Anton Eastick
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Insight Tradition
In 1991, I started meditation with The School of Philosophy, which led to yoga and then, Goenkaji's vipassana and then India in 1995. First stop in India was Bodhgaya, the place where the Buddha awakened under the Bodhi tree. As soon as I walked into the Mahabodhi temple, the place where the Bodhi tree is, I felt like I had come home. Here, I heard my first Insight Meditation dharma talk and I was hooked. It touched me deeply and tears flowed as I realised that without knowing it, I had waited my whole life to hear these sweet teachings. Thank-you Mike Kewley. It always touches me to look back on that time. Apart from a year at Gaia House and some time with Kittisaro and Thanissara in South Africa in 1997-8, India then largely became a refuge and home and supported me through many long meditation & yoga retreats and much extended spiritual practice until 2007. In this time I was blessed to be involved with the annual Insight meditation retreats with Christopher Titmuss at the Thai temple in Bodhgaya and Sarnath and also many retreats with Jaya Ashmore from Opendharma at various venues in India. Now based in Melbourne, I have a particular interest in nature retreats, combining walking and time outdoors. I now work as an RLT couples therapist and see individuals using skills gleaned from Hakomi, IFS and Voice Dialogue. |
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