An Eight-Week Course on the Buddha’s Teachings of Mindfulness and Insight

This eight-week mindfulness and meditation course offers an opportunity to deepen your understanding of mindfulness as taught by the Buddha. Rooted in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, these teachings present mindfulness as a direct path to insight, realisation, and freedom.

Mindfulness practice is a direct path back home to the truth of who we really are. As we learn to rest more fully in direct experience of what is unfolding in a given moment, clarity and wisdom naturally arise. Through a combination of meditation, embodied awareness, inquiry, and reflection, participants learn to recognise habitual patterns, develop a more intimate relationship with their experience, and cultivate greater presence in everyday life.

From this place, there is a growing sense of inner stability, groundedness, and ease, along with a shift from reactivity toward a more responsive and authentic way of being in the world.

This course provides a supportive and consistent container to deepen meditation practice and understanding of the Buddha’s teachings. It is designed for those who wish to practise regularly, to explore mindfulness and insight in an embodied way, and to be supported by the presence of Sangha.

How the Course Is Taught

The course is experiential and practice-based. Teachings are offered within a clear Buddhist framework while remaining responsive to what is alive in the group. Rather than learning mindfulness as a concept, participants are invited to explore the teachings through meditation, embodied awareness, inquiry, and reflection. Understanding is encouraged to arise through direct experience rather than through concepts alone.

Each session includes:

Short Dharma teachings grounded in the Buddhist tradition
Guided meditation practices
Somatic practices to support nervous system settling and interoceptive awareness
Space for inquiry, reflection, and relational practice

A strong emphasis is placed on embodiment. Mindfulness practice is incomplete without the body, and somatic supports are woven throughout the course to help participants reconnect with direct experience through the felt sense. These practices cultivate interoceptive awareness, support nervous system regulation, and provide a grounded foundation for insight practice.

By learning to include the body in mindfulness, participants often discover a more integrated and sustainable way of practising—one that supports both formal meditation and everyday life.

What This Course Supports

Deepening mindfulness and concentration
Developing embodied awareness and interoception
Establishing a consistent meditation practice
Cultivating insight and wisdom through inquiry
Recognising mental and emotional patterns with greater clarity
Bringing mindfulness into everyday life and relationships
Greater steadiness, responsiveness, and ease in daily life

Who This Course Is For

This course is for anyone who wishes to deepen their mindfulness and insight practice, whether as a foundation or as a continuation of an existing path. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners.

The course is particularly supportive for those who value experiential learning and wish to explore mindfulness not only as a meditation practice, but as a way of meeting life with greater awareness, curiosity, and wisdom.

The course is held within a supportive Sangha container, offering consistency, accountability, and a shared field of inquiry for those who wish to practise sincerely and integrate the teachings into daily life.

Course Details

When: Wednesday 21st Oct to Wednesday 9th Dec 2026

Time: 7:00–8:30pm (NSW time)

Where: Online

Cost: $30 + dāna (donation)

Dāna

The course follows the traditional spirit of the Buddha’s teachings—offered on the basis of dāna (generosity). At the end of the program, participants are invited to offer a donation according to their circumstances, capacity, and appreciation for the teachings.

About the Teacher

Renata Malinauskas is an Insight Meditation teacher with an extensive background in Western Insight, Vajrayana, and non-dual teachings. Drawing on somatic and trauma-informed approaches, including Hakomi, TRE®, and Focusing, she is passionate about exploring the meeting point of psychological transformation and spiritual awakening. Her teaching invites a direct, embodied engagement with the Dharma as a path of presence, inquiry, and unfolding in everyday life. Alongside her teaching, Renata works as a somatic therapist in private practice in Mullumbimby, NSW, and online. https://somawisdom.au

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