Minderoo Foundation Wellness Centre
The Minderoo Foundation Wellness Centre is where we provide supportive care for patients and their loved ones, beyond traditional cancer treatments.
About the Wellness Centre Program
The Wellness Centre has been designed to provide a calming and relaxing environment with indoor and outdoor spaces for patients, families, and carers to visit and receive supportive care and therapy.
It is a dedicated home for our specialist team to focus on your health and wellbeing by providing education, health and symptom management, and holistic care through mind-body practices.
What’s on
The Wellness Centre program offers a range of integrative oncology therapies and services to complement conventional cancer treatments.
These include:
- Holistic mind-body therapies such as mindfulness, yoga, massage, and music therapy
- Individual and group allied health therapies including exercise programs
- Education programs, workshops, and support groups
See below for more information on classes and how to book a session.
Patients should speak to their treating doctor if they have any concerns about their ability to participate in any of the Integrative Oncology Program classes.
TREAT Rest and Recovery Meditation
Meditation sessions designed to help shift from stress arousal to a calm, renewed and relaxed state, where physiological healing and emotional regulation can occur.
This small group class is led by a qualified instructor with a healthcare background, and no prior experience is needed.
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Restorative Yoga
Therapeutic yoga classes focusing on gentle movement and breath-based practices to relax the nervous system and promote wellbeing.
This small group class is led by a qualified yoga teacher with a nursing/healthcare background. This class is adaptable to all abilities and no prior experience is required.
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Create! Art therapy for Wellness
Discover the power of creativity through our therapeutic art workshops designed to promote relaxation, self-expression, and social connection.
Sessions are guided by qualified art therapists or visiting artists and are held in our beautiful, light-filled space in the Wellness Centre.
Each session explores different modalities/medium, with all materials provided and no experience needed.
Free for current Alfred Cancer patients and bookings are required, as places are limited
Register nowFrequently asked questions
Current Alfred Cancer patients and/or one primary carer/immediate family member (must be aged 18 and over) can register for group classes in the Wellness Centre.
There is no fee to access group classes in the Wellness Centre.
To ensure equitable access, please do not book more than a month in advance as your situation may change.
If you are unable to attend a class, please notify us by email (cancerwellness@alfred.org.au) so that we can offer the space to someone else.
Group classes generally have 8-10 participants per class.
