Mindfulness | Psychology | Health | CPD Retreats
For AHPRA healthcare professionals. Stay tuned for updates on retreat dates, locations, and CPD offerings.
Blend mindfulness, selfcare, and cross-cultural reflective practices while fulfilling CPD requirements. 🌿 Welcome to AO CPD Retreats Community! 🌿
Hello everyone,
We’re so glad to have you here! This space is dedicated to keeping you informed about our upcoming CPD Retreats, designed to support self-care, mindfulness, and reflective practice for healthcare professionals. Our retreats offer a much
22/04/2026
Some learning stays with you long after the workshop ends.
Come experience Japan - its culture, its stillness, its wisdom - alongside a community of like-minded practitioners. Wander through bamboo groves, soak in an onsen, share a meal, and return home not just professionally enriched, but genuinely restored.
This is CPD that takes care of you, too.
📩 [email protected] | 22–29 October 2026.
We believe the best professional knowledge isn't gained under stress - it's acquired when you're rested, reflective, and fully immersed.
Our 17+ CPD hours are built on a foundation of practitioner wellbeing and deep experiential learning:
🌿 Self-Care as a Core Competency: Dedicated time for mindfulness, traditional onsen bathing, and Japanese somatic exercises. This isn't an add-on; it's the foundation for effective practice.
Knowledge Through Experience: Workshops are intentionally linked to the places you visit - from meditating with a monk in Tokyo to exploring existential themes at Fushimi Inari Shrine.
🤝 Community & Reflection: Up to 10 hours of structured peer supervision and facilitated reflective practice allow new insights to truly sink in.
Give yourself the gift of CPD that is genuinely transformative. Your renewed, professionally-engaged self will thank you.
📩 Register your interest: https://forms.gle/s9poxmZY9YaUW2kHA
⏰ Registration closes: 1 April 2026
26/02/2026
🗾 8 days. 4 cities. One transformative journey.
Here's a taste of what awaits:
🏯 Tokyo — Senso-ji Temple, meditation with a local monk, TeamLab Borderless, Japanese cooking class
🗻 Hakone — Shinkansen bullet train, Open Air Museum, Lake Ashi boat cruise, Owakudani Valley
⛩️ Kyoto — Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Fushimi Inari Shrine, cycling with locals, traditional homestay
🎭 Osaka — Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Osaka Castle Park, Kabuki theatre, farewell dinner
This isn't just a trip. It's CPD that stays with you.
📩 Register your interest: https://forms.gle/s9poxmZY9YaUW2kHA
Places are limited.
26/02/2026
Here's a taste of what awaits:
🏯 Tokyo — Senso-ji Temple, meditation with a local monk, TeamLab Borderless, Japanese cooking class
🗻 Hakone — Shinkansen bullet train, Open Air Museum, Lake Ashi boat cruise, Owakudani Valley
⛩️ Kyoto — Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Fushimi Inari Shrine, cycling with locals, traditional homestay
🎭 Osaka — Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Osaka Castle Park, Kabuki theatre, farewell dinner
This isn't just a trip. It's CPD that stays with you.
📩 Register your interest: https://forms.gle/s9poxmZY9YaUW2kHA
Places are limited.
25/02/2026
The APS College of Health Psychologists – VIC branch would like to invite all APS members and health professionals to an 8-day immersive CPD experience like no other.
📅 22–29 October 2026
📍 Tokyo | Hakone | Kyoto | Osaka
🎓 17+ CPD hours
👥 Places are limited
Facilitated by Dr Rosemary Higgins, Ms Sue Yencken & Dr Thai Ohtsuka - experienced Health Psychologists passionate about reflective practice, mindfulness, and cross-cultural psychology.
📩 Register your interest: https://forms.gle/s9poxmZY9YaUW2kHA
⏰ Registration closes: 1 April 2026
22/02/2026
Are you an AHPRA-registered health care professional looking to travel and learn with us? This year, we're taking our CPD program to Japan. Join us here: https://forms.gle/RbS4ep1wrq4dkXS16
Bodaiji Osorezan is considered one of Japan’s sacred places, often thought of as a “gate to the afterlife”
15/08/2025
📅 Every second Tuesday at 12 PM, we’ve come together online - this year and last - to learn, share, and reflect on the psychology behind various health conditions. This month, our focus on loneliness led to an incredibly enriching session for our community. ❤️ It reminded us of the vital importance of connection - not just with others, but also with ourselves. Through heartfelt discussions, we explored the many layers of connection, from fleeting moments with others to the deeper practice of reconnecting with our inner selves, the natural world, and our personal passions. 🌱✨ A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Rosemary Higgins for her expert guidance in facilitating these meaningful conversations and helping us create such a profound sense of shared humanity and belonging. 🙏 Psychology
