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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. - Recommencing in 2026 Venue: Coorain – Balingup, and Facebook Time: Tuesdays 9.10am to 9.50am, and Fridays 7.30am to 8.30am.
Morning Mindfulness Sits in the Rotunda - recommencing in 2026 Mondays - Fridays, 7:30 - 8am, you are welcome to join Kip for a mindfulness session in the Rotunda.
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
January 30th to 1st of Feb: Wongkur Weekend
February 14th & 15th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim
March 7th & 8th: Mindfulness and Pottery with Anne
14th & 15th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chim
23rd to 29th: Theravāda Dhamma Retreat with Sonam Explore teachings attributed to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, including The Four Noble Truths, The Threefold Training, Threefold Refuge, Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta and more, and how understanding and practice support the growth of mindfulness in our daily lives, and a deepening of Refuge. Retreatants work on developing their mindful, calm-abiding, meditative practice. To join, please register hereregistration form, or email [email protected]
April 6th & 7th: Bibbulmun Track Foundation booking 25th & 26th: Dharma Retreat May 1st to 3rd: Wongkur Weekend 9th to 17th: May Retreat 22nd to 24th: Yoga Retreat with Dianne June 5th to 7th: Poetry Weekend with Jaya 13th & 14th: Mindfulness Weekend with Chime 18th to 21st: Qi-Gong Retreat with Kip 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: Wongkur Weekend 25th & 26th: Dharma Retreat August 1st & 2nd: Weekend with Chris & Bevie 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 21st to 23rd: MiriMiri with Gabrielle 27th to 30th: Qi-Gong Retreat with Kip
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.