Casual Wednesday night sessions
7-9pm at Kuan Yin Meditation Centre
Wednesday evenings at Kuan Yin are a casual and friendly opportunity to explore insight/vipassana meditation and connect with sangha (community). Insight/vipassana meditation is based on the historical teachings of the Buddha and is the basis of modern mindfulness. Wednesday evenings include a guided practice session, teaching and discussion.
All welcome! Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Cost: $5 facility fee + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Contact: Rosi on 0402682925 or email kuanyinmeditation@gmail.com
Meditation Courses
Natural awareness: meditation as a way of being
Online: Mondays 17 Feb - 3 Mar 6:30-8:30pm AEDT via Zoom
In person @ Kuan Yin: Wednesdays 19 Feb - 5 Mar 7-9pm
The natural awareness approach is relaxed and open and ideally suited to meditation in daily life. Suitable for beginners. Facilitated by Emma Pittaway.
Cost: $30 + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Bookings and enquiries: emma.wilddharma@gmail.com
Steady Mind, Steady Heart
4-week course
Online or in-person
Traditional mindfulness meditation for today’s world
Over 4 evenings we will explore the satipaṭṭhāna vipassanā (4 establishments of mindfulness), to cultivate skill, creativity and independence in meditation and extend practice into everyday life.
ONLINE: 6:30-8:30pm AEDT Mondays May 5-26
@ Kuan Yin: 7-9pm Wednesdays May 7-28
$40 + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Information and registration: emma.wilddharma@gmail.com
Seeing Clearly
5-week course
Online or in-person
Cultivating insight through mindfulness practice
This 5-week course will explore the nature of insight (vipassanā) and its role in the path. It is suitable for those familiar with insight meditation and those who have attended the 4 week mindfulness course Steady Mind, Steady Heart.
ONLINE: 6:30-8:30pm AEDT Mondays July 28 - Aug 25
@ Kuan Yin: 7-9pm Wednesdays July 30 - Aug 27
$50 + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Information and registration: emma.wilddharma@gmail.com
Days of Mindfulness
Days of mindfulness are opportunities to come together for shared silent meditation practice. The schedule is open and relaxed, and people are encouraged to use any of the four postures of meditation: sitting, standing, lying and moving. Meditation instruction is provided and there are opportunities to discuss practice and ask questions. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Saturday May 10 @ Kuan Yin Meditation Centre
Taught by Emma Pittaway
Cost: $15 facility fee + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Bookings and enquiries: emma.wilddharma@gmail.com
Weekend of Mindfulness
Kuan Yin Meditation Centre, Lismore
30 & 31 August 2025 (non-residential)
Taught by Patrick Kearney and Emma Pittaway
Weekends of mindfulness are opportunities to come together for shared silent meditation practice. The schedule is open and relaxed, and people are encouraged to use any of the four postures of meditation: sitting, standing, lying and moving. Meditation instruction is provided and there are opportunities to discuss practice and ask questions. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Single day: $15 facility fee + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Both days: $25 facility fee + dana (contribution for the teachings)
Information and registration: emma.wilddharma@gmail.com
Retreats
Natural Awareness Retreat
Residential Retreat
Northern Rivers (venue TBC)
18 - 23 June 2025
A 5-day retreat provides a pathway to deeper practice for those new to retreat. Suitable for experienced meditators also.
Natural awareness is an open and relaxed approach to meditation as a way of being in the world. Emphasising continuity of awareness throughout activities as the basis for the cultivation of insight, it dissolves the dichotomy between 'meditation' and 'everyday life'.
Sitting and wandering in nature will be encouraged.
Registration available March 2025
One-on-one 'deepening practice' sessions
Emma offers one-on-one deepening practice sessions of 30-60 minutes for people to explore their meditation practice more deeply. This may include questions about what is arising in your practice, the natural awareness approach, the teachings of the Buddha, and integrating meditation into daily life. Sessions are conducted via zoom or by arrangement at the Kuan Yin Meditation Centre.
For expressions of interest please contact emma.wilddharma@gmail.com