Retreats, Courses & Public Talks
Retreats
2010
- TAIRUA
- An Introduction to Insight Meditation
- Andy Spence
- 27 - 29 August
- residential retreat at Te Moata retreat centre, 180 Paul Road, Tairua
- designed for those still establishing a practice, these two days of mindfulness will help ground an understanding of insight meditation and form a foundation for ongoing daily practice
- $100 - $140+ to attend • to be paid on registration
- dana for teacher (please offer your dana at end of retreat)
- for info and to register contact Te Moata 07 868 8798 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 07 868 8798 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 07 868 8798 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | send an email
- WELLINGTON
- Deepening our Practice
- Jeremy Logan
- Saturday 28 August • 9am to 5pm
- daylong retreat at 31 Hobson Cres, Thorndon, Wellington
- no set fee to attend • dana for the teacher and for the community • registration necessary
- for info and to register contact Jonathan Wood 04 973 8311 | 021 420 420 | send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
- OTAKI
- The Heart of Understanding
- Jeremy Logan
- 30 September to 4 October
- residential retreat at Riverslea Retreat Centre, Otaki
- no set fee to attend • dana for the teacher and the community • registration necessary
- for info and to register contact Jeremy Logan 06 377 1788 | 027 433 2215 | send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
- WELLINGTON
- Letting Go
- Martine Batchelor
- Sunday 7 November • 9am to 5pm
- daylong retreat at 31 Hobson Cres, Thorndon, Wellington
- no set fee to attend • dana for the teacher and for the community • registration necessary
- to find out more about this retreat, click here.
- for info and to register contact Sarah Talboys 021 261 0542 | send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
- TAUPO
- Secular Buddhism
- Martine Batchelor & Stephen Batchelor
- 8 – 14 November
- residential study retreat at Tauhara Centre, Taupo – more details on the Aotearoa Buddhist Education Trust website
- $450 to attend ($350 if camping) • dana for the teachers
- for info and to register contact Ramsey Margolis 04 970 3531 | 021 97 3531 | send an email
- reservations necessary • just a few places remaining on this retreat
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
- METHVEN
- Stephen Batchelor & Martine Batchelor
- 15 – 21 November
- residential retreat at Staveley Camp
- info Julie 03 348 1462 | or send an email
- go to http://www.southern.insightmeditation.org.nz for more info and registration details
- a Southern Insight Meditation retreat
- AUCKLAND
- Coming Home
- Jeremy Logan with Restorative Yoga led by Wendy Glasgow
- Saturday 20 November • 9.45am to 5.30pm
- daylong retreat at Soul Centre, 18 Huia Road, Titirangi, Auckland
- this retreat is for those new to meditation and those with meditation experience, and will include sitting and walking meditation, periods of restorative yoga (no previous yoga experience needed), talks, instruction and time for discussion
- $50 to attend • dana for the teachers • registration necessary
- for info and to register contact Jacquie 09 817 7957 | send an email
- TAIRUA
- Awake in the Wild
- Mark Coleman • http://www.awakeinthewild.com
- 23 - 28 November
- residential retreat at Te Moata retreat centre, 180 Paul Road, Tairua
- nowhere is the power of contemplative silence and meditation more profound than when surrounded by the beauty of nature, and the pristine environment of Te Moata will support this
- on this silent vipassana retreat, we will explore the inner world of mindfulness meditation through various Buddhist practices – the capacity to be present and awake to ourselves, our environment, reality and what it means to live a life of wakefulness and compassion
- the author of Awake in the Wild – Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self Discovery, Mark has studied Buddhist meditation since 1984
- a Spirit Rock meditation teacher, Mark is mentored by Jack Kornfield and has been leading wilderness meditation retreats from Alaska to Peru, helping people deepen their meditation practice in the natural world
- $250 - $300 to attend • to be paid on registration
- dana for teacher (please offer your dana at end of retreat)
- for info and to register contact Te Moata 07 868 8798 | send an email
2011
- TAIRUA
- An Introduction to Insight Meditation
- Andy Spence
- 4 - 6 February
- residential retreat at Te Moata retreat centre, 180 Paul Road, Tairua
- designed for those still establishing a practice, these two days of mindfulness will help ground an understanding of insight meditation and form a foundation for ongoing daily practice
- $100 - $140+ to attend • to be paid on registration
- dana for teacher (please offer your dana at end of retreat)
- for info and to register contact Te Moata 07 868 8798 | send an email
- TAIRUA
- Insight Dialogue
- Mary Burns & Sharon Beckman-Brindley
- 11th-19th March
- residential retreat at Te Moata retreat centre, 180 Paul Road, Tairua
- an interpersonal meditation practice based on traditional insight meditation, insight dialogue involves cultivating the same qualities of mindfulness and calm concentration while in relationship, speaking and listening with one or more people so that the keen and settled mind can gain insight into the nature of suffering and identification, and find ease and freedom
- $465 plus Dana to attend • to be paid on registration
- dana for teachers (please offer your dana at end of retreat)
- for info contact Viv Blackshaw send an email
- to register contact Te Moata 07 868 8798 | send an email
- MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
- Wisdom and Compassion for the Engaged Heart
- Eric Kolvig & Johann Robbins
- Wilderness Retreat – Dharma Yatra
- 25 March to 3 April
- kayaking in the Marlborough Sounds
- more details on the Aotearoa Buddhist Education Trust website
- info on this retreat can be found here
- to find out more and to register contact Bruce Staples 04 388 8744 | 027 600 8531 | send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
- OTAKI
- Practice for Hard Times
- an insight meditation retreat on socially engaged buddhism
- Eric Kolvig
- residential retreat at Riverslea Retreat Centre, Otaki
- 8 - 15 April
- more details on the Aotearoa Buddhist Education Trust website
- info on this retreat can be found here
- for info and to register contact Ramsey Margolis 04 970 3531 | 021 97 3531| send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
Courses
2010
- WELLINGTON
- Introduction to Insight Dialogue
- phone for venue
- eight fortnightly sessions starting Sunday 13 June • 10am to 12.30pm
- no set fee to attend • dana for the Metta Foundation
- info Arna Gaby 04 384 9069 | 021 131 4920 | send an email
Public talks
2010
- WELLINGTON
- Deconstructing Buddhism
- Stephen Batchelor
- Wellington, Sunday 7 November • 7pm to 9.30pm
- public talk at the Lecture Theatre, Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington, Lambton Quay
- No set fee to attend • dana for the teacher • registration unnecessary, but arrive early to get a seat
- info Ramsey Margolis 04 970 3531 | 021 97 3531 | send an email
- a Wellington Insight Meditation Community retreat
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