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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.
ARTIST RESIDENCE PROGRAM This is a very exciting new venture for us whose time has come! We are getting a wonderful response and positions are rapidly filling up. There is a diverse range of arts and interests happening: visual, literary, movement and music. The wedding of art, and actions for peace and mindfulness is a marriage for the sake of us all. Info and enrol: timbo.origins@gmail.com and http://www.originscentre.org/the-origins-artist-residency.html
YOGA at ORIGINS CENTRE Mondays - from 10am to 11am the Balingup Yoga Group is holding weekly yoga classes in the rotunda. Classes are by donation. Check their facebook page for more information.
MORNING MINDFULNESS @ ORIGINS CENTRE Join us for morning mindfulness on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9am until 9:45am 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.
2020
JANUARY 6th Jan: Yoga with Beth begins again in the Rotunda, at 9am. By donation to Days for Girls. 15th Jan: Chanting meditation with Beth, starting at 5.30pm in the Rotunda. By donation. 30th Jan: Yin Yoga with Deniz. Classes will run for 6 weeks, last class 5th of March. Suitable for adults of all levels. By donation. Click here for flyer FEBRUARY Every Wednesday and Thursday in February: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 3rd Feb: Sound meditation with Karly. 6.30pm in the Rotunda 5th Feb: Kindy from 10am until mid afternoon with a potluck shared lunch Kindy is at the heart of Origins. It includes from pregnant til 4yrs old, though older kids are welcome too. The 10am kids’ secular service in the rotunda is especially for the littlies. Bring some food to share and check Kindy out on our fb site. 8th Feb: Art Workshop with Kerry Anne Jordinson. Kerry Anne Jordinson is an established artist and children’s book illustrator/author based in Broome. She also has an experienced background in teaching art to adults and children in schools. Kerry returns to Origins in 2020 as our artist in residence and will be running a mixed-media art workshop. For more information and to enrol, please contact: timbo.origins@gmail.com 15th & 16th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chime. Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au 19th Feb: Kindy 22nd & 23rd Feb: Contemporary Painting and Traditional Mindfulness with Timbo Roberts Explore the playful and insightful relationships between contemporary painting and traditional mindfulness. You will have the opportunity to create your own artwork to take home. For more information and to enrol, please contact: timbo.origins@gmail.com 29th Feb: Private booking MARCH Every Wednesday and Thursday in March: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 4th March: Kindy 7th March: Live from the Rotunda! Musical performances from 3pm, featuring Stuart McPhillips, Melancholy Flowers, Maxwell Erstwhiler, Tim Bo, Roses for Renata. 8th March: Timbo Roberts will run a talk "An Introduction To Recording Your Own Music" at 10am. For more information and to enrol, please contact: timbo.origins@gmail.com 14th & 15th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chime Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au 18th March: Kindy
19th March: Due to the rapidly changing environment around Covid-19 and our duty of care to guests, Origins Centre will close until May 31st. There will be no day activities or weekend courses. Thankyou for your understanding.
