Dharma.org.au: Insight Meditation in Australia

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An Australian Insight Meditation Network

Retreats and Other Residential Programs, Online retreats, 2025-26
All programes listed here are dana based and open for bookings - although occasionally booked out

Description	Dates	Nights	Place	Teacher(s)	Cost ($) excluding dana*
Insight and Soulmaking Dharma	1 - 8 October	7	The Gathering Place, Dickson, Canberra	Victor von der Heyde	1160 residential -single 630 non-residential
Open Heart, Open Mind	24 - 31 October	7	Kallara, Boho South, Victoria	Carol Perry, Angela McGee and Robyn Gibson	1420 single 890 shared 790 camping, all fully booked
Realising Natural Freedom	31 October - 6 November	6	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Radha Nicholson and Will James	single / ensuite 1487 shared 1077 concession 795 van camping 718
The Way of Mindfulness	14 - 23 November	9	Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, Medlow Bath	Patrick Kearney and Emma Pittaway	1255 single fully booked, waiting list only
Presence and the Awakened Heart	29 November - 4 December	5	Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay	Mal Huxter and Lisa Brown	1589 single 1102 shared
New Year Retreat	28 December - 4 January 2026	7	Brahma Kumaris Centre, Wilton, Sydney area	Jill Shepherd	1540 single 1140 twin share 970 concession
Deepening Practice 28 Day Retreat	16 January - 13 February 2026	28	Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, Medlow Bath	Patrick Kearney, Emma Pittaway and Robyn Gibson	1955 single, waiting list only

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

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Site last updated 27th September 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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