“Anger in its pure state is the measure of the way we are implicated in the world and made vulnerable through love in all its specifics. Anger truly felt at its center is the essential living flame of being fully alive and fully here; it is a quality to be followed to its source, to be prized, to be tended, and an invitation to finding a way to bring that source fully into the world through making the mind clearer and more generous, the heart more compassionate and the body larger and strong enough to hold it.”
David Whyte :: Consolations
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ANGER AS YOUR ALLY

An Introductory Day Retreat for Women*


​Have you been feeling angry lately?

Maybe you’ve noticed anger stirring more often in your life, in ways that surprise or unsettle you.

Perhaps anger is coming up in your relationships or as part of your healing process.

Or maybe you’re deep in mothering, and anger is rising in you as you can’t meet your own needs or control your own life in the way you used to.

Maybe you’re furious at the global political and environmental situation.

Or you don’t really feel anger… and you also find it hard to speak up for yourself, hold boundaries,
take up space, take action.

As women, many of us have cultural stories and personal experiences that have taught us that anger is not OK…
in fact it’s dangerous.

And it can be, when used irresponsibly. But the answer is not to squash it down all together.
Because if we do this we lose access to a vital part of ourselves.

You’re invited to join us in a one-day workshop where we will flip the script on anger,
and get to know it as a fierce and loving ally. 

As you start to befriend the feeling of anger in your body, and learn how to handle it wisely in different
situations, it can become a source of clarity, energy and courage in your life.

It’s natural that when we begin to explore anger, other feelings show up too…like fear, sadness and joy.

Fear especially can arise as you start to connect with anger, because you may worry about what will happen if you let it out, or what it might mean for your relationships if you were to express it.

Or you don’t want to become like ‘those angry people'. 

This is part of the process, and together we’ll create space for all of these feelings to be
acknowledged and worked with gently.

Come and explore how anger can be a source of power in your life - not power over,
but power with. Just as each of your core feelings are actually our superpowers, that can connect you to your wisdom and intuition for navigating life. 

This day will be a blend of embodied practices and conversations exploring how to harness the gifts of
anger and the other core feelings in our lives.
We will engage in conscious feelings work, body-based exercises, nervous system practices
and integration to support you in taking your findings into your everyday life.

The retreat will take place in various locations in Australia as below.
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* * This training is open to Cis women, Trans Women, Non-binary and gender-fluid people
who feel "woman" is an identity they share an experience with.

UPCOMING RETREATS

CASTLEMAINE, VICTORIA

Date:
Sunday 22 February 2026

Location:
Muckleford Community Hall

Facilitators:
Stacia Karina Beazley supported by Becca Huntley
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

Date:
14 March 2026

Location:
Vine & Branches Personal Growth Centre

Facilitators:
Sylvia Rowley & Elyse Hof
All Anger as your Ally workshops will follow the same format as below unless stated otherwise.

Time:
10am - 5pm 
Arrive from: 9.40am - Start: 10am - Lunch Break: 1-2pm (approx) - Finish: 5pm

Investment:
$175.00
If you’re part of the Reclaiming Anger Practice Community, you’re invited to join us at a  10% discount.
The code will be shared into the Whatsapp group soon.
"Before the workshop I thought I had an anger problem.

During the workshop I discovered that thinking about my anger wasn't always the most helpful way of dealing with it.
I discovered that my anger can flow through my bones if I can only let myself feel it; I started to open my mind and body and glimpse new possibilities in the cracks.

After the workshop, I no longer feel scared of my anger.
On the contrary, I now want to get to know it and work with it to better serve myself and the world."

Stella :: Mental Health Nurse, 2022

About your Spaceholders/Facilitators

Sylvia & Elyse offered the first Anger as your Ally introductory workshop in November 2025. It's success now sees it as a regular offering at The Art of Relating. They will both continue to offer this work along with TAoR & Reclaiming Anger co-founder Stacia and other emerging facilitators.

Sylvia Rowley
Melbourne

Sylvia has been co-facilitating Reclaiming Anger trainings since 2021, under the mentorship of Reclaiming Anger co-founder Stacia Beazely.

