Island Dance Beats is a Pacific dance inspired group fitness class that encourages all flavours (participants) to participate at their own pace, either online in the comfort of their homes or in our face-to-face class environment.

Island Dance Beats is high energy entertainment with the use of hips and lips! The class is fun, engaging, and inclusive of all flavours.

Your fitness trainer, Vui Suli Tuitaupe is passionate about physical activity promotion as one of the keys to health, wellbeing, and happiness. Health is a ‘taongā’ – a ‘treasure’ and he reminds participants of the importance of using it or losing it. “I challenge them to think about what they can do to enhance their lives for the better. I love bringing friends and whānau together to work out collectively and to enable connectivity and enhance sociability.”

When: Day 2 – Tuesday 31 October
Where: Darwin Convention Centre, concourse (inside)
Class time: 7.00am – 7.45am
Cost: No cost, this is an included event in your registration

Please bring water, comfortable clothes and shoes and towel.

The North Eastern part of Arnhem Land is the birthplace of the renowned Didgeridoo or ‘Yidaki’ as the First Nations peoples have been calling it for thousands of years. When European colonists first heard the music of this ancient instrument, it sounded like it was making the word ‘Didgeridoo.’ As a result, the slang term ‘Didgeridoo’ was coined, and has been used by the wider Australian community ever since. The Yidaki song carries the history of the First Nations peoples, who inhabited Arnhem Land. Today, the majority of people from wider Australia only hear the yidaki playing in major cities, and automatically link the Didgeridoo to Aboriginal Australians (SAFC, 2016).

“It’s our sacred instrument. With its sound the great god Baiame created the stars in the Dreamtime. The men who know how to play it in our culture are very important. With the yidaki they communicate our wishes to the spirits. And they call on them to come to our aid when tragedy befalls us. This sacred instrument brings us closer to the world of our ancestors. It awakens the Rainbow Serpent without making it angry, and allows us to speak with the God of Creation.”- Yakar Garimala

Source: The Origins of the Yidaki (yarn.com.au) 

When: Day 2 – Tuesday 31 October
Where: Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Class time: 7.00am – 8.00am
Cost: No cost, this is an included event in your registration

*Please note that this is a Male only workshop.

Weaving is the oldest living craft in the world, so all indigenous people practiced weaving. We look at weaving as purpose. Weaving was practiced by both men and women so different purposes. Weaving is important is it builds on cultural skills, connects you to the land and ancestors who relied on the art of weaving in their everyday lives.

When: Day 2 – Tuesday 31 October
Where: Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees. 
Class time: 7.00am – 8.00am
Cost: No cost, this is an included event in your registration

*Please note that this is a Female only workshop. All materials will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing as you will be seated on mats.

Darwins Biggest & Best Market!

Mindil Beach Sunset Market is the heart of Darwin's cultural melting pot and truly epitomises the multicultural nature of our city! Darwin's largest market running along the foreshore of Mindil Beach, famous for its stunning sunset over the Timor Sea.

Bursting with life from every corner, the Market features an array of amazing local and travelling live musicians, street performers, dance groups and buskers, from all walks of life and performing arts genres. The smells, sights and sounds are guaranteed to provide you with an unforgettable one-of-kind experience. This combination of amazing food, arts and culture, set to the backdrop of the spectacular sunset, creates an electric atmosphere.

Head on down to catch the markets in its final week before closing for 2023!

When: Open Thursdays- Sundays!
Time: 4pm – 9pm
Cost: At no cost

Feel free to make your own way to the markets, this is not a conference event, just something you might want to check out.

For more information, click here - Getting here (mindil.com.au)

One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference. Please note, this event is arranged and managed by Sasho Stosic. For all enquiries, please direct to Sasho Stosic at sashostosic@gmail.com. For more information, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/darwin-9d-breathwork-event-iwc-special-registration-718527754857

Somatic breathwork is a holistic healing modality integrated within the 9-Dimensional experience, to support physical relaxation, mental clarity, emotional balance and expanded creativity. This practice aims to provide people with an opportunity to explore their emotions in a safe and nurturing environment as they move through guided breathing exercises combined within an elevating soundscape, allowing a deep mind-body connection for self-discovery, personal growth and healing.

Our experienced facilitators will create a safe and supportive environment where you can fully surrender and explore the depths of your inner being. This event is open to individuals of all levels, whether you are new to breathwork or have previous experience.

Dive into the subconscious on a journey of self-discovery and healing by gently exploring and releasing emotional and energetic blockages and trauma. This is a way of embodying the possibilities of a new future, filled with hope and greater potential.

When: Tuesday 31 October Time: 5.30pm – 8.00pm
Where: Darwin Convention Centre, Malama Guligi Room
Cost: $45.00 per person (normally $90.00) Use the code 'IWCspecial2023' for 50% off tickets.