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UPCOMING EVENTS
NOTE: Private retreats, new courses and personal booking is done through the Origins Office: origins@iinet.net.au or 9764 1109 unless otherwise stated. This calendar may be added to or changed during the course of the year as new courses or events come on stream.
MINDFULNESS @ ORIGINS CENTRE Join us for Mindfulness on Friday mornings at 7.30am in the rotunda at Origins.
PRIVATE RETREATS If you are interested in private retreat at Tusita, a cabin/studio facility near Coorain, please contact the Origins office origins@iinet.net.au Anyone doing private retreat should have some experience of Origins Centre and our general protocols.
GOVERNANCE The centre relies on a culture of mutual respect and support and has done for 35 years. It is joy to provide the centre on a long term basis, as best we can. Your support in maintaining a well kept place and a friendly, helpful culture are, of course, what makes it all happen as well. Together we make Origins what it is.
2022
May 14th - 22nd: May Retreat This annual retreat is a chance to deepen your understanding and practical use of mindfulness teachings. For more information and to register, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au
28th & 29th: private booking
June 3rd: Private booking
11th & 12th: Mindfulness Weekend The goal is to build an independent practice that can be used in conjunction with many activities, inner or outer. The purpose of mindfulness is to support common good and healing. To book accommodation, register for zoom, or for more information contact: origins@iinet.net.au
24th - 26th: Cultivating Interoception - Slow Yoga, I Liq Chuan and Feldenkrais with Chris and Bevie This workshop will explore cultivating interoception and building resilience using three types of bodywork modalities, Slow Yoga, Feldenkrais and I Liq Chuan. These bodywork modalities will be practiced slowly and mindfully, the key to cultivating interoception. Bodywork sessions will be interspersed with short meditation sits. Interoception is the felt sense of the internal state of the body. Slow mindful movement practice is an excellent vehicle for cultivating interoceptive awareness. This approach to bodywork is gentle and easy to learn and explores ways to balance and naturally deepen your individual practice always respecting your personal limits. For more information please email chris@circlework.training and visit https://www.circlework.training/events/cultivating-interoception-build-resilience
July - closed for winter
August 5th - 7th:Private booking 13th & 14th: Mindfulness Weekend 19th - 21st: Nature Weekend with Kip 24th: Kindy
September 2nd - 4th: Nature Weekend with Kip 10th - 18th: September Retreat 23rd - 2nd: Zen Retreat
October 8th & 9th: Mindfulness Weekend 22nd & 23rd: Cultivating Interoception - Slow Yoga, I Liq Chuan and Feldenkrais with Chris and Bevie This workshop will explore cultivating interoception and building resilience using three types of bodywork modalities, Slow Yoga, Feldenkrais and I Liq Chuan. These bodywork modalities will be practiced slowly and mindfully, the key to cultivating interoception. Bodywork sessions will be interspersed with short meditation sits. Interoception is the felt sense of the internal state of the body. Slow mindful movement practice is an excellent vehicle for cultivating interoceptive awareness. This approach to bodywork is gentle and easy to learn and explores ways to balance and naturally deepen your individual practice always respecting your personal limits. For more information please email chris@circlework.training and visit https://www.circlework.training/events/cultivating-interoception-build-resilience
28th - 30th: Nature Weekend with Kip
November 2nd: Kindy 4th - 6th: Nourish Weekend with Melinda and Mars 12th & 13th: Mindfulness Weekend
December 2nd - 4th: Family Retreat 4th: Peace Pagoda Day 15th: Close
Perth Teachings with Chime -Yoga Moves - Studio entrance at 45 Evans Street, Shenton Park (google West Subiaco Masonic Hall, 78 Herbert Road for directions, cnr of Evans Street & Herbert Road). For more information, please contact: mindmed@tpg.com.au
2022 Sat 22nd Jan: 3.30 - talk on preliminaries Sun 23rd Jan: 10am - Wongkur of White Tara Sat 12th March: 3.30 - talk on Refuge part 1 Sun 13th March: 10am - Wongkur of Sakyamuni Sat 7th May: 3.30 - talk on Refuge part 2 Sun 8th May: 10am - Wongkur of Amitayus Sat 2nd July: 3.30 - talk on Vajrasattva Sun 3rd July: 10am: Vajracitta Sadhana Sat 27th Aug: 3.30 - talk on Mandala offering Sun 28th Aug: 10am - Wongkur of Ratnasambhava Sat 24th Sept: 3.30 - talk on Lama Yoga Sun 25th Sept: 10am - Wongkur of Dorje Chang Sat 5th Nov: 3.30 - talk on The Passion Sun 6th Nov: 10am - Wongkur of Dorje Phagmo
THANKYOU Thank you for taking an interest in Origins Centre’s programs, courses and events. We endeavour to offer a well run, inclusive and kind place. The entire enterprise is run on the idea of mutual support and fair exchange. We are a not-for profit charity.