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Committee

SIM activities are organised by its committee: Alan Bassal, Renata Malinauskas, Julia Hush, Thomas Ilbery, Aggi Badtke , Guy Warren and Chris Freeman. 
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Alan Bassal - Chairman
Alan has been studying and practicing Buddha’s teachings for over 35 years beginning in the Vipassana meditative tradition and then developing in Eastern & Western Insight.
​He is a certified mindfulness based psychotherapist and for many years has practiced integrating the Buddha Dharma, psychotherapy and the world of leadership development and organisational change.

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Renata Malinauskas
​​Renata has supported her professional work as a qualified dietitian, owner and head coach at Holistic Movement Studio with her meditation and dharma practice.  She is a committed meditation practitioner and seeks to incorporate meditation in her physical well being and development work. 


Thomas Ilbery - Treasurer and Social Media/Newsletter Manager
Tom focuses on bringing the dharma’s teachings into creativity through writing and video production, where he emphasises the connection between insight practice, philosophy, and everyday living. He has worked on the Tuwhiri editorial board and the SBN’s After Buddhism course.
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Aggi Badtke - Booking Platform Manager
​In 2014 Aggi attended her first silent meditation retreat and this is where she discovered stillness, peace and spirituality. She has since attended numerous 3-7 day meditation retreats as well as courses in mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and various other modalities focused on ways of improving wellbeing…
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Chris Freeman - Secretary
​Chris has been deeply interested in Buddhism since his late teenage years after coming across a book by Jack Kornfield. He has studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism for over ten years and has an interest in adapting the traditional teachings into a western context for modern Australian culture.
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Guy Warren - Sangha and Membership Liaison
Guy started meditating in 2012 and soon after started studying the Lamrim in the Mahayana (Gelug) tradition. After several years furthering his development of the path with those teachings as a guide he picked up a book by a well known Western Insight author and has been continuing in that tradition ever since.

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  • Home
  • Events Calendar
  • About us
    • Membership
    • About us, AGM & Constitution
    • Committee
    • Our History
    • Newsletter
  • Groups
    • Blue Mountains
    • Bondi Junction
    • Illawarra
    • Inner West
    • Newcastle
    • North Sydney
    • Northern Beaches
    • Southern Highlands
  • Teachers
  • Resources
    • Guided Meditations
    • Reading list
    • Deepening Into Stillness Recording
    • Audio files >
      • Stephen Batchelor, Sydney 2014
      • Winton Higgins, Four frontiers for Secular Buddhists 2014
      • Other audio links
    • Retreat Reflections >
      • High Country Retreat Reflections 22
      • NY Reflections 21/22
      • NY Reflections 19/20
      • DIS Reflections 2017
      • NY Retreat 2016
    • Teachers Reflections >
      • Winton Higgins. January 2018
      • Jonathan Page. May 2018
      • Gawaine Powell Davies. November 2017
      • Jill Shepherd. October 2017
  • Contact Us
  • List of Events
    • DIS 2023
    • Emb Awake 2023
    • New Year 2023
    • NY Workshop 22/23
    • The Ground On Which I Stand
    • Secular Dharma & Ethical Living