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NOTE: Private retreats and personal booking is done through the Origins Office: [email protected] 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. Venue: Coorain – Balingup (Mondays only), and Facebook Time: Mondays 9.10am to 9.50am with Chim, and Fridays 9.10am to 9.50am with Anne.
Puja at Coorain Coorain Puja is changing to Mondays and Fridays from 7am. You are welcome to join us in the shrine room at Coorain.
PRIVATE RETREATS If you are interested in private retreat at Tusita, a cabin/studio facility near Coorain, please contact the Origins office [email protected] 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*
2026
June 5th to 7th: The Poetics of Fairy Tale with Jaya and Melissa An immersive weekend of story-medicine, poetry and community-nourishment. Join storytellers Melissa Min and Jaya Penelope over two fire-lit evenings to hear fairy tales told with reverence and wonder. During the day we will explore different doorways into the stories and discover how old tales can speak to our own lives through journaling, poetry writing, dream-tending, time alone in nature and time with others in community. For bookings or more information, please contact: [email protected]
13th & 14th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chime This weekend offers space to develop a steady, deepening practice that supports both inner life and everyday action, with an emphasis on care, healing, and mental wellbeing. The weekend includes three 90-minute sessions held at the Rotunda at Origins Centre, Balingup, with the option to attend online via Zoom. Sessions run on Saturday at 9:30 am and 3:00 pm, and Sunday at 9:30 am. Online participants are asked to register in advance Register in advance here., with recordings available for three days if you are unable to attend live. Questions for Chime may be sent to [email protected] or raised during sessions. Accommodation can be booked in advance with Melinda: [email protected]
18th to 21st: Qi-Gong: The Art of Flow with Kip This retreat offers a gentle introduction to Qi-Gong through the Shi-Ba-Shi system, the foundational eighteen movements that cultivate breath, balance, and flow. Daily practice is complemented by wood-fired sauna and mindful walking along the Bibbulmun Track, inviting observation, presence, and connection with the land. Held at the Origins Centre in Balingup, the weekend encourages participants to slow down, settle the nervous system, and move within a calm, nourishing rhythm of practice, rest, and shared time in nature. To book, please go to: https://www.naturalperspectivesaustralia.com/retreats
22nd to 28th: Mahayana, Seven-Point Mind Training on Compassion with Sonam. A dedicated practice exploring core Buddhist teachings on the stage-by-stage training technique attributed to Atisha, including histories and Lineage pathways, preliminary contemplations, Bodhicitta, Mettā, Tonglen, Vajrasattva healing transformation, and more. These teachings foster the union of mindfulness and meditation, the arising of Anatta (no separate self), and supports the cultivation of the heart for awakening (Bodhicitta) into the wisdom of cultivated compassionate ways of being in the world. To join, please register hereregistration form, or email [email protected]
July 3rd to 5th: Orange Manjusri Wongkur Weekend Manjusri stands for clear, creative expression and the ability to make the distinction of truth from delusion to strengthen collaboration. This mini-retreat with Chime offers a beautiful opportunity to receive wongkur in a supportive environment, with time for mindfulness and practice, nature and connection. There will be two classes on Saturday at 9:30 am and 3 pm with the wongkur at 9:30 am on Sunday morning. For bookings both at the centre and online please contact Gaby on [email protected].
