Vipassana at Home hosts online meditation courses with a focus on an integrated Vipassana meditation practice.
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10-Day Basic Course
Vipassana at Home runs regular introductory 10-day meditation courses covering the basics of Vipassana meditation and how to practice within your everyday life.
The course is designed to fit within your everyday life. You will participate in two daily one-hour guided meditations and three live talks over the course period. If you are new to Vipassana or have fallen out of practice, this course is a basic introduction and refresher.
Twice Daily Meditation
With Guided Meditations.
One hour in the morning.
One hour in the evening.
To do in your own space & time.
Live Q&A
Covering the principles of Vipassana meditation and how to practice within everyday life.
These will also be recorded.
Additional Support
Daily Dhamma theory videos
Whatsapp Group
The course is donation-based. These are gratefully accepted at the end of the course.
Course Content
The 10-day basic course emphasises the practice of Vipassana meditation. The practice is where we truly get to know ourselves.
By the end of the course you will have a basic understanding of how to practice the technique on and off the cushion and how to start to bring it into your daily life.
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SAMATHA MEDITATION
A technique to settle, calm & concentrate the Mind in preparation for Vipassana.
VIPASSANA MEDITATION
Developing insight through direct experience into the nature of Mind & Body.
Within each guided meditation we practice 30 minutes walking meditation, 30 minutes sitting meditation and a few minutes of Metta (loving-kindness).
The Vipassana meditation technique taught in this course is in the Mahasi Noting style. We use mental noting with labels to develop awareness of Mind and Body at the present moment.
The course is conducted fully online and designed to fit within your normal everyday life. All you need is a quiet space to meditate two hours daily, whenever suits your schedule best.
Vipassana means to see clearly. It is also known as insight meditation.
What do we practice to see clearly?
Mind and Body at the present moment.
Mind and Body is the moment-to-moment happening of bodily sensory experience and the perception, feeling, volition, and consciousness. In other words, it is our entire experience of Self and World.
We practice to be aware of Mind and Body as it is, without interfering. We practice not to struggle, resist, change, maintain, hold or manipulate, developing mere awareness and equanimity with every experience.
Over time, we learn to recognise and be free from harmful thought, speech and action. We discover our own unique spontaneous and effortlessly wholesome art of living.
Vipassana is the technique that Buddha practiced to gain his awakening 2500 years ago. While traditionally practised in Buddhist contexts, it is a scientifically rigorous and non-sectarian meditation technique which is why it has gained so much recent popularity in the West.
The Side Effects of a good Vipassana Practice
Freedom and Happiness
Over time, the practice calms the hindrances and behaviours that stand in the way of happiness and freedom to be who we are.
Improved Relationships
Transforming how we relate to our self and others. As we become more kind and understanding of ourselves it naturally flows over to those around us.
Effortless Non-distraction
Directing your mind intentionally, there is less worry, rumination and distraction. We become more fully present with work, leisure and others.
Your Facilitator
Reimar is a Vipassana meditation teacher and dance improvisation facilitator based in Thailand and Germany, passionate about the connection between mind and body.
His journey with meditation began during his studies at Melbourne University, Australia, where he turned to Vipassana to cope with stress, anxiety, and a lifelong struggle with eczema. Experiencing its benefits early on, he committed to daily practice and intensive silent retreats in the tradition of S.N. Goenka, all while working full-time in investment management.
During COVID, he moved to Thailand to deepen his meditation practice, where he also discovered the Ajahn Tong-style Mahasi method. At the same time, he immersed himself in conscious embodiment practices such as contact improvisation dance, freediving, and Aikido. He later trained intensively for four months under his teacher, Ajahn Puttar, at Wat Sopharam monastery in Thailand.
With over 30 weeks spent in intensive silent meditation retreats in, Reimar now shares his experience through group courses and one-on-one sessions in Germany. He also teaches contact improvisation dance and researches embodiment.
Believing in a balanced and fully engaged approach to meditation and life, he founded vipassanathome.org in 2021 to make Vipassana more accessible to others.
Limited spots available to ensure high-quality support.
A deposit is required at registration to confirm your place and support your commitment. This deposit is refundable, and donations are gratefully accepted at the end of the course.