21st & 22nd: Mindfulness and Art with Timbo - cancelled Explore the playful and insightful relationships between contemporary art and traditional mindfulness. You will have the opportunity to create your own artwork to take home. All levels of experience welcome. For more information please contact: timbo.origins@gmail.com 28th & 29th: “Held together with stories” An immersive weekend with storyteller and poet Jaya Penelope. - cancelled Over this weekend Jaya will tell one great initiatory story and guide you to explore its layers and resonances in your own life through reflection, journaling, creative writing, ritual, meditation, time alone in nature and time with others in community. To enrol, please contact: mistressmadrigal@yahoo.com.au Click here for more info: storytelling_with_jaya.docx
APRIL - all activities at Origins Centre during April are cancelled. Every Wednesday and Thursday in April: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 1st April: Kindy at Origins Centre with Anne and others. Kindy is mainly focussed on pregnant til 4yrs old but older children re most welcome too. OC is a great adventure playground. 3rd to 5th: Breathe into Happier with Catherine Evans. Catherine from Tree Of Life Of Woman offered 2 fully booked Retreats last year at Origins. These are wonderful opportunities to rest, relax and connect with other women in a safe and respectful space. Her first retreat this year is : Breathe Into Happier Registrations are open now. Spaces limited to 12 so please book early to avoid disappointment. 10th to 13th: Mindfulness Mini - Retreat Mindfulness will be supplemented by some work with symbols and inner creativity, as a means to deepen interest and increase focus. For more info and to enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au 15th April: Kindy 17th to 19th: Private Booking - Mandurah Buddhist Group 25th & 26th: Feldenkrais and Mindfulness with Bevie. In this weekend, we will explore finding ease and pleasure in movement. We will explore new and simple ways of moving, and may find a letting go of old habits and tensions that no longer serve us. Deeply mindful, and also energising and enlivening. As well as deeply restful. Come home to yourself. Your own body is a Refuge. For more information and to enrol, please contact: barkerbev@hotmail.com 29th April: Kindy
MAY - all activities at Origins Centre during May are cancelled Every Wednesday in May (except during the May retreat): Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 9th & 10th: Mindfulness Weekend. Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au 13th May: Kindy 16th & 17th: Poetry Weekend with Jaya - This weekend has had to be postponed, new dates to be announced. For more information, please contact: mistressmadrigal@yahoo.com.au 23rd May - 31st May: MAY MINDFULNESS RETREAT with Chime This annual retreat is a chance to deepen your understanding and practical use of mindfulness teachings. If you are not familiar with our approach, please consider attending a mindfulness weekend before the retreat as a way of preparing an appropriate foundation. Chime will be teaching some more disciplined meditation as well as the 'setting up' exercise. For more info and enrol: origins.centre.coorain@gmail.com No weekly yoga, mindfulness, or kindy during the week long retreat.
JUNE - all activities at Origins Centre in June are cancelled Every Tuesday and Thursday in June: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 3rd June: Kindy 6th & 7th June: for accommodation bookings, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au Sat June 6th: Kirtan and Bhakti yoga with Asakti Evans & Branan Silvius Kirtan is the practice of singing together in love for the Sacred. It is an ecstatic process that transcends the intellect. Asakti and Branan present verses mainly from the Sanskritic Hindu traditions. For more information and to enrol, please contact: branandubh@gmail.com 9:30am – 11:30am : workshop with Asakti; 2pm – 4pm: workshop with Branan 6:30pm: Kirtan. All welcome, by donation. 7th June: Singing with Soul: Workshops with Raelene No singing experience needed: come as you are vocally and emotionally! Attend one or both. 6.45 – 8am Vocal Awakenings - ... to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk [is] to heal the world with joy... Terry Tempest Williams Greet the morning soulfully, awakening your voice as your voice gently awakens you. Hum, vocalise and sing your way slowly from a space of honouring your internal world to alert aliveness for the day. We will begin with internally focused vocal activities/play, and finish singing together: a simple song or two to honour the morning and each other. 