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Events and Retreats - 2021
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update Monday 4th January 2021: MIM has implemented a Covid-Safe Plan that is updated regularly to follow the most up-to-date government guidelines and we want to reiterate their guidance around physical distancing, mask wearing, and hygiene practices. We will be offering both online and face-to-face retreats in 2021 in line with our Covid-Safe Plan and government guidelines. 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. Please Note: retreats may not be suitable for those who have experienced psychosis or who are currently experiencing PTSD, acute depression or anxiety. If in doubt, please seek advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist and speak to our Retreats Manager before booking your place. APRIL
"Open Sky Dharma" - Women's Dharma Circle with Angela McGee & Robyn Gibson 2.00pm - 4.30pm, Sunday 18th April 2021, In-Person in Armadale, Melbourne 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. This Circle is for you if you are new to meditation practice and would like guidance on how to practice and ask questions about meditation; or if you are experienced 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. Venue 24 Beatty Ave Armadale - enter at rear via Kestle Lane. Cost $10 in-person + dana for Angela's & Robyn's teaching Bookings To book click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com "Settle, Soften, and Open" - Half Day Workshop with Angela McGee 2.30pm - 5.30pm, Saturday 24th April 2021, In-Person at Ceres Learning Centre & Online via Zoom This experiential afternoon of practice will explore the layers of contraction that restrict our natural capacity for connecting with ourselves, others and the world around us. We will use the tools of Insight practice - meditation, enquiry, stillness, silence and cultivation of the heart qualities to settle, to soften and to open and deeply connect. We will also use mindful movements to soothe the nervous system and use the body as a wise resource to feel into our natural aliveness. The workshop is suitable for beginning meditators, as well as experienced meditators. Download Flyer Venue The Learning Centre, Ceres Environment Park, Cnr Stewart and Roberts Street, East Brunswick Cost $40 in-person + dana for Angela's teaching $20 online + dana for Angela's teaching Bookings To book for the In Person Workshop click here To book for the Online Workshop click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com MAY "Practice & Sexuality: Working with Energies" - Urban Day Retreat with Jess Huon 10am - 5pm, Saturday 8th May 2021, In-Person at Abbotsford Convent & Online via Zoom When the going gets tough or stressful, the playfulness of eros can clamp down. At some point, in an embodied meditation practice, sexual energy arises. Its resurgence can be a result of dedicated practice and its energy safely cultivated within the seat of practice. Whilst this energy animates and activates life, it can also be overwhelming, frightening, weird, addictive, and as we are aware, used in harmful ways. Some spiritual traditions have decided to safeguard against it; to negate it, wipe their hands of it. Yet the French remind us; “what has been denied will come back with a gallop.” This day, held within an ethical container, will be rooted in foundational practices to support us to abide with our own energy in liberating and healing ways - in resonant connection with self, other and the world. In this, we reaffirm the life affirming energy that is eros. We will practice wisely courting the whole gamut of our ever-changing human experience, and explore this particular energy. NB: the day does not include inter-relational exercises, we will be focused on personal sitting and lying practices. Venue Abbotsford Convent and online via zoom Cost $60 in-person + dana for Jess's teaching $35 online + dana for Jess's teaching Bookings To book for the In Person Workshop click here To book for the Online Workshop click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com JUNE "Remembering the Present": Online Retreat with Patrick Kearney (3 & 9 day option) Friday 11th June - Sunday 20th June 2021, Online via Zoom This online retreat exploring mindfulness (sati) and its practice (satipaṭṭhāna) will be conducted through Zoom. Guided bodywork will help develop mindfulness immersed in body (kāyagatā sati). Morning practice workshops and evening dharma talks will integrate practical and theoretical understanding of the practice. The online format will allow us to directly apply our practice to our ordinary, everyday lives. Patrick has been practising Buddhist meditation since 1976 and teaching full-time since 2000. He teaches in the lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma, having been trained primarily by Paṇḍitārama Sayadaw and John Hale. He has also practised Zen in the Diamond Sangha lineage, where his main teachers have been Robert Aitken Rōshi and Paul Maloney. Patrick’s approach to meditation is enlivened by his focus on the original teachings of the Buddha – Buddhism before the divisions between Theravāda and Mahāyāna were ever thought of. He applies these teachings directly to life in our contemporary world in an accessible, clear and joyful way. For more information about Patrick, visit www.patrickkearney.net How to prepare and set-up for an online retreat Cost 9 Day: $280 + dana for Patrick's teaching 3 Day (11-14 June): $100 + dana for Patrick's teaching Bookings To book for the 9 days click here To book for the 3 days click here Enquiries insightretreats@hotmail.com THE MIM SUPPORTED PLACE FUND
Our Supported Place 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 30% discount off the advertised retreat cost (shared room). One or two 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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