Moving Freely & Brain Health

Moving Freely & Brain Health We offer community movement with music programs for all-abilities and carers who support them.

We tailor programs for people living with Parkinson's, stroke and neurological conditions. Come and enjoy joys of movement, dance, music, social and creativity.

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05/06/2026

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We volunteer as sponsors and distributors for Gisborne Gazette. 🥰🙏🥰It is pretty awesome to practice recreational taichi ...
29/05/2026

We volunteer as sponsors and distributors for Gisborne Gazette. 🥰🙏🥰
It is pretty awesome to practice recreational taichi walking while distributing community newspaper - A notable amount of research confirmed that regular movement with music activities slow Parkinson’s disease progression.
Moving Freely & Brain Health program is tailor-designed program to help you and your relatives.
Our next session is this Saturday 30/5 2:00pm-3:00pm+social at Gisborne Uniting Church Community Hall.
Gisborne Gazette Community Newspaper

We are proud to support foodbank Foodbank Victoria who gave what they can to those in need. 💖🙏💖Protein is probably one o...
21/05/2026

We are proud to support foodbank Foodbank Victoria who gave what they can to those in need. 💖🙏💖

Protein is probably one of the most crucial food source for people with Parkinson’s disease, however it can interfere with the absorption of the medication such as levodopa. Please consult with your doctors how much waiting time is required before taking medication.

It was lovely to have Ashlea from HMS community joining our session today. 🌷🙏🌷 Our next FREE community session is on 12 ...
07/05/2026

It was lovely to have Ashlea from HMS community joining our session today. 🌷🙏🌷

Our next FREE community session is on 12 May, 10.30am-11.30am at Woodend Neighbourhood house.

1) GISBORNE sessions every SAT (staring 16/05), at Gisborne uniting church community hall

2) WOODEND sessions every TUE (staring 19/05), at Woodend neighbourhood house

A big thank you to our local talented Jenny from Gisborne Matrix Imaging - she handmade those wool teds for our Moving F...
06/05/2026

A big thank you to our local talented Jenny from Gisborne Matrix Imaging - she handmade those wool teds for our Moving Freely & Brain Health program - so our participants can touch them and bring comfort to them. ❤️‍🩹🙏❤️‍🩹
Our upcoming pilot session is tomorrow 7/5, 1:00pm - 2:00pm at Gisborne uniting church. We look forward to seeing you. 🌷🌷🌷

💖🙏💖We appreciate your commitment to an important cause and spread awareness of neurodegenerative brain conditions that i...
03/05/2026

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We appreciate your commitment to an important cause and spread awareness of neurodegenerative brain conditions that impact millions of people in this world.

Our upcoming community program sessions are as below:

--> 7 May, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Gisborne Uniting Church Community Hall

-->12 May, 10.30am - 11.30am at Woodend Neighbourhood house

--> 16 May, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Gisborne Uniting Church (continue in-person Session Every Saturday afternoon)

--> 19 May, 10.30am - 11:30am at Woodend Neighhbourhood house

We welcome you all.

New Woodend community program every Tuesday 10:30am - 11:30am. FREE session on 12 May.We are excited to partner with Woo...
29/04/2026

New Woodend community program every Tuesday 10:30am - 11:30am.
FREE session on 12 May.

We are excited to partner with Woodend Neighbourhood House to offer community members and carers (Carer Gateway,Carers Victoria) a Moving Freely & Brain Health program - a Movement with Music recreational program designed to create a safe and enjoyable space to connect, move and create!

We genuinely see you as a PERSON. It is NOT a therapy program, although the program is tailored for people living with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's or stroke. It is a fun RECREATION program.

Booking is essential to secure your space. (Limited)

How to book it?

FREE 12/5 session:
https://socialplanet.com.au/activity/view?id=48880

Casual Tuesday sessions:
https://socialplanet.com.au/activity/view?id=48884

Or contact Woodend Neighbourhood house on (03) 5427 1845.

Chat between our ‘Scarfiee’ and ‘Hoodie’(Environment Impact on Health and Neurological Conditions)Hoodie: Wow, you look ...
23/04/2026

Chat between our ‘Scarfiee’ and ‘Hoodie’
(Environment Impact on Health and Neurological Conditions)

Hoodie: Wow, you look colourful!

Scarfie: Thanks! I am a climate change scarfiee. My creator Reverend Josephine Snowdon (Josephine Snowdon) said that the colour represents global temperature changes throughout the years since 1960. With deep blues and whites below average, and red & purples above the average.

Hoodie: I see, I joined the 2026 Parkinson’s research Symposium in Melbourne last week. The scientists and researchers said ‘ Parkinson's Disease is the result of Industrialisation!’ , ‘Dementia is the No.1 cause of death in Australia’ - We constantly exposed in the environment that contains harmful things like PFA… (chemicals that harms neurons)
Neurological conditions seem to be upcoming pandemic in our modern era! ‘There are about 40 people diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease every day in Australia’. By 2040, researchers estimate that over 12 million people worldwide will be living with the condition.

Scarfie: OMG! What can we do about it???

Hoodie: Clearly, we need to be aware of the need to care for the ecology and the creation we have been gifted by our mother EARTH.
Movement with Music seems to be particularly helpful. Researchers looked at the effects of 11 types of physical activity, found that only one of the activities studied – dance – lowered participants’ risks of dementia according to Harvard Medical School article.

Scarfie: Cool. I am going to join the Moving Freely & Brain Health (Moving Freely & Brain Health) Movement with Music Program on 29 April, 2:00PM – 3:00PM at Gisborne Uniting Church (23 Brantome Street, Gisborne VIC 3437)

There are more upcoming sessions in Gisborne and Woodend - Please keep posted.

Dementia AustraliaThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthThe University of MelbourneHarvard UniversityHMS Community - Homecare & ClinicGisborne Gazette Community NewspaperThe New Woodend StarDepartment of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

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23 Brantome ST
Gisborne, VIC
3437

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