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What we offer
Arts for Mental Wellbeing Courses
Creativity is a natural skill we are all born with. Most importantly, accessing our creative side can help us sustain our well-being
Counselling and Art Therapy Consultations
We specialise in Teen, Adolescent and Adult counselling and offer Art therapy consultations for individuals, group programs for communities, and NDIS clients.
Cultural Arts for Wellbeing Courses
Humans are cultural beings. And our well-being is positively impacted when we develop a sense of belonging and connection to our cultural practices
About Us
The first of its kind, our creative wellness solutions are designed to help teens, young people, and their families develop everyday creative habits to build mental fitness. We offer culturally sensitive counselling services, well-being toolkits, innovative arts-based solutions, and art therapy interventions to build, grow and sustain connections with self and others.
"I believe that everyone deserves to create a “Kshetra, a sacred/safe space” in their mind, a resilient launchpad to thrive."
Rupa Parthasarathy
Registered Art Therapist and Counsellor
Founder, Mindkshetra
Our Model
At Mindkshetra, we're driven by a powerful goal: to make mental health support available to everyone. As a social enterprise, we provide subsidised counselling sessions for those who need it most, breaking down financial barriers to access. We also join forces with community organisations to offer free arts programs, spreading the transformative power of creativity far and wide.
By engaging in our open studios, art for wellness, or cultural art classes, you enrich your life and help fund our counselling services.
Do you want to collaborate and support this goal? Connect with us and to create a community arts project, and be part of a movement that makes a real difference.
Are you an organisation or business invested in fulfilling your social responsibility of improving well-being within your community?
Want to know how engaging people in creative arts can foster team spirit, improve well-being, and boost morale and happiness within your business?
Let's connect!
Our Mantra: Arts for Mental health and wellbeing
Rupa's passion to found MINDKSHETRA stems from the personal motivation of being a first-generation Australian of Indian descent and from being a parent raising two young Bicultural adults. She views parenting as a great privilege and an opportunity to influence young humans. Along the journey of being a parent, she found herself in a unique position of unlearning intergenerational conditioning that was bound to childhood insecurities and learning culturally sensitive parenting strategies that equip her to be a conscious parent. She is deeply committed to helping young adults build a robust sense of self and supporting parents in mindful, holistic parenting.
Her inspiration to create a wellness studio comes from growing up in a culture where a vocabulary for mental health is elusive, and the appetite to have conversations about mental health is mostly non-existent. However, on the other hand, it is a culture with rich art practices and holistic healing approaches.
Rupa noticed an opportunity to spread mental health awareness within multicultural communities using creative intelligence and engagement in cultural art practices. She believes that tuning into creativity is the key, and developing proactive wellness strategies is the antidote to normalising conversations about mental health. In recognition of her work, Rupa was featured in 2021's Top 50 Small Business Leaders by the inside small business magazine and was a finalist for Western Sydney Women in Performing Arts (2021).
Clients Feedback
"The Mindkshetra workshop allowed me to better understand myself as well as begin a journey of self discovery by creating a vision board. I was able to create a visual representation of myself and where I wanted to be in the future. Coming into the session I was nervous not knowing what to expect, never having experienced art therapy before. However, when I came into the workshop I immediately felt at ease by the created warm and safe environment. Rupa is kind, genuine and empathetic, and provided ongoing support throughout the session. Art therapy has been a beautiful way to express myself and I would highly recommend Mindkshetra."
Sophie Angus
Rupa was truly an amazing and supportive counsellor who helped me feel safe, comfortable and engaged in her counselling sessions. She gave me the space to share my inner thoughts and feelings and guided me in meaningful experiences to help me improve my overall wellbeing. What sets Mindkshetra apart is incorporating the aspect of art in the counselling. It was a creative, moving and fun experience to use art to help me through my challenges, visualise the things in my mind and also to see the hope of the future. I would highly recommend anyone who wants to do counselling to join with Rupa and Mindkshetra, as it will be a supportive and wonderful journey to being the best you. Thank you Rupa!
Reena Legaspi
"As soon as I arrived at the Mindkshetra studio I could feel a sense of relaxed yet uplifting vibe. It was my first time attending and meeting Rupa and I felt understood and validated without judgement as she is warm and can put herself in your shoes. Even more, being there was a joyful experience of being in the present moment while doing some art where there were no rules but just a reflection of what I wanted to do. I left the workshop feeling more at peace, knowing better who I am and feeling like I have found a safe space for exploring who I want to be through creative ways."
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