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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. October
Inquiry as a Path to Insight with Carol Perry 10am- 4pm, Sunday 6th October 2024, Stanley Ave Studio, Mt Waverley This workshop is an experiential exploration for those interested in the practice of Dharma inquiry. There will be a focus on the qualities required in oneself to hold space for inquiry. The workshop will include:
BYO pen and notebook. Cushions and chairs provided. Venue Stanley Avenue Studio, 61 Stanley Ave, Mt Waverley, Vic, 3149 Cost $35 for venue and snacks + dana for Carol. Bookings Fully booked - to go on the waiting list click here Enquiries [email protected] 'Open Heart, Open Mind': 7-Day Silent Retreat with Carol Perry, Angela McGee & Robyn Gibson 11th - 18th October 2024, Maitripa Centre, Yarra Valley This is the retreat that inspired the formation of Melbourne Insight Meditation. Carol Perry has over 40 years of meditation experience and is a senior teacher with Melbourne Insight. She is a long time social and ecological activist with an extensive history in fostering harmonious community, conflict mediation and skilful communication. Carol is a Certified Hakomi Therapist Angela McGee is a Dharma teacher in the tradition of Insight Meditation. She teaches regularly with Melbourne Insight Meditation Group and teaches retreats in Australia and Bali. Angela is keen to explore how the Dharma teachings can open our hearts, guide our day to day lives and deepen our connection to all of life. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Melbourne and has also taught Yoga for 30 years in the tradition of Krishnamacharya. Robyn Gibson has been practising and studying meditation for 30 years, predominantly in the Mahāsi lineage of Theravāda Buddhism. Her principal teachers have been Patrick Kearney and Carol Perry. Teaching since 2016, Robyn’s approach brings together the radical teachings of freedom through embodied presence that the Buddha taught, deep ecology and other nature-based practices, and creative expression – allowing for enquiry into what it means to live and full and just human life on this earth, and how to face the challenges of our current times with courage and integrity. This retreat includes:
Venue Maitripa Centre, 528 Myers Creek Rd, Healesville VIC 3777 Bookings Shared Room or Camping: $890 + dana Single Room: $1390 + dana Supported Place shared room (2 places): $445 + dana Waiting list only - click here to add your name Enquiries [email protected] November
"Honest Reckonings": Urban Day Retreat with Jess Huon and Guest Teacher Ruth Langford Sunday 24th November 2024, Augustine Hall, Hawthorn, Victoria Do you want to stay alive to the pulse of what matters to you? Do you want to attune yourself to the collective responsibility of these times, and ignite your courageous and honest responses? It can be easy to succumb to overwhelm or despair when the heat is on. Join Ruth Langford, Indigenous medicine practitioner, and Jess Huon, Dharma teacher, to explore diverse practices to collectively and individually thaw out the ‘freeze’ that can be brought on by the suffering and pain in our world right now. We’ll harness different ways to resource ourselves to both stay and move with the discomfort of our personal and collective situation in a way that can propel fresh engagement. Held within a collective, deeper than individual control, we’ll make room for what can emerge out of the unknown and open to being surprised, even delighted, by what can arise. We’ll look at what it is to joyously enter new ways of responding and acting - not glazing over from the responsibility. This retreat will include:
To find out more about Ruth go to www.nayriniaragoodspirit.com To find out more about Jess go to www.jesshuon.com Cost $70 + dana for Jess & Ruth’s teaching Bookings Click here to book Enquiries Katrina - [email protected] 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 Katrina on [email protected] |
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