My Body’s Story is a project that considers the relationship women have with their bodies, particularly within the context of our objectifying, weight-centred culture. How do we reconnect with our bodies and celebrate everything our bodies do for us? How do we listen to her wisdom with acceptance, love, gratitude, compassion and trust?
​Join the next group of women embarking on this powerful journey. Spaces are limited.
2025 dates:
One Day Body of Empowerment Workshop - Saturday 14th June, 10.30-5.30pm
Artist Mentor Day with Sioux Dollman - Sunday 15th June, 10.30-5.30pm
Weekend Workshop - 24-26 October, 2025​
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My Body’s Story is open to all women and women-identifying who are over 18 years old.
See below or register for more information about our programs.
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This is what some of our participants said at the end of our last program:
"This was the best workshop on women’s empowerment I have ever been involved with".
(My Body’s Story 2021 Participant)
Photo: Suzanne Phoenix
My Body’s Story is a collaborative project between facilitators and participants alike. The project is led by Louise Wigg (B Ed, MA), body image consultant and breathwork practitioner, and Cat McKay, body empowerment teacher and multimedia artist, in collaboration with artist mentors.
Key Elements of this Project:
My Body’s Story is a body empowerment program for women.
The 2025 program consists of:
One-day Body of Empowerment workshop on
Saturday 14th of June, 10.30am-5.30pm
A separate but related Artists Mentor day on
Sunday 15th of June, 10.30am-5.30pm
For a deeper dive into all aspects we invite you to also join us at our weekend retreat being help on
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th of October.
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All 2025 workshops will be held at Oscar's on the Yarra, 3185 Warburton Hwy, Warburton, Victoria 3799, a beautiful 1920's homestead right on the Yarra River.
Please note this program is designed as an educational experience. The facilitators are not therapists.
Body of Empowerment Workshop
Saturday 14th of June, 10.30am-5.30pm
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This workshop is designed to lead women through a process of reconnecting with their unique bodies, listening to deep wisdom and celebrating their journeys towards body empowerment.
Including:
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Discussion of issues related to body image
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Breath awareness and listening to our bodies
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Challenging body and diet culture
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Embodied emotion
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Food and freedom: Intuitive eating
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Moving for fun and health
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Body safety
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Self pampering
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Ongoing support
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Meals and materials, including your workshop manual, are all included in the price.
COST: $250 Full, $200 Concession
20% discount if booking for both days
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This workshop will be facilitated by body image consultant and breathwork practictioner Louise Wigg (B Ed, MA) and body empowerment teacher and artist Cat McKay.
Artist Mentor Day
Sunday 15th of June, 10.30am-5.30pm
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This is a separate workshop but it is closely related to our Body of Empowerment (BoW) workshop on Saturday 14th of June. While it's not necessary to have participated in the BoW workshop, we believe that doing so will enhance your experience of the second workshop.
This workshop will focus on mentoring you through the expression of your Body's Story. Local artist, Sioux Dollman will help you to connect with your body and express your body's story in an acrylic painting workshop. Cat McKay and Louise Wigg will also mentor you in writing this story, and spend some time sharing and exploring body-nurturing practices.
COST: $250 Full, $200 Concession
20% discount applies if you register for both days.
Please contact us with any questions.
2021-2022 My Body's Story Project and Exhibition
Our first My Body's Story project culminated in an exhibition featuring the portraits and stories of fourteen women from the Yarra Ranges reconnecting with their beautiful, unique bodies, listening to their deep wisdom and celebrating the journeys they have shared towards body empowerment. Local photographer Suzanne Phoenix captured the essence, beauty, strength and vulnerability of these women as they shared their body’s story. Each woman created an individual portrait with the photographer alongside their personally written body narrative. These were also documented in a publication.
A video featuring interviews with the women taken during the weekend workshop by videographer Lauren Hutchinson and produced by Cat McKay screened as part of the exhibition.
“It is our hope that by owning and sharing our body’s stories, this will inspire others to do the same.”