A packed 9D breathwork session at a Hope Cartel event — a hall full of people seated and lying on mats
Biggest Breathwork Event in Melbourne

Where Light
Conquers Dark

A Hope Cartel event — powered by 9D Breathwork. Two days with Gaz Wright and a special guest speaker, Brian Kelly, live in the same room for the first time.

When · Oct 10–11, 2026
Where · Melbourne

Not a wellness event. Not a conference. A room full of people ready to walk a different road.

01 My Story

From the Streets. To This Room.

Twenty years in the life, seven of them in prison. At 33 I was facing life — the court found me not guilty, and I walked away the same day. Then I fell into everything I’d never touched while I was dealing it. Five years homeless. Close to the end. That’s when my ego finally died — and it’s what set me on the path to where I am today.

I got clean. And three years ago, I built Hope Cartel — not because I had a plan, but because I knew what it felt like to be lost, and I wanted other people to have somewhere to land.

Eighteen months in, a men’s workshop put me in front of breathwork for the first time. I didn’t know what it would become. I just knew the first time I felt it myself, something in me that had been braced for years finally let go. I trained as a 9D facilitator and brought it straight into Hope Cartel. I thought — if it did that for me, it might do that for someone else too.

It did. Hundreds of events later, across every corner of this country, we’ve had ten thousand people lie down on a mat next to strangers and breathe. Grief has lifted in that room. Old weight has cracked open. People have walked out lighter than they walked in — sometimes for the first time in years.

I’ve watched it happen enough times now to know it’s not a fluke. It’s not luck. It’s what happens when people who’ve been carrying something alone finally get to put it down, together.

That’s the story I’m still writing. And this weekend, we write the next chapter. The biggest 9D event ever done.

Gaz Wright kneeling on the floor with a microphone, speaking with a seated participant wearing headphones during a Hope Cartel session
02 What This Weekend Is

You Lie Down.
You Breathe.
Something Moves.

9D Breathwork is a nine-layered audio journey delivered through headphones while you lie on a mat with your eyes covered. Somatic breathwork, 432Hz harmonic tuning, solfeggio frequencies, isochronic tones, binaural beats, bioacoustic sound effects, subliminal hypnotic suggestion and guided coaching stacked together — designed to move the nervous system out of survival and into release.

No plant medicine. No supplements. Just breath and sound. Most people feel more in one session than years of talk therapy — grief lifts, tension unlocks, and the mind finally goes quiet.

First timer? Good. This is built for you. You’ll be checked in by a facilitator on arrival, walked through the breath before we start, and held by the team on the floor through every session. You don’t need experience — you just need to show up and breathe.

Come for one day or both. Wear what you’d sleep in. Bring water. The rest is handled.

Facilitator supporting a participant wearing headphones during a 9D breathwork session under festoon lights Group of participants lying on mats with headphones while facilitators move between them
A Hope Cartel facilitator kneeling beside a participant lying on a mat with headphones and an eye mask in an ornate hall Facilitator comforting a blindfolded participant mid-session in a grand hall
Wide view of a hall full of seated participants on mats at a Hope Cartel session
Facilitator kneeling beside a participant lying on a mat with headphones
Facilitator walking between rows of participants lying on mats during a session
Facilitator placing hands on a participant wearing headphones and an eye mask
03 In the Room Facilitating Together — For the First Time

The Voice in Your Headphones.
Live, in Front of You.

Brian Kelly smiling portrait
Founder · 9D Breathwork

Brian Kelly

Creator of the 9D method. Hundreds of thousands know his voice from inside a journey. This is his first time he’s coming over as a special guest speaker & everyone gets to meet him live with Hope Cartel.

Gaz Wright in a Hope Cartel shirt kneeling beside participants wearing headphones during a breathwork session
Founder · Hope Cartel

Gaz Wright

Certified 9D facilitator. I walked out of 20 years in the life and built Hope Cartel to bring my community back to themselves.

04 The Team on the Floor

The People Who Hold the Room.

Renee supporting a participant lying on a mat during a session

Renee

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Renee came to Hope Cartel believing she was broken, lost and without purpose. But one decision to say “yes” to healing, changed everything. Today she helps you find the same freedom and transformation she found and continues to find with every breath. She is no longer defined by her past, she is defined by the courage it takes to rise from it. One breath changed her life and it could change yours too.

Natascha placing a hand on a participant wearing headphones on the floor

Natascha

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Through her own journey of losing both her parents at a young age, grief, childhood trauma, domestic violence, she gained a deep understanding of what it means to heal. She holds compassion, calm, non judgmental presence because she walked through pain herself. The presence that allows you to feel truly seen, safe and supported. She helps you release what no longer serves you, reconnect to yourself and find the strength that’s been within you all along.