10-12 Singing the Earth’s Song - …feel the earth’s song through the soles of your feet* and listen for the songs of the singing trees** *From a song by Raelene Bruinsma ** From a poem by SRJ1000 on “Hello” Poetry. Vocal warm ups that are fun and encourage a greater sense of awareness of the voice/body connection, leading into chants (from various traditions and/or original), simple song games, and the singing of songs that celebrate and honour our connection to life, land and each other. For more information and to enrol, please contact Raelene: raelenebruinsma@yahoo.com 13th & 14th June: FELDENKRAIS and MINDFULNESS with Bevie Barker In this weekend, we will explore finding ease and pleasure in movement. We will explore new and simple ways of moving, and may find a letting go of old habits and tensions that no longer serve us. Deeply mindful, and also energising and enlivening. As well as deeply restful. Come home to yourself. Your own body is a Refuge. For more information and to enrol, please contact: barkerbev@hotmail.com 17th June: Kindy 19th to 21st June: Womens Circle Retreat with Catherine Evans. Our theme for the Women's Circle Retreat weekend - is, "My Soul, My Self" and we will consider our stories as women through the lens of the Heroines Journey. We will get curious about the threads of influence that have brought us to certain ways of being as women, and we will also invite openness, inquisitiveness and enquiry, to deepen our understanding who we are and who we want to be. This will be a weekend of inner nourishing, nurturing and finding that place within that we can always come home to. Registrations open for this Retreat in Mid April. Spaces limited to 12 so please book early to avoid disappointment. catherine@treeoflifeofwoman.com.au 27th & 28th June: Restor(y)ing Inanna, Restor(y)ing Ourselves with Raelene Bruinsma. An immersive weekend drawing inspiration from Inanna's stories to embark on our own creative restorative self-exploration using sound and song making, singing, writing, drawing, movement and reflection. With Raelene Bruinsma, singer/songwriter/storyteller, writer, teacher, music therapist, and creative researcher. For more information, click here. To enrol, please contact: raelenebruinsma@yahoo.com
JULY - all activities at Origins Centre in July are cancelled 1st July: Kindy 4th & 5th July: “Held together with stories” An immersive weekend with storyteller and poet Jaya Penelope. Over this weekend Jaya will tell one great initiatory story and guide you to explore its layers and resonances in your own life through reflection, journaling, creative writing, ritual, meditation, time alone in nature and time with others in community. To enrol, please contact: mistressmadrigal@yahoo.com.au Click here for more info: storytelling_with_jaya.docx 15th July: Kindy. 10am until mid afternoon 29th July: Kindy. 10am until mid afternoon
AUGUST - all activities at Origins Centre during August are cancelled 12th August: Kindy. 10am until mid afternoon. Potluck lunch. 15th August: ORIGINS IS 37 YEARS OLD TODAY! The org. is actually three years older but the centre was established in 1983. 15th & 16th August: Private retreat 26th August: Kindy. 10am until mid afternoon. Potluck lunch. 31st August to 3rd September: TAI CHI 101 with Chris Join Chris Newell for a week of martial arts exploration based on the practice of Zhong Xin Dao I Liq Chuan (ZXD/ILC). This contemporary Chinese martial art is based on cultivating awareness and then recognizing, balancing and then flowing with the energies of yin and yang. ZXD/ILC is a gentle, interoceptive somatic and mental practice focused on feeling conditions as they are, staying present (changing with the change) and then adapting accordingly.During this week of residence Chris will be practicing and presenting teaching on a wide range of traditional basic skills that are integral to learning how to practice Tai Chi. These will include basic ZXD/ILC drills, Zhang Zhuan standing skills, Qi Gong and Offering Tea exercises and shadow boxing alignment practice.Everyone is welcome, groups and privates available. Contact Chris Newell: circlework@live.com.au to register your interest.
SEPTEMBER - Origins will remain closed until the end of November. We will re-open when Phase 5 is implemented by the WA Govt. Every Tuesday and Thursday in September: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am
5th & 6th: FELDENKRAIS AND MINDFULNESS with Bevie and Chris - cancelled Give yourself the gift of slow – cultivate interoception using slow intentional movement patterns. Join Bevie Barker and Chris Newell for a weekend of inner exploration and cross training studying Feldenkrais and I Liq Chuan. The weekend will focus on applying the principles of Feldenkrais and I Liq Chuan to safe functional movement patterns. Slow intentional movement has a beneficial and settling effect on the nervous system that can help build and maintain resilience in our daily lives. Feldenkrais and I Liq Chuan offer models of mind and body work that internalize individual practice. This internalization is in turn empowering and can be very useful for developing a sense of easier lighter movement in daily life as well as other somatic practices. Suitable for all levels. For more information and to enrol, please contact: circlework@live.com.au 12th to 20th: SEPTEMBER MINDFULNESS RETREAT with Chime - online only As with the May Retreat, there will be more emphasis on meditative discipline. The weekend mindfulness sessions can provide an appropriate introduction. For more information and to enrol: origins.centre.coorain@gmail.com No weekly mindfulness classes during the week long retreat. 23rd September: Kindy 25th September - 4th October: ANNUAL ZEN RETREAT with the Zen Group from Perth - Cancelled Info and enrol: info@zgwa.org.au No weekly mindfulness classes during the Zen retreat.
