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. Please note we are no longer able to offer Monday night online
Our sits run from 7.30pm-9.00pm You can book your face-to-face spot here VISITING TEACHERS 23rd May 2022 - ROBYN GIBSON 30th May 2022 - JESS HUON 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. Mindful Yoga on Monday with MIM facilitator Amanda Hawkey will be offered by dana at 6pm before the Monday night sit. Contact Amanda for the details 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 and in-person at Stanley Ave Studio - 61 Stanley Ave, Mt Waverley Vic 3149.
Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your face-to-face spot here You can book your online spot here LEAD FACILITATOR Co-founder and president of MIM, HARTMUT VEIT is also the owner of the studio and host/lead facilitator for the sits on Tuesdays. A regular Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class on Tuesday evening at Stanley Ave Studio will be offered at 6:15- 7:15pm before the Tuesday night sit. Contact Hart for details: hart@stanleyavestudio.com.au WEDNESDAY NIGHTS Online only as the Buddhist Society of Victoria is still closed due to Covid. Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your online spot here and the zoom link will be sent to you. VISITING TEACHERS Wednesday, 18th May - PATRICK KEARNEY Wednesday, 25th May - PATRICK KEARNEY 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 |
"Open Sky Dharma Circle" - A Half Day Women's Circle with Robyn Gibson & Angela McGee
Sunday 19th June, 1:30pm - 4:30pm, In-Person, Armadale Insight teachers Angela McGee and Robyn Gibson lead and support these monthly, half day retreats, held in noble silence. The afternoons include: * Guided seated meditations * Walking meditation * Dharma inquiry - investigating how practice is supporting your life * Dharma talks by the teachers * Guided heart practices This regular Women's Circle aims to foster a community of fellow beginner and experienced meditators to share meditation practice together, strengthen your home practice, offer each other support and connection and welcome sharing and dharma wisdom in a safe practice space. Now, more than ever, we need somewhere to step into quietude, seek refuge together and find solace in dharma practice. Now, more than ever, the dharma can offer us liberating tools to navigate the unpredictable terrain of this human life. If you identify as a woman and you’re looking for an afternoon of support, practice and enquiry, join us. Venue 24 Beatty Ave Armadale, 3143 Cost $20 + dana for Angela & Robyn's teaching Bookings Book your place here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com "The Body's Intelligence": Weekend Retreat with Jess Huon 10am - 4.30pm, Saturday 25th June - Sunday 26th June 2022, Abbotsford Convent "If we don’t know what the teachings say, it can be sometimes easy to fall back upon our preconceptions and patterns of habitual thought, which have gotten us into trouble in the first place." Reggie Ray During this day of practice together we’ll return to key teachings that aid us in forging a clearing - where fresh insight can arise - through the thickets of our inner lives. In the Insight tradition, within the 4 foundations of mindfulness, the body is placed at the centre of our practice. We’ll be exploring staying in the body in a way that helps us cut through the mind’s habitual stories and elaborations. These can wind us up, spin into over-thinking or hurl us down painful thought patterns. Sensation unchecked will throw us into the mind. The body is the anchor to what’s happening in the ‘here and now’. We will experientially explore settling ‘into the body,’ and meeting our experience, in a way that allows for movement rather than stagnation. Venue Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, 3067 Cost $110 + dana for Jess's teaching Bookings Book your place here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to check out the rest of our 2022 events and retreats |
