Services & Activities

RETREATS

Relax. Unwind. Release tension.
Residential programs include:
Daily Yoga suitable for beginners,
Deep, deep relaxation,
Guided meditations, energising rainforest walks,
Scrumptious Indian Ayurvedic vegetarian meals,
Companionship with a small group of like minded people,
Quiet seclusion in one of Australia's most spectacular natural environments ensuring a unique

Holiday experience… no phones, clocks, radios or television sets to invade your seclusion…and you don't miss them.
The Meditation Institute offers you the chance to enjoy a weekend or week of peace, tranquility, comfort and detox in the serenity of the mountains. Take a break from stress and learn some simple, powerful techniques to relax your
body, replenish your immune system, calm your breath, focus your mind and rediscover your inner joy. Retreats include: guided meditation, deep relaxation, yoga, spiritual discussion, rainforest walks and vegetarian cuisine.
Massage optional extra.

JANUARY
3-10 Scatter Joy. 7 day retreat       
5-7 Journey into Nature
19-21 Integrating Body, Mind, Spirit - Detox retreat
FEBRUARY
9-11 Meditation retreat:
Mindfulness and Heartfulness
MARCH
23-25 Living Better Longer - Detox retreat
24-25 Family Yoga Camp
APRIL
5-15 Meditation retreat. Maha Sati Pattana Sutra
MAY
4-6 Relax, Restore, Regenerate. Detox retreat
JUNE
8-10 Meditation retreat: The Heart Sutra
22-24 Energy Medicine
23-24 Family Yoga Camp
JULY
1-8 The Art of Living. Detox week. Adv. Dip
6-8 Yoga and Relationships. Detox retreat
20-22 Emotional Wellbeing
AUGUST
10-12 Meditation retreat
The Road to Nirvana
SEPTEMBER
7-9 Living Life with Purpose and Meaning
21-23 Lojong. The Art of Love in Action. Detox
21-28  Lojong. Training the Mind. Detox week
28-5 A Course in Miracles
OCTOBER
19-21 Meditation retreat. The Lotus Sutra
NOVEMBER
2-4 Christianity and Yoga
9-11 Health through Balance. Detox retreat     
10-11 Family Yoga Camp  
30-2 Meditation retreat: The Diamond Sutra
DECEMBER
27-3 Jan '08 Celebrate You. New Year's retreat

CERT IV YOGA TEACHER TRAINING RETREATS
March 3-25 Living Better Longer. Detox (health)
May 4- 6 Relax, Restore, Regenerate. Detox (mind)
June 22-24 Energy Medicine (prana, chakras, breath)
July 20-22 Emotional Wellbeing (fear, guilt, shame)
August 10-12 The Road to Nirvana (meditation)
September 7- 9 Living Life with Purpose and Meaning

AYURVEDIC DETOX RETREATS 
Jan 19-21 Integrating Body, Mind, Spirit.
March 23-25 Living Better Longer.  
May 4-6 Relax, Restore, Regenerate.
July 1-8 The Art of Living. Detox week
July 6-8 Yoga and Relationships.
September 21-23 Spring renewal.
September 21-28 Spring renewal. Detox week
November 9-11 Health through Balance.

VIPASSANA MEDITATION RETREATS
February 9-11 Mindfulness and Heartfulness
April 5-15 Easter retreat. Maha Sati Pattana Sutra
June   8-10 The Heart Sutra
August 10-12 Essentials of Buddhism
September 21-23 The Art of Love in Action 
September 21-28 Lojong. Training the Mind
October 19-21 The Lotus Sutra
Nov/Dec 30-2 Dec The Diamond Sutra

FAMILY YOGA CAMP
March 24-25
June 23-24
November 10-11

Conditions apply including no meat, fish, alcohol, drugs, smoking. BYO tent, food, everything. Unpowered site. $28 Using Nirvana tents. BYO bedding etc. Power $10 extra $35 Activities and meals - Saturday dinner; Sunday breakfast (8am) lunch (12.30pm) $55

SUNDAY PICNIC
January 21
March 25
July 8
September 23
November 11

A walk in the rainforest, followed by a BYO picnic lunch.
Fee: $10. Child $5. Family $25. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sunday lunch from Nirvana's kitchen $20 optional extra. Booking essential.