Monique comforting a blindfolded participant seated on the floor of a hall

Monique

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Monique is a trauma-informed 9D Breathwork Facilitator whose work is deeply rooted in her lived experience of trauma and addiction. She knows what it’s like to be in the dark, and having found her way back to the light, she’s passionate about helping others find theirs. Her heart is in holding spaces where safety, hope, and love allow people to reconnect with themselves and discover their innate capacity to heal.

Sean kneeling over a participant lying on a mat during a session

Sean

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Sean’s strength as a facilitator doesn’t just lie in his ability to guide the breath, it lies in his ability to genuinely and wholeheartedly hold space. He leads with authenticity, compassion, presence the type of environment that makes you feel safe enough to finally let go. To face what’s been holding you back and to reconnect with who you truly are. He doesn’t try to fix you, he helps you discover your own healing, your own strength and your own path towards the truest version of yourself.

Zach supporting a participant mid-session under string lights

Zach

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Zach guides people through their darkest chapters. His mission is to remind people that no matter how broken they feel or how dark their past has been, the strength to heal has always existed within them.

05 Event Schedule

Saturday · Show Up

Running order — subject to change.

Morning
Doors Open
This is where it all begins.
Saturday Opening Intro — Gaz Wright — The Story
Gaz shares his story — the past, and the story of Hope Cartel over the past few years.
Light Brunch
Good food, better company. Fuel up before the real work begins.
Afternoon
Main Saturday Event — 9D Immersive Journey
The moment you came for. Full production, full immersion — this is where everything shifts.
Integration
Let it land. Let it settle. This is where the magic sinks in.
Light Snack
A moment to refuel and reset before we go again.
Workshop — Brian Kelly (Special Guest Speaker)
Practical tools that can be used for daily life.
Evening
9D Relaxation Journey — Female Led (Natascha, Renee, Monique)
A softer close to a powerful day. Let everything settle into place.
End of Saturday
Closing out the end of Day One together. See you tomorrow.
Hope Cartel session — the room in motion
Inside The Room

Two Days. One Room. Everything Shifts.

No stage separation. No spectators. You’ll breathe, move, cry, laugh, and leave different than how you walked in.

06 Tickets

Find The Ticketing Option That Works For You.

Melbourne · Oct 10–11, 2026

Early bird pricing — the first 100 tickets only. All prices AUD.

01 Early Bird $359 $297

Day Pass

  • ·Saturday or Sunday — choose one
  • ·Full day programme
  • ·9D immersive journey
  • ·All sessions & speakers
  • ·Brunch and snacks included
  • ·30-day app trial
03 Early Bird $1,099 $849

Full Weekend Luxury

  • ·Both days — full programme
  • ·Three 9D immersive journeys
  • ·All sessions, panels & workshops
  • ·All food included both days
  • ·Evening social Saturday
  • ·Hope Cartel × 9D event merch pack
  • ·Priority seating
  • ·30-day app trial
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04 Early Bird $2,499 $1,947

Full VIP Experience

  • ·Both days — full programme
  • ·Three 9D immersive journeys
  • ·All sessions, panels & workshops
  • ·All food included both days
  • ·Evening social Saturday
  • ·Hope Cartel × 9D event merch pack
  • ·Private room — 2 nights (Fri & Sat), check out Sunday
  • ·Partner hotel TBC
  • ·Private dinner with Gaz & Brian
  • ·Front row positioning
  • ·Post-event pack photo
  • ·3-month app access
  • ·Limited availability
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FAQ

No prior experience is required and everyone is welcome, prior experience or not. On the day we will make sure you are fully prepared and have all the information you need going into the journeys. The only thing to make sure of is that you are carefully reading our preparation brief, which you will receive over email closer to the event date.

Yes of course you can! There will be many attending alone. And as soon as you step through the door, you won’t be alone anymore. We can’t wait to welcome you.

Yes. The Day Pass covers Saturday or Sunday — choose one — with the full day programme, the 9D immersive journey and food included.

Accommodation is only included for the VIP tickets. For the other tickets, we recommend staying nearby the location — the closer the better, since both days will have a full schedule of things to enjoy and attend. The event location will be revealed after you’ve purchased your tickets.

Contact the Hope Cartel team for refund terms before purchasing.

An Invitation

Come As You Are.
Leave Lighter.

Whatever you’re carrying, bring it. There’s a mat with your name on it and a room ready to hold you. Consider this your personal invite.

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