Insight Meditation

Welcome to Still Water Insight

An Insight Meditation group that runs fortnightly meetings, online courses, practice days and retreats in NSW and online. If you are interested in experiencing the connection that can be found when practicing and sharing your journey with others, please come and join us and explore the dharma. 

About the group

Renata is the founder of Still Water Insight, a lay Buddhist sangha community, formed with the intention of providing a respectful space where we can practice Insight Meditation together. Insight (Vipassana) in the Buddhist tradition means to see clearly into the nature of existence.

The group aims to provide a safe container to explore our inner experience and learn about the patterns of thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs that continue to create pain and suffering in our lives. Additionally, it seeks to foster insights and facilitate a reconnection with our true nature.

We offer a two-hour, weekly meeting of non-judgemental, supportive, curious people who have come together from different backgrounds and experiences. We are connected by having compassion for people and our planet, and we often find that we have much more in common than we think.

Testimonials

  • ‘Renata is a gifted teacher and I like very much the way she tunes in to an individual's response and honour that, whilst giving back what might be a good offering for them as well.

    I can see that Renata has studied the dharma extensively and it is fab to be the recipient of this specialised knowledge. I love the space and authenticity in her teachings as well as inclusion of relevance to trauma and the unconscious as related to processing deep feelings. I also really enjoyed the class on The Inner Critic!

    It seems to me that she lives what she teaches. It is so wonderful to experience that.’

    Deborah B.

Stay Connected @stillwaterinsight_

View fullsize We are thrilled to be offering the Living Mindfully Course again in October. This 8-week course is an opportunity for you to gain a deep understanding of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as taught by the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta. In addit
View fullsize Dear sangha, We will be meeting again this evening via zoom for a 30-min sit and shared group discussion. This evening, I’ll begin a series of explorations on the book ‘Comfortable with Uncertainy’ by Pema Chodron. Experienced and
View fullsize We look forward to hosting our first in-person meeting of the year this coming Wednesday 20th March in Mona Vale. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. The intention of the group will be to provide a respectful space where we can sit, l
View fullsize We will meet again this evening via zoom for a sit, dharma talk and shared group discussion. The theme for tonight is on ‘Wise Compassion’. We will explore the meaning and role of compassion on the path towards freedom, the near and far
View fullsize Dear sangha, A quick note to remind you that our online meeting is coming up tomorrow Wednesday 28th Feb at 7pm. I am also delighted to let you know that we have been offered a room to hold our in person sessions in Mona Vale from March, which is
View fullsize We are delighted to invite you to join our next one day insight meditation retreat coming up this Sunday 22nd October in Narrabeen 10am-4:30pm. This one-day meditation retreat is an opportunity to reconnect with your true nature using the body as a