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Retreats and Other Residential Programs 2012

Description	Dates	Nights	Place	Teacher(s)	Cost ($)*
Dharma and human connection	3 - 8 February	5	Hartzer Park, Bowral, Southern Highlands, Sydney area	Joyce Kornblatt and Christopher McLean	675
Satipatthana	10 - 19 February	9	BMIMC, Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains, Sydney area	Patrick Kearney	540
Meditation and Yoga	16 - 19 February	3	Healesville, Victoria	Carol Perry and Anton Eastick	240-280
Insight Dialogue	28 February - 6 March	7	Commonground, near Seymour, Victoria	Mary Burns and Sharon Beckman -Brindley	580 - 800
Study Retreat: Self, Consciousness, Namarupa	10 - 17 March	7	Sine Cera, Border Ranges, Northern NSW	Stephen and Martine Batchelor	500 (400 - 600)
Insight	16 - 25 March	9	Jhana Grove, Serpentine, WA	Annie Nugent and Greg Scharf	450 - 500
Secular Buddist retreat	18 - 25 March	7	Sine Cera, Border Ranges, Northern NSW	Stephen and Martine Batchelor	500 (400 - 600)
Meditation and Yoga	5 - 9 April	4	Sine Cera, Border Ranges, Northern NSW	Geoff Simpson and Tam James	375 - 450
Yatra Registration forms	13 - 21 April	8	Mimosa Rocks to Mt Gulaga, Far South Coast NSW	Victor von der Heyde and Jenny Taylor	540
Insight Meditation (Recollective Awareness)	15 - 21 April	6	Glenbarr, Stathalbyn, SA	Jason Siff and Anna Markey	460 - 535 (plus cheaper non residential options)
Satipatthana	20 - 29 April 2012	9	Govinda Valley, Otford, Sydney area	Patrick Kearney and Kit Laughlin	670 - 890
Insight Registration form	4- 11 May	7	Rocklyn, near Daylesford, Victoria	Subhana Barzaghi and Carol Perry	510-580
Recollective Awareness Registration form	9 - 13 May 2012	4	Springbrook, SE Qld	Jason Siff, Greg Bantick and Ken Golding	480 (some partial scholarships available)
Recollective Awareness	8- 13 June	1, 3 or 5	Alice Springs	Jason Siff and Jenny Taylor	80 - 490 depending on attendance
Satipatthana Registration form	8 - 17 June	9	Rocklyn, near Daylesford, Victoria	Patrick Kearney	610 - 680
Insight/Vipassana Registration form	23 - 29 June	6	Sangsurya, Byron Bay, Northern NSW	Subhana Barzaghi and Carol Perry	365 - 500

*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 these tables when bookings open.

Workshops and Other Non-residential Programs 2012

Description Dates Days Place Teacher Cost ($)*

The Unconditioned 2 March
1 Sydney Stephen Batchelor 60, or 200 for 4 days

Towards a Secular Buddhism 3 March
1 Sydney Stephen Batchelor 60, or 200 for 4 days

Meditation for Life 4 March
1 Sydney Martine and Stephen Batchelor 60, or 200 for 4 days

Wise Love and Creative Equanimity 5 March
1 Sydney Martine Batchelor 60, or 200 for 4 days

Secular Dhamma, Traditional Dhamma: The Buddha and Rebirth in the 21st Century 5 March
1 evening Sydney A dialogue between Stephen Batchelor and Bhante Sujato 25 (charity event)

Secular Buddhism with discussion 9 March
1 evening Brisbane Stephen and Martine Batchelor dana

Insight Meditation Groups and Centres

Adelaide	Ashtree Sangha	Goolwa (SA)	Goolwa Dharma Group
Alice Springs	Desert Buddha Sangha	Lismore	Kuan Yin Meditation Centre
Bellingen	Tallowwood Sangha	Melbourne - East Brunswick	Melbourne Insight Meditation Group
Blackheath	Cloud Refuge	Melbourne - Armadale	Melbourne Insight Meditation Group -South of the River
Brisbane - Morningside	DharmaCloud	Perth	Perth Insight Meditation Group
Brisbane - West End	Heart Insight	Sydney - Lower North Shore	Bluegum Sangha
Byron Bay	Bay Insight Meditation	Sydney - North Sydney	Tortoise Mountain Sangha
Byron Shire - Possum Creek	Women's group	Sydney - Eastern Suburbs	Golden Wattle Sangha
Dandenong Ranges	Heartwood Insight	Sydney	SIM (Sydney Insight Meditators)
Daylesford (Vic)	Whitegum Sangha	Sydney - Northern Beaches	Beaches Sangha

Overseas Insight teachers who lead retreats in Australia

Social action in India supported by the Insight Meditation community

Links

Past Events

Dharma Yatras (more info), images and written words

2006 Nightcap - Mebbin

2007 Nightcap - Wollumbin Caldera

2008 Nightcap Circuit

2009 Larapinta

2009 Nightcap Circuit

2010 Mimosa Rocks - Gulaga

2010 Lamington - Springbrook

2011 Mimosa Rocks - Gulaga

2011 Nightcap Circuit

Dharma Yatra film
(9 minutes)

Dharma Gathering images, poem

2006

2007

2008

Dharma Audio: talks and instructions

Stephen and Martine Batchelor visit to Australia 2010

Site last updated 21st January 2012. Site Information. Photos: by Ken Golding from the 2008 yatra (2,3) and Dharma Gathering (1) and by Liz Wade from the 2010 Lamington Springbrook yatra (4).