She loves supporting people to reconnect to this source of aliveness and power. Since participating in anger work for the first time 6 years ago, the energy of anger has been an ally to her in profound ways; from helping her on her healing journey from chronic illness and nervous system dysregulation, to birthing her baby.

She also draws on her experience as an award-winning journalist and as a craniosacral therapist, aiming to bring clarity, warmth and presence to the space.

Elyse Hof
​Melbourne

Elyse has been immersed in the work of Reclaiming Anger with The Art of Relating for the past four years, supporting crew and co-creating the Reclaiming Anger Practice Community.

Her facilitation is grounded in years of guiding others through breathwork, women’s circles, emotional integration therapies, and body-based healing. Drawing on her own experience with trauma, chronic illness, and transformation, she brings depth, safety, and compassion to spaces where anger can be explored as a conscious, life and energy-giving vital force. 

She is excited to collaborate with Sylvia and weave together their complementary qualities and shared values. 

Becca Huntley
Castlemaine/Bendigo

Becca is an Anger as Your Ally Facilitator-in-training, a space holder for the Reclaiming Anger Practice Community, and of the first Feelings-Informed Practitioner training cohort. Over the past 18 months, this work has supported her to reconnect with her body, navigate chronic illness more gently, and reclaim her voice and authenticity from the inside out.
 
With a background in trauma-informed child and family therapy, psychodynamic and transpersonal counselling, yoga, meditation, and somatic practices, Becca facilitates with warmth, attunement, and nervous-system awareness. She is passionate about supporting others to meet their anger with curiosity, safety, and embodied presence, and is honoured to be sharing this work with others.

​Preparation and What to Bring:


In order to maximise your experience, we suggest that you:
  • Wear comfortable clothing that you can move freely in with layers to regulate your temperature as we all have different needs in this department.
  • There may be a reflective writing practice and/or if you wish to make notes please bring a                            journal or notebook and pen.
  • Consider reducing (or, if possible refraining) from consuming any substances or stimulants that suppress feeling for 24-48hrs prior to and during the workshop (or longer if you'd like to). This includes coffee, smoking, narcotics and excessive food/sugar intake. Only you know what you consume to numb feelings - tune in and choose accordingly.
  • Bring your own lunch. We strongly advise (and actually request) that you don’t leave the venue during the day so we can all remain connected to the field of the work. You'll receive a logistics letter closer to your training that will give more detailed information about kitchen facilities at the venue.  
  • Some of the expression practices invite you to exercise your vocal cords in ways you may not be used to. We provide you with insights of how to work with your voice however it could be it is a little raspy for a day or two afterwards. It will return - generally stronger and clearer. However, you may not want to plan to give a speech the following day!
By joining us on this day retreat, you’ll be invited to join the Reclaiming Anger Practice Community;
peer-led, monthly, in-person and online practice spaces, where you can continue to work with conscious Anger, be supported, and keep integrating the tools that help Anger become a source of clarity, empowerment, and connection in your life.
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Find out more here:
Anger...
...has gained a negative reputation through millennia of social conditioning.  The suppression of this energy has resulted in implosions and explosions that we have come to fear as volatile, unpredictable and destructive.

Anger is neutral energy - as is Sadness, Fear & Joy - that can be harnessed and directed for life giving purposes.
  
Anger is a tool, just like a hammer, that can be used for destruction or to create safe and solid structures from which you can move with clarity, purpose and passion.

​Read more about Anger here or jump to the Resources menu for podcasts and blog article links.

"“ CLARITY, DECISIVENESS, SPEAKING UP,
BEING HEARD, TAKING ACTION,
CREATING & HOLDING STRONG BOUNDARIES…
these require me to use the energy of ANGER!

I know this now and I can feel it in my bones and take responsibility for this creative force that is mine.

Oh to have been taught this as a child and how different my experience of myself and my feelings would have been!
I can now call on the potent energy that is the feeling of Anger and use it as fuel, to create, to generate, to land my voice… this is what I got from Reclaiming Anger, and more!

​So grateful for the powerful space, the understanding and experiential integration of this knowing as a result of this workshop”


Kate Laurie :: Reclaiming Anger Participant

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