Calm Abiding Meditation Course - Monday Evenings
Every Monday Evening starting 10th February and finishing 31st March, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
About the Course
This eight week course will offer a relaxed and welcoming environment in which you can learn the fundamentals of meditation including posture, attention to breath how to overcome obstacles and tips for setting up a regular successful meditation practice.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Irena
Irena, is a retired psychiatric nurse who has always been interested in the workings of our minds. Born in Poland after the Second World War,during the communist regime, Irena experienced poverty, food shortages and lack of freedoms that we in Australia can not imagine.
Irena came to Australia as a refugee and discovered an abundance of food, material possessions, freedoms previously denied, the company of friendly and relaxed people and of course beautiful weather, It was like “going from hell to heaven.”However, with all this abundance and freedom Irena was still not able to find happiness.
It was at this point that Irena started to question:
Where does happiness really come from?
Stress and the inability to find any satisfaction lead Irena to find yoga, meditation, ancient teachings and the wisdom especially offered by Tibetan Buddhism.
After attending a 10 day Calm Abiding Meditation retreat in 2006 Irena discovered what she had been looking for all her life; that to be happy we must train our mind. To transform the mind, from self-centeredness to compassion, anger to love, confusion to peace, and sadness to joy.
What Irena discovered was so precious that she decided to attend a training course and she now teaches others the priceless wisdom of Calm Abiding Meditation. Irena has now been facilitating meditation courses for the last 12 years.
Calm Abiding Meditation Course - Tuesday Mornings
Every Tuesday Mornings starting 11th February and finishing 1st April, 10.00 to 11.30am
About the Course
This eight week course will offer a relaxed and welcoming environment in which you can learn the fundamentals of meditation including posture, attention to breath how to overcome obstacles and tips for setting up a regular successful meditation practice.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Irena
Irena, is a retired psychiatric nurse who has always been interested in the workings of our minds. Born in Poland after the Second World War,during the communist regime, Irena experienced poverty, food shortages and lack of freedoms that we in Australia can not imagine.
Irena came to Australia as a refugee and discovered an abundance of food, material possessions, freedoms previously denied, the company of friendly and relaxed people and of course beautiful weather, It was like “going from hell to heaven.”However, with all this abundance and freedom Irena was still not able to find happiness.
It was at this point that Irena started to question:
Where does happiness really come from?
Stress and the inability to find any satisfaction lead Irena to find yoga, meditation, ancient teachings and the wisdom especially offered by Tibetan Buddhism.
After attending a 10 day Calm Abiding Meditation retreat in 2006 Irena discovered what she had been looking for all her life; that to be happy we must train our mind. To transform the mind, from self-centeredness to compassion, anger to love, confusion to peace, and sadness to joy.
What Irena discovered was so precious that she decided to attend a training course and she now teaches others the priceless wisdom of Calm Abiding Meditation. Irena has now been facilitating meditation courses for the last 12 years.
The Four Protective Meditations - with Ayya Suvira
Join Insight Meditation and Ananda Buddhist Centre for an amazing weekend of teachings with Venerable Ayya Suvira. Saturdays teaching is meditating with the Awakening Factors.
Ayya Suvira received novice ordination in 2016, and full ordination as a bhikkhuni in 2019 with Ayya Santini Mahatheri of Indonesia as preceptor. Ayya Suvira is secretary of the Australian Sangha Association, a national peak body representing Buddhist monks and nuns in Australia. She also represents the Australian Sangha Association on the advisory groups of Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW, Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, and Metropolitan Memorial Parks.
Morning and afternoon tea together with lunch are offered free of charge