Melbourne Insight Meditation
About
Melbourne Insight Meditation (MIM) is a community of meditators practicing in the tradition of Insight (Vipassana) Meditation. We aim to support each other and develop our practice. We offer weekly guided meditation sits on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and meditation retreats and workshops throughout the year. We welcome beginners or experienced meditators to join us. Acknowledgement of Country Melbourne Insight Meditation acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We recognise sovereignty was never ceded and the continuing connection of indigenous peoples to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Indigenous people, their cultures, and to elders past, present and emerging. |
MONDAY NIGHTSIn-person at The Learning Centre, Ceres Environment Park, Roberts Street, East Brunswick .
Our sits run from 7.30pm-9.00pm Starting again on 29th January 2024 You can book your face-to-face spot here VISITING TEACHERS 18th March 2024 - JESS HUON 25th March 2024 - MIM FACILITATORS 8th April 2024 - ROBYN GIBSON Teachers offer guidance and dharma talks on the principle of dana. They are not paid by MIM. Dana is an ancient Pali word meaning "generosity", "giving" or "gift." You are free to give any amount dependent on your financial situation. See our Visiting Teachers page for more information. There is no Mindful Yoga class on Monday 18th March. MIM facilitator Amanda Hawkey offers yoga by dana at 6pm before the Monday night sit. Contact Amanda for further information via amandahawkey@mac.com More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com Please note: meditation is contraindicated and can be harmful for people with Complex Trauma, PTSD. Substance Dependence or Psychosis. If in doubt, please seek advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist |
TUESDAY NIGHTSOnline & in-person at Stanley Ave Studio, 61 Stanley Ave, Mt Waverley Vic 3149
Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm every week You can book your spot here VISITING TEACHERS 19th March - MIM FACILITATORS 26th March - ROBYN GIBSON LEAD FACILITATOR Co-founder and president of MIM, HARTMUT VEIT is also the owner of the studio and host/lead facilitator for the sits every Tuesday. WEDNESDAY NIGHTS In-person at The Buddhist Society of Victoria, Darling Street, East Malvern Our sits run from 7.30pm-9pm Just turn up or book your face-to-face spot here. VISITING TEACHERS 20th March - CHRISTINE THOMPSON 27th March - MIM FACILITATORS Teachers offer guidance and dharma talks on the principle of dana. They are not paid by MIM. Dana is an ancient Pali word meaning "generosity", "giving" or "gift." You are free to give any amount dependent on your financial situation. See our Visiting Teachers page for more information. More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com Retreat Scholarship Fund
Interested in donating to the Retreat Scholarship Fund? Please email us. While we run our retreats on a tight budget (costs cover accommodation, food, teachers' travel costs and administration only), we do offer a supported place for each retreat. Please contact us if you are in genuine financial hardship, and wish to discuss this option. Email: insightretreats@hotmail.com Donate to MIM MIM is a not for profit organisation and welcomes donations to support the continuation of the organisation. Donate via paypal or bank transfer Melbourne Insight Meditation Group BSB: 313-140 Account no: 12207815 |
April
'Ocean Mind': Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 7th April 2024, Augustine Hall, Hawthorn, Victoria Insight practice offers us so much! Key insights mapped in the Dharma can assist us to unlock areas where we might get stuck in the same old loop (the old broken record). These particular insights, written like freedom tattoos in original teachings, help free up and loosen our experience. It takes support to carve out a deeper channel, a sense of spaciousness, to disidentify with repetitive states - to write fresh music. Through embodying these insights, we can learn to move through certain states that might have once tossed us around. There’s the possibility to stay mobilised and flexible in difficult times. Practice becomes our own. We become supported by these ancient maps and reference points. Let's look into this together on a day of practice. This is an intimate process of discovery. Venue Habitat Uniting Church, Augustine Hall, 2 Minona Street, Hawthorn Cost $60 + dana for Jess's teaching Bookings Click here to book Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to find the rest of our 2024 retreats |