Retreat Centre on the NSW North Coast

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There has been a long-term wish, both among practioners and many of the teachers in the Insight Teacher Circle to set up our own retreat centre somewhere on the North Coast of NSW. Having a dedicated retreat centre would in the long term make it possible to run retreats when we wanted to and hopefully run retreats cheaper than we can at present. It may also serve as a place where people can do long-term practice, longer than is currently offered in retreats.

For some years we worked to raise the funds to buy a share in the Sangsurya retreat centre on the edge of Byron Bay. While many of us like this place very much and we're still fortunate to be able to use this place at very reasonable rate for retreats, we did not raise the necessary funds and we have decided to focus on other places.

One option we have considered is the Steiner Chrysalis School near Bellingen. This school is not currently on the market it was on the market but itis expected to be for sale in the foreseeable future. Chrysalis is a 25 acre property, it adjoins the Bellinger River, it has many buildings - most of them classrooms - and it has been built with much creativity and attention to detail. It is a very beautiful place and it comes with many of the facilites we'd need (parking, kitchen, toilets for over 100 people, internal roads and paths). It is not cheap: the asking price is 1.5 million dollars and this is currently well beyond our means.

Details of how to donate to the general retreat fund will be on this site when arrangements have been made. For further information or to discuss donations, email Will James

or call Subhana Barzaghi on (02) 9888-7255.

Below are photos of two of the buildings at Chrysalis