28-Day Retreat

with Patrick Kearney, Emma Pittaway and Robyn Gibson

January 16 - February 13, 2026

Date and Time Details:
Arrive between 4 - 6 pm Friday 16 January
Finish lunchtime, Friday 13 February

Location: Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

Address: 25 Rutland Rd, Medlow Bath NSW 2780

Contact: office@bmimc.org.au
(02) 4788 1024

Course Code: PK1-26

Female Single Room – AUD $1,955.00
Male Single Room – AUD $1,955.00
Single Room (Any Gender) – AUD $1,955.00

Concession discount available upon registration for people who are unable to afford the full price due to financial hardship.

Registration opens: Jul 6, 2025

This retreat is open to people who have done at least three insight meditation retreats in the Mahasi tradition of nine days longer.

About the Teachers

Patrick Kearney

Patrick Kearney is an independent dharma teacher in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw of Burma, his principal teachers being Paṇḍitarama Sayādaw and John Hale. He has also trained in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Zen Buddhism. His original teacher was Robert Aitken Roshi, and he is now studying with Paul Maloney Roshi. Patrick has a particular […]

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Emma Pittaway

Emma Pittaway has trained primarily in the lineages of Mahasi Sayadaw and Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw, her teachers being Patrick Kearney and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. She has practiced for over twenty years in Burma, Thailand, India, Nepal and Malaysia, as well as here in Australia. Inspired by the forest lives of the Buddha and his […]

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Robyn Gibson

Robyn has been practising and studying meditation for 30 years, predominantly in the Mahasi lineage of Theravadan Buddhism, and has experience in yoga, Mahayana and Vajrayana practices. Her principal teachers have been Patrick Kearney and Carol Perry. She has facilitated sitting groups and managed retreats for many years, and was EO of Melbourne Insight Meditation […]

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Category : Residential Retreat