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Origins Centre Update 5 Dec. 2018
This is the last update until 13 Feb. 2019. A special notice may go out if something requires it, but otherwise, our website www.originscentre.org and our Facebook page 'Origins Centre and Coorain Balingup' will be sources of infomation.
17th Peace Pagoda Weekend & Family Retreat
This event and weekend retreat were a source of joy with lots of interest and friendship! Everything flowed so well and smoothly; many people attended different things. The journey of the Rotunda Buddha to the Alcove and the founding of the new, Universal Shrine sealed a transition and initiated a new cycle at Origins Centre. We will pay close attention in the next year or two so the enrichment of these changes is well established. A deep and heartfelt thank you to one and all involved.
Guest Monks
Two monks from Bodhinyana Monastary are doing a three week retreat in the cabins on the hill and Tusita. We are happy to host the Buddhist order in this way. It's a chance to honour the dharma - the teachings of the Buddha.
Office Policy Over Summer
The office phone will not be regularly attended from 13 Dec. until the end of January. Please e-mail us and we will respond, though maybe not right away. If need be, call Coorain on 9764 1275.
Booking and Enrolling
Communication really matters. Late cancellations are awkward because it really involves extra office time and deprives others of the chance to attend. Sometimes stuff happens and people simply can't come but please think ahead if you can.
Enviro
Summer's here and with it fire season. We are doing all we can to be prepared and fire-ready. If anyone would like to do some weeding or raking, please contact Chim.
Online & Media
The development of our media profile is strongly happening. This is an important issue that offers us a chance to develop our communications, outreach and fundraising. Keep an eye out for our online shop.
If you are familiar with operating Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other media, maybe you can help us! Contact Origins to express an interest in managing one of the media channels. If each course provider can arrange photos of their event, these can be sent to media channel managers.
Seed Collecting
This is another initiative we are trying to develop. The hunt is on for a way to partner with someone around seed collection and value added programs such as wattle-coffee or essence production. Anyone interested?
The Compassionate Word
If you are in Perth and interested, please remember Sat. 15 Dec. at 3.30pm at YogaMoves. We will focus on plainsong as 'The Compassionate Word' in relation to 1000 Armed Chenrezig, the Wongkur for Sun. 16th 10am at YogaMoves in Shenton Park. You are most welcome to check it out!
Festival of Voice
Interest is growing and the first creative workshops are happening. Those who come to Denmark, WA to perform will be able to camp at Theda & family's farm- great news! Thank you, Theda!
Thank You
A huge thank you to our on-duty managers. This team of volunteers is responsible for the welfare of the Centre and guests during courses- Lorraine, Anne Marie, Bevie, Sondra, Awhina, Candy, Miranda and Coral- your gift of this good work is essential to the welfare of Origins.
Marissa for renewing the website domain for five more years.
Phil for your kind attention and advice for seed collecting.
All who helped with the Family Retreat... many people lent a hand to make this a great event!!
Al for the shade cloth for the Kindy play area.
Miranda and John for kind, regular support.
The Margaret River Community for its increasing and very welcome participation.
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! See you in 2019!
Upcoming Events
When an event says 'Overnight guests welcome,' guests can stay Fri-Mon (or part thereof). Please book accommodation by sending an e-mail to the office: origins@iinet.net.au
Final Kindy of 2018 - Wed. 12 Dec. 10am in the Rotunda
Mindfulness and Nature -
8 & 9 Dec 2018. Ian will be teaching at Origins one final weekend this year with classes on Sat 9.30 and 3.30 and Sun 9.30. 'Practice together and explore how we can mindfully awaken to an enriching experience of living that supports the one living, and the world equally.' Daily participation is most welcome. Cost is by donation.
Perth Teaching and Wongkur at Yogamoves
Private discussion with Chime is available from 1-2.30 on Sat. 15 Dec.
From 3.30-5pm on Sat. 15 Dec, there is a meeting regarding Festival of Voice: The Compassionate Word. If you are interested in future plainsong performance, creating new songs and chant forms, please come along.
Then, on Sun. 16 Dec. at 10am until 11.30 is Wongkur. 1000 Armed Chenrezig celebrates the many efforts for peace making and compassionate creations in our world.
Mindfulness and Nature with Ian - Overnight Guests Welcome
9 & 10 Feb. Classes 9.30 and 3.30 Sat. and 9.30 Sun.
Multi-Media Workshop with Resident Artist Kerry Jordison - 16 & 17 Feb. 2019
Kerry Jordison 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.
