Enjoy a weekend of rest, relaxation yoga and meditation in the beautiful surrounds of Hepurn Retreat Centre. Reconnect to the source of your aliveness and find a more natural rhythm that supports your well being.

This retreat will focus on integrating your yoga into your life, guided by some of the ideas presented in Donna Farhi’s book, Bringing Yoga to Life.

Bringing Yoga to Life

the every day practice of enlightened living

7pm Friday 20th august to 4pm Sunday 22nd august 2010

In this book, Donna asks, “Who are you becoming through your practice? Are you becoming the world in which you wish to live?”

We will focus on seeing how things are, not how they were in the past, or might be in the future, and ask the question, “what brings us to this moment?”

Through the practice of postures, we release pent-up tensions that have accumulated in our body, and we further refine our physical senses so that we become sensitive, adaptive and resilient.

Donna Farhi

The retreat will include yoga asana, meditation and pranayama sessions, with kirtan and bhajans (chanting) and delicious, home cooked, wheat free, vegan meals commencing with Friday night dinner. The retreat cost also includes a copy of the book “Bringing Yoga to Life” by Donna Farhi

The retreat is being held in the beautiful surrounds of Hepburn Retreat Centre, just over an hour west of Melbourne. You can register for the retreat on the Hepburn Retreat Centre website, by clicking the button below.

The 2 day retreat commences at 4pm on Friday 20th August and finishes at 4pm on Sunday 22nd August.

What to Bring

• Bedding- pillow, sheets and doona or sleeping bag

• Warm clothes

• Towel & Toiletries

• Meditation shawl or blanket

• Meditation cushion or stool- if you have one

• Comfortable walking shoes to enjoy the surrounding bush

Yoga Mats, blankets and blocks are provided.

Yoga Retreat Cost & Registration

Retreat Cost

$300 – early bird price – full payment by 20th July 2010

$350 – full price

concession price available

This includes all yoga, meditation and chanting sessions, vegan, home-cooked meals and accommodation in your own or shared room.

The retreat cost also includes a copy of the book “Bringing Yoga to Life” by Donna Farhi

Registration

To register complete the Bringing Yoga to Life registration form phone Ostii on 03 5348 2005 or 0424 442 219.

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Opening to Abundance – A weekend yoga and wellness retreat at Hepburn Retreat Centre.

The venue we have chosen has a wonderful feel in the beautiful, serene and natural surroundings of Hepburn Springs (1.5 hours drive from Melbourne).

The accommodation is very basic with share bedrooms and bathrooms. It does however have some great spaces to enjoy with an open veranda and beautiful garden areas to spend your free time in.

The in-house chef, who can also cater for special dietary requirements, will provide delicious vegan meals. If you enjoy walking the venue is directly opposite Wombat National Park and is in close vicinity to many of Hepburn Springs pampering massage centres – you will have free time in between classes and meals to explore.

You will need to bring your own linen. Inclusive in the cost is 2 night’s accommodation, all meals (from Friday evening to Sunday lunch), 6 yoga classes (a combination of restorative and energetic practices).

To secure your place on the retreat, please contact Sandra for a registration form and return it with a $100 (non-refundable) deposit. The balance is payable two weeks prior to the retreat.

Please advise of any dietary requirements at the time of booking.

Sample Timetable for Yoga Wellness Retreat

Retreat / Workshop Cost

• Twin Share: $330 per person.
• Single Room: $380 per person.
• Contact to discuss concession price.

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• Phone: Sandra Groves on 0438 680 835
• Email: sandra@simplybeing.com.au

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Many turn to Yoga to help redress this lack of ease, but ironically even within some Yoga practices, a prevailing attitude of ‘controlling’ or ‘overcoming’ keeps us from actualising our ease and joy.

In this workshop you will learn and experience how to flow with your body’s innate wisdom, rediscovering your strength, your softness, your light and joy. By learning to really ‘listen’ and working with your body (rather than against it), while allowing your breath to breathe you, you will re-discover and re-connect with mind-body patterns that support you physically, mentally and spiritually and allow you to establish your posture or position of stability and ease in life.

