We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a walking and sitting Meditation at the School Climate Strike, as part of the wider Global Climate Strike on Friday 20th Sept and you are warmly invited to join us for all or part of the action.…
Meditate for Peace at the Arms Fair
On Tuesday 5th of September Wake Up London will be joining the Interfaith Day of Action to raise awareness around the issue of arms trading.
Together with many other activist groups we will gather at the Excel Centre uniting around our belief in peace.
We’ll be sitting from 10.15am – 10.45am. Please bring something to sit on and signs and banners are welcome. The day will continue with many vigils, prayers and talks from other groups. There will also be a shared lunch at 1.15pm.
We will meet outside the Prince Regent DLR/Bus station at 9.30am and walk down together. If you arrive later please look here on the Facebook event page and we will update it where the sit will be. (It will be a short walk from the meeting place outside the Excel Centre).
Wake Up London and Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement are coming together to organize a meditation gathering prior to the People’s March on Sunday 29th November, the eve of the beginning of the Paris Climate Summit and where people around the world will be taking to the streets to show our love for the planet, and our solidarity as a globally conscious and connected movement at this pivotal time.
When: Sunday 29 November, 12-12.30pm
Where: Joy of Life Fountain, located next to Aldford Street North Gate, alongside Park Lane, London W1K
Nearest tube stations: Hyde Park Corner, Green Park, Marble Arch
Map to location: https://goo.gl/maps/q6coRRHQ32P2
Join the Facebook event page here and please share and invite your friends and family.
“When we meditate together and walk mindfully together, we amplify the power of our mindfulness, concentration and compassion. This strong energy of collective awareness will be felt in the world. It has the power to re-establish the Earth’s equilibrium and restore balance, since we are nothing less than Mother Earth herself. Our actions will lead to collective insight, collective awakening, and collective change.”
Meditation flash mob for peace at the DSEI arms fair, ExCel Centre as part of the Stop the Arms Fair week of action.
Saturday 12th September 11:30am.
All welcome.
The DSEI arms fair in London is connected to torture, war and repression around the world. It is one of the world’s biggest arms fair, where governments including repressive regimes with poor human rights records come to buy weapons.
At 11.30am, we will sit together as a community in meditation connecting with our peace, stability and compassion. We seek to make the link between peace in ourselves and peace in the world, highlighting the damage caused by the arms trade, while recognising the humanity of those involved.
LOCATION: The centre of the Sandstone Lane / Royal Albert way roundabout. Two minutes from Prince Regents DLR station and the nearest public land to the ExCel centre where the arms fair will be held.
Optional pre-meet in Cundy Park (next to Prince Regent DLR) from 10.45am. Come and make a placard. We will walk down to the roundabout together at 11.15am. (You may also like to consider bringing something to sit on.)
We will finish just after mid-day as the day of action begins (including art, music, poems, performances, people stories and tasty food!).
This flash mob is organised by Wake Up London, a meditation group practising in the style of Zen Buddhist and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. It is part of the Stop the Arms Fair week of action to challenge the arms fair before it begins on the 15th Sept. People of all backgrounds, ages, practices, faiths or of none welcome.
http://www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk/events/stop-the-arms-fair-big-day-of-action/
Join us to sit at The Peace Gardens in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum on Friday August 7th for our next meditation flashmob.
We will be in or around the gardens (depending on numbers) from 7 and will sit in mindful silence from around 7.15 to 7.45
All welcome.
“Can we go in the direction of compassion?
If we can we know peace is possible, for ourselves and
our society.
The way we live our lives is our message”
http://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/sitting-meditation/
Dear friends
the forecast is possible showers for tomorrow’s flashmob –
We WILL be there smile emoticon whatever the weather is doing.
We suggest bringing your waterproofs and umbrellas for an evening to remember!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1455101084791650/
With love, peace and appreciation
Wake Up London.
Come join us to sit in peace at Potters Fields – City Hall, our next Summer of Love event
We’ll meet at 7 and sit in mindful silence for half an hour.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1455101084791650/
http://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/sitting-meditation/
To Meditate
To meditate does not mean to struggle with a problem
To meditate means to observe
We pay attention to our breath, as we breathe in,body, breath, and mind—come together.