6th to 19th: Winter break
23rd to 28th: Five Day Silent Retreat with Adrian A five-day predominately silent meditation retreat for people who have previously worked with Adrian or who practice meditation. Drawing primarily on perspectives and framing from the Thai Forest Tradition, the retreat will include a range of meditation approaches, time in nature, and regular opportunities for guidance. Particular emphasis is placed on approaching practice with steadiness and ease, and on working with insights and inner shifts in ways that encourage integration, self-understanding, and connection with others. For more information and to book, please contact Adrian:[email protected]
31st to 1st August: SHADES OF YIN - STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION 1: Yin Yoga, Feldenkrais, and Qi Gong Weekend Workshop on Whole Body Structural Integration - It's a Yin feeling - July 31 to Aug 2. Explore the relationship between proprioception and interoception. Join Bevie Barker, Liz Bowman and Chris Newell for a transformative weekend workshop where you will learn to cultivate a relaxed parasympathetic Yin body state and explore the profound connection between breath, proprioception, and interoception. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, this workshop will empower you to harmonize your body and mind for long-term physical and mental well-being. Registration details: https://www.circlework.training/events/its-a-feeling-structural-integration-1
August 3rd to 9th: Mettā Meditation Retreat with Sonam. Cultivating an open, friendly, and benevolent attitude toward oneself, all beings, life and the world. Through graduated practice, our natural Mettā state is cultivated and nurtured by heartfelt feelings of understanding, warmth, and goodwill toward our own and others' experiences and the realities of life. Mettā is a warm, strong heart, a deepened sense of love and kindness, a reclaiming of our loving bond and kinship with the broader web of life. Truly, Mettā is falling in love with all this world and the Refuge that grows deep within because of this love. This retreat is taught in the tradition of the four stages. To join, please register hereregistration form, or email [email protected]
15th & 16th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim This weekend offers space to develop a steady, deepening practice that supports both inner life and everyday action, with an emphasis on care, healing, and mental wellbeing. The weekend includes three 90-minute sessions held at the Rotunda at Origins Centre, Balingup, with the option to attend online via Zoom. Sessions run on Saturday at 9:30 am and 3:00 pm, and Sunday at 9:30 am. Online participants are asked to register in advance Register in advance here., with recordings available for three days if you are unable to attend live. Questions for Chime may be sent to [email protected] or raised during sessions. Accommodation can be booked in advance with Melinda: [email protected]
21st to 23rd: Kia pūtahi o MiriMiri ~ may the healing love be unified with Gabrielle
27th to 30th: Qi-Gong: The Art of Flow with Kip This retreat offers a gentle introduction to Qi-Gong through the Shi-Ba-Shi system, the foundational eighteen movements that cultivate breath, balance, and flow. Daily practice is complemented by wood-fired sauna and mindful walking along the Bibbulmun Track, inviting observation, presence, and connection with the land. Held at the Origins Centre in Balingup, the weekend encourages participants to slow down, settle the nervous system, and move within a calm, nourishing rhythm of practice, rest, and shared time in nature. To book, please go to: https://www.naturalperspectivesaustralia.com/retreats
September 4th to 6th: Yoga Weekend with Frieda
11th to 20th: September Retreat
October 2nd to 4th: Medicine Buddha The Medicine Buddha represents a teaching on universal medicine exploring the nature of healing itself, allowing life to be made whole. This mini-retreat with Chime offers a beautiful opportunity to receive wongkur in a supportive environment, with time for mindfulness and practice, nature and connection. There will be two classes on Saturday at 9:30 am and 3 pm with the wongkur at 9:30 am on Sunday morning. For bookings both at the centre and online please contact Gaby on [email protected].
16th: Bibbulmun Track Foundation
17th to 23rd: Soul Motion Apprenticeship Program Immersion with Kate-Marie - Private booking The apprentice path to becoming a Soul Motion teaching is full of connection, community, practice and support and this program offers the best of all worlds: in-person and online. It allows for people to meet and learn with a wide range of leaders and teachers that might otherwise be out of reach along with crafting a journey that is unique for you. This somatic based leadership program is for anyone who is inspired by the teachings of the Soul Motion practice and wishes to become more embodied with the teachings, whether that be personally or professionally. This weekend is part of a bigger apprenticeship program, so is only open to those already part of an apprenticeship. Enquiries and bookings: https://www.inbodymovement.com.au/program-details.html and https://soulmotioninternational.com/ Contact email: [email protected]
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.