Expand and Deepen Our Understanding of Yoga

This is a range of workshops to expand and deepen our understanding of yoga. In a class situation we often only get to practice postures, yet yoga has an insightful, practical and fascinating body of knowledge regarding the workings of the mind and the soul, as relevant today as it was 4,000 years ago.

This retreats has 5 yoga sessions. Free time between yoga sessions allows guests to rest and explore. Optional massage can be booked separately. Class sizes are kept small and students of all levels of experience are welcome. If there are areas of particular interest or special needs, i.e. injuries or pregnancy, please let us know in advance so we are able to better tailor the program to suit you.

Yoga can refresh and revitalize you mentally and physically! Learn asana sequences to help you through menstruation and menopause, and practices to ease stress and promote energy and vitality. There will be a special focus on twists, balances and core strengthening postures to enhance good digestion and your body’s own cleansing abilities. The physical practices will be supported by deep relaxation, meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing). Cultivate physical and mental harmony as spring blossoms in a beautiful bush setting.

Yoga has the power to help us lead fuller, healthier, happier and calmer lives. You will learn flowing vinyasas (sequences of postures), pranayama (yogic breathing) and meditations, to help you cope with stress ‘in the moment’ and to bring your yoga ‘off the mat’, enhancing day to day life. Some sessions will be energizing and uplifting, others stress relieving and soothing. The emphasis is on listening to your body and treating yourself with kindness and compassion, for a rejuvenating retreat experience, that will enrich your life back at home.

Accommodation and Meals

Home-cooked, delicious, inspiring vegetarian meals are provided, beginning with Friday night dinner. Special diets are catered for.

Price includes yoga, accommodation & food and varies with level of accommodation (+optional massage available at extra cost)

Meals include: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Massage treatments are also available for an extra cost.

About Clearview Retreat Centre

The retreats are held at Clearview Retreat, a residential retreat centre ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria. Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views 100 kilometres across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges.

Each Weekend Mountain Yoga Retreat involves yoga classes, relaxation, meditation, some periods of silence, and guided walks. The structure of each workshop is the same, but different themes are focussed on each weekend.

Clearview Retreat is a residential retreat centre which runs a range of programs including yoga retreats. Ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria, south east Australia, Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges. Clearview is located on 87 acres of bush with bluegums, a tea tree forest, grasslands and majestic granite rocks.

Retreat / Workshop Cost

• Shared Room Price: $345 per person – Includes yoga tuition + all meals ( 2 or 3 people in a room)
• Single Room Price: $385 per person – Includes yoga tuition + all meals
• Deposit: $75 (Balance to be paid 2 weeks before yoga retreat)
• All prices include GST
• Deposit will not be refunded if booking is cancelled less than 2 weeks before yoga retreat

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• Phone: Jocelyn Bennett,  03-5797 0229
• Register via the Clearview Retreat website

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Using local, seasonal organic produce, learn how to cook delicious vegan and vegetarian meals that promote health & vitality on this 2 day vegan cooking course with Alexis and Ostii.

This vegan cooking retreat will include 1 or 2 yoga classes each day, as well as hands-on vegan cooking classes with a maximum of 8 people per group.

Cooking for Health & Vitality

Learn to Cook Healthy Vegan Meals

Throughout the retreat, you will feasting on the delicious, healthy vegan meals that you cook, as well as receive recipe ideas and notes on yogic diet and nutrition. Workshops will include discussions on nutrition, ayurveda, food, veganism, vegetarianism and yoga. We will talk about growing vegetables, learn about edible weeds and perhaps even spend an evening around the fire in the tipi.

This weekend of vegan cooking and food preparation workshops offers you the opportunity to develop your cooking skills in a weekend, with time out from your busy city schedule to relax and unwind. The course will help you learn how to:

• Combine ingredients for maximum flavour and fulfillment, using only vegan ingredients

• Make food choices that will benefit your wellbeing and increase vitality

• Present vegetarian and vegan food for maximum visual appeal

• Eat for maximum pleasure and digestive ease

Accommodation is in twin, triple-share or single rooms at Hepburn Retreat Centre.

