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Shane Butler's yoga program is aimed at breaking down stigmas around men's mental health. Supplied: Shane Butler. Celebrating the amazing male role models of the Camooweal Cloncurry & Mount Isa District. That rings true for Mr Butler, who says that for years he struggled to deal with feelings of anxiety.

Mr Toholke said outback mining communities needed "all they could get" when it came to mental health services, particularly for men.

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Shane Butler is using yoga to help other men to de-stress and combat mental health issues. Men's yoga is slowly gaining popularity in the mining town. Topic: Mental Health. Mr Butler's budding yoga program "naMANste" is growing in popularity as word spreads among other male miners.

After trying yoga, Mr Butler found it so effective he decided to get his accreditation so he could start running classes for men. Self-described "knockabout" bloke Tony "Tonka" Toholke has lived in the mining town for almost two decades.

Men's mental health advocate Tony "Tonka" Toholke has welcomed the yoga program. After a personal mental health battle, he became an advocate for empowering other men to get help. The "naMANste" yoga program brings men together to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.

Fatigued and trying to provide for his family, Mr Butler never spoke about the mental toll of mining in an isolated town. A place where men can enjoy the company of other men. By Emily Dobson. Mount Isa Men's Shed. Have some fun with it and you might meet someone that you're able to talk with.

Together they can share their life experiences.

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According to suicide prevention group Mates In Mining, suicide rates in the mining and construction industry are higher than the general working population. Perched atop a rocky outcrop in outback Queensland, Shane Butler sits cross-legged, meditating as the sun sets over his home town.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Class attendee and fellow underground miner Renata Carlson said it was hard to come to the first session.

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As a burly, bearded underground miner, he is not who people might expect to be the face of yoga in the bush. likes · 1 talking about this. Shane Butler says yoga helps him and others wind down after gruelling shift work. After spending a decade working underground in the Mount Isa mine, Mr Carlson said he was finally making his mental health a priority.

I had to put myself out there in order to gain that trust. Living in the outback Queensland mining centre of Mount Isa, Mr Butler is among many men who spend years working underground, clocking in and out of exhausting hour days.