power: Journaling & Mindset Shifts with Zen Life Retreats
• Am I a Witch? – Beyond the Veil Magick

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Mat Pilates – Salt & Wood
• Shifting Grief – Connecting Mothers in Grief
• Manifest Wellness into Your Life – Glow Getter Co

*All The Haven 2 sessions are included in the festival ticket

 

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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

Get hands on with the festival through guided workshops and expert-led sessions. An additional offering to the Festival of Wellness, these Creative Workshops are ticketed events within the festival setting. Get creative, move your body and learn new skills during these sessions.

SATURDAY

Program Highlights

• Flower Art: Painting Flowers for Joy and Connection Art Workshop – Heart Space Creative Studio
• Why Feng Shui is an integral part of your wellness practice – Feng Shui Geelong
• Terrarium Workshop – Wak Wak Studio

SUNDAY

Program Highlights

• Manifest Your Dreams Collage Workshop – Curate U
• Crystal Aura Bracelet Workshop – Alula Fox
• Wellness and Sustainability – A Practical Approach Clean Earth Essentials

*These programs are not included in the cost of your festival ticket and need to be booked

 

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BREATHING EXERCISE

Begin your journey to holistic health here with a simple equal breathing exercise, aimed to help calm the mind and body.

Step One: Take yourself outside into nature as the smells of Spring delight the senses.

Step Two: Sit on the ground or grass with your legs crossed. Straighten your back with head facing forward, and place the palms of your hands on the earth beside you.

Step Three: Close your eyes

Step Four: Inhale one breath through your nose for a count of four – (one, two, three and four)

Step Five: Exhale one breath through your nose for a count of four – (one, two, three and four)

Step Six: Repeat until you feel your body and your mind are relaxed.

To purchase tickets to attend the Festival of Wellness head here, and to explore the full program, head here.