OCTOBER Every Tuesday and Friday in October: Mindfulness in the Rotunda at 9am -9:45am 7th October: Kindy 10th & 11th: Mindfulness Weekend - please note, this will be conducted online only. Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au 16th to 18th: Private Booking. Bunbury Yoga Group
21st October: Kindy. 10am until mid afternoon.
24th October: 9.30 - 3.30 pm at Coorain: Exploring the Sense of Smell A sense of smell is of vital importance to our well being. This includes danger as well as pleasure. In this workshop we will explore the sense of smell directly from nature by distilling the plants that grow around us. Through the distillation of plant material, we can extract very subtle tones of aroma. This workshop is limited to 6 participants. Each participant will receive a sample of a distillation to take away to enjoy. Cost: $70 (as Dana toward venue). Morning tea and light lunch provided. Please contact Anne-Marie to book: lapskia@gmail.com
24th & 25th:Poetry Weekend with Jaya. Spend a nourishing weekend immersed in writing and speaking poetry with poet Jaya Penelope. These workshops will explore connections between poetry, mindfulness and the elements and are suitable for beginners and experienced writers alike. Sessions; 10am-2pm Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday evening at 7:00 pm we will share a potluck dinner and a poetry/ music reading by the pot belly stove. Daytime attendance welcome. For more information and to enrol, please contact: mistressmadrigal@yahoo.com.au
NOVEMBER Every Tuesday and Friday in November: Mindfulness in the Rotunda - Tuesday 10am, Friday 9.30am
4th November: Kindy
7th & 8th: Private booking - Dharmadatu
14th & 15th: Mindfulness Weekend Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 2pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au
18th November: Kindy
DECEMBER
2nd December: Kindy
4th to 6th: Family Retreat
On Sunday the 6th of December, we celebrate the 19th anniversary of our wonderful World Peace Pagoda. Please come and bless the Pagoda with water, flowers and words.
12th & 13th: Mindfulness Weekend Mindfulness will be taught according to ancient tradition. Chime will instruct in a foundation of mindfulness exercise called 'Setting Up'. Sessions are at 9:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am on Sunday. Day attendance is welcome. Personal instruction is available too. To enrol, please contact: origins@iinet.net.au
16th December: Kindy 10am - last kindy of the year.
Thursday 17th December: Origins Centre closes for 2020.
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).
The theme for the next five months is Imagination in Practice. It involves some symbol work drawn from the Foundation teaching of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu tradition as well as general, secular ideas. Each Saturday at 3:30pm until approx. 4:30, there will be a talk Each Sunday morning at 10am there will be a teaching service called a 'wongkur' from the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. It is in english and explanation is woven into the ceremony.
2nd Feb at 10am: Wongkur celebratingVajrasattva, the mind of purification. 7th March - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols (as above) with Chime 8th March- 10am: Wongkur of Ratnasambhava 4th April - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols (as above) with Chime 5th April - 10am: Wongkur of Taras 2nd May - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols (as above) with Chime 3rd May - 10am: Wongkur of Namgyal 6th June - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols (as above) with Chime 7th June - 10am: Wongkur of Ratnasambhava
5th September - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols (as above) with Chime. The theme is Transmission and the network which creates the teachings. Aspiration and determination need to be joined with clarity and harmony. 6th September - 10am: Wongkur of Namgyalma, the mother of all Buddhas, the womb of awakening. She treasures the seed of compassion, she holds the nurturing space of practice, and we become alive to all we need to do. 7th November - 3.30 to 4.30: talk on symbols with Chime. Before we enter the mind of imagination in wongkur/meditation, we place ourselves on the foundation of traditional practice. How can we build our foundation in daily life and engage with imagination as a force of healing?
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.
