This day of practice will explore, shed light on and unpack the seemingly opposing qualities of 'effort' and 'surrender' in our meditative practice. What roles do they play, and how can they be better understood and utlilised in order to both relax and rouse ourselves into deeper states of receptivity and clarity?
Insight meditation allows us to examine and transform the habitual limited patterns of mind that create confusion, anxiety, reactivity and suffering. The retreat offers an ideal opportunity for established meditators to deepen their practice.
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Will James Download retreat flyer (PDF) Retreat schedule: The schedule has silent periods of sitting and walking meditation; guided meditation instructions, guided yoga periods, interviews and inquiry sessions with teachers; Dharma talks, mindfulness work periods and free time. Venue: ‘Sangsurya’ at Byron Bay is a beautiful, tranquil & comfortable venue - […]
Teachers: Subhana & Maggie Gluek.
Followed by Transmission ceremony for Maggie Gluek 11th April.
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Alan Bassal Bookings open 3 months prior Download "Deepening Into Stillness" Flyer Registration through www.sydneyinsightmeditators.org.
7 Week personal & professional development training, inter-weaving the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and the embodied boundless heart with the compassion-based psychological sciences of the West.
Teachers: Carol Perry & Subhana Barzaghi
Mindfulness & Compassion to meet challenging life situations Teachers: Subhana & Sabina Rabold Mindfulness and self-compassion can heal and transform: emotional pain and distress inner critic and negative thoughts limiting self-beliefs and behaviours low self-esteem and diminished self-worth stress, sorrow and grief Mindfulness and self-compassion can awaken: happiness, joy, inner peace, self-love and acceptance
8th Annual AABCAP Conference – Beyond Mindfulness Sabina Rabold and Subhana Barzaghi will be presenting a workshop on Self-compassion Register online here Email enquirers: aabcap@gmail.com Www.aabcap.org Cost: $290.00 Early Bird special till 31 March 2016 From April 1 2016, Standard rate $380.00, AABCAP Members, $320.00 Conference registration includes 4 interactive half day workshops, light lunch […]
Inter-weaving the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and the embodied boundless heart with the compassion-based psychological services of the West.
More information coming soon.
We will once again be running a week-long silent insight meditation retreat early in the year of 2017. This is a wonderful way to being the year and is suitable for beginners or experienced practitioners.
Teachers: Subhana & Justine Mayer Commences on evening of 28 July 2017. More information coming soon. NB: Dharma transmission ceremony for Justine Mayer on Sunday 30th July
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Jeff Ward More information coming soon.
Join us for a nourishing 7-day Mindfulness and Creativity Retreat at the beautiful Villa Boccella located in Tuscany Italy, where we will replenish, explore and celebrate our innate creativity. The retreat is a time for inner rejuvenation that arises from stillness and insight meditation, which opens up a space that restores our energy, reinvigorates our […]
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Carol Perry
This silent retreat includes sitting, walking and standing meditations; yoga asana to assist in sitting; private and group interviews; questions and inquiry with teachers; dharma talks; instructions for meditation; and mindfulness work and free time.
Contact: Di on 338 7070 or e-mail diana.r@xtra.co.nz.
