Open Heart, Open Mind: 7-Day Silent Retreat / Carol Perry, Angela McGee & Robyn Gibson

Location: Maitripa Centre, 528 Myers Creek Rd, Healesville VIC 3777

Teachers: Carol Perry, Angela McGee, Robyn Gibson

Bookings:

Shared Room or Camping: $890 + dana – Book now 

Single Room: $1390 + dana – Book now 

This is the retreat that inspired the formation of Melbourne Insight Meditation.

Carol Perry has over 40 years of meditation experience and is a senior teacher with Melbourne Insight. She is a long time social and ecological activist with an extensive history in fostering harmonious community, conflict mediation and skillful communication. Carol is a Certified Hakomi Therapist

Angela McGee is a Dharma teacher in the tradition of Insight Meditation. She teaches regularly with Melbourne Insight Meditation Group and teaches retreats in Australia and Bali.  Angela is keen to explore how the Dharma teachings can open our hearts, guide our day to day  lives and deepen our connection to all of life.  She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Melbourne and has also taught Yoga for 30 years in the tradition of Krishnamacharya.

Robyn Gibson has been practising and studying meditation for 30 years, predominantly in the Mahāsi lineage of Theravāda Buddhism. Her principal teachers have been Patrick Kearney and Carol Perry. Teaching since 2016, Robyn’s approach brings together the radical teachings of freedom through embodied presence that the Buddha taught, deep ecology and other nature-based practices, and creative expression – allowing for enquiry into what it means to live and full and just human life on this earth, and how to face the challenges of our current times with courage and integrity.

This retreat includes:

• Sitting, walking and standing meditations
• Optional yoga asana to assist in sitting
• Private and group interviews
• Questions and inquiry with teachers
• Dharma talks
• Instructions for meditation
• Mindfulness work period
• Free time

Enquiries: retreats@melbourneinsightmeditation.org