Video: Qi-gong — Mindful Movement Practices
A series of movement and breathing practices (57 minutes) drawing on principles found in Qi-gong, Yi-Jin-Jing and Hatha Yoga. The emphasis here is not on …
Working Meditation Weekend — Gaia Forest
October 2, 2026 — Gaia Forest, Mid North Coast NSWOn the long weekend of October 2nd-5th we held our first “working meditation” retreat weekend at Gaia Forest. Some volunteers arrived and set up camp on Friday, others stayed in accommodation in nearby Dorrigo. We enjoyed a session of qi-gong mindful movement and a silent sit on Saturday morning. Working tasks included pruning trees and spreading gravel for the floor of our rainforest revegetation nursery. Meanwhile others were planting strawberries, weeding orchards, and preparing delicious food. On Sunday we were joined by Dorrigo Sangha members for a silent sit, followed by a walk in the rainforest. I gave a Dharma talk on the topic of “Silk Road Buddhism,” and then we shared a delicious lunch. The consensus seemed to be that the format was a success, and we’ll be holding more like it soon. To find out about such events, please subscribe to our newsletter.
Follow-up
An audio recording of the Dharma talk is provided here: Silk Road Buddhism.
A video of the qi-gong sequence I shared: Qi-gong — Mindful Movement Practices.
For a series of talks on the meditation technique underlying the Yogācāra philosophical system discussed in the Dharma talk, see Śamatha, Vipaśyanā & Mettā Bhāvanā — Morning Meditation Talks, recorded at IBA Kathmandu.
Further resources
Audio: Embodied Practice — Body Scan and Total Relaxation
A guided body scan and total relaxation (32 minutes), building on earlier embodied-awareness and breath meditations to cultivate sensitivity to subtler …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Finding the Full Body Breath
A guided introduction (35 minutes) to rediscovering the full volume of the body’s natural, diaphragmatic breath — simple, safe preliminary practices …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Basic Breath Awareness
This practice expands on basic postural awareness, bringing in mindfulness of breathing, drawing on the Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118). Suitable for any level of …
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