Clear your calendars! For some people what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - but for us - what happens offline stays offline.
Join us as we launch the Ditox movement at Australia's first exclusive Ditox "Offline" Dinner celebrating mindfulness and reconnection. Unplug, put those phones away (are you game?) and get social in real-time by being 100% engaged and present.
Join the Ditox movement and be a part of this once-off special event which will also raise funds for mental health awareness!
Limited tickets were available, as this event is now sold out.
The vibe of this dinner is casual, low-key, and cozy.
We invite Melbournians to join us for a great night filled with delicious food and top-notch drinks. (It’s about homely, good quality food and not about the gram!)
Held at Rina's in Armadale, the dinner will include fine Italian cuisine from the Chef's Selection to raise funds for mental health awareness. This will also be an opportunity for you to hear from, and meet some of Melbourne's most inspiring speakers in the mental health and wellbeing space in a casual, low-key environment.
This exclusive event is open to the first 20 guests who book online - so first in best dressed!
Introducing Rina's in Armadale. Eat like you're at nonna's place with Rina's shared Italian feast!
On the night you'll be presented with a shared Italian style feast from the Chef's Selection menu:
Welcome drink
Piccolo Range Life Prosecco
Antipasti
Garlic bread, spring onion, ginger, stracciatella & macadamia
Grocco fritto & XO / salami
Culatello - king of proscuitto, walnuts & golden raisins
Grilled padron peppers and whipped bagna cauda
Vitello tonneto
Pasta
Pappardelle ragu
Secondi
Roman style braised lamb on parmesan risotto
Pan fried silver dory, tarragon & carciofi alla giudia
Insalata
Roasted fennel and rapini
Green oak lettuce, pear and hazelnuts
Dolce
Wattle seed cannoli with whipped ricotta
Rina’s will do multiple options on the day to cater for dietary requirements. Please outline any special dietary requirements at least one week prior to the event.
Founded by Manoj Dias and Josh Lynch,
A—SPACE is a modern meditation studio that helps people around the world feel more present, compassionate and connected with themselves and others. A—SPACE is Australia’s first multidisciplinary meditation studio, and is offering one lucky guest one year unlimited meditation membership
valued over $1,300.
Kyashi Orasato is a Melbourne letterer, graphic designer and calligraphy artist whose love for quotes, lyrics and poems are all handwritten, made under Kyashi Writes. Founder of Kyashi Writes, Cathy Sison, has handwritten quotes and notes for kikki.K, Thank You Water and Lulelemon to name a few. Kyashi is offering a framed quote valued over $70. Quote will be revealed on the night.
Only Mine are hand crafted chocolates that are produced with flavour in mind, every time. Only Mine pick the best ingredients for their flavour and let the taste do the talking. They’re the perfect gift for that amazing person in your life, or in celebration of your own greatness. Only Mine handmade chocolates are supporting Ditox by giving away chocolates for each guest.
Handmade in Byron Bay, Sarah's Tea contain the ancient wisdom of Ayurvedic medicine with a modern twist. These teas support vitality by promoting healthy digestion, sustained energy, mental clarity and improved tolerance to stress. Sarah's Tea is giving away a glass tea flask, a perfect way to drink loose-leaf tea, and two rejuvenating warming and cooling tea boxes.
Have Movement offer specialised programs that reconnect with your natural movement patterns, increasing strength, flexibility and performance. Their approach is the evolution of years spent in practice of Pilates, Movement Based Physiotherapy and other movement philosophies. Have Movement are offering a starter pack including assessment,
1:1 and 5 group sessions valued at $565.
As the only kombucha given the tick of approval by
I QUIT SUGAR, Remedy's long brewing methods ensure all the sugar is fermented out. It contains live culture, important for gut health and is 100% independently owned, 100% certified organic, vegan, gluten free, fructose free and paleo friendly. Remedy Drinks are giving away 3 full cartons of Apple Crisp, Ginger Berry and Lemon Lime Mint.
Thankyou are giving each guest antibacterial lemon and lime hand sanitiser. This hand sanitiser kills 99.9% of germs, is pH balanced and helps get safe water and toilets to empower people in need. It comes in a mall bottle but has a big impact! Thankyou is a social enterprise that is about maximising the impact that they have by funding life-changing projects around the world.
The Trigg Life Mapper is a UK award winning advanced diary that guides you towards your most valued goals. It effectively helps you identify then tackle the intentions that will transform your life for the better. Trigg fuses the principles of planning, productivity, habit, mindfulness and gratitude to provide a daily, weekly and annual framework that will ensure you work less and get more done.
Brighten up your everyday with this gorgeous A5 notebook made in Japan. It features a soft card textured cover to keep it looking great at all times and grid paper that is perfect for note taking & drawings. Courtesy of Arigatoaiko.com, Australia’s first Japanese stationary subscrption box. Arigatou Aiko are kindly donating notebooks to each guest.