Saturday 16th:
10am-12pm Ink Drawings:
Ink drawings using bush sticks result in exquisite little art pieces especially when combined with a loose watercolor wash - we’ll gather materials and subject matter from around the grounds to use as inspiration for our paintings.
Free time/Lunch
2-4pm Watercolour bush bouquet
We will celebrate nature painting our own unique watercolor, using a bush bouquet as the inspirational still life.
Sunday 17th:
10am-12pm Pastel Landscape
This instant medium is well suited for a landscape painting. We’ll choose our own method of application or follow directions towards a finished painting.
Free time/ Lunch
2-4pm Charcoal
Charcoal is perfect for large and free art pieces - we’ll explore this with using shadows as our guide.
These courses will be by donation (dana). However, if you need art supplies we can get everything you'll need for the workshop and to continue practicing at home for $60. This includes a decent journal with watercolour/ mixed media paper, a soft pastel set, some a few pieces of charcoal, some drawing ink, and a watercolour set. If you have your own supplies or would like to purchase your own that is also fine.
If you are interested please email lachlan.origins@gmail.com
Coorain Weekend - Overnight Guests Welcome
23 & 24 Feb.
Mindfulness and Nature with Ian - Overnight Guests Welcome
9 & 10 March
Healing Gods and Goddesses Retreat with Mira Riddiford - 7-14 April 2019
Mira Riddiford is a meditation and mindfulness teacher who runs retreats and series in New Zealand. Her online classes have participants joining from North America, Europe and Asia. With more than 20 years of daily practice, Mira has been trained through retreat work, study and apprenticeship in the Namgyal Rinpoche stream of teachings. She has a close ongoing relationship/association with the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre and the Auckland Sphere Group.
Having worked in creative fields, Mira enjoys how mindfulness can enhance the arts, and she is respectful of diversity in all its forms. Mira focuses on the relevance of mindfulness in modern daily living, and how it can help with stress relief, calm and wellbeing. She specialises in making teachings on Western Mysteries, archetypal integration and non-duality available. (There’s no problem if you don’t know what any of that means!) Her contemporary, warm and engaging style breathes life into these meditation teachings.
Mira is passionate about meditation teachings on ancient Gods and Goddesses and how these teachings can work as a map for personal development. You can find out more about her work here: www.westernmysticism.com
Course Manager:
For the fifth year running, we are blessed to have the experience of Scottish sculpturist Louise joining us and managing the retreat. Previously the office caretaker at the Wangapeka for a year and half, Louise is a fountain of knowledge about the Centre. Contact her for any further inquiries about the retreat:
louisemair@hotmail.co.uk
Cook:
On this retreat we will have a holistic understanding of wellbeing for body and mind. We are delighted to announce Ronnie will bring her warmth and good humour to creating delicious, tasty and healthy meals for us.
Cost for the retreat: $399.00 plus dana/donation for teaching and accommodation.
The course fee covers food and study material.
Teachings are provided by dana/donation. So people from different income brackets can benefit from this retreat, no set fee is put on the teachings. Please give generously according to your means, taking into account the teacher has a family to provide for and that meditation teachings are her primary income, you could use as a guide $20 – $60 per day (with the understanding that everyone’s circumstances are different).
Accommodation is provided by dana/donation to the Origins Centre.
Wish List
Sturdy sand toys for the play area.
Regular Weekly Program
Program is suspended from 13 Dec. 2018 until 4 Feb. 2019.
Wednesdays - 8.30am puja in the Rotunda at Origins. 9am Mindfulness class. Potluck lunch at 12:30. Alternate Wednesdays for Kindy.
Tuesdays and Thursdays - Plainsong (Puja) and Breakfast, 6.30-8am at Coorain.
Donations: We are a charitable organization and your donations make the difference! If you would like to support us financially, our bank details are:
Origins Centre
BSB 066504 Account Number: 10017993
Origins Centre Coorain Account
BSB 066504 Account Number: 10056415
GOVERNANCE
The Origins Committee of Management has full responsibility for all administration, management, landcare, finance, maintenance, media and teaching at OC and Coorain. The responsibility is represented on-site by committee members or on-site duty managers. Many friends help. OC is a registered, charitable not-for-profit NGO that offers its services, land and infrastructure on a donation basis. Origins is run and used by volunteers and supported by core paid work.
Governance
Present: Rosemary Kelly, Anne Marie Lapinski, B (Chime) Shore, Sholto Spradbury, Marissa Stern
Guests: Sondra
Treasury
Balance until 30 Nov. 2018 $6441.98
Move to Accept: Rosemary
Second: Anne Marie
Next Meeting 1pm Wednesday 13 Feb. at Origins.
