Events and Retreats - 2024
Please Note: meditation can be contraindicated and may be harmful for people with Complex Trauma, PTSD. Substance Dependence or Psychosis. If in doubt, please seek advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist and speak to our Retreats Manager before booking your place. We are excited to be hosting the following events. We publicise the details of our 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. MIM Scholarship Fund Our Scholarship fund assists people living with financial difficulty, and who are unable to meet the full costs of a retreat. The fund is financed by donations from other retreat participants, cancellation fees and any MIM surpluses. We offer 3 supported places for each Retreat. April
'Regeneration': 5-night Residential Retreat with Jess Huon (Weekend Option) Friday 19th April - Wednesday 24th April 2024, Baanya Biami, Victoria Drop an anchor to your depth. Enter regenerative territory. Bring fresh news for yourself. And for your community. Come gather and experience the power cultivated through sustained contemplative practice! Embodied, meditative techniques, both settling and rousing, will be utilised to collect, harness and brighten our attention. These practices also employ intimate and artful ways of seeing, and assist in freeing up our experience. Held in wild nature, generous silence and a supportive practising community, we’ll find courage to traverse beyond known and familiar loops in our minds. Unknown margins can be fertile. Insight and disarming love has the chance to arise. Extending our capacity to feel, we’ll offer fellowship to ourselves and others. Jess’s digestion of this timeless body of work and inquiry, the Buddha-dharma, placed within our current contemporary context, will support our inquiry. Guidance will be given to forge our own pathway and discovery within the range of practices offered. Read this important information about the retreat before booking Venue Baanya Biami, 220 Marshalls Lane, Staughton Vale, Victoria, 3340 Bookings Weekend Option (arrive Friday leave Sunday 5pm): $465 + dana for Jess's teaching - Click here to book 5-Day Camping (BYO tent): $695 + dana for Jess's teaching - Click here to book 5-Day 4-Person Shared Room: $755 + dana for Jess's teaching - Click here to book 5-Day 2-Person Shared Room: $894 + dana for Jess's teaching - Waiting list only (email Katrina on the address below) 5-Day Single Room: $1100 + dana for Jess's teaching - Waiting list only (email Katrina on the address below) Supported Place (3 places available): $450 + dana for Jess's teaching - email Katrina on the address below Enquiries retreats@melbourneinsightmeditation.org June Winter Solstice Gathering 2-5pm, Saturday 22nd June, Stanley Ave Studio Get together for a special day of gratitude for life’s rich offerings coinciding with this year’s winter solstice: the day of the year that has the least daylight hours of any in the year! This event aims to raise funds for MIM’s Retreat Scholarship Fund so that we can supported places for each retreat for those who suffer genuine financial hardship. The afternoon will include: - 1 hr live musical performance by Colombian musician, Pablo Naranjo, playing acoustic music from his two albums “Echos del frio” and ‘Orbeum’ - an artist talk and exhibition of Hartmut Veit’s paintings informed by his meditation practice - a 30min meditation - an opportunity to get to know one another - chai provided Invite your friends, family and kids are welcome! Kids can come for free. Please bring a potluck plate to share (chai will be provided). Venue 61 Stanley Ave, Mt Waverley. VIC 3149 Cost $10 + dana welcome to raise funds for MIM’s Retreat Scholarship Fund so that we can offer supported retreat places for those who suffer genuine financial hardship Bookings Book your place here Enquiries Loretta - info@melbourneinsightmeditation.org More 2024 Retreats for your diary
Communicating Mindfully with Carol Perry & Angela McGee Saturday & Sunday, 6th & 7th July 2024, Ceres, East Brunswick, Victoria Bookings will open in April Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 21st July 2024, Abbotsford Convent, Victoria Bookings will open in April 14-Day Silent Retreat with Patrick Kearney & Robyn Gibson (3 & 9 day options available) 16th - 30th August 2024, Pallotti College, Yarra Valley Bookings will open in April Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 22nd September 2024, Abbotsford Convent, Victoria Bookings will open in July 'Open Heart, Open Mind': 7-Day Silent Retreat with Carol Perry & Angela McGee 11th - 18th October 2024, Maitripa Centre, Yarra Valley Bookings will open in mid 2024 Urban Retreat with Jess Huon Sunday 24th November 2024, Augustine Hall, Hawthorn, Victoria Bookings will open in September THE MIM SCHOLARSHIP FUND Our Scholarship fund assists people living with financial difficulty, and who are unable to meet the full costs of a retreat. The fund is financed by donations from other retreat participants, cancellation fees and any MIM surpluses. A Supported Place is granted via an application process. Currently, a Supported Place attracts a substantial discount off the advertised shared room retreat cost. Three supported places are available per retreat. If you are keen to attend an MIM retreat but are unable to financially cover the retreat cost, please email Emma on insightretreats@hotmail.com COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)
MIM has a Covid Safe Plan for all our face-to-face events in line with guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us on melbourneinsightmeditation@gmail.com to discuss them. Our dharma practice is very important during this time to acknowledge our feelings, see clearly and take practical steps, whilst also remaining calm. |
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