Melbourne Insight Meditation
COVID-19 (coronavirus) Update: 17th March 2020
Due to the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) our committee has made the decision to take our weekly meditation sits (on Monday and Wednesday) online, as well as our retreats. We know how important our practice is during a crisis like this, so we will continue to offer guided sits and dharma talks from teachers each week. See details below about how to access the online weekly sits. For information about our retreats click here 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. |
MONDAY NIGHTSThis will now run online each Monday, 7.30pm-8.40pm
You can book your place and donate $5 to MIM here and the meeting link will be emailed to you. If you have any issues please email Loretta and she will send you the link TEACHERS Monday, 25th May - ANGELA McGEE Monday, 1st June - ANTON EASTICK Monday, 8th June - 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 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 |
WEDNESDAY NIGHTSThis will now run online each Wednesday, 7.30pm-8.40pm
You can book your place and donate $5 to MIM here and the meeting link will be emailed to you. If you have any issues please email Loretta and she will send you the link TEACHERS Wednesday, 27th May - CAROL PERRY Wednesday, 3rd June - ROBYN GIBSON Wednesday, 10th June - CHRISTINE THOMPSON 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 Wednesday with MIM facilitator Loretta Curtin will be offered by dana at 5.45pm before the Monday night sit. Contact Amanda for the details via loretta@lorettacurtin.com More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com 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. 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 |
MAY
"My Year of Living Mindfully" - Online Fim Premiere Wednesday 27th May - Wednesday 3rd June 2020 Melbourne Insight Meditation is proud to present the online premiere of the award-winning documentary about mindfulness and mental health, My Year of Living Mindfully. In a world-first experiment, journalist Shannon Harvey went in search of answers to the mental health crisis and recruited a team of scientists to put mindfulness meditation to the test. But after a 30,000 kilometre journey from the bright lights of Manhattan to the dusty refugee camps of the Middle East, what begins as a self-experiment, transforms into a life-changing experience. See for yourself why the film was awarded Cinequest’s Thrive Award for being “the most inspiring and life-affirming film.” Following the film there is an exclusive Q&A between director Shannon Harvey in conversation with Senior Insight teacher Patrick Kearney, moderated by MIM co-founder Suzie Brown. The film is FREE to stream for 7 days until 3 June and we kindly ask for a dana donation to MIM to help cover all the administrative time that is gone into setting this up. Donate to MIM via paypal www.paypal.me/mimdonation WATCH THE FILM NOW JUNE "A virtual retreat with Patrick Kearney" - 3 or 9 Day Online Retreat Friday 5th June - Sunday 14th June via Zoom The Buddha says that mindfulness practice (satipatthana) is meant to be lived. It is not a special, esoteric spiritual practice that we occasionally visit. It is a way of life founded on mindfulness, the felt continuity of awareness through our everyday activities, and clear understanding, the wisdom that arises from that awareness. How can we measure our progress in mindfulness practice? In the way that we live our ordinary lives. We will be practising mindfulness at home in the midst of the daily duties and distractions that a residential retreat is designed to avoid. This can be seen as a disadvantage, as we cannot escape our everyday entanglements, or as an advantage, as we have an opportunity to practise mindfulness in the midst of our ordinary lives. Sometimes retreat participants raise doubts about how their retreat experiences relate to life in the “real world.” In a virtual retreat this question does not arise, as the retreat itself happens in the real world, the world of our everyday struggles, joys and sorrows. In this retreat you get to choose for yourself how you will engage with the practice. You may set everything else aside and focus on formal practice, just as you would in a residential retreat. You may simply participate in the formal sessions provided by the virtual retreat structure and spend the rest of your time practising mindfulness in everyday activities. You may choose a path between these two. The choice is yours. The daily schedule will include: a practice workshop which will progressively introduce different aspects of mindfulness practice; group sittings; group discussions (over the first three days); individual interviews (after the first three days); and a dharma talk which will present a wider understanding of mindfulness practice and its place in the Buddha’s teaching. The retreat will begin at 5pm Friday 5th June. Each subsequent day will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. An optional yoga session will be provided at 8:30 a.m. as an entry into the day. Everyone is strongly urged to do some kind of bodywork each day to cultivate mindfulness immersed in body (kāyagatā sati). Venue Online via zoom Cost 9 days: $270 + dana for Patrick's teaching 3 days: $100 + dana for Patrick's teaching Bookings 9 days: to book click here 3 days: to book click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here for more of our 2020 workshops and retreats |
