Day of Mindfulness: Impermanence & Awakening Joy 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 […]
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You are warmly invited to attend our afternoon of mindfulness and then we will gather for an evening of food, songs, poems and stories. You can come of all or part of the afternoon/evening. All welcome. We would like to ask everyone to please bring your favourite vegan dish to share. If unable to make […]
We are delighted to announce that Plum Village monastics led by Brother Phap Linh, Sister Hien Nghiem and Sister Kinh Nghiem will be joining us for a series of events in May. See the London Mindfulness Hub website for all events. A highlight selection of scheduled events include: A Wake Up Retreat with Plum Village Monastics: Nurturing Ourselves in Nature Date: 7pm THU 16th – […]
The Wake Up London Summer Retreat booking form is open here! The theme of the retreat is Being Together where we’ll explore depth and lightness in community. Dates: Thurs 30th Aug (evening) – Sun 2nd Sept Location: The Quadrangle Trust a peaceful countryside venue in Kent, only a short walk from Shoreham Station with direct trains from London Victoria. We will spend the weekend […]
After the Wake Up afternoon we will gather for an evening of food, songs, poems and stories. All welcome 6.30 -9 We would like to ask everyone to please bring your favourite vegan/vegtatarian dish to share. If unable to make something there are shops near by. We will also do a Secret Santa – please […]
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 […]
Long time friends of our community may remember us releasing an album called ‘Peace Sounds‘ to raise funds for the meditation event in Trafalgar Square with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2012. We are excited to announce the release of ‘Peace Sounds 2’ which features more musical contributions from our community members and our […]
This summer, from 5th to 12th August, Plum Village will be hosting another wonderful International Wake Up Retