My courses intend to give comfort, clarity and insight into the mysterious and sometimes confusing inner workings of your heart and mind. I hope they bolster you with courage and encourage you to lean fearlessly and tenderly into your inner world.

I will be offering a number of courses this year. Offering science backed tools and strategies integrated with eastern psychology and philosophy, to help sooth and calm the nervous system to recalibrate it to sense of safety and calm.

Float Through the Fear: A Compassionate Path to Healing Anxiety


đź“… Date: Tuesday August 12th, 2025 Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
đź•’ Time: 07:00 PM
đź“Ť Location: Online (Zoom)

âś… Discover science-backed techniques to shift from survival mode to calm
âś… Learn simple, practical tools to regulate your nervous system

Does Stress, Anxiety, or Overwhelm Hold You Back?

You know all the “right” things to do—breathe deeply, think positively, meditate. Yet, the overwhelm remains.

What I’ve learned in my 25+ years as a psychotherapist is that your body holds the answers, not just your mind. If we listen, it will guide us toward healing.

Join me in this free 1.5-hour workshop, where I’ll teach you foundational techniques to reset your nervous system, calm anxiety, and cultivate resilience—without complicated protocols or lengthy practices.

What You’ll Learn in This Workshop:

🔹 You’ll learn:

  • Why anxiety is not a flaw in you—it’s a normal response from a sensitized nervous system

  • The science behind why you feel stuck in stress, anxiety, or disconnectionHow to interrupt the cycle of panic, resistance, and avoidance

  • A calming guided meditation: Floating Through Anxiety

  • How to break free from the endless analysis loop in your mind

    Real-time tools you can begin using immediately

  • How Claire Weekes’ method aligns with modern neuroscience and acceptance-based therapies and eastern psychology

This isn’t about positive thinking or controlling your mind—it’s about learning how to relate differently to your fear. Weekes called it “masterly inactivity”—and it works.

Who is this for?
✔️ If you struggle with health anxiety, general anxiety, panic, or inner tension
✔️ If you feel tired of trying to “fix” yourself
✔️ If you long for a peaceful, evidence-based approach grounded in kindness

You’ll leave feeling lighter, empowered, and equipped with a method you can return to again and again.

Reserve Your Spot

Meet Your Guide: Virginia Golding

With over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy, I’ve worked with adults and young people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and chronic illness. My background spans the foster care, homelessness, early childhood, and domestic violence sectors, giving me a deep understanding of how stress impacts every aspect of life.

My journey also led me to undertake degrees in eastern and western philosophy and psychology 30 years ago at university, and a little later began studying Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan Buddhism in Melbourne and in India under the guidance of the late Traleg Rinpoche and my current teacher Yangten Rinpoche. My work integrates the wisdom of eastern and western traditions incorporating the latest research from experts like Pat Ogden, Peter Levine, Van der Kolk and Gabor Maté.

Through this unique blend of science and wisdom traditions, I hope to help people heal at the nervous system level, so they can experience more ease, joy, and resilience in their daily lives.

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Because Overwhelm Isn’t Your Natural State

This workshop is your first step toward lasting change. No overly complicated techniques. Just real, practical exercises that empower you to shift from stress to safety—anytime, anywhere.