Retreat / Workshop Cost

• Early Bird Price: $350 (if paid by 1st September).
• Full Price: $400.
• Concession available
• Family Price by negotiation

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• Phone: Ostii on 0424 442 219 or 03 5348 2005
• Register via the Hepburn Retreat Centre website

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This retreat offers the luxury of three days of steady but cumulative practice. We shall work with the body (asanas), work with the breath (pranayama), and gather the energy of the centre to open and clarify the mind (sitting practice).

As Dogen so aptly expressed it 700 years ago: to study the way is to study the self, and to study the self is to forget the self… With this as a foundation we allow ourselves the possibility of realising the wonder of our lives, the vastness of all that is, and connecting with the sources of nourishment that are patiently waiting for us to notice them.

Expand and Deepen Our Understanding of Yoga

This is a range of workshops to expand and deepen our understanding of yoga. In a class situation we often only get to practice postures, yet yoga has an insightful, practical and fascinating body of knowledge regarding the workings of the mind and the soul, as relevant today as it was 4,000 years ago.

This retreats has 5 yoga sessions. Free time between yoga sessions allows guests to rest and explore. Optional massage can be booked separately. Class sizes are kept small and students of all levels of experience are welcome. If there are areas of particular interest or special needs, i.e. injuries or pregnancy, please let us know in advance so we are able to better tailor the program to suit you.

Yoga can refresh and revitalize you mentally and physically! Learn asana sequences to help you through menstruation and menopause, and practices to ease stress and promote energy and vitality. There will be a special focus on twists, balances and core strengthening postures to enhance good digestion and your body’s own cleansing abilities. The physical practices will be supported by deep relaxation, meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing). Cultivate physical and mental harmony as spring blossoms in a beautiful bush setting.

Yoga has the power to help us lead fuller, healthier, happier and calmer lives. You will learn flowing vinyasas (sequences of postures), pranayama (yogic breathing) and meditations, to help you cope with stress ‘in the moment’ and to bring your yoga ‘off the mat’, enhancing day to day life. Some sessions will be energizing and uplifting, others stress relieving and soothing. The emphasis is on listening to your body and treating yourself with kindness and compassion, for a rejuvenating retreat experience, that will enrich your life back at home.

Accommodation and Meals

Home-cooked, delicious, inspiring vegetarian meals are provided, beginning with Friday night dinner. Special diets are catered for.

Price includes yoga, accommodation & food and varies with level of accommodation (+optional massage available at extra cost)

Meals include: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Massage treatments are also available for an extra cost. Please enquire

About Clearview Retreat Centre

The retreats are held at Clearview Retreat, a residential retreat centre ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria. Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views 100 kilometres across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges.

Each Weekend Mountain Yoga Retreat involves yoga classes, relaxation, meditation, some periods of silence, and guided walks. The structure of each workshop is the same, but different themes are focussed on each weekend.

Clearview Retreat is a residential retreat centre which runs a range of programs including yoga retreats. Ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria, south east Australia, Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges. Clearview is located on 87 acres of bush with bluegums, a tea tree forest, grasslands and majestic granite rocks.

Retreat / Workshop Cost

• Shared Room Price: $515 per person – Includes yoga tuition + all meals ( 2 or 3 people in a room)
• Single Room Price: $575 per person – Includes yoga tuition + all meals
• Deposit: $75 (Balance to be paid 2 weeks before yoga retreat)
• All prices include GST
• Deposit will not be refunded if booking is cancelled less than 2 weeks before yoga retreat

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• Phone: Jocelyn Bennett,  03-5797 0229
• Register via the Clearview Retreat website

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It is the breath that renews our yoga practice to keep it fresh, real, transformative and deeply meaningful. We will explore active and flowing asana, pranayama, chanting,yoga nidra and meditation with an emphasis on following the breath where it leads us.

The breath helps us explore the more subtle aspects of our practice as described in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, including pratyahara (turning inwards), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (our essential nature). As we give ourselves to the breath we can relax into who we really are and directly experience a natural ease and buoyancy in life.

When we embrace ourselves as who we really are, we can fully embrace Life itself. The breath connects us with our own essence, a ground of being-ness that is naturally spacious, open and at ease with life. As we rest into this inner presence, an acceptance and celebration of life unfolds naturally.

