Melbourne Insight Meditation
Give the Gift of Meditation
With growing financial inequality MIM wants to make our retreats even more accessible to people on low incomes. Please donate to our Retreat Scholarship Fund to allow people facing financial difficulties to access our 2023 Residential and Day Retreats. Donate via paypal or bank transfer: Melbourne Insight Meditation Group BSB: 313-140 Account no: 12207815 Reference: Scholarship Fund 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 You can book your face-to-face spot here VISITING TEACHERS 27th March 2023 - MIM Facilitators 3rd April 2023 - ROBYN GIBSON 10th April 2023 - NO SIT (Public Holiday) 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 and in-person as well 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 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 In-person at The Buddhist Society of Victoria, Darling Street, East Malvern Our sits run from 7.30pm-9pm You can book your face-to-face spot here. VISITING TEACHERS 29th March - MIM Facilitators 5th April - 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
'Opening the Door to a Spacious Unbound Life': 7-Day or 3-day Silent Retreat with Christine Thompson Friday 7th - Friday 14th April 2023, Kallara Conference Centre, Strathbogie Ranges This retreat offers the opportunity to feel our way into a deep connection with an expansive silence and awareness that is not dependent on inner and outer experiences being a certain way. We give ourselves permission to pay more attention to how we relate to suffering, impermanence and the trap of fixed identities so they don’t remain theoretical constructs but become dynamic doorways to an expansive present. The three characteristics as described by the Buddha, become a core practice in unveiling and acknowledging painful mind states and their dissolution. We come to see how we lean towards and are bound by self-perpetuating habits of heart, mind and body causing pain and distress to ourselves and others. Unlocking the way we relate to our inner life gives us the energy and confidence to be fully engaged and present. You are invited to explore through a range of meditation techniques natural ways of being. We will use mindfulness of breathing and body as gentle reminders of the simplicity and beauty of existence. We will explore our feelings of dissatisfaction and worry, by sitting with body/mind sensations without judging, as they arise. In this way we will work towards feeling more in touch and grounded and able to recognise thought patterns and processes which are not useful and create suffering for ourselves and others. There will be a daily yoga class, group and individual interviews, Dharma talks, and at least one inquiry session. Christine Thompson is a long-term practitioner of Insight (Vipassana) and Mindfulness meditation and has studied in the East and West. As well as dharma teaching in India and Australia, she has been a Buddhist Prison Chaplain both in Victoria and N.S.W. for the past 12 years. Even as we sit together in silence on retreat, Christine emphasises our interdependence with each other and with nature. Our natural, wise and compassionate responses are encouraged to flourish in the face of negative mind states. Important Retreat information to read before booking Venue Kallara Conference Centre, Boho South, Strathbogie Ranges Cost 7-Day Shared Room: $688 + dana for Christine's teaching 7- Day Single Room: $888 + dana for Christine's teaching 3-Day Shared Room: $360 + dana for Christine's teaching Scholarship Places for people facing financial hardship: $410 + dana for Christine's teaching Scholarship Places There are 3 supported places in twin share rooms available for people for whom the full price is a barrier to attendance. This may be students, young people or those facing a difficult financial circumstance. If this is you we really encourage you to apply. Please email Loretta on insightretreats@hotmail.com for an application form. Bookings 7-Day Shared room: Click here to book 7- Day Single room: Click here to book 3-Day: Click here to book Scholarship place: Please contact Emma on the email below to apply - there are 3 places available in shared room accom Enquiries Loretta - insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to check out our 2023 retreats |