Painted by Malisa Conner, this is Maria Nita, from Cebu, Philippines, who has a mobility disability and hasn’t been able to walk since she was a little girl. The handprints represent the effort she has to expend to do simple tasks we all take for granted daily, as well as the helping hands that help her leave her home and reconnect everyday.
Price
Each VIP ticket costs $80 and includes a welcome drink, an Italian style feast
and access to the mindful silent auction, door prizes and free giveaways.
Dress code
Smart-casual
What to bring
Your phones and your phone cords (yes, you read that right!)
Limited tickets available
Tickets are now all sold out.
Topic: WAKE UP WELL - Technology, sleep and mental health
With an insatiable appetite for growth, Carly has studied and worked in the field of human behaviour for over ten years. She holds a Masters in Applied Psychology, and is pursuing an Accredited Professional Coach qualification.
Carly is trained in MetaDynamicsTM coaching methodology, resilience training methods and has completed numerous trainings in wellbeing and leadership. She teams this with her passion for wellbeing and wealth of experience as a behaviour consultant.
Carly believes in a world where the majority of people flourish in both their personal and professional selves. Along her journey she has witnessed too many people become unengaged, uninspired and burnt out in their work, which ultimately impacts the individual, their clients and the business. As a result, she is driven to help leaders create workplaces rich in purpose and culture, and implement evidence based practises to enhance wellbeing and performance.
Topic: Evolve or Remain - Scars that hold a lifetime of valuable lessons
Over the past six years, Matt Runnalls has worked tirelessly as a mental health advocate to create awareness, acceptance, and education. Having lived with a mental illness, surviving suicide attempts, and losing several friends to suicide, Matt utilizes his knowledge of lived experience to encourage others to feel comfortable to speak up and manage their well-being just as he continues to do.
Since devoting himself to advocacy full-time, Matt has delivered over 100 speeches, workshops, and events across Australia, Canada, and America. His story and journey have been featured in books, documentaries, songs, podcasts, films and throughout most Australian media outlets.
Most recently, Matt’s work was recognized as he was awarded an Australia Day Medallion in January 2018.
Matt's rediscovery of the hope visible in others’ kindness enabled him to find strength within himself, which has thus enabled him to find his passion and purpose and pursue them wholeheartedly at the age of 26.
Matt is committed to using his voice and experiences as a platform to instill acceptance, purpose, and hope.
Topic: Financial Wellbeing – it’s about more than money
Victoria is founder and managing director of Zella, a financial wellbeing firm and She’s on the Money, a financial education platform designed to change women’s relationship with money for the better. Victoria is passionate about evidence-based practice and bringing positive change to the lives of her clients. Prior to starting Zella, Victoria worked in Organisational Psychology consulting on employee culture, engagement and productivity. She has completed an undergraduate degree in Psychological Science, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Organisational Psychology, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), and also holds her ADFP in Financial Advice.
Victoria is driven to have an impact and believes that wealth is not just about financial health, it’s also about your physical health and happiness. Victoria knows money is the biggest cause of stress for employees in Australia and aims to assist, advise and educate people in wealth management through a combination of financial advice and wellness activities.
Topic: Digital Addiction - Knowing when to look up and down
James and Luke have experienced quite the journey, from an Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, Teacher, Real Estate Agent to a Finance Analyst; their eclectic backgrounds come with a wealth of knowledge and insight. But only one thing could captured their hearts…’Mental Health’.
Over the past 18 months, James and Luke have been developing Voice of Health, which is a platform that builds greater social connectivity, belonging and personal empowerment. It is a place where people can learn and share with others, talk without fear of judgement, develop strategies and promote continuous self-management of their mental health and wellbeing.
Voice of Health bridges the gap between individuals who are currently living in silence and those who are seeking full professional support for their mental health concerns. The mobile application is designed to break down the barriers of entry by providing people with access to a community of support.
James and Luke will shine a light on mental health like you’ve never seen before, discussing strategies, providing eye opening realisations and empowering you to know when to look up and down.
Topic: The Ditox movement - It's time to realise, rethink and reconnect with ourselves and others
Over the past seven years, Vanessa Tran has been working every day in digital marketing and has admittedly been in unhealthy relationships. After spending countless hours on digital devices and facing mental health challenges, Vanessa realised she wasn't alone. She needed to be mindful. People were becoming so mindlessly addicted to digital devices and would prefer to not interact or engage with the ‘real world’. After doing digital detoxes and getting back on the path to wellness, she created Ditox, to help people reconnect again.
Ditox is Australia's first digital health and wellbeing company. As Founder of Ditox, Vanessa aims to enrich people's lives through meaningful reconnection. Realising technology reliance, rethinking habits, and reconnecting to ourselves and others is why Ditox exists. Getting focused, being present and becoming balanced, through the power of meaningful reconnection, Vanessa believes people can improve their digital wellbeing in all our plugged-in lives.
The Ditox project aims to educate, inspire and help people focus on what’s important to them, become more mindful and present, and live less-cluttered and more joyful lives.