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 28th November 2022 - NO SIT 5th December 2022 - Christine Thompson 12th December 2022 - MIM Facilitators 19th December 2022 - Jess Huon, Angela McGee & Christine Thompson (FINAL SIT OF THE YEAR) 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 is offered 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 only on 29th November (and usually in-person as well 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 We will be back in-person at the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Darling Street, East Malvern, from 22nd June. Unfortunately we can no longer offer the Wednesday sit online. Our sits run from 7.30pm-9pm You can book your face-to-face spot here. VISITING TEACHERS 30th November - MIM Facilitators 7th December - MIM Facilitators 14th December - Christine Thompson & Angela Ballard (FINAL SIT OF THE YEAR) 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 |
NOVEMBER
Touching the Earth: 5-Day Silent Retreat with Robyn Gibson and Rupert Marques Friday 25th November - Wednesday 30th November2022, Kailash Ashram, The Grampians We live in a time where the marriage of outer engagement and inner understanding is an essential feature of the movement toward an enlivening and equitable human presence on this earth. This retreat is an opportunity to explore this through slowing down and settling into a rhythm and quality of presence that supports us in remembering what is important, what nourishes us and allows us to more freely bring ourselves to this life. Supported by our relationship with the wider natural world, we will combine nature-based practice with contemplative practice, exploring the mutuality of these ways of deepening presence. We will explore the mutuality of experiential ecopsychology practices drawn from a four directions eco-centric wheel of development with meditation practice based around the four foundations of mindfulness. Dharma talks, the opportunity for group inquiry and individual interviews with teachers will also be offered. In support of deepening this exploration, the majority of the retreat will be held in silence, interspersed with periods of shared inquiry. Three threads of practice – individual contemplative practice, community inquiry and connection with the land – will serve as the foundation through which to explore a number of themes, including Belonging, Engagement and Reciprocity. To live in these times with the enormity of the problems we collectively face is at once both a challenge and a privilege; to live when so much is in the balance and yet so much is possible. This retreat is offered as support and inspiration for our collective engagement, well-being and even our flourishing in the midst of these times. Important Retreat information to read before booking Venue Kailash Ashram offers its accommodation on a gift/dana basis, and asks for a donation from participants at the end of the retreat (as do the teachers.) Cost (accommodation is offered on a gift basis, and asks for a donation from participants at the end of the retreat) Full fee places (all accommodation types) - $560 + dana for teachers and venue Supported places (all accommodation types) - $280 + dana for teachers and venue (email Emma on the address below to apply for a supported place) Bookings - Full Fee There are limited numbers of single and twin share rooms available. When booking your accommodation option, keep in mind that some people will need a room more than others due to health issues. If you are healthy and able, please consider booking a camping place. This will leave the rooms available for those for whom camping is not an option. We have camping equipment available to borrow if needed. Camping - book here Twin share - book here Single room - book here Bookings - Supported places Supported Places are available to people who need them at a 50% discount. Please contact Emma on the email below to apply Acknowledging the importance of supporting our youth in these times as those who will be inheriting the consequences of our actions with regard to both social and ecological justice, we are particularly keen to have the presence of young people on this retreat. In support of this, we will endeavour to not turn any young person away because of financial position. Please write to us if the supported place is beyond your capacity. Enquiries Emma - insightretreats@hotmail.com "Practice & Sexuality": Urban Day Retreat with Jess Huon & Panel Talk in the Evening 10am - 4.30pm & 5.00pm-6.15pm, Saturday 26th November 2022, Abbotsford Convent Working with energies When the going gets tough, or stressful, sadly, the playfulness of eros can clamp down. At some point, in an embodied mediation practice, sexual energy arises. Its resurgence can be a result of dedicated practice and its energy cultivated within the seat of practice. Whilst this energy animates and activates life, it can also be overwhelming, frightening, weird, addictive, and as we know, used in harmful ways. Some spiritual traditions have decided to safeguard against it; to negate it, wipe their hands of it. Yet the French remind us; “what has been denied will come back with a gallop.” This day will be rooted in foundational practices to support us to abide with our own energy in liberating and healing ways - in resonant connection with self, other, and the world. In this, we re-affirm and celebrate eros. We will practice courting the whole gamut of our ever-changing human experience and exploring this particular energy. About the Evening Panel Talk Jess Huon, dharma teacher, and Saru Gupta, long term dharma student and life coach, will have an intimate dialogue about an ‘opening’ experience Saru had an on a retreat. The discussion will explore what this was about and how they worked to integrate it in their ensuing conversations. In this panel we will be inviting more discussion from participants, as we bring our maturity, as a collective inquiry, to an often unspoken of aspect of practice. Click here for Saru Gupta's bio Download Flyer Venue Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, 3067 Bookings In-person Retreat & Panel Talk: $80 + dana for Jess's teaching In-person Retreat Only: $60 + dana for Jess's teaching Evening Panel Talk Only: $30 + dana for Jess's teaching Online Retreat & Panel Talk: $40 + dana for Jess's teaching Supported Place Our Supported Place Fund is able to give people experiencing financial hardship a 30% discount. Please contact Emma on the email below to apply Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to check out the rest of our 2022 events and retreats |
