Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Retreat
with Subhana Barzaghi & Carol Perry
8th – 15th May 2009
Rocklyn, near Daylesford, Victoria
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators
Insight meditation allows us to examine the habitual patterns of mind that create confusion, anxiety and pain. Through the practice of calmness, mindfulness and inquiry we can cultivate wisdom and open the heart. Inquiry awakens us to our true nature, allowing a sense of profound ease and connection with life.
Subhana Barzaghi is an authorised Vipassana (Insight) and Zen meditation teacher with over thirty years experience in Buddhist meditation. Subhana is the founder of the Insight Teachers Circle Australia and guiding teacher of the Bluegum Sangha in Sydney and the Sydney Zen Centre. She regularly leads both Vipassana and Zen retreats in Australia and overseas and has a psychotherapy practice in Sydney.Carol Perry is a member of the Insight Teachers' Circle, Australia and leads retreats, yatras (mindfulness walks) & dharma workshops. She has 30 years of Insight meditation experience and is a mentor for the web-based Living Dharma Program. Carol has a mindfulness- based psychotherapy practice in Lismore, NSW & Melbourne.
Retreat schedule: The varied schedule has silent periods of sitting, walking and standing meditation; optional exercise periods (e.g. walking or yoga); private and group interviews, open questions and inquiry sessions with teachers; Dharma talks, meditation instruction periods, guided meditations, mindfulness work periods and free time.
Venue: Satyananda Yoga Rocklyn, near Daylesford, Victoria.
Cost: $410 covers accommodation and three vegetarian meals a day. A limited number of concession places are available.
Teachers receive no payment: they rely on Dana (donation).
For information and bookings contact Karina de Wolf: Email: redwolf&&vic.chariot.net.au (replace "&&" with "@") or phone (03) 5472 2956.
Application Forms can be downloaded here
