In 2008, SIM has several exciting retreats with local and visiting teachers coming up:

 

Oct2008 - A day of minfulness practice with Michael Dash
Dec2008 - Annual New Year retreat (now taking bookings!)
May 2009 - Recollective Awareness with Jason Siff (soon)
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October 2008 - Michael Dash will be leading a day of mindfulness practice on October 26.

This day is a chance to meditate in a beautiful environment close to the city. Michael will discuss the foundations of Buddhist meditation practice and the day will include periods of sitting meditation practice and walking meditation with guidance. The day is suitable for both beginners and more experienced meditators. Please bring your own lunch and sitting cushion or stool.

Michael has been a Buddhist practitioner for over twenty years, studying in Australia, Thailand and Burma, where he trained in vipassanà meditation in the Mahàsi tradition. Michael has taught at the Buddhist Library and led retreats at Wat Buddha Dhamma and the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation. Michael also belongs to the BMIMC Glebe meditation group.

This day of practice will be held in Hunters Hill:

Venue and date:
Colin Library, Marist Centre 1 Mary St. Hunters Hill
Sunday October 26th, 9.30 - 4.30pm
Please arrive at 9:00 for registration

Please bring your own lunch, tea and coffee will be provided.

Cost:
$25 or $20 (SIM members and concessions)
Please pay on the day, however if you have any enquiries or would like to make a booking, please email or call Wendy Cox - 9412 3947

Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 - Our annual New Year retreat is on again with Jenny, Christopher and Winton.

Dates: 27 December (4pm) - 3 January (after lunch)
Venue: Karuna Sanctuary, near Katoomba, Blue Mountains
Cost: Early bird rates are available if you book before 14 December.
Early bird before 14 December:  $650/$595 (SIM members)
After 14 December: $695/$645 (SIM members)
Part-Time:$100 per day

This Unfolding Life - The Wheels of Becoming:
The New Year insight retreat has become something of a popular tradition, as this is the fifth year in a row that Chris McLean, Jenny Taylor and Winton Higgins will be leading it. It offers an excellent opportunity to reflect back on the old year, and to begin the new one meaningfully. Noble silence will be observed, except in group and individual interviews, and the daily dharma talks and meditation instructions. The daily schedule will include the usual formal sitting and walking periods, even if the emphasis will fall on calm and mindful abiding, rather than on very long hours of formal practice. Those practising in recollective-awareness mode will be catered for.

About the teachers:
Chris, Jenny and Winton have each practised Buddhist meditation for decades. They all teach in the modern insight tradition and are members of the Insight Teachers Circle of Australia. Jenny leads a dharma group in Alice Springs, and facilitates retreats in the dry country in Central Australia.Winton and Chris are Sydney dharma teachers and regularly lead practice evenings of the Bluegum Sangha. Chris also teaches the Tortoise Mountain Sangha.

Further information is available in this downloadable flyer

To reserve your place, please click here.

May 2009 - Recollective Awareness retreat with Jason Siff.

Dates: 4-10 May, 2009.
More information to follow. Bookings are not yet open, but you are welcome to express your interest in attending using our contact form.

 

 

 

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