This retreat is ideal for those who have some yoga and meditation experience and want to deepen their yoga practice. Enjoy time out from daily life in bush surrounds, with delicious vegetarian meals and the inspiring practices of yoga and meditation.

Anahata Giri has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years and teaching for 7 years. She currently teaches at The Gertrude Street Yoga Studio and Prana House.

Retreat Venue, Accommodation & Meals

The Retreat will be held at the Shanti Hepburn Retreat Centre in Hepburn Springs, near Daylesford. Shanti has simple, homely accommodation in peaceful surroundings near bush, mineral springs and walks. Accommodation will be shared with one or two others, with shared toilet and bathroom facilities.

Delicious, healthy and abundant vegetarian meals, beverages, fruit and snacks will be provided. The vegetarian catering by Alexis and the Shanti Retreat Centre team is superb! We are happy to cater for any special dietary requirements. You are welcome to bring your own snacks. Please note: as Shanti Retreat Centre is a vegan sanctuary, on this retreat all food will be vegan – so no meat, eggs or dairy products are to be on the premises. Please feel free to discuss your needs further with Anahata.

What to Bring

Yoga Mat – if you have one – if not we can provide this
Meditation cushion – if you have one – if not we can provide this
Meditation Shawl
Warm clothes – the nights can be very chilly!
Full bedding: pillow, sheets and doona or sleeping bag
Walking shoes to enjoy the surrounding bush
Water bottle
Easy to slip on and off shoes are handy

Retreat / Workshop Cost

Cost includes extensive yoga and meditation tuition each day, delicious and healthy meals and shared accommodation. Please book early as it is expected that this retreat will book out.

• Early Bird Price: $600 (if paid by 10th September).
• Full Price: $660.
• Concession: $610.

Deposit

To secure your place, please send a deposit of $100 by cheque or money order made out to Anahata Giri and sent to 86 Blair St Coburg 3058. Full payment is due by 10 October 2010.

Refund Policy

A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to secure your place.

If there is a cancellation before October 1 2010 the full amount MINUS the non-refundable deposit of $100 will be refunded. For any cancellations after October 1 2010, there will be no refund except if your place can be filled and/or except in extenuating circumstances at the discretion of the Yoga Retreat Organisers. If the retreat is cancelled by the Organisers, then your full payment including your full deposit will be refunded.

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• Phone: Anahata Giri on 0410 950 606
• Email: anahata_love@yahoo.com.au

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**Please not that this retreat will not be held at Hepburn Retreat Centre

Intention Behind Yoga Camp

We believe that everyone should be able to have a retreat-style experience regardless of how much they earn, so we have created an inspiring event with experienced, qualified instructors that is affordable for everyone. As part of our measures to keep costs down, we ask that everyone helps to serve, prepare, or clean up after one meal during the weekend. You will learn how to prepare your food to maximise nutrition, as well as have an opportunity to experience the spiritual benefits of service! As this event is a family friendly yoga event, we ask that you keep your drugs and alcohol at home. Thank you.

For catering purposes all tickets must be pre-booked.

Dietary requirements must be specified when you book.

Cost of Yoga Camp

Adult – $125 ($145 after 5th November)
Child 3 and under – free
Children 4-18 – multiply age by 4 (approximately), up to $60.

See ticket pages on the yogacamp website for more details.

Day ticket – Saturday or Sunday – $45 (includes workshops, lunch and dinner)

For catering purposes all tickets must be pre-booked.

Dietary requirements must be specified when you book.

Book in BEFORE November 5th as we need to know numbers for catering purposes.

how to purchase your ticket:

Tickets will be available from PayPal from August 1st

Please pay via PayPal on the yogacamp website and then follow prompts below.

Email Rebekah Hayden at info@yogacamp.com.au.

List number of tickets required and names of those wanting tickets.

Let us know any dietary requirements you may have.

If you require a bunk, please let us know as they are limited.

We will email you only if there is a problem with your booking, otherwise assume you are booked in!

