28th December 2010 to 1st January 2011

with Aruna Giri

“ Be Still, Look within, Rest into the core of your Being. Peace and Contentment is your Essence.”

Retreats bring together like-minded individuals, creating an energy and community where one's meditation practice and inquiry into Life can further deepen and become firmly established. Aruna's retreats are suitable for both the beginner and the experienced. Instructions and guidance in different meditation techniques will be given. These will involve the breath, body scanning, Self-enquiry, walking & lying down meditation.

A Meditation Retreat is a wonderful opportunity to quietly look within. When we retreat from the world of our normal everyday lives, the workings of the mind can be more easily seen. Identification with conceptual belief patterns can be released, revealing a Silence and Stillness that is full of love and peace, the Essence of our Being.

Chanting, Meditation Flags and Accommodation at Hepburn Retreat Centre

The 5 Day Meditation Retreat will give the opportunity for participants to do an extended Meditation Retreat with a period of silence. There may be some slightly longer meditation sessions and more Walking Meditation. Doing a longer retreat with silence allows one to very deeply inquire within. Deep unconscious patterns of mental and emotional past can be met and dissolved with the Light of Awareness. There is enormous potential for inner transformation and healing, and a deep resting into the Essence of Life, an eternal peace of moment to moment Being.

Aruna will give some Talks with discussion and question time. Private one on one interviews will also be offered to help clear any doubts that might arise for participants. An optional morning Yoga Asana session with a trained yoga teacher will be on offer.

This meditation retreat includes delicious and healthy vegetarian meals, beverages, fruit and snacks. We are happy to cater for any special dietary requirements.

About Aruna

Aruna’s interest in the spiritual re-ignited in 1991 during a mountaineering trip to the Indian Himalayas. He could then see that his present condition was full of suffering, lacking genuine contentment and happiness. To be present consciosly moment to moment seemed impossible due to strong identifcation with emotion and thought. Fueled by the pain of this internal suffering his quest led him to meditation that he practiced daily for 5 years. During this time he also explored other transformative therapies and trained in Structural Integration and Remedial Massage. These therapies along with the foundation of meditation freed and dissolved many layers of accumulated mental and emotional past.

In 1997 in the U.S.A, Aruna had an awakening that revealed and continues to reveal the essential nature, an eternal Being of Existence, always shining moment to moment.From 2001 to 2005 Aruna spent large amounts of time in India, Nepal and Tibet where he had meetings with spiritual teachers and spent time meditating at various pilgrimage sites.

Aruna lives in Melbourne with his wife and son, and is now openly sharing his insights and knowledge.

Sample Meditation Retreat program

6.00am	Wake-up Bell
6.30 - 7.30am	Meditation- Silent Sitting
7.30 - 9.00am	Yoga Asana (or your own practice)
9.00am	Breakfast
9.00 - 11.00am	Free Time
11.00am - 12.30pm	Meditation - Sitting & Walking
1.00pm	Lunch
12.30 - 3.30pm	Free Time and Optional Teacher Interviews
3.30 - 5.00pm	Meditation - Sitting & Walking
6.00pm	Dinner
5.00 - 7.30pm	Free Time
7.30 - 9.00pm	Meditation with Talk, Discussion & Chanting

Retreat Registration & cost

$680 - Full Price
$630 - Concession

To register for a Retreat please email or phone Aruna Giri (see contact details below) and he will email or post a registration form. To secure your place, please send the registration form and a deposit of $100 by either direct deposit (Bankwest bsb 303-545 account # 000 227 0) or cheque or money order made out to: Aruna Giri to 86 Blair St, Coburg, 3058. Full payment is due one week before the start of the retreat. Refund Policy: A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to secure your place. If there is a cancellation one week or more before the start of the retreat the full amount MINUS the non-refundable deposit of $100 will be refunded. For any cancellations less than one week before the start of the retreat there will be no refund. If the retreat is cancelled by the Organisers, then your full payment including your full deposit will be refunded.

For bookings and more information, please contact Aruna Giri on 0424 401 583 or email: arunagiri68@gmail.com