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At Nayri Niara we create Good Spirit

We are an Aboriginal owned social enterprise located on Palawa Country, Lutruwita/Tasmania.

We connect to First Nations Cultures, to Country, to Community, to the Self and to the Sacred.
We unite ancient Indigenous knowledge with modern innovative practices.
We are open to ALL people, from ALL cultural lineages.
We seek guidance of Elders, cultural knowledge keepers and industry experts.
We privilege the voices of First Nations.

Embrace Radical Receiving Retreat

Join us for a 5-day Holotropic Breathwork Retreat in Ubud, Bali, 19-23 August 2025.

Our annual retreat involves cultural experiences & teachings by expert facilitators.

Together we’ll explore healing our wounds in relation to receptivity, pleasure & sensuality and learning how to ask for what we genuinely desire.

More Nayri Niara Offerings

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    Cultural

    We offer connective and immersive experiences that celebrate Indigenous culture & community.

    Our offerings include: Acknowledgement/Welcome to Country, On-Country Workshops, Under the Surface Forums with First Nations voices & other events celebrating First Nations cultures.

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    WellBeing

    We believe in WellBeing for ALL Beings.

    Keep an eye out for our WellBeing offerings in the form of workshops and retreats. Or book a private session with a WellBeing practitioner.

    Our 1:1 sessions include Indigenous Medicines Therapy, Holotropic Breathwork & Forensic Healing.

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    Projects

    We connect & co-create on projects that heal & rebuild First Nations cultural knowledge, with the goal of building new futures within & beyond the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.

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It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our beloved LongHouse. So grateful for all the people and organisations that supported Nayri Niara establishing a cultural communal hub in the heart of Nipaluna/Hobart. The LongHouse was a home for activities, projects and events such as our Home HEARTh Markets, many mentoring programs and wellbeing experiences.

We are taking time to reconsider where and how we would like to find a new home that can see us all flourish.

Journey with us back through what the LongHouse venue provided and what it meant, and will always mean, to so many of us.

Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival

Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival is a 3-day biennial gathering of Indigenous knowledge & culture sharing, music, ceremony & arts held on the stunning cultural landscape that is Lunawuni/Bruny Island in the southeast of Lutruwita/Tasmania.

This Festival is a powerful opportunity for Indigenous & non-Indigenous people to share knowledge & ceremony, honouring ancient traditions with modern innovation.

The Festival hosts an amazing array of musicians, dancers, healers & teachers to explore & connect Indigenous, Earth-based living, wellbeing & healing wisdom.

A huge heartfelt thank you to all who joined us for the life enhancing 2022 Festival.

Event Gallery

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    CULTIVATE Artist Exhibition
    ”Inviting Indigenous & non-Indigenous artists to connect & create together.”

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    CULTIVATE Artist Exhibition

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    Leroy & Djuker Hart lead Smoking Ceremony at 2022 NAIDOC event

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    Nathan Pitchford & Djuker Hart lead Smoking Ceremony, 2022 NAIDOC week, the LongHouse

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    Nathan Pitchford at the LongHouse for 2022 NAIDOC event

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    Nayri Niara’s seasonal immersion Home HEARTh Market

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    Nayri Niara’s Seasonal Immersion Market - The Home HEARTh Market

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    Raw Abundance Workshop, the LongHouse

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    Raw Abundance Workshop at the LongHouse

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    Emily Wurramara performing at Heal the Unspoken event for World Suicide Prevention Day

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    This Is Your Life event celebrating Palawa Elder, Jim Everett “puralia meenamatta”

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    Jay Jarome performing at Heal the Unspoken Event for World Suicide Prevention Day

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    CULTIVATE Artists Exhibition
    ”Inviting Indigenous & non-Indigenous artists to connect & create together.”

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    Under the Surface Forum
    ”Explore what stories & knowledge lie just under the surface.”

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    ”Explore what stories & knowledge lie just under the surface.” Ruth Langford & Caroline Spotswood on Under the Surface forum panel.

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    Warren Mason & Young Dawson at 2021 NAIDOC Celebration

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    Leroy Hart participating in a Smoking Ceremony during 2021 NAIDOC celebrations

 We pay our deep respects to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, the Spirit of Place & the Creation Ancestors. We acknowledge the ancient & continued custodianship and cultural responsibility of First Nations Elders & cultural knowledge keepers. We are a Sovereign People who believe in self-determination. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

Our gratitude to

Australian Government - Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Tasmanian Government
Events Tasmania

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