Melbourne Insight Meditation
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. 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 welcome beginners or experienced meditators to join us. |
CERES Meditation
Monday Nights
Venue CERES Learning Centre, Lee Street, East Brunswick Note: Enter by walking to the end of Lee Street (Learning Centre is on the right, past courtyard garden), not by Robert Street main entry Time 7.15pm, for a prompt 7.30pm start - 9.00pm Cost & Booking $5 plus dana donation to visiting teachers appreciated. No need to book, just turn up. Equipment provided Meditation cushions (zafus), floor mats (zabutons), chairs, meditation benches/stools, yoga mats and blankets We sit every Monday except Public Holidays, Melbourne Cup eve and Christmas/January break. Our next sit is 14th January 2019. Yoga is offered by donation before our sit from 6.00-7.00pm to support practice. Yoga only runs during the school term. All levels of meditation (and yoga) experience welcome, including beginners. See our Visiting Teachers page for a schedule of teachers and visiting dates. More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com Weekly Sitting GroupsAll levels of experience are welcome, no previous training is needed, and guidance is offered. Each session includes:
• Sitting meditation (with instruction) • Walking meditation (with instruction) • Dharma talks with visiting teachers • Group discussion/sharing with visiting teachers Groups in Melbourne, Geelong & Castlemaine Please note: The meditation practice may not be suitable for those who have experienced psychosis or who are currently experiencing acute depression. If in doubt, please seek advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist. |
East Malvern MeditationWednesday Nights
Venue Buddhist Society of Vic (BSV), 71-73 Darling Road, East Malvern Time 7.15pm, for a prompt 7.30pm start - 9.00pm Cost & Booking Entry free of charge; with dana donations to MIM, the visiting teachers and BSV appreciated. No need to book, just turn up. Equipment provided Meditation cushions (zafus), floor mats (zabutons), chairs, some blankets. All levels of meditation experience welcome, including beginners. We sit every Wednesday except Public Holidays, Easter Wednesday and Christmas/January break. Our final sit for 2018 is on the 19th December. We start back on the 9th January 2019. See our Visiting Teachers page for a schedule of teachers and visiting dates. More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com
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JULY
"Emotions and Equinimity: Weathering the Storms of Life with Balance" - Workshop with Suzie Brown Sunday 21st July 2019, 2.15pm - 5.30pm, CERES Environment Park, East Brunswick Equanimity is one of the Buddha's four divine abodes - a state in which one's mind has a stability amidst the ups and downs of life. When we are equanimous we are not pulled and pushed by pleasure and pain. And we are able to weather our emotional storms without getting overwhelmed or going numb to cope. It is a powerful way to help us face the most difficult experiences in life with greater resilience and compassion (for ourselves and others). This workshop will investigate equanimity and how we can cultivate it through meditations and practices that you can take with you into your everyday life. Venue The Learning Centre, Ceres Environment Park, East Brunswick Cost $40 + dana for Suzie's teaching Bookings Click here to book AUGUST "Hidden Waters: a Gathering of Friends" - Day Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 11th August 2019, 9.30am - 4.30pm, Abbotsford Convent Let's once again, gather in community and dive into our contemplative practice together! There are times we can circle around ourselves like restless creatures looking for water. During this day retreat there will be the opportunity to slow down, to stay right where you are, and rest deeper than our sometimes compulsive and controlling mind. Again and again, meditation practice asks us to return to a beginner’s mind - a fresh openness to meet our experience. Practice can open us to a kind of dusk like beauty. The world’s incessant noise sleeps. Royal, wild animals feel safe to show themselves. They languidly prowl down and drink from hidden lakes. Creatures lie back satisfied in the twilight. Let us drink from regenerative waters. Venue Sacred Heart Oratory, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, Victoria Cost $60 + dana for Jess's teaching Bookings Click here to book Enquiries Emma - insightretreats@hotmail.com "Inner Resource" - 4 day Silent Retreat with Jess Huon Wednesday 28th August - Sunday 1st September 2019, Kallara, Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria We are great fools. . .Say we: ‘I have done nothing to-day.’ What? Have you not lived? That is not only the fundamental, but the most illustrious of your occupations. Have you known how to regulate your conduct, you have done a great deal more than (one) who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose, you have done more than (one) who has taken cities and empires. - Montaigne What is it to rest into an inner quality of enough-ness and natural ease? In this retreat we will engage in meditative disciplines that support us to clear the static in a telephone-like conversation with our own depth. We shine a light on noisier mind habits that disrupt this connection. A retreat gives us time to stop running, sit down and be still; to hear our own news. We will explore the way meditation practice can foster this relationship to inner resourcefulness. We are encouraged to meet ourselves as we are. We sit down and learn to meet our experience, kindly, wisely. Fresh insight and inner warmth is then given the space to arise. This can allow for a regenerative and empowering process to occur. Teachings will be grounded in Buddhist foundational practices, the teacher’s direct experience, metta heart practices, and the poetic and literary tradition. Guidance and support will be offered through meditation instruction, relaxation practices, connected movement classes, one-one interviews, group discussion, dharma talks, and meditative singing. Download Flyer Important information Please read our Retreat Information and Cancellations Policy before booking your place Venue Kallara Conference Centre, Boho South, Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria Retreat fees & bookings Single room - $500 + dana for Jess's teaching - Click here to book Shared room - $350 + dana for Jess's teaching - Click here to book Enquiries Emma - insightretreats@hotmail.com |
