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.
Online only during Melbourne July 2021 lockdown Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your online spot here and the zoom link will be sent to you. You can book your face to face place for 26th July TEACHERS Monday, 26th July 2021 - 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. 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 NIGHTSOnline & The Buddhist Society of Victoria, 71 Darling Rd, Malvern East
Online only during Melbourne July 2021 lockdown Our sits run from 7.30pm-8.45pm You can book your online spot here and the zoom link will be sent to you. You can book your face-to-face place here for 28th July TEACHERS Wednesday, 28th July 2021 - SUZIE BROWN 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: 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 |
AUGUST
"Meeting the Flow of Life: the power of working with feeling tone". Half-day workshop with Robyn Gibson (In-person and Online options) 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Saturday 14th August 2021, Ceres Environment Park “Wisdom knows what feelings are present without being lost in them.” – Jack Kornfield Every sight, sound, taste, smell, touch and thought has a corresponding pleasant, unpleasant or neither pleasant nor unpleasant (we might say confused) quality – these three primary feeling tones are integral to all human experience. Rather than embracing this though, we spend much of life trying to push painful experience away, pull pleasant experience towards us, and ignore neutral experience altogether. As a result, we often think we need to somehow ‘fix’ this flow of feelings. However, the Buddha taught that there is nothing personal or unnatural about this flow of feelings, and that if we can attend to, and allow this ever-changing flow, we will learn to respond to it with wisdom, not reactivity. On this half-day retreat, we will explore feeling tone and how, in our resistance, it leads to the habit of ‘push and pull’ – clinging through desire and aversion – and how, in our opening to it, we break the chain that binds us to further suffering. We will utilise sitting and walking meditation, experiential exercises and a talk to bring mindfulness to assist in meeting the flow of experience with ease and greater insight. Venue The Learning Centre, CERES Environment Park, Lee St & Roberts St, Brunswick East Cost In-Person: $40 + dana for Robyn's teaching Online: $30 + dana for Robyn's teaching Bookings To book for an in-person place click here To book an online place click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com Click here to check out our 2021 workshops and retreats |
