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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 Heart
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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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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