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Will James
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Alan Bassal
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Allan Marett
7 day Insight Retreat at Sangsurya, Byron Bay, Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Carol Perry
In this retreat we will listen to the ancient wisdom within our own bodies and attune to the extraordinary inter-connectedness with the 'Earth our Great Body’ with its wild intricate beauty, our precious source of everything. Through cultivating the ancient wisdom practices of mindfulness, compassion and inquiry, we can heal and nourish ourselves, experience the […]
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Alan Bassal
This is a professional training program to support those who want to teach meditation, mindfulness and compassion aligned with the deep wisdom teachings of the Buddha. This two year program is particularly suitable for those who are interested in incorporating mindfulness and compassion in their work in allied modalities such as; health, yoga, fitness, group […]
MODULE ONE: WHAT IS ECO DHARMA? Mari Rhydwen is a Zen Roshi and teacher for the Zen Group of Western Australia, writer and climate activist. Mari will introduce the concept of eco-dharma and explore the relationship between Buddhist practices, meditation, environmental issues and activism. We will discuss how Buddhist practices can guide us in facing […]
MODULE TWO: A SCIENTIFIC UPDATE A scientific update on the global ecological crisis and how climate change is affecting Australia Dr. Rosalie Chapple is an environmental scientist who has worked in conservation for 30 years. Rosalie teaches in UNSW Masters of Environmental Management Program & is Director of World Heritage Institute in the Blue Mountains. […]
MODULE 3: HONOURING OUR PAIN FOR THE WORLD Sally Gillespie did her Ph.D. research on the psychological effects of climate change and her latest acclaimed book is called Climate Crisis & Consciousness. Sally will speak about the range of psychological and emotional responses to climate change and ecological collapse and how we can develop more […]
MODULE 4: SEEING WITH NEW EYES AND DEEP LISTENING Subhana Barzaghi will share practices that open us to the insight of interconnectedness and inter-being to cultivate a compassionate response to suffering. The role of mindfulness in building resilience, renewal, inspiration, nourishment and regenerative work. Mari Rhydwen: In an age of constant chatter and argument via […]
MODULE 5: PRINCIPLES OF BEARING WITNESS AND COMPASSIONATE ACTION Subhana Bazarghi will outline the principles of non-violent action and the 3 Tenets of the Zen Peacemaker Order; not knowing, bearing witness and compassionate action. Carol Perry is an Insight dharma teacher and social environmental activist who has been involved in a number of successful Northern […]
MODULE 6: ADDRESSING BIG PICTURE ISSUES Sue Holmes is an economist who worked for the Australian Productivity Commission, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and active member of Get Up. Professor Neil Gunningham is a social scientist at the ANU who has researched and written widely concerning climate change policy and environmental activism. […]
MODULE 7: LOW CARBON LIVING AND DEEP ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE This session will explore what effective actions you might want to take to avert a climate catastrophe. John Merson is one of the founding Directors of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute and has been a consultant to UNESCO, APEC, IUCN and the Australian […]
MODULE 8: GOING FORTH WITH MINDFUL COMMUNICATION AND WISE ACTION Carol Perry is an Insight meditation teacher and an experienced communication expert. She will offer a seminar on wise speech, communicating mindfully, and developing empathy in conflict and difficult situations. She will outline principles of how to have open dialogues with different stakeholders who have […]
This is a professional training program to support those who want to teach meditation, mindfulness and compassion aligned with the deep wisdom teachings of the Buddha. This two year program is particularly suitable for those who are interested in incorporating mindfulness and compassion in their work in allied modalities such as; health, yoga, fitness, group […]
7 day Insight Retreat at Sangsurya, Byron Bay, Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi
In this nature-based meditation day Subhana and Louise will draw on mindfulness practices as taught by the Buddha. By cultivating mindfulness and insight we can find nourishment, replenishment, resilience and grounding to meet the challenges we face in uncertain and troubled times. DOWNLOAD FLYER These ancient practices offer us something wonderful: the gift of serenity […]
Join us for six days in which we explore the ways that joy arises from both light-hearted and difficult circumstances as a celebration of our tender and resilient humanheart. We’ll use the ‘skillful means’ of meditation, writing and mosaics to invite joy to express itself in word and creativity, to uplift, inspire and heal the […]
with Melbourne Zen Group Bearing witness has to be done by first entering the state of not knowing. That is, you are not entering a situation with the feeling that you know what to do, but entering it like a child, just being there to listen and to feel with every bone, with every cell, […]
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi & Will James
Guiding teachers: Subhana Barzaghi, Will James, Alan Bassal
Teachers: Robert Rosenbaum Ph.D. & Subhana Barzaghi
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi, Alan Bassal and Susie Brown.
Teachers: Subhana Barzaghi, Carol Perry & Louise Taylor
Awakening to the Sound of the Stream Becoming the Whole Sky » Download Flyer This workshop weaves Zen practice, contemplative inquiry, experiential exercises – and aims to restore wholeness of heart and clarity of mind, so we can respond wisely and compassionately to the challenges that we face. Mountains and waters are natural companions for […]