Tickets are non-refundable, however, the name can be changed if necessary.

ticket price includes:

• Yoga classes – variety of styles and levels

• Workshops (see further information below)

• 8 wholesome vegetarian meals (Friday dinner to Monday breakfast)

• Camping or bunk bed accommodation

• Kids Yoga and activities

• Evening Kirtan and concert.

what to bring:

~ Bedding

~ Yoga Mat (or buy one from admin)

~ Cushion to sit on

~ A covering for meditation and Yoga Nidra

~ Camping stuff

~ Musical Instruments.

further information

Turn up on Friday afternoon to set up camp or move into your bunkroom. The first yoga class starts at 4.00om. At 5.00pm on Friday there will be opening ceremony followed by a communal dinner at 6.30pm, with a Kirtan at 8pm

If you require a bunk you will have to book as there are limited beds available. If you plan to camp, bring everything you need to make your stay a comfortable one. Chlorinated drinking water and showers are available, and there is a beautiful river on our doorstep for swimming. Yoga Camp will be running regardless of weather, but it is recommended that you check the weather forecast prior to coming, and take clothes accordingly.

In addition to the meals provided, chai, tea, snacks and fruit will be available for purchase.

There will be a number of yoga classes running simultaneously throughout the weekend to cater for all levels, with a variety of styles available. Yoga Styles include Satyananda, Hatha, Kundalini, Dru and Oki Do yoga. There will also be workshops on nutrition, meditation and chanting, Pranayama, Neti, the Theory and Philosophy of Yoga, Yoga Nidra, kids yoga and activities, dance and confidence-building activities.

There will be heaps of kids activities and more yoga classes for kids this time as it is the middle of the school holidays. Some of these include: yoga, performance, craft, clay play and confidence-building activities.

directions

Moira Park Scout Camp, Kialla West, 10 km south of Shepparton. 168Km from Melbourne. Melways Reference Map 921 J7.

Just before Kialla West, (500m after highway becomes single lane) turn left into Moira Dr just after olive farm on right. Follow the OM symbols.

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Michele will guide participants through Hatha Yoga sessions in asana, pranayama and meditation.

Enjoy some time out to explore matters within your mind and heart, staying at a magnificent Tibetan Buddhist Centre, near Healesville.

The retreat is an opportunity to step back from the world and do a little bit of soul searching. The deeper Yoga practice helps to facilitate the process, often churning things up within that may need to be released.

Just enough time to recharge and maybe shed a few ‘layers’ before the silly seasons hits!

An amazing class! Perfect balance between tranquility, flexibility, balance and core strength. There is never a class that I leave unsatisfied. Michael is a wonderful person and teacher. He is helpful and is very encouraging.

Emma

I wish I had the time to attend more classes…. Mickey is such a fabulous instructor very easy going, relaxed and knowledgable. I started out as a total beginner and with Mickeys guidence I have improved so much and enjoy attending yoga every week. Each class is different and in such a relaxed atmosphere, I highly recommend Sparkly Yoga.

Emma

Michele is an awesome instructor.
These classes are everything I look for in a yoga class. Not too serious, not just about the physical, while still being challenging enough to work up a sweat (if you want to), great dose of the spiritual and energetic and the mindset of what yoga is in a practical way.
I want more from a yoga class than just a work out or a stretching class or a lecture, I want to leave feeling fabulous physically and emotionally and spiritually and I always leave his classes feeling like that.
Part of the appeal is he goes off and does the great retreats with inspiring people in far flung locations, and I get to live a little of that by learning from what he has learned.

Susie

Sample Retreat Timetable

Friday

4:00 – Meet at the retreat centre
5:00 – 6:30pm – Yoga Asana, Pranayama & meditation
7:00pm – Dinner

Saturday

6:30 – 8:00am – Meditation, Pranayama8:30am – Brekafast
10:30 – 12:00 – Yoga Asana
12:00 – Lunch (silence maintained in the morning)
Afternoon – free time to explore/introspection
5:00 – 6:30pm – Yoga Asana, Relaxation
7:00pm – Dinner

Sunday

6:30 – 8:00am – Meditation, Pranayama
8:30am – Brekafast
10:30 – 12:00 – Yoga Asana
12:00 – Lunch (silence maintained in the morning)
2:00pm – Closing circle

Retreat / Workshop Cost

• Cost: $290/$260 conc. (early bird by Oct 30th) or $340/$300 conc. thereafter.
• Price includes all yoga & meditation classes, vegetarian meals and accommodation!!