Thank you everyone,
Team Origins
This is the last update until 13 Feb. 2019. A special notice may go out if something requires it, but otherwise, our website www.originscentre.org and our Facebook page 'Origins Centre and Coorain Balingup' will be sources of infomation.
17th Peace Pagoda Weekend & Family Retreat
This event and weekend retreat were a source of joy with lots of interest and friendship! Everything flowed so well and smoothly; many people attended different things. The journey of the Rotunda Buddha to the Alcove and the founding of the new, Universal Shrine sealed a transition and initiated a new cycle at Origins Centre. We will pay close attention in the next year or two so the enrichment of these changes is well established. A deep and heartfelt thank you to one and all involved.
Guest Monks
Two monks from Bodhinyana Monastary are doing a three week retreat in the cabins on the hill and Tusita. We are happy to host the Buddhist order in this way. It's a chance to honour the dharma - the teachings of the Buddha.
Office Policy Over Summer
The office phone will not be regularly attended from 13 Dec. until the end of January. Please e-mail us and we will respond, though maybe not right away. If need be, call Coorain on 9764 1275.
Booking and Enrolling
Communication really matters. Late cancellations are awkward because it really involves extra office time and deprives others of the chance to attend. Sometimes stuff happens and people simply can't come but please think ahead if you can.
Enviro
Summer's here and with it fire season. We are doing all we can to be prepared and fire-ready. If anyone would like to do some weeding or raking, please contact Chim.
Online & Media
The development of our media profile is strongly happening. This is an important issue that offers us a chance to develop our communications, outreach and fundraising. Keep an eye out for our online shop.
If you are familiar with operating Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other media, maybe you can help us! Contact Origins to express an interest in managing one of the media channels. If each course provider can arrange photos of their event, these can be sent to media channel managers.
Seed Collecting
This is another initiative we are trying to develop. The hunt is on for a way to partner with someone around seed collection and value added programs such as wattle-coffee or essence production. Anyone interested?
The Compassionate Word
If you are in Perth and interested, please remember Sat. 15 Dec. at 3.30pm at YogaMoves. We will focus on plainsong as 'The Compassionate Word' in relation to 1000 Armed Chenrezig, the Wongkur for Sun. 16th 10am at YogaMoves in Shenton Park. You are most welcome to check it out!
Festival of Voice
Interest is growing and the first creative workshops are happening. Those who come to Denmark, WA to perform will be able to camp at Theda & family's farm- great news! Thank you, Theda!
Thank You
A huge thank you to our on-duty managers. This team of volunteers is responsible for the welfare of the Centre and guests during courses- Lorraine, Anne Marie, Bevie, Sondra, Awhina, Candy, Miranda and Coral- your gift of this good work is essential to the welfare of Origins.
Marissa for renewing the website domain for five more years.
Phil for your kind attention and advice for seed collecting.
All who helped with the Family Retreat... many people lent a hand to make this a great event!!
Al for the shade cloth for the Kindy play area.
Miranda and John for kind, regular support.
The Margaret River Community for its increasing and very welcome participation.
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! See you in 2019!
Upcoming Events
When an event says 'Overnight guests welcome,' guests can stay Fri-Mon (or part thereof). Please book accommodation by sending an e-mail to the office: origins@iinet.net.au
Final Kindy of 2018 - Wed. 12 Dec. 10am in the Rotunda
Mindfulness and Nature -
8 & 9 Dec 2018. Ian will be teaching at Origins one final weekend this year with classes on Sat 9.30 and 3.30 and Sun 9.30. 'Practice together and explore how we can mindfully awaken to an enriching experience of living that supports the one living, and the world equally.' Daily participation is most welcome. Cost is by donation.
Perth Teaching and Wongkur at Yogamoves
Private discussion with Chime is available from 1-2.30 on Sat. 15 Dec.
From 3.30-5pm on Sat. 15 Dec, there is a meeting regarding Festival of Voice: The Compassionate Word. If you are interested in future plainsong performance, creating new songs and chant forms, please come along.
Then, on Sun. 16 Dec. at 10am until 11.30 is Wongkur. 1000 Armed Chenrezig celebrates the many efforts for peace making and compassionate creations in our world.
Mindfulness and Nature with Ian - Overnight Guests Welcome
9 & 10 Feb. Classes 9.30 and 3.30 Sat. and 9.30 Sun.
Multi-Media Workshop with Resident Artist Kerry Jordison - 16 & 17 Feb. 2019
Kerry Jordison 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.
Saturday 16th:
10am-12pm Ink Drawings:
Ink drawings using bush sticks result in exquisite little art pieces especially when combined with a loose watercolor wash - we’ll gather materials and subject matter from around the grounds to use as inspiration for our paintings.
