Mindfulness Meditation Retreats

Upcomming retreats:

Dates:
31 July – 6 August 2026

Location:
Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay, N.S.W, Australia

For further information and registration
see the MTIANZ website:

Nadav Avny (MA Clinical Psychology, Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy)

Nadav is the Co-Director of Mindfulness Training Institute: Australia & New Zealand (MTI), which trains mindfulness teachers in our part of the world.  Nadav is the current Director of Mindfulness Auckland, where he teaches MBSR and MBCT programmes.  Nadav practices in the Insight Tradition and facilitates weeklong Insight Meditation residential retreats.  Nadav’s public health work focused on acute mental health inpatient units.  Nadav works in private practice now.

Location:

in the nature-rich environment of Mary MacKillop Retreat Centre
Mission Bay, Auckland 1701

Time: 

Saturday 9.00am-4.30 pm

Sunday 9.00am-4.00 pm

Cost: 

$520  (GST included)

About the Facilitators:

Sue Dykes, former Director of Mindfulness Auckland, and Nadav Avny, current Director, long term meditators, mindfulness teachers and experienced Clinical Psychologists. Sue and Nadav established a joint regular interpersonal meditation practice (Insight Dialogue) more than two years ago and are familiar with its benefits.

Sue Dykes (MSC, PGDIPCLINPSY)

Sue has a wealth of clinical experience working in public and private sectors.  She is currently in private practice.  She was trained as a Dialectical Behavioural Therapist (DBT) practitioner.  In 2001 and worked at a DBT based programme for seven years. She trained and taught Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programmes over many years.  She has also trained as a Mindful Self Compassion teacher. She has attended several week long retreats with Gregory Kramer (Founder of Insight Dialogue) . She practices meditation in the Insight Tradition and has been an active member of the Auckland Insight Meditation community since it began.  She attends one or two residential retreats a year.

Nadav Avny (MA Clinical Psychology, Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy)

Nadav is the Co-Director of Mindfulness Training Institute: Australia & New Zealand (MTI), which trains mindfulness teachers in our part of the world.  Nadav is the current Director of Mindfulness Auckland, where he teaches MBSR and MBCT programmes.  Nadav practices in the Insight Tradition and facilitates weeklong Insight Meditation residential retreats.  Nadav’s public health work focused on acute mental health inpatient units.  Nadav works in private practice now.

To enquire:

Please contact Sue Dykes suzed42@hotmail.com

or Nadav Avny nadav@safetherapyspace.co.nz

To register:

Please contact Nadav Avny nadav@safetherapyspace.co.nz

Previous Retreats and Testimonials:

A wonderful opportunity to deepen your practice and take time out to reflect and recalibrate. I would highly recommend this experience. Nadav is an excellent facilitator.

Registered Psychologist

This was my first experience of a silent retreat. Nadav created a safe space to deepen my practice and calmly guided us through a variety of practices. What came up for me was very unexpected and, overall, was a very profound experience.

A.M. Design Manager @ Xero

Nadav and Sue’s retreat was excellently run in all ways, they are gifted teachers and generous with their wisdom and kind attention to the group. They don’t put themselves on a pedestal, but are very real, including lighthearted moments to make everyone feel at ease. There was a sense that everyone was supported through the retreat to meet each person’s needs. The Insight Dialogue created a sense of profound personal connection to myself and others, and was illuminative. The weekend was restorative, and left me feeling lighter and more resilient. I highly recommend attending any event run by Nadav and Sue. 

Anonymous

I loved the “Urban interpersonal meditation retreat”. Nadav and Sue held the retreat with so much spaciousness, compassion and room for responding in whatever way was needed by participants. I thought the depth of thought and care they had clearly given to weaving the Insight Dialogue guidelines into the foundations of mindfulness practice on day one as preparation for the actual Insight Dialogue practice was exceptional. This was carried on into the second day. The themes and invitations for each of the Dialogues were also carefully ‘graded’ in terms of gently entering into each practice. Just beautiful. I highly recommend their work for anyone curious about mindfulness and/or Insight Dialogue practice. 

Anonymous