Take some time out to immerse yourself in meditation and to create some inner peace in your life at our meditation workshops and retreats. These courses examine a particular topic in greater depth than would be possible in a Drop-in class.
Our workshops and retreats are open to everyone and are suitable for all levels of experience, including beginners.
Overcoming Stress📅 Sun 18 Sep
🕙 10am – 2.30pm | Doors open 9.30am |
💲 Book here: $55 (includes lunch)
Discover how stress-free living is not only possible, but completely achievable for everyone. Through understanding the causes of stress within our mind and using the power of meditation, we can begin to take practical steps to make a life without stress our reality.
Learn to Meditate in 3 Easy Steps📅 Sat 22 Oct
🕙 10am – 2.30pm | Doors open 9.30am |
💲 Book here: $55 (includes lunch)
🧘 Teacher: Gen Kelsang Ani
Through the practice of meditation we can develop and maintain a peaceful mind all the time. If our mind is peaceful all the time, we will be happy all the time. So, if we really wish for ourself and others to be happy all the time we must learn to practise meditation.
At this workshop Gen Ani will explain how to meditate and how to integrate our practice of meditation into our daily life. Through doing this we can reduce our stress, experience a calm, spacious feeling in the mind, and find many of our usual problems falling away.
Motivation: We do what we want to do. By appreciating and contemplating the many benefits of having a regular meditation practice, we’ll encouraged and come to enjoy greater inner peace and happiness every day of our life.
Preparation: Laying the foundation for effective meditation. Through some simple, practical preparations, we’ll create a solid foundation for success in our meditation practice.
Transformation: Meditation is a powerful tool for personal growth and profound inner transformation. Understand how to use meditation to effect this inner transformation and become the very best version of ourself.
Beginners Meditation Retreat📅 Sun 21 Aug
🕙 10am – 2.30pm | Doors open 9.30am | see timetable below.
💲 Book here: $55 (includes lunch)
🧘 Teacher: Kelsang Luma
Restore your inner peace and unlock your minds’ potential for lasting happiness. Join us for a relaxing day retreat in a quiet and peaceful environment, providing a rare opportunity to refresh your mind through meditation. Through meditation we can learn how to relax and develop peaceful and positive states of mind.
Everybody is welcome to attend this course, regardless of experience. This beginners meditation retreat will consist of practical teachings and short guided meditations that will give rise to a peaceful feeling in the mind and improve your ability to live a peaceful life.
Retreat topic: Meditations for a Kind Heart | Sun 21 Aug
Improve your relationships and heal your own mind through meditations on loving kindness and compassion. Change your mindset with these simple meditations; grow your kind heart, and develop greater peace of mind and happiness. You’ll experience the benefits in your own life and in your relationships with others.
Next topic: Meditations for a Relaxation | Sun 25 Sep
So much of the stress and tension we normally experience comes from our mind, and many problems, including ill health, are caused or aggravated by this stress. Just by doing these simple meditations regularly, we’ll reduce this stress. We’ll experience a calm, spacious feeling in our mind and many of our usual problems will fall away. Difficult situations will become easier to deal with, we’ll naturally feel warm and well-disposed towards other people, and our relationships with others will gradually improve.
Weekend Meditation Retreat📅 Fri 2 – Sun 4 Sep – Stillness within – teachings on meditation and the mind.
📅 Fri 7 – Sun 9 Oct – Wake up smiling – teachings to feel alive every day.
📅 Fri 4 – Sun 6 Nov – Unwind your mind – teachings on overcoming anger and irritation.
🕙 Fri 6pm – Sun 12.30pm
🧘 Teacher: Gen Kelsang Ani
Escape the stress and busyness of life and discover the peace of meditation for yourself. Be guided through simple meditations that relax the mind and body, leading to a deep experience of inner peace and contentment.
This retreat provides an excellent introduction to meditation and is a perfect break for those with a busy life. Take the opportunity to unwind, relax and gain a more positive perspective on life.
The retreat begins with dinner on Friday night and finishes with lunch on Sunday. There are plenty of opportunities to relax and unwind in the tranquil surroundings, taking in views of the Glass House Mountains. The retreat is catered with delicious vegetarian food, and includes accommodation. All you need to do is to relax and enjoy yourself. Booking is essential – please book early to ensure a place.
Venue
Glasshouse Mountains Ecolodge, 198 Barrs Road, Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
The Ecolodge is located 70 kilometers north of Brisbane in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast.
By car
Take exit 188 off the M1 and head along Steve Irwin Way for about 8.5km. Turn left onto Barrs Connection Road, and immediately left again into Barrs Road. Follow Barrs Road for 2.5km and the Ecolodge is on the righthand side of the road. There is ample parking onsite, however, carpooling is encouraged.
By Train
Trains run several times each morning and afternoon from Brisbane to Glasshouse Mountains station on the Nambour/Gympie North line. The Ecolodge is 3 km from the station and we will be running a pick-up and drop-off service from Glass House Mountains Train Station, which you can add at the time of booking.
Fees & Booking
Prices for the retreat vary depending upon which room is booked and whether you are single or sharing a room with a friend or a partner. There are a variety of different rooms available, please see the pictures below to see the range of rooms available to book.
Prices range from $456 – $610 for singles, for those sharing a room with a friend or couple, prices range from $328 – $405 ( prices are all-inclusive, further details on the booking form).
SOLD OUT: Book Here: Friday 2 – Sunday 4 September 2022 – We also offer day retreats in Brisbane city Click Here for Day Retreats
SOLD OUT: Book Here: Friday 7 – Sunday 9 October 2022
Book Here: Friday 4 – Sunday 6 November 2022
Due to the popularity of these events we will be scheduling more dates for 2022. Booking will be available soon.
Beerwah Room
One queen bed and one single bed, ensuite bathroom. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Orchard Room
One queen bed, ensuite bathroom. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Family Forest Room
One queen bed and one bunk bed, ensuite bathroom. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Train Carriage
One queen bed, ensuite bathroom, kitchenette. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Mt Tibro Room
This room is perfect to share with a friend or two. One queen bed, two single beds in separate rooms (one mezzanine), shared full bathroom. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Bungalow
One queen bed, full bathroom, kitchen and living room. Reverse cycle air conditioning. Price includes retreat fee for one person – if sharing your room, please book additional retreat fee per person.
Prajnaparamita Empowerment & Guided Retreat📅 Prajnaparamita Empowerment: Sat 27 Aug
🕙 10am – 4pm | Doors open 9.30am |
📅 Guided Retreat: Sun 28 Aug
🕙 10am – 2.30pm | Doors open 9.30am |
💲 Book here for in-person: Both Days: $110 | Sat 27 Aug only: $80 | Sun 27 Aug only: $50
💻 Available Online – book here Both days: $65
In these uncertain times, wisdom is increasingly important for our daily happiness. As our wisdom grows, our problems diminish. In the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, Buddha gave special wisdom instructions which, if put into practice, have the power to give us the permanent peace of liberation and enlightenment.
This empowerment, taking place on Saturday 27 August, is a special ceremony and guided meditation in which we receive the inspiring blessings of the Great Mother Prajnaparamita, a female Buddha who is the embodiment of the Perfection of Wisdom. Through this we have the opportunity to develop higher levels of wisdom, ultimately attain enlightenment, and thus be able to benefit each and every living being directly every day.
The following day on Sunday 28 August Gen Kelsang Ani will guide a day of retreat on the practice of The Yoga of The Great Mother Prajnaparamita. This yoga is a training in spiritual paths through which we will control our negative states of mind and thus maintain a peaceful mind all the time, so that we can be happy all the time.
