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NOTE: Private retreats, new courses and personal booking is done through the Origins Office: info@originscentre.org 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 Mindfulness Sessions on fb streaming. Live practice stream including commentary. Sessions will recommence on the 9th of February 2024. Venue: Coorain – Balingup, and Facebook Time: Tuesdays from 8am to 9am with Chime and Fridays from 7:30 to 8:30am with Anne.
PRIVATE RETREATS If you are interested in private retreat at Tusita, a cabin/studio facility near Coorain, please contact the Origins office info@originscentre.org 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.
*A gentle reminder - please care for others and yourself, and do not attend Origins if you are feeling unwell, especially with cold or flu symptoms. Thankyou*
2024
April 3rd: Kindy 6th & 7th: A Weekend Exploration of Mindfulness - Clay - Hands with Anne Anne will lead this weekend in the enjoyment and exploration of mindfulness with clay and hands as the vehicle to inner imagination. The theme is the natural world, finding inspiration in nature, seeing the forms of beauty, calming the mind, exploring the senses, touching the earth. Sessions 9.30am and 3pm Saturday, and 9.30am Sunday. Materials supplied, classes by donation. Contact Anne for bookings and enquiries: anne@originscentre.org Please contact Melinda for accommodation bookings: melinda@originscentre.org 13th & 14th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim Mindfulness practice is in harmony with all others dedicated to developing an engaged and helpful way of living. The exercise at the core of Chim's mindfulness weekends is a brief meditative exercise for inner calm, awareness and transformation. Sessions are Saturday 9:30am and 3pm and Sunday 9:30am (three 90-minute sessions). To book accommodation, or for more information contact: melinda@originscentre.org 17th: Kindy
3rd to 5th: Mindfulness: Retreat 1 of Tig-Le House @ Origins with Ian Ian Hackett, from Tig-Le House, will be back running a 3-part series of retreats on mindfulness, mindful walking, and meditations on nature at the Centre in 2024. Attendance at retreat 1 and/or 2 is recommended for participants to be able to attend retreat 3. Retreat 1 : Engage in the foundations of practice and essential techniques for cultivating mindfulness, including 7-point posture, psychological establishment patterns for naming and engaging experiences, and calming bodily formations. These techniques combine, forming a stream of practice patterns. For more information, please go to tiglehouse.org, or contact: tiglehouse@gmail.com
10th to 19th: May Retreat This is a wonderful opportunity to calmly develop the setting up of Mindfulness and expand that into insight meditation, in a safe, natural and supported environment. Chim will lead this retreat, a teacher of many years experience.The aim is to deepen calm and confidence, building a practice that opens naturally suitable to your needs. Bring a craft or study to explore in non practice time, or enjoy a quiet space to explore walking on the tracks at Origins.For more information or to book, please contact Anne: anne@originscentre.org
29th: Kindy
30th to 3rd: Yoga Bliss with Deniz Join Deniz in the tranquility of Origins for 5 days of gentleness with your Self. We practice mediation and yoga each day. We go with the flow, have lots of free time to rest, read, go for walks on the Bibbulmun track, socialize or enjoy whatever you feel called to do, to be.If you'd like to join the little retreat, please book here: https://www.trybooking.com/CNSDH
June 8th & 9th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim Mindfulness practice is in harmony with all others dedicated to developing an engaged and helpful way of living. The exercise at the core of Chim's mindfulness weekends is a brief meditative exercise for inner calm, awareness and transformation. Sessions are Saturday 9:30am and 3pm and Sunday 9:30am (three 90-minute sessions). To book accommodation, or for more information contact: melinda@originscentre.org
12th: Kindy
22nd & 23rd: Story weekend with Jaya An immersive weekend of story-medicine, poetry and community-nourishment. Join poet and story-welcomer Jaya Penelope over two fire-lit evenings to hear an old folktale told with reverence and wonder. During the day we will explore doorways into the story and how old tales can speak to our own lives through journaling, poetry writing, dream-tending, altar building, storytelling, time alone in nature and time with others in community. By gathering with others to hear an old tale told with reverence and by "feeding the story" with our personal responses we can uncover treasuries of wisdom within ourselves and these ancient, living tales....Working with story in this way can also help us tune our ears to the otherworld, to the voices of river and tree, of the animals and ancestors that coexist alongside our own. Please note: this retreat begins on Friday evening, if you plan to attend, it is essential that you arrive by 7pm on Friday, please do not book a place unless you can commit to this arrival time. For more information and to register, please contact: mistressmadrigal@yahoo.com.au
26th: Kindy