Retreat / Workshop Registration

• To register, phone Michelle on 0410 184771
• Or register at the Sparkly Yoga website

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Energise & Harmonise

with Sandra Groves

We are multi-dimensional beings. This weekend retreat will give you time-out to energise and harmonise all the levels of your being – physically, mentally, emotionally and energetically – using a combination of dynamic and restorative yoga practices. We will work on building strength, stability and flexibility in the physical body through asana (postures), quietening and clearing the mind with meditation, releasing mental and emotional tension with relaxation, while balancing your subtle energy flows through pranayama (breathing exercises). All these yogic practices work in unison to lead you to a greater sense of vitality, integration and harmony.

Yoga can refresh and revitalize you mentally and physically! Learn asana sequences to help you through menstruation and menopause, and practices to ease stress and promote energy and vitality. There will be a special focus on twists, balances and core strengthening postures to enhance good digestion and your body’s own cleansing abilities. The physical practices will be supported by deep relaxation, meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing). Cultivate physical and mental harmony as spring blossoms in a beautiful bush setting.

Yoga has the power to help us lead fuller, healthier, happier and calmer lives. You will learn flowing vinyasas (sequences of postures), pranayama (yogic breathing) and meditations, to help you cope with stress ‘in the moment’ and to bring your yoga ‘off the mat’, enhancing day to day life. Some sessions will be energizing and uplifting, others stress relieving and soothing. The emphasis is on listening to your body and treating yourself with kindness and compassion, for a rejuvenating retreat experience, that will enrich your life back at home.

This retreat has 5 yoga sessions. Free time between yoga sessions allows guests to rest and explore. Optional massage can be booked separately. Class sizes are kept small and students of all levels of experience are welcome. If there are areas of particular interest or special needs, i.e. injuries or pregnancy, please let us know in advance so we are able to better tailor the program to suit you.

This is one of a a range of workshops to expand and deepen our understanding of yoga. In a class situation we often only get to practice postures, yet yoga has an insightful, practical and fascinating body of knowledge regarding the workings of the mind and the soul, as relevant today as it was 4,000 years ago. Each Weekend Mountain Yoga Retreat involves yoga classes, relaxation, meditation, some periods of silence, and guided walks. The structure of each workshop is the same, but different themes are focussed on each weekend.

Meals & Accommodation

Home-cooked, delicious, inspiring vegetarian meals are provided, beginning with Friday night dinner and ending with Sunday lunch.
Special diets are catered for.

Retreat Cost

$ 345 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + sharing bedroom (2 or 3 people in a room)
$ 385 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + one person to a bedroom

Price includes yoga, accommodation & food and varies with level of accommodation (+optional massage available at extra cost)

Retreat Contact

Jocelyn Bennett, ph 03-5797 0229

The Retreat Venue

The retreats are held at Clearview Retreat, a residential retreat centre ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria.

Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views 100 kilometres across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges.

Clearview Retreat also offers nature meditation retreats. See Nature Meditation Retreats for details.

Read more about Clearview Retreat at http://www.clearviewretreat.org.au

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Silent meditation retreats nourish inner sensitivity and receptivity, creating fertile ground for insight to emerge.

Within the spirit of simplicity, camping in nature, we will be practising together in order to come into fresh and vivid contact with life, both inner and outer.

Relaxing back behind habitual tendencies allows us to let go of counter productive ways of engaging with ourselves, others and the world. Vital, creative energy is able to move through us with surprising tenderness and strength.

This retreat will draw on the teachers direct experience, Buddhist, Vispassana, Metta heart practices and the poetic traditions. Guidance and support will be offered through meditation instruction, one-to-one and group interviews and dharma talks.

Retreat Bookings

For bookings and enquiries please contact the retreat manager, Toni Mansfield on 0412975894 or ponyleigh@gmail.com

Retreat Cost

Base Cost for this retreat is $210 including organic food.
Jessica Huon offers the teaching for this retreat in the tradition of donation, (dana). Your donation enables her to continue this work.

http://www.opendharma.org/

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