Campfire in the Heart

22/04/2026

Thanks to Betty for bringing a beautiful topic for the fire last Wednesday 🙏 which inspired some moving recollections of everyday heroes in our lives.

🔥Who has been a hero in your life?

**Campfire Reflection is a free weekly event held in Alice Springs at Campfire in the Heart on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. A pot-luck dinner, followed by a time of reflection and sharing around the campfire. Open to the local community, as well as travellers passing through.

19/04/2026

Join former retreat guests and friends of Campfire from around Australia who gather each morning ONLINE to greet the new day in this reflective and peaceful shared virtual space.

Here is the new WINTER timetable for our weekday online offerings 🌞

🌿 Meditation:
NSW & VIC: 7:45-8:20am
QLD: 7:45-8:20am
TAS: 7:45-8:20am
NT & SA: 7:15-7:50am

🌿 Morning Prayer:
NSW & VIC - 7:00-7:30am
QLD - 7:00-7:30am
TAS - 7:00-7:30am
NT & SA - 6:30-7:00am

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7794705793?%20pwd=RmJKNm5IcVdXekVXRm5XdlBhcXA3Zz09

15/04/2026

Last Wednesday's reflection topic around the fire was inspired by a recent talk given by Asha Nayaswami

🔥What does a successful life mean to you?

**Campfire Reflection is a free weekly event held in Alice Springs at Campfire in the Heart on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. A pot-luck dinner, followed by a time of reflection and sharing around the campfire. Open to the local community, as well as travellers passing through.

07/04/2026

Last Wednesday's topic for reflection around the fire was inspired by the recent community event organised by the Mparntwe Alice Springs Community Foundation, featuring visiting leadership speaker and author Ed O'Malley.

🔥 What does good leadership look like to you?

**Campfire Reflection is a free weekly event held in Alice Springs at Campfire in the Heart on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. A pot-luck dinner, followed by a time of reflection and sharing around the campfire. Open to the local community, as well as travellers passing through.

06/04/2026

Join us for Monday evening meditations at 5:30pm 🌸 Suitable for beginners, as well as experienced meditators. A simple way of meditation will be explained (as taught by The World Community for Christian Meditation), but those of all contemplative traditions are welcome to join and meditate together in this free, weekly group setting.

Campfire in the Heart is a meditation retreat located a short drive from Alice Springs, in the East MacDonnell Ranges. 147 Ragonesi Road, Ross.

04/04/2026

This week's episode of 'Soul Search' on ABC Radio National sees Meredith Lake interview Laurence Freeman, of the The World Community for Christian Meditation! 🌟

"How might silence and stillness help us meet the challenges of our time? And how is meditation connected to action and peacemaking?

There's a long tradition of meditation within the Christian faith, and it's had a resurgence since the 70s. Today, the World Community for Christian Meditation has members in 100 countries.

Fr Laurence Freeman is one of the most well-known meditation teachers in the world. He's an English Benedictine monk and the director of the World Community for Christian Meditation. He was recently in Australia for an evening of dialogue with Marist College Canberra..."

Listen here 👉

How might silence and stillness help us meet the challenges of our time? Fr Laurence Freeman is an English Benedictine monk, and one of the most well-known meditation teachers in the world.

07/03/2026

Wow, the Central Australian desert has been transformed with all the rain these past weeks!

19/02/2026

Have you ever seen it raining on the rock? With more rain forecast this week, this might be your chance! 😍

Heavy rain in Central Australia has sent water cascading down the face of Uluru and filled the usually parched Todd River, while cutting off a number of remote communities.

16/12/2025

The same week our Contemplative Book Club finished up, ABC Radio National ran this interview. Great timing! The stoics live on...👌

"Author and journalist Brigid Delaney lives her life according to the teachings of men who’ve been dead for thousands of years.

She is devoted to the Stoics, a philosophy that encourages its followers to focus on what they can control, accepting what happens outside of that sphere of control, and mastering inner peace to have a good life.

These ideas have helped Brigid prepare for grief and take the edge off her anxiety by putting it in context.

One of the most powerful Stoic ideas is that all the wonderful things and people in our life are “on loan” and can be taken away at any moment.

Instead of taking them for granted, the Stoics wanted us to run toward them at full speed, and wring as much fun and juice out of them as we can."

Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years of study and a brand-new outlook on life that focuses less on happiness and more on meaning and contentment. Brigid is devoted to the Stoics, a philosop...

10/12/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for our final evening reading 'The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius', the last Contemplative Book Club series of the year. We learned that there is so much more to stoic philosophy than what we thought, and that it's consistent with universal spiritual principles seen in the world's great traditions. 💫

📖 "Stoicisim was the most highly spiritual form of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome. It was so spiritual is is as accurate to call it a religion as a philosophy...

For Marcus Aurelius the universe was one perfect harmony, above all things to be loved. It was God's abode, was in fact God. Marcus had an enthusiastic acceptance of Nature and the universal law. His attitude to God was one of worship and love.

Philosophy became, in a way, the third religion of Greece. It was a religion without ritual or priesthood, though Marcus Aurelius realized that each individual philosopher made himself holy through the activities of his mind." - Mark Forstater

10/12/2025

Enjoy this beautiful Christmas video from Central Australian cinematographer Chris Tangey, dedicated to a local legend - the late Ted Egan.