Free time/Lunch
2-4pm Watercolour bush bouquet
We will celebrate nature painting our own unique watercolor, using a bush bouquet as the inspirational still life.
Sunday 17th:
10am-12pm Pastel Landscape
This instant medium is well suited for a landscape painting. We’ll choose our own method of application or follow directions towards a finished painting.
Free time/ Lunch
2-4pm Charcoal
Charcoal is perfect for large and free art pieces - we’ll explore this with using shadows as our guide.
These courses will be by donation (dana). However, if you need art supplies we can get everything you'll need for the workshop and to continue practicing at home for $60. This includes a decent journal with watercolour/ mixed media paper, a soft pastel set, some a few pieces of charcoal, some drawing ink, and a watercolour set. If you have your own supplies or would like to purchase your own that is also fine.
If you are interested please email lachlan.origins@gmail.com
Coorain Weekend - Overnight Guests Welcome
23 & 24 Feb.
Mindfulness and Nature with Ian - Overnight Guests Welcome
9 & 10 March
Healing Gods and Goddesses Retreat with Mira Riddiford - 7-14 April 2019
Mira Riddiford is a meditation and mindfulness teacher who runs retreats and series in New Zealand. Her online classes have participants joining from North America, Europe and Asia. With more than 20 years of daily practice, Mira has been trained through retreat work, study and apprenticeship in the Namgyal Rinpoche stream of teachings. She has a close ongoing relationship/association with the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre and the Auckland Sphere Group.
Having worked in creative fields, Mira enjoys how mindfulness can enhance the arts, and she is respectful of diversity in all its forms. Mira focuses on the relevance of mindfulness in modern daily living, and how it can help with stress relief, calm and wellbeing. She specialises in making teachings on Western Mysteries, archetypal integration and non-duality available. (There’s no problem if you don’t know what any of that means!) Her contemporary, warm and engaging style breathes life into these meditation teachings.
Mira is passionate about meditation teachings on ancient Gods and Goddesses and how these teachings can work as a map for personal development. You can find out more about her work here: www.westernmysticism.com
Course Manager:
For the fifth year running, we are blessed to have the experience of Scottish sculpturist Louise joining us and managing the retreat. Previously the office caretaker at the Wangapeka for a year and half, Louise is a fountain of knowledge about the Centre. Contact her for any further inquiries about the retreat:
louisemair@hotmail.co.uk
Cook:
On this retreat we will have a holistic understanding of wellbeing for body and mind. We are delighted to announce Ronnie will bring her warmth and good humour to creating delicious, tasty and healthy meals for us.
Cost for the retreat: $399.00 plus dana/donation for teaching and accommodation.
The course fee covers food and study material.
Teachings are provided by dana/donation. So people from different income brackets can benefit from this retreat, no set fee is put on the teachings. Please give generously according to your means, taking into account the teacher has a family to provide for and that meditation teachings are her primary income, you could use as a guide $20 – $60 per day (with the understanding that everyone’s circumstances are different).
Accommodation is provided by dana/donation to the Origins Centre.
Wish List
Sturdy sand toys for the play area.
Regular Weekly Program
Program is suspended from 13 Dec. 2018 until 4 Feb. 2019.
Wednesdays - 8.30am puja in the Rotunda at Origins. 9am Mindfulness class. Potluck lunch at 12:30. Alternate Wednesdays for Kindy.
Tuesdays and Thursdays - Plainsong (Puja) and Breakfast, 6.30-8am at Coorain.
Donations: We are a charitable organization and your donations make the difference! If you would like to support us financially, our bank details are:
Origins Centre
BSB 066504 Account Number: 10017993
Origins Centre Coorain Account
BSB 066504 Account Number: 10056415
GOVERNANCE
The Origins Committee of Management has full responsibility for all administration, management, landcare, finance, maintenance, media and teaching at OC and Coorain. The responsibility is represented on-site by committee members or on-site duty managers. Many friends help. OC is a registered, charitable not-for-profit NGO that offers its services, land and infrastructure on a donation basis. Origins is run and used by volunteers and supported by core paid work.
Governance
Present: Rosemary Kelly, Anne Marie Lapinski, B (Chime) Shore, Sholto Spradbury, Marissa Stern
Guests: Sondra
Treasury
Balance until 30 Nov. 2018 $6441.98
Move to Accept: Rosemary
Second: Anne Marie
Next Meeting 1pm Wednesday 13 Feb. at Origins.
Thank you everyone,
Team Origins
