Russell Walker

Russell Walker sat his first insight meditation retreat in Bodhgaya, India in 1990. Since then, he has studied and practiced with various teachers in the UK and the USA.

He began teaching in 1995 and has taught on many retreats at Gaia House, a retreat centre in Devon, UK, where he was the co-ordinator from 1997–99.

After teaching in India in 2000, he returned to New Zealand. His teaching emphasises wisdom and compassion in the midst of our everyday lives.


Contact Details

  • Website http://www.southern.insightmeditation.org.nz/
  • Email click here to email Russell Walker

About

There are a number of communities and individuals who practise insight meditation, as well as people who teach it, in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This website lets you know who they are and where they can be found, as well as where you can find sitting groups, learn to meditate, and sign up for retreats.

Contact the community or person nearest to you to find out more.

A Thought for Today

If we do a little of one kind of practice and a little of another, the work we have done in one often doesn't continue to build as we change to the next. It is as if we were to dig many shallow wells instead of one deep one.

In continually moving from one approach to another, we are never forced to face our own boredom, impatience, and fears. We are never brought face to face with ourselves.

So we need to choose a way of practice that is deep and ancient and connected with our hearts, and then make a commitment to follow it as long as it takes to transform ourselves.

— Jack Kornfield, "A Path With Heart"