We are very excited to announce that a group of 8 monastic students from Thich Nhat Hanh will be visiting us on Sunday June 11th, offering a way of transforming climate anxiety as well as hosting a workshop on healthy climate activism. We are so grateful for this opportunity!
For tickets and more information, please visit www.wakeuplondon.org/climateanxiety…
You are warmly invited to join a group of Plum Village Monastics for a weekend retreat, learning how to connect to and nourish our spiritual roots, living simply and celebrating diversity, new communities blossom.…
We would like to warmly invite you all to our end-of-year Be-In next Saturday, the 17th of December. The Be-In will begin at 6pm and will be held after our usual Wake up session. We will start with a mindful dinner (bring a small vegan dish to share). If you have a song, poem, reading or anything you’d like to share with the community this will be an opportunity for us to be together and enjoy the creativity that is present in our Sangha.
We welcome all London Sanghas to join us for this celebration! Our facilitators will take names at the start of our session for those who would like to share. We will try to give everyone an opportunity, but we would like to ask for your understanding that we may only have time for a limited amount of sharings/performances when we are with many.
We hope to see you all next weekend!
Date: Saturday, December 17th | 6PM – 9PM
Location: Meeting Room, The Quaker House
Dear friends,
We are very happy to share with you that Wake Up London has turned 12 last month! To celebrate the beautiful community we have created, we will host a Be-In after our Saturday session on the 29th of October. We will come together with the Sangha and share a mindful dinner. If you would like you can share a song, poem or story with the group.
Please bring your favourite vegan dish to share! If you cannot make something you can bring something from the nearby shops. We hope to see you then!
Date: Saturday, September 29th | 6PM – 9PM
Location: Meeting Room, The Quaker House
A picture of our Wake Up pioneers over 10 years ago.
Welcome to Episode 7, Beginnings. This episode celebrates 12 years of Wake Up London; looking at the early days.
We have a long conversation with founder members Elina and Nick and short sharing with Katrina, Lucy, Ethan and Doran about their experiences of 12 years ago and seeing the community grow since then.
We have a community announcement about celebrating with us on Saturday night (29th October)
We also have a sharing from Kareem about spiritual friendship, monastics and Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy and a reading from Lucy from one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books about Community
Music this episode comes from Little Earth (aka Elina Pen) and Joe Reilly.
This new episode from the Wake Up London Podcast takes a journey with some voices from the BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Colour) Community in the UK Plum Village Sangha.
We have a long conversation with artist Melissa James talking about her life as a singer/songwriter and a singing facilitator with a passion for racial awareness and justice. We have a 3-way sharing between Anh, Renuka and Kareem about their experience of Colours of Compassion and also one from Rehena who also talks about founding Buddhist inter-traditional BIPOC centred space, Buddhists Across Traditions.
Music this episode comes from Melissa James and Ha Down who also brings us our reading this time on Thich Nhat’s Hanh’s mantras on love.
plumvillage.uk/practice-groups/find-a-group/colours-of-compassion/
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to announce that there are still tickets available for Wake Up London’s Summer Retreat, 4-7th of August. The retreat is available for those aged 18-35ish, in the beautiful Kent countryside.…
Dear friends,
With a deep mindful breath, we announce our beloved teacher Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully on 22nd January, 2022. Join Plum Village online as we commemorate his life and legacy with a week of practice and ceremonies.…
We are delighted to let you know that our dear friend, Michael Schwammberger, will be our visiting Dharma teacher on Saturday 4 April, leading morning session.…
Visiting Dharma Teacher — Vari McLuskie
Saturday 7 December, 10.15am – 5pm
We have a further opportunity to deepen our practice on Saturday 7 December when our dear Dharma teacher, Vari McLuskie, will be offering us a day of mindfulness. Vari will share teachings on Impermanence during the morning session, while the afternoon will be devoted to teachings and practices on Awakening Joy.
The day will be divided into two sections: 10.15am-1pm and the afternoon 2.15-5pm. Please feel free to attend either session, or both.
There will be a break for eating mindfully together at 1pm. Please bring a packed lunch which we will eat together on our cushions. There is no need to book, but please come early to ensure you get a seat.
Suggested dana: £7-10 for half day, £14 – 20 full day. No need to book. If you are additionally able to offer dana to Vari this would be appreciated.
Westminster Quaker Meeting House,
8 Hop Gardens,
off St. Martins Lane, London,
WC2N 4EH
Facebook event here.
Wake Up London is a community of individuals practicing together to promote peace and reconciliation within ourselves and for our planet. We’d love to highlight what’s happening within our community, and how the practice is positively impacting our society.
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