We know peace is possible
This is working for peace
A season of public events for 2015 – we invite everyone to join us for our Summer of Love 🙂
St James’s Park – Peace Walk /Friday 10th July 7pm-8pm
The Deptford Now Festival- Flash Mob Meditation/ Saturday 11th July 2pm-2.45pm…
NOW Live Events are coming to Deptford Lounge, London launching their first community programme with a specially tailored programme for the local area as part of the London-wide ‘Anxiety Arts Festival’ over June 2014, curated by the Mental Health Foundation.
On offer will be NOW’s unique and playful approach to literature, performance, craft, poetry, visual arts, spoken word, music, mindfulness meditation, workshops for children and more. The programme includes Britain’s leading lifestyle philosopher Roman Krznaric, Action for Happiness, mindfulness expert Tessa Watt and Craftivist Collective.
As part of their programme of events, Wake Up London have organized a meditation flash mob – see details below:
When: Saturday 28th June 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Where: Outside Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, London, SE8 4RJ
Nearest station: Deptford
Map: http://deptfordlounge.org.uk/#prettyPhoto[iframe]/1/
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1594447644114362
What:
Open to people of all backgrounds, cultures, faiths, ages and experience levels, this meditation flash mob is an invitation to stop what we are doing and enjoy simply being present in our body and mind, with those around us and in our environment. We come together to celebrate our very real capacity to generate peace, already, in the here and now. This is the peace we offer to our cities and to the world.
Sitting meditation is a way for us to return home and give full attention and care to ourselves. As we sit, we can begin by simply following our in-breath and out-breath. As we do this, we can notice with full attention what is within and around us. We let our minds become spacious and our heart soft and kind. When we sit down peacefully, breathing and smiling with awareness, we have sovereignty over ourselves. We can be with whatever is within us – pain, anger, irritation, joy, love or peace. We are with whatever is there without being carried away. We let it come, let it stay, then let it go.
Most of all, sitting is a chance for us to do nothing! We have nothing at all to do; just enjoy sitting and breathing in and out.
Sitting and breathing, we produce our true presence in the here and now and offer it to our community and to the world. This is the purpose of sitting: being here, fully alive and fully present.
Feel free to follow your own practice during this time. The sound of the bell at 12.30pm will start meditation and another sound at 1.30pm will end the meditation.
Please feel free to bring something comfortable to sit on and a waterproof mat (in case of rain).
Email enquiries to: info@wakeuplondon.org
Read more about the Now Live events at Anxiety Arts Festival: http://www.nowfestival.org/deptford-lounge-2014/
SUNDAY 11TH MAY // 5.30PM – LONDON
Join us in meditation that will be synchronized with a meditation flash mob taking place with Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in Barcelona on Sunday 11th May at 5.30pm GMT. Also joined by groups in Toyko and California.
From 5.30pm we will sit for 30 minutes in front of Marble Arch monument, which is directly across from Marble Arch Tube Station (Central Line).
See Picture: http://bit.ly/pP9htr
See Map: http://tiny.cc/lhzpm
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Sitting meditation is a way for us to return home and give full attention and care to ourselves. As we sit, we can begin by simply following our in-breath and out-breath. As we do this, we can notice with full attention what is within and around us. We let our minds become spacious and our heart soft and kind. When we sit down peacefully, breathing and smiling with awareness, we have sovereignty over ourselves. We can be with whatever is within us – pain, anger, irritation, joy, love or peace. We are with whatever is there without being carried away. We let it come, let it stay, then let it go.
Most of all, sitting is a chance for you to do nothing! You have nothing at all to do; just enjoy sitting and breathing in and out.
Sitting and breathing, we produce our true presence in the here and now and offer it to our community and to the world. This is the purpose of sitting: being here, fully alive and fully present. Feel free to follow your own practice during this time.
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Please feel free to bring something comfortable to sit on and a waterproof mat (in case of rain).
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This is an event open to everyone, all ages, from every path, experienced or not. Let us come together as one community.
“If you are a Buddhist, please come. If you are a Christian please come. If you are Jewish, Muslim, or belong to or identify with any other religions, creed or peace organization, please come. If you are white, brown, black, yellow, red or any other colour, please come.
We shall learn together that wrong perceptions of self and others are at the foundation of separation, fear, hate, and violence; and that togetherness and collaboration is possible.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
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Event in Barcelona with Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.facebook.com/events/554327711347593/
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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