Dharma.org.au: Insight Meditation in Australia

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An Australian Insight Meditation Network

Retreats and Other Residential Programs, Online retreats, 2025
All programes listed here are dana based and open for bookings - although occasionally booked out

Description	Dates	Nights	Place	Teacher(s)	Cost ($) excluding dana*
Awakening the Heart and Mind	6 - 13 June	7	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Subhana Barzaghi, Carol Perry and Louise Taylor	single 1745 share 1255 van 905
Introduction to the Buddha's 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing	13 - 16 June	3	Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, Medlow Bath	Mal Huxter	210
The Way of Natural Awareness	18 - 23 June	5	Flourish Sanctuary, Nimbin, Northern NSW	Emma Pittaway	share: (4 person room) 756 tent: 596
The Inner Rhythm of Being	27 June - 3 July	6	Brahma Kumaris Centre, Wilton, Sydney area	Alan Bassal and Renata Malinauskas	single 1345 twin share 995 concession 850
The Joy of Awakening	27 June - 3 July	6	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Radha Nicholson and Will James	single 1487 shared 1077 concession 795
The Two Wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion, Insight Dialogue	22 - 28 August	6	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Jill Shepherd and Elisabeth Faria	single 1565 shared 1170 concession 985 van camping 870
Awakening Wisdom through Inquiry	29 August - 4 September	6	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Radha Nicholson	single 1538 shared 1077 concession 795 van camping 718
Waking up with Serenity, Insight and a Boundless Hea rt	29 August - 7 September	6 or 9	Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, Sydney or online	Mal Huxter and Lisa Brown	early bird discounts 154 to 257 online 1118 to 1220 6 days single 1528* to 1630 9 days single:
The Way of Insight	12 - 21 September	9	Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, Medlow Bath	Patrick Kearney	955 waiting list only
Insight and Soulmaking Dharma	1 - 8 October	7	The Gathering Place, Dickson, Canberra	Victor von der Heyde	1160 residential -single 630 non-residential
New Year Retreat	28 December - 4 January 2026	7	Brahma Kumaris Centre, Wilton, Sydney area	Jill Shepherd	1540 single 1140 twin share 970 concession

*This cost does not include any payment to the teacher(s). Teachers rely on dana (literally "generosity") for these programs and there is usually a box at the retreat for this purpose.
Bookings are open for all the progams listed. There are other retreats and programs planned, they're shown in the Insight Meditation News and they'll appear on this table when bookings open.

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Insight Meditation Groups and Centres

Adelaide	See Coast and City Sangha	Melbourne	Melbourne Insight Meditation Group
Bellingen	Tallowwood Sangha	Newcastle	The Sit In
Blackheath	Cloud Refuge	Perth	Perth Insight Meditation
Bundanoon (NSW)	Southern Highlands Sangha	Rockhampton	Rockhampton Insight Meditation
Brisbane	Heart Insight Meditation Group	Sunshine Coast (Qld)	Sunshine Heart Insight Meditation
Brisbane	DharmaCloud	Sydney	SIM (Sydney Insight Meditators)
Brunswick Heads	Flowing Mountain Meditation Group	Sydney - Eastern Suburbs	Golden Wattle Sangha
Byron Shire - Possum Creek	Women's Group	Sydney - Inner West	Kookaburra Sangha
Gleniffer Mid North Coast NSW	Flooded Gum Sangha	Sydney - North Sydney	Bluegum Sangha
Goolwa (SA)	Goolwa Dharma Group	Sydney - Narrabeen	Still Water Sangha
Lismore	Kuan Yin Meditation Centre	Sydney - Northern Beaches	Beaches Sangha
Medlow Bath	Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre	Woolongong / Illawarra	Ocean View Sangha

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Site last updated 28th May 2025. Site Information.
Photos: by Ken Golding from the 2008 Dharma Gathering (1) and 2008 yatra (2, 3) and by Kay Burns (4) from the 2011 Far South Coast yatra.
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