This retreat is an opportunity to be out in the fresh wide expanses of the Kosciuszko high country, do some hiking, have a couple of retreat days, be part of a dharma community for a week and explore how dharma teachings might not just be nourishing for us but guide us in
addressing the challenges of our times.

Mountains can be a place for renewal and be far  enough away from our everyday lives to give fresh perspective on how we live and what we do with our lives.
We’ll have walks on four days and two fully silent days of meditation in the lodge.

On each day there’ll be a group meditation period in the morning and evening, a dharma talk each evening and possibly a group yoga or stretching / exercise / balance session each morning.

On the four walking days, breakfast and all the walking will be in silence but other periods, before we leave the lodge, when we break for lunch, and after we come back, will not be silent.  There’ll also be silence period from the evening sit, after dinner to the end of breakfast the next morning.

We’ll be going out on the walks as a group, or at times two groups. Both groups will be going at a medium pace for fit walkers. One group will go on longer walks (up to 22k), and the other group will go on shorter walks (up to 10k). There is around 20% less oxygen at Charlotte Pass.  There may be some short sections with snow. Photos from the 2022 High Country Walking Retreat are here and from the 2023 retreat here.

The retreat is for both experienced meditators and people new to meditation.