Mindfulness coaching in Applecross

A free weekly community meditation held outdoors at Bathers Beach in Fremantle, meeting at the hut in front of the art centre on Mews Road. Sessions start at 6.30am each Saturday and follow three steps: a welcome circle, a 20-minute meditation combining mindfulness, breath and gratitude, then a closing circle. Trained volunteer facilitators lead each session. It is free, open to beginners and experienced meditators, has no religious affiliation and needs no registration.

Sifu James Lui teaches Choy Lee Fut kung fu alongside Lohan qigong at three hall-and-oval venues across the river — South Perth, Brentwood and Myaree. The qigong is not a warm-up bolted onto the martial art but its own stream, which is rarer in Perth than the number of kung fu schools would suggest.

Michelle Bishop coaches from a psychology and education background, with twenty-five years of it in Perth. Sessions run long — an hour and a half to two hours — and can be taken individually, as a pair or as a family. Ground covered includes parenting, mindfulness, breathwork, communication and the brain-body connection, and she also runs small retreats capped at six. Coaching happens at her place or somewhere the client chooses.

Kevin teaches meditation from Aberdeen Street in Northbridge as a structured progression rather than drop-in sittings — three six-session courses running from a first introduction through to advanced practice, each with weekly materials and guided audio to take away.

Charley has taught for over two decades from shared studio spaces in Applecross, Bateman and Hilton, with a practice built deliberately for stiff mornings and old injuries rather than for people who already bend easily. Gentle therapeutic yoga, strength work, mindfulness and meditation, plus private yoga-therapy sessions, seniors classes and online options. Registered as a Yoga Therapist with both Yoga Australia and IAYT, and a Level 3 teacher.

A small, purpose-built adults-only retreat on a secluded hilltop outside Mundaring, surrounded by state forest and national park, running residential programs since 2013. Themed retreats span day visits through to multi-day stays — yoga, forest walks, mindfulness and spa-focused formats — with a swim pond, gym, infrared sauna, mineral baths and a library on the property. Airport pick-up is complimentary for retreat guests.

Theva Indrasenan has run conscious dance in Perth since 2010 — Open Floor trained, with sessions from $25 Friday-night dances to weekend intensives and dawn 'Morning Medicine' beach dances. Venues cluster around Fremantle: North Fremantle Community Hall, Hilton PCYC, Bibra Lake and South Beach. No steps to learn; the floor is the practice.