About the Institute
Mindful Mob Wellness Institute is a First Nations owned-and-led business, guided by Elders and led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healers, promoting the importance of spiritual health and well-being.
The Institute reflects what has always been at the heart of Mindful Mob: a home for healing and knowledge-sharing, held in relationship and permission.
Who we work with
We work with individuals, families, communities, organisations, and institutions to support healing that is ethical, culturally respectful, and held with care.
Our collective brings together practitioners, counsellors, and healers from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds, united by a shared commitment to spiritual health, cultural integrity, and collective well-being.
Our Origin Story
Mindful Mob began as a shared vision by Maylene Slater-Burns and Greg Kennedy in 2015 — a space for sharing philosophies and reflection among blackfullas, First Nations people and respectful allies.
Before it became an Institute, Mindful Mob lived as a community. People came together to listen deeply, share stories, explore spirituality and inner life, and support one another’s healing journeys. We reflected, dreamed and healed together.
From this community foundation, Mindful Mob Wellness & Coaching was established in 2022, creating a culturally safe way to offer this work more widely.
Today, Mindful Mob Wellness Institute continues this lineage — holding the same values of care, listening and collective healing, while creating the structure needed to protect the work and carry it forward.
Founder & Director
Maylene Slater-Burns is the national award-winning, Founder and Director of Mindful Mob Wellness Institute. She is a proud Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri, Kuku Djungan, Gangalidda, and Nywaigi First Nations woman, mother, healer, artist, and cultural leader.
Born and raised within the Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, Maylene’s work is grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. Her practice is informed by lived experience, born abilities, cultural teachings, spiritual learning, academic pathways and community responsibility.
Maylene shares:
"As descendants of First Nations Australians, we carry within us the ancient spiritual connection to the land and the cosmos. This profound connection, etched into our very DNA, holds the essence of the Dreamtime/Sky camp and the profound mysteries of existence. Our lineage is rich with the wisdom of human prosperity, sacred medicine and epic memories of global migration.
I am on a journey to awaken the sleeping gifts passed down through generations within my family and all families. Guided by years of extensive learning, deep meditation, and the wisdom of our Elders and Masters, I am attuning myself to the whispers of the Universe. Through this process, I pass the messages entrusted to me on to others for the healing and nurturing of all children and our shared future.
In Mindful Mob, we are driven by the passion to extend a helping hand and share our knowledge, we invite every Soul Searcher and Spirit eager to breathe life into their healing, connect with like-minded community and elevate their spiritual well-being. Your journey matters to us, and we’re here to support you."
Pictured: Maylene Slater-Burns, Founder & Director