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Retreats and Other Residential Programs, Online retreats, 2024-25

Description Dates
Nights
Place Teacher(s) Cost ($) excluding dana*
Awakening Body, Mind & Heart: The Joy of Mindfulness 2 - 6 October
4
online
James Baraz, Suzie Brown, Zoe Zohs, Nadine Levy 210 standard
158 scholarship
Emptiness and the Mysteries of Imaginal Perception
4 - 11 October
7
The Gathering Place,
Canberra
Victor von der Heyde
1140 single residential
615 non-redential
Embodied Wisdom and Compassion: Insight Meditation and Qigong
5 - 11 October
6
Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay Subhana Barzaghi and Shirsha Marie 1380 single
960 shared room
660 van camping
Open Heart, Open Mind
11- 18 October
7
Maitripa Centre, Yarra Valley
Carol Perry, Angela McGee, Robyn Gibson fully booked, waiting list only
890 shared room or camping
1390 single
445 supported place
The Way of Natural Awareness
11-13 or 11-20
2 or 9
online
Patrick Kearney and Emma Pittaway
varied cost, see retreat details
One Bright Moon
Women's Silent Meditation Retreat

16 - 21 October
5
Dorje Ling, Lorinna, Tasmania
Lizzie Turnbull
760 full fee
610 concession
Living Dharma Insight Retreat
2 - 8 November
6
Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay Radha Nicholson and Will James
1405 Single
974 shared
Mindfulness, Breathing and the Heart
30 November - 5 December
5
Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay Mal Huxtrer and Lisa Brown
1590 single room*
1095 shared room*
745 van camping*
* early bird discrounts available (before 30 June)
28 Day Retreat
17 January - 14 February 2025
28
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, Medlow Bath Patrick Kearney
1955
High Country Walking Retreat
24 February - 3 March 2025
7
Charlotte Pass, Kosciouszko NP
Victor von der Heyde and Suzie Brown
1170 single
1900 total for two people who wish to share a room
Mindfulness of Breathing and the Four Boundless Divine Abodes
28 February - 6 March 2025 6
online
Mal Huxter and Lisa Brown
standrard: 250
benefactor: 350
scholarship: 150
*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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Adelaide See Coast and City Sangha
Medlow Bath Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
Bellingen Tallowwood Sangha Melbourne Melbourne Insight Meditation Group
Blackheath Cloud Refuge Newcastle The Sit In
Bundanoon (NSW) Southern Highlands Sangha Rockhampton Rockhampton Insight Meditation
Brisbane - West End Heart Insight Meditation Group 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
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Sydney - Lower North Shore Bluegum Sangha
Goolwa (SA) Goolwa Dharma Group Sydney - Narrabeen Still Water Sangha
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