Events and Retreats - 2024
Please Note: meditation can be contraindicated and may be harmful for people with Complex Trauma, PTSD. Substance Dependence or Psychosis. If in doubt, please seek advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist and speak to our Retreats Manager before booking your place. We are excited to be hosting the following events. We publicise the details of our retreats, and take bookings, approximately 3 - 4 months prior to each retreat. Stay in touch with details as they are publicised via our regular e-newsletters (subscribe via this website, top right of each page), this website, and our Facebook page. MIM Scholarship Fund Our Scholarship fund assists people living with financial difficulty, and who are unable to meet the full costs of a retreat. The fund is financed by donations from other retreat participants, cancellation fees and any MIM surpluses. We offer 3 supported places for each Retreat. June
Winter Solstice Gathering 2-5pm, Saturday 22nd June, Stanley Ave Studio Get together for a special day of gratitude for life’s rich offerings coinciding with this year’s winter solstice: the day of the year that has the least daylight hours of any in the year! This event aims to raise funds for MIM’s Retreat Scholarship Fund so that we can supported places for each retreat for those who suffer genuine financial hardship. The afternoon will include: - 1 hr live musical performance by Colombian musician, Pablo Naranjo, playing acoustic music from his two albums “Echos del frio” and ‘Orbeum’ - an artist talk and exhibition of Hartmut Veit’s paintings informed by his meditation practice - a 30min meditation - an opportunity to get to know one another - chai provided Invite your friends, family and kids are welcome! Kids can come for free. Please bring a potluck plate to share (chai will be provided). Venue 61 Stanley Ave, Mt Waverley. VIC 3149 Cost $10 + dana welcome to raise funds for MIM’s Retreat Scholarship Fund so that we can offer supported retreat places for those who suffer genuine financial hardship Bookings Book your place here Enquiries Loretta - info@melbourneinsightmeditation.org July Communicating Mindfully with Carol Perry & Angela McGee Saturday & Sunday, 6th & 7th July 2024, Ceres, East Brunswick, Victoria One of the most difficult aspects of practice in daily life is skillful speech and action when reactive emotions arise. Through mindfulness of body we will investigate and bring insight to patterns and habits that get in the way of skillful communication and action. This workshop is an experiential exploration of what happens in our internal world when we are triggered into a reactive state, and how we can use awareness of body, feelings and mind states to cultivate skillful responses. The workshop will include: mindfulness practice in the context of conflict; practical exploration of difficult feelings and mind states; experiential exercises and demonstrations with participants. What to bring:
Venue The Van Raay Room, Ceres Environment Park, East Brunswick Cost $120 + dana for the teachers Bookings Book your place here Enquiries retreats@melbourneinsightmeditation.org Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 21st July 2024, Abbotsford Convent, Victoria Bookings will open end of April August 9-Day Silent Retreat with Patrick Kearney & Robyn Gibson (with 3 day option available) 16th - 25th August 2024, Pallotti College, Yarra Valley Practising mindfulness allows us to become intimate with our moment-to-moment experience in ways that are not possible in the chaos of our everyday lives. In this retreat we will explore intimacy – and what this intimacy reveals – through the two practice perspectives of serenity and insight, and how we can weave these two together in the movement towards liberation. Patrick and Robyn will conduct one-to-one interviews together. The interviews are an opportunity for introducing a more objective, external view on how your practice is developing; in this way, they help you fine-tune your practice. Pallotti College is nestled in the foothills of Mt Donna Buang, and offers a peaceful rural environment, stunning views overlooking the Yarra Valley and surrounding mountains, and ideal conditions for deep contemplative practice. The retreat includes:
Venue Pallotti College, 80 McNamaras Road, Millgrove, 3799 Bookings (all rooms are single) 3-day option: $590 + dana click here to book 9-day option: $1520 + dana click here to book Enquiries retreats@melbourneinsightmeditation.org More 2024 Retreats for your diary
Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 22nd September 2024, Abbotsford Convent, Victoria Bookings will open in July 'Open Heart, Open Mind': 7-Day Silent Retreat with Carol Perry & Angela McGee 11th - 18th October 2024, Maitripa Centre, Yarra Valley Bookings will open in mid 2024 Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 24th November 2024, Augustine Hall, Hawthorn, Victoria Bookings will open in September THE MIM SCHOLARSHIP FUND Our Scholarship fund assists people living with financial difficulty, and who are unable to meet the full costs of a retreat. The fund is financed by donations from other retreat participants, cancellation fees and any MIM surpluses. A Supported Place is granted via an application process. Currently, a Supported Place attracts a substantial discount off the advertised shared room retreat cost. Three supported places are available per retreat. If you are keen to attend an MIM retreat but are unable to financially cover the retreat cost, please email Emma on insightretreats@hotmail.com COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)
MIM has a Covid Safe Plan for all our face-to-face events in line with guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us on melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com to discuss them. Our dharma practice is very important during this time to acknowledge our feelings, see clearly and take practical steps, whilst also remaining calm. |
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