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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, and Facebook Time: Mondays 4.40pm to 5.20pm
Morning Mindfulness Sits in the Rotunda Mondays - Fridays, 7am - 7:30am, Josh and Kip do a mindfulness session in the Rotunda. You are welcome to join them.
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*
2025
February
5th: Kindy
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: [email protected]
15th: Concert at Origins! with Chrissy Maddison, Karen Louise, Beth Chia, Sea-Air-Ra and Community Choir. Join us for a day of fun and great local talent! 3.30pm - for the kids - Jam Bop with Chrissy ; 5.30pm - shared pot luck dinner ; 7pm - performances by Karen, Beth, Sea-Air-Ra, and Chrissy with the community choir.All welcome, by donation. Accommodation is available if you would like to spend the weekend at Origins - to book, please contact: [email protected]
19th: Kindy
March
5th: Kindy
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: [email protected]
17th to 21st:Theravada Dhamma Retreat with Lama Sonam This retreat, the first in a series of three for 2025 to be held at Coorain with Lama Sonam (Ian Hackett), offers a chance to cultivate mindfulness and meditative practices further, deepen understanding of Buddha Dhamma, and explore core teachings through the Theravada Dhamma Puja text. Each day includes group classes, a breakdown of readings from the text, Dhamma talks, and discussions. Private teacher dialogues are available and encouraged. As sessions unfold sequentially, a commitment to attending each session is required. Accommodations are available onsite, and offsite participants are very welcome to join. For more information and to reserve your place, please get in touch with Sonam at [email protected] or follow the link. Theravada Dhamma Retreat March 2025Booking is required. For the subsequent retreats in the series, Mahayana Seven-Point Mind Training (16th—20th June) and Vajrayana Vehicle (24th—28th November), an understanding of mindfulness is essential and a prerequisite for attending. There is a preference for experience with the Theravada Dhamma teachings. Come and join us on retreat :)
19th: Kindy
21st to 23rd:Welcoming the Wisdom of Our Grief - Weekend Retreat with Helene In this tender and trusting, grounded and heartfully held time together, we’ll open to both the sorrows of our personal lives, and to our grief for Earth, however these may arise. We’ll allow the alchemy of sorrow to bring us fresh insight, courage and ultimately hope as we go to places that don’t often get ‘space’ in our ordinary lives. With ‘The Work that Reconnects' as our framework, we’ll open to discover our own answers to the question: How can we stay awake and hopeful so we can be present for what is needed to restore the relationship between humanity and Earth, and with humanity itself? Want to know more? Click here or contact Helene at: [email protected]
29th & 30th: Mindfulness - Clay - Hands Weekend with Anne Anne Clark will lead this weekend in the enjoyment and exploration of mindfulness with clay and hands as the vehicle to the inner imagination. This weekends theme is the natural world, finding inspiration in nature, seeing the forms of beauty, calming the mind, exploring the senses, touching the earth. Sessions are 9.30am to 2pm Saturday, and 9.30 Sunday. Click here for more information, or contact Anne: [email protected]
April
2nd: Kindy
5th & 6th:An Autumn Retreat for Women with Diane The days around autumn are a pinnacle transition for the earth, nature, and humans, too. A time to pause during this in-between time, to recalibrate, and open up again to the flow of life—to consciously participate in the process of closing one chapter and starting anew. Join us for yoga, bushwalks, sound bath and wisdom circle gatherings. Accommodation is fully booked, but you can attend on a non-residential basis (booking is essential). Please click here for more information, or contact Diane: [email protected]
12th & 13th: Mindfulness Weekend 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: [email protected]
16th: Kindy
19th & 20th: Weekend with Adam and Kate
26th & 27th: Mama Village Heart Circle Weekend with Siobhan and Bree Mama Village Heart Circle is a mama-led retreat designed to offer nourishment, respite, and rest, allowing mothers to reconnect with themselves and return to their children wholeheartedly. The retreat features Heart Circles, Yin, Nidra, and Functional Flow yoga, meditation practices, and a deep connection to nature. Through these practices, we foster healing, cultivate spiritual growth, and awaken the body and spirit. Led by experienced yoga teachers Bree and I, the retreat creates a sacred container where mothers can find rest, rejuvenation, and community. https://events.humanitix.com/mama-village-3-night-retreat
30th: Kindy
May
10th to 18th: May Retreat 24th & 25th: weekend with Melinda 28th: Kindy 31st & 1st: weekend with Ian
June
6th to 8th: Cultivating a Yin Body State with Chris & Bevie Join us for a transformative weekend workshop where you will learn to cultivate a "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. At the heart of this experience, you’ll discover the fundamental concepts of activating and organizing the foot-to-core, hand-to-core, and whole-body biotensegric model. This approach integrates the entire kinetic chain into a relaxed, dynamic state of balance and stability. Join Bevie Barker and Chris Newell and practice a movement template based on organizing and activating the fascial trains of the body. The effect is profound and you will feel the strength and ease. For more information and registration details...https://www.circlework.training/events/structural-integration-1---the-body-as-one
11th: Kindy 14th & 15th: Mindfulness Weekend 16th to 20th: Retreat with Lama Sonam 21st & 22nd: weekend with Kip 25th: Kindy 28th & 29th: weekend with Jaya
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: [email protected]
2025 The wongkurs for 2025 will focus on the Adhibuddhas - these teachings lie at the heart of all the wongkur series. The wongkur will be given on Sunday at 10am, followed by a pot luck lunch, practice and teaching. Chimé gives the last class of the day at 3pm.
February 2nd - Vairocana March 16th - Akshobya May 4th - Ratnasambhava August 3rd - Amitabha September 21st - Amogasiddhi
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 [email protected] 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 [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.