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 followers, Emma draws on the natural world to support the development of wisdom. She studies the early teachings of the Buddha and seeks to apply them in a way that supports flexibility and independence in meditation. Emma began teaching in 2019 and is a regular teacher at the Kuan Yin Meditation Centre in Lismore. Her primary teacher and mentor is Patrick Kearney.

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Upcoming Programs by Emma Pittaway

The Way of Mindfulness

Also with Patrick Kearney

November 14 - 23, 2025
Our practice is based on mindfulness, which emerges from the continuity of awareness. How can we maintain continuous awareness? By recognising the fact that awareness is part of nature; it’s not something we need to generate. When we “try” to be aware, our effort is based on our desire to be someone different, to have something different. But if we are already aware, then what is there to try for? When we stop trying and allow ourselves to recognise what is already here, the continuity of awareness naturally emerges.