About Us

Be Here Nowra is a community meditation project founded in 2022 by fifth-generation Nowra local Barron Hanson. Through Vedic meditation courses, free public talks and community gatherings, it invites people from all walks of life to explore how managing stress can change their experience of everyday life. The project also asks a bigger question: whether change within individuals can help strengthen a whole town. Its work was featured on ABC TV’s Compass in 2025 and inspired the month-long HERE in Nowra festival.