Vipassana Centers
The Oregon Vipassana Association organizes Vipassana courses in different locations around Oregon. There are currently four ten-day courses per year, as well as short 1- to 3- day refresher courses for old students (those who have already taken a ten-day course).
Penang has a temporary centre on a hillside with good views overlooking Georgetown. It has shared dormitories for up to 35 students. Usually two ten-day courses are held each month except during the mid-year harvest season.
We are currently running 3 days courses for returning students at a rented site on the Isle of Cumbrae.
Ten-day courses are usually held several times a year. They are mostly at St Johns Island which is located approximately 6.5km south of Singapore. Accommodation facilities are dormitories with shared common bathrooms and toilets. There are regular 1-day courses and weekly group sittings for old students.
Until 2010, the meditators of the Andalusia Area had to travel beyond the borders of this area to attend a course. Finally, after an intensive search, a centre for rent that fulfilled the necessary conditions was found. The Coordination of the Area of Andalusia organised its first 10-day course in Monte Mariposa, near Tavira (Portugal), from December 1 to 12, 2010.
Meditation groups, 1-day courses with and without teachers and 4-hour courses were also organised in the vicinities of Seville, Málaga, Huelva, Motril and Badajoz.
In 2010, Extremadura was included in the Area of Andalusia, and in 2011 the area was renamed the South Area.