Retreats

Start Your Week Well – Monday Morning Online Sitting

Open Dates
Start your week well by joining BMIMC for a regular Monday morning Zoom sitting hosted by Jill Shepherd and others from the BMIMC community. Mondays 7:30-8:00 am AEST      

October Long Weekend Retreat

with Tara Frances

September 29 - October 2, 2023
The weekend comprises instruction and formal practice sessions in both metta (lovingkindness) and mindfulness meditation, as well as an engaged attention to everyday activities. These will be presented within the context of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.
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Metta – the Way of Kindness – 9 Day Retreat

with Venerable Virañani

October 13 - 22, 2023
In this special retreat, yogis will have the unique opportunity to learn the practice of mettā meditation from Ayya Virañani who has shared these teachings for many years in Burma and in the west.
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7-Day Retreat – Practice Directed and Undirected

with Patrick Kearney and Emma Pittaway

December 3 - 10, 2023
The Buddha taught directed and undirected practice as twin aspects of satipatthana, establishing mindfulness. In directed practice we aim mind at an object and hold it there. In undirected practice we pull back, so mind is neither aimed nor held. When this happens, the Buddha says the practitioner is happy and their mind is unconstricted, freed (SN 47.10 The bhikkhunis’ quarters). In this retreat we will explore both directed and undirected practice, as essential aspects of the craft of meditation.
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