29th & 30th: Centre Yourself, Ground Yourself with Chris and Bevie Discover the serene wonders of the forest at Origins as you embark on a restorative journey filled with relaxed and friendly vibes. Step into a weekend escape dedicated to nurturing your mind and body through slow, mindful movement that focuses on organizing and activating your whole body from the ground up focusing on the powerhouse of our body, our centre. Led by the experienced and like-minded duo, Bevie Barker and Chris Newell, this unique workshop invites you to explore the profound connection between your feet and your centre. Throughout the weekend, we'll employ a range of movement modalities, including Slow Yoga, Feldenkrais, and Qi Gong, to gently unite the foot-to-core connection, extending it further to ultimately experiencing a sense of whole-body harmony. For more information and registration details: https://www.circlework.training/events/foot-to-core-connection
July - closed for winter
August 7th: Kindy
10th & 11th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim Mindfulness practice is in harmony with all others dedicated to developing an engaged and helpful way of living. The exercise at the core of Chim's mindfulness weekends is a brief meditative exercise for inner calm, awareness and transformation. Sessions are Saturday 9:30am and 3pm and Sunday 9:30am (three 90-minute sessions). To book accommodation, or for more information contact: melinda@originscentre.org
16th to 18th: Mindful Walking: Retreat 2 of Tig-Le House @ Origins Become familiar with techniques of mindful walking, combining sitting, walking, and standing postures to help you become more familiar and comfortable with methods of moving mindfully across country, observing and interacting with landscape ecologies, and understanding the relational aspects of the mind, body, and environments, fostering a mindful relationship with the inner and outer nature of your experience. For more information, please go to tiglehouse.org, or contact: tiglehouse@gmail.com
21st: Kindy
September 4th: Kindy 6th to 15th: September Retreat This is a wonderful opportunity to calmly develop the setting up of Mindfulness and expand that into insight meditation, in a safe, natural and supported environment. Chim will lead this retreat, a teacher of many years experience.The aim is to deepen calm and confidence, building a practice that opens naturally suitable to your needs. Bring a craft or study to explore in non practice time, or enjoy a quiet space to explore walking on the tracks at Origins.For more information or to book, please contact Anne: anne@originscentre.org 18th: Kindy 21st & 22nd: Nature & Mindfulness with Kip For information, please contact Kip: hello@naturalperspectivesaustralia.com 26th to 29th: Yoga Bliss with Deniz
October 2nd: Kindy 5th & 6th: weekend with Anne 12th & 13th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim 16th: Kindy 19th & 20th: weekend with Chris & Bevie 25th to 27th: weekend with Melinda 30th: Kindy November 1st to 3rd: Meditations for enriched awareness of nature: Retreat 3 of Tig-Le House @ Origins This weekend features traditional mindfulness, dharma meditations, and practices from indigenous knowledge systems for expanding and refining awareness of the natural world. These practices have been handed to me directly and are shared with permission, acknowledging the sources of wisdom and teaching. To participate in this weekend, it is preferred you have attended one or both preceding weekends. For more information, please go to tiglehouse.org, or contact: tiglehouse@gmail.com 9th & 10th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim 13th: Kindy 23rd & 24th: weekend with Jaya 27th: Kindy 29th to 1st: Family Retreat December 1st: Peace Pagoda Day 11th: Kindy
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
2024 February 24th/25th Akshobya - 1st March 7.00 am Review and question March 16/17 2024 Red Chenrezig - 22nd March 7.00am Review and question April 28th - Healing Triad- Vajrapani, Garuda, Hayagriva - 3rd May 7.00am Review and Question June 2nd - 1000 Armed Chenrezig - 21st June 7.00am Review and question July 21st - Namgyalma - 26th July 7.00am Review and question September 22nd - Amitabha - 27th Sept 7.00am Review and question November 3rd - Terma Guru Rinpoche - 8th Nov 7.00am Review and question New schedule: Sunday 9.50am: Talk related to the day’s discourse. 10.30-11.30am: Interactive wongkur (ceremonial, symbolic, sacred theatre) 12.30pm: potluck lunch 1.30pm: afternoon of practice (walking, sitting, napping, manta recitation). 2.30 - 3.30pm: Chime will lead a formal guided meditation session for those present. (Use same ZOOM link as the wongkur). 4/4.30pm: finish
All sessions are live in the studio, on ZOOM and recorded (available for 3 days only post session), except for the review and question, which is ZOOM only (Book with john@originscentre.org for zoom Friday review class and recording). Venue: Centre for Movement Studies, 45 Evans Street Shenton Park and on ZOOM Cost is, as always, by dana. There is a bowl at the entrance of the studio if attending in person. For Zoom attendees: Please send your donation to the Teachers Account: BSB 066 504, Account 1012 8642 or Paypal: https://paypal.me/chimshore?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU To register and receive further information (e.g. ZOOM links), please contact Gaby at mindmed@tpg.com.au
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.