Melbourne Insight Meditation
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.
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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, chairs, meditation benches/stools All levels of meditation experience welcome, including beginners. We sit every Monday without fail except Easter Monday and Christmas/January break. We do sit on public holidays. 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 » 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 Meditation
The Wednesday 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 the visiting teachers and venue appreciated. No need to book, just turn up. Equipment provided Meditation cushions (zafus), floor mats (zabutons), chairs, some yoga blankets All levels of meditation experience welcome, including beginners. We sit every Wednesday without fail except Easter Wednesday and Christmas/January break. We do sit on public holidays. See our Visiting Teachers page for a schedule of teachers and visiting dates. More information melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com Retreat Scholarship Fund Interested in donating to the Retreat Scholarship Fund? Please follow the Give Now link. 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 |
Upcoming events
"Potent Joy" - One day silent meditation retreat with Jess Huon
Saturday 23rd September 2017, 9:30am - 4:30pm, Abbotsford Convent In our current world situation there is much to be concerned about. Yet what is it to sustain an effective lightness in our approach - and not burn out? What is the joy that the Buddha point to as one of the brahmaviharas - the divine abodes? What is the intelligence of joy, and how does it cut through and aerate the space around us? How might joy empower our engagement in the world? Venue One Heart Yoga, Room C1.31, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford Cost $30; + dana for Jess's teaching appreciated Registrations & Enquiries Registration is essential (places are limited); book at TryBooking - https://www.trybooking.com/RHMO More info: insightretreats@hotmail.com Download flyer "Metta, A Foundation For Social Action"
- One day silent meditation retreat with Anton Eastick Saturday 30th September 2017, 9:00am - 4:30pm, BSV From the Buddhist perspective, everything we do in life is a form of social action. How we relate to our friends and family, neighbours, colleagues and out into the wider world is all social action and we begin with how we relate to ourselves. Taking the intention - "Wherever we are, this is the perfect place to awaken" - bringing bright, kind attention to every step, action, thought and word becomes the path. Venue BSV (Buddhist Society of Victoria) Cost No cover charge; dana offering for Anton's teaching appreciated Registrations & enquiries No need to book; simply turn up on time. More info: insightretreats@hotmail.com Download flyer This retreat is now fully booked - waiting list only:
"Open Heart, Open Mind" - Annual 7-Day silent meditation retreat with Subhana Barzaghi and Carol Perry (with assistant teacher, Angela McGee) Friday 20th October - Friday 27th October 2017, Kallara, Strathbogie Ranges This is the retreat that inspired the formation of Melbourne Insight Meditation. The retreat is based around daily sitting, walking and standing meditation periods, meditation instruction, yoga asana (to assist in sitting), private and group interviews, inquiry sessions with teachers, dharma talks, and mindfulness work periods. There is also free time each day for rest. Venue Kallara Conference Centre, Boho South, Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria Cost $570; + dana (gift) for teaching Registrations & Enquiries Registration is essential; download registration form here - in Word; in PDF Enquiries - insightretreats@hotmail.com Download flyer "Getting Up Close" -
Jess Huon 4-day Women's retreat Wednesday 30th August - Sunday 3rd September, Kallara, Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria How do we open to life in a way that does not over-ride, but rather includes, our instinctual sense? How do we get up close to each other, with integrity? "I am calling out to all women, near and far, who might wish to attend this next annual women’s retreat – "Getting Up Close". I am writing this to both men and women because this retreat doesn’t happen in secret isolation. It is offered in the spirit of mutual enhancement. Through this experience we can return more fulsome. The intent is to raise us all up. This is an invitation for a community of women to practice compassion and the wielding of kartika – the crescent shaped symbolic wisdom knife held by Buddhist female deities. In this retreat, we will integrate straight backs with movement and flow; opening into our thunderous delicacy." Jess Huon Cost: $395, + dana for teaching Bookings are essential: Bookings will open Friday 30th June - click HERE Download flyer * Note that we publicise the details of all multi-day retreats, and take bookings, approximately 3 - 4 months prior to each retreat. Stay in touch with details as they are publicised via our regular e-newsletters (subscribe via this website, top right of each page), this website, and our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/melbourneinsightmeditation.org/ * Please note that our retreats book out quickly, so do register early. We are unable to take bookings or expressions of interest prior to notification. |
