| Rediscover the joy of life. . . |
 Joy of Being - 4 day / 4 night retreat - LIMITED PLACES REMAININGEnjoy four days and nights of time-out to restore your energy, and learn Lifeflow techniques to rekindle your sense of joy in life. This retreat is a great place to start for your first retreat. For the more experienced, this is a great way to go deeper with your meditation. The retreat is fully catered, you have your own room - just turn and be looked after! More retreats coming up - try one of these. . . Coming to your senses - 7-9 May - TWO PLACES REMAINING
Dark Night of the Soul - 4-6 June Calm and Clear: meditation for life - 7-day retreat - 11-17 Jul Take some time to rejuvenate
Retreats are wonderful opportunity to get some space for yourself, and get some perspective on what's been happening in your life. Enjoy a break from normal pressures, relax deeply, and return home with your outlook refreshed. In all retreats you will learn a range short 'spot' and longer meditations, and be guided through deep relaxations and gentle yoga. The food is wonderful too! |
| Come and Try. . . Wednesday 21 April 7.30pm |
 Have you heard about Lifeflow Meditation, but not sure where to start? Or, do you have a friend that wants to check it out? If so, come along or bring a friend to one of our Come and Try sessions. At the session you will meet Lifeflow teachers, hear a little about meditation and try it for yourself. There will be plenty of time for questions too. No bookings, or experience required - just turn up. Wednesday 21 April 7.30 - 8.30 pm Lifeflow City Studio If you want to find out more, phone us on (08) 8353 0000 or visit our Come and Try page. |
| Weekly classes start again 26 April |
 Our next Level 2 course is Mindfulness-moment to moment. There is a lot more going on in our lives than what we think is happening! Mindfulness meditation can be a powerful tool for untangling confusion in your life. End result: you feel better! Come and enjoy the deeper meditations too. Term 2 for all classes begins in week starting Monday 26 April 2010 (note that the Monday classes will be on as usual on the Public Holiday).
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| Members retreats and events |
Tantra meditation: a deeper experience of visualisation and mantraInner BlissEmbrace the feeling of moonlight - cool, open and receptive, a gentle bliss flowing through your body, like water flowing from a fresh mountain spring. This is Inner Bliss. Our Tantra meditation sessions offer an experience that engages all of your senses - sight, touch, sound, smell and taste. A shared meal follows the visualisation. Sunday 28 Mar, 11 am - 12.30 pm Tara Hills Retreat Centre
Easter long weekend retreat at Kurlana
Stages of the PathAt the two Kurlana retreats this year (Easter and the October long weekend), we will investigate a particularly useful system for understanding what is likely to unfold as your meditation deepens. Retreat starts with lunch at 1 pm on Friday 2 April. Retreat finishes after lunch on Monday 5 April. Kurlana Mallee Sanctuary Members seminar at Tara HillsLong retreat - a work in progress Andrew is a professional glass-blower who is currently undertaking a long retreat at Tara Hills. Andrew will talk about some of the fundamentals of his practice and approach to meditation, three things that saved his life and the process of learning to wake up from the semi-hypnotic state of daily existence. Strong and colourful language may be used at times. Sunday 2 May, 11 am - 12.30 pm Tara Hills Retreat Centre Weekend retreat at Tara HillsOpen... to your innate clarity, wisdom, bliss and joy Our minds can reflect many different colours or mind states but quite often we are familiar with only one or two, and these become our experience of the world. Tantra Meditations, combining visualisation and mantra, are drawn from the Tibetan meditation tradition. Each meditation allows us to open all our senses and tap directly into a specific mind state. 7pm Fri 14 May - 2pm Sun 16 May Tara Hills Retreat Centre July 7-day retreat - 4-10 Jul - further details tba |
| Aboriginal heritage around Tara Hills |
Following a meeting with Ivan Copley, a descendant of the original indigenous people who lived in the area around Tara Hills Retreat Centre, Robyn Walden (Lifeflow teacher and librarian) delved further into the history of the area. This article explores the history of the Peramangk people, some of the remaining signs of their lives, still to be found around Tara Hills, and also provides some of the indigenous sources of place names in the Adelaide Hills (such as Picadilly, Kuitpo). To read the full article go to http://www.lifeflow.com.au/about_peramangk.php  |
| Meditation tip - happiness - East and West |
It seems that everyone has a recipe for happiness! A recent article in TimesOnline highlights two valuable perspectives: one from the renown Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard (who has been featured in several studies on happiness), and one from 'happiness economist' Lord Layard. According to the Venerable Matthieu Ricard's philosophy of happiness: - learn to meditate - cultivate altruism - practise mindfulness - make space in your life for spirituality - find a genuine spiritual teacher According to Lord Layard's philosophy of happiness: - be socially connected - be physically active - take notice of your surroundings and savour them - keep learning - give regularly Read the full article at: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/
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| Have your say, or show your pix too. . . |
| If you come across a great web article, story, or meditation inspired photo that you think would be of interest to others at Lifeflow, then send it in and if it is suitable we'll put in an upcoming Life Movements email newsletter. | |
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Crystal
an image of balance |
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 The painting Crystal by Garry Duncan is a wonderful Australian version of a classic Tibetan visualisation. A dawn scene on the River Murray, Crystal is an unusually balanced composition. As a meditation visualisation it symbolises the mind and body in a completely balanced state - that deeply relaxed, calm and alert state which you reach through meditation. $75 at Lifeflow Each print personally signed by the artist. Buy online |
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