Breathing as Neighbours: Half-Day Retreat with Jess Huon

An afternoon of metta practice and listening circles, to meet ourselves and the times.

Location: The Learning Centre, Ceres Environment Park, Roberts Street, East Brunswick

Date: Saturday 20th September 2025, 1pm to 5pm

Teacher: Jess Huon

Not throwing in the towel
Not escaping troubling truths
But also falling, into nourishment

Room to not know, to sit and to speak,
to stumble, get clear,
Edge out, find congruency.

Do you want to cultivate a refuge in your body – a visceral, spiritual home – to stay alive to what you care about, even when the heat is on?

When everything feels so urgent, it can almost feel shameful to stop, to pause – to gently lay your hand on the ground, on the trunk of an old gum, on yourself or on another.

Yet we need this deeper pulse of connection, this sustaining tap root to inspiration.

So that we can resist, as the Buddha said, spiraling down and around cycles of harm fuelled by aggression, greed and delusion…

Together, through an afternoon of metta (loving-kindness) practices we ‘warm the ground’ by sitting with the people directly in front of us, within the spaces between us… seeing what emerges together.

Space for quiet and space for utterances – personal experience, what’s happening right now – in your body, your home, and also our broader context – these escalating world events.

Together, how might we make room for our differing or colliding views – whilst at the same time also settling and being nourished by a deeper dreaming that practice points us towards?

Meditation floor pads and cushions will be provided and is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators.

Cost: $50 plus dana donation for Jess

Supported Places: First Nations peoples are welcome to attend for a 90% discount. Use this code when booking: FIRST

There are supported places available. Complete this form to request a supported place if you are facing financial difficulty.

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Enquiries: retreats@melbourneinsightmeditation.org