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 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 NIGHTSOnline & in-person at The Learning Centre, Ceres Environment Park, Roberts Street, East Brunswick.
Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your face-to-face spot here You can book your online spot here and the zoom link will be sent to you. TEACHERS Monday, 6th December 2021 - ROBYN GIBSON Monday, 13th December 2021 - JESS HUON & ANTON EASTICK (Final sit for 2021) 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 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 |
WEDNESDAY NIGHTSOnline (& in-person at The Buddhist Society of Victoria, 71 Darling Rd, Malvern East from 2022)
BSV is currently closed so our Wednesday sit is offered online only Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your online spot here and the zoom link will be sent to you. TEACHERS Wednesday, 8th December 2021 - CHRISTINE THOMPSON Wednesday, 15th December 2021 - ANTON EASTICK (Final sit for 2021) 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 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 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 |
DECEMBER
"Open Sky Dharma Circle" - a Melbourne Insight Meditation Space for Women with Robyn Gibson & Angela McGee Sunday 5th December 1:30pm - 4:30pm, In-Person, Prahran Angela McGee and Robyn Gibson will lead and support the monthly Open Sky Dharma Circle in an afternoon beginning with a guided meditation, followed by group sharing and investigation into the practice of meditation and how to live an open, unrestricted life in deeper connection with self, others and our natural environment. This regular Circle will foster a community of fellow beginning and experienced meditators to share practice together and investigate our common experience on the path of practice and enquiry. You can come to one session only or book in for all three. We will be adding more dates soon. This Circle is for you if you identify as a woman, and you're either new to meditation practice and would like guidance on how to practice and ask questions about meditation; or you're an experienced practitioner and looking for a safe space to feel more supported in a meditation community, practice meditation together and to enquire more deeply into the Dharma. Cost $20 + dana for Angela's & Robyn's teaching Bookings To book click here Enquiries Emma - insightretreats@hotmail.com "The Collective Well": Urban Day Retreat with Jess Huon 10am - 4.30pm, Saturday 11th December, Abbotsford Convent & Online via zoom The Collective Well is an invitation to sit together, regard our manifold lineages and perspectives, and explore the open wells of meditative practice and Dharma - Buddhist teachings. This day gives airspace to the differences between us, the way our varied views might feel dissonant or comfortable - and seeing what might arise from this. We’ll also practice getting still and digging down into fresh waters and look into what has potential to be nourishing and activating for us all. Buddhist frameworks will aid our inquiry - is there something that we might collectively trust and take refuge in? Together we will move from discussion, to quiet, from particulars, to spaciousness, stirring and drawing up the ‘wells of practice’. No way to own or fence off these inner waters; every-one welcome. Download Flyer Venue Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford. Cost In person - $60 + dana for Jess's teaching Online - $30 + dana for Jess's teaching Bookings In-person - to book click here Online - to book click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to check out the rest of our 2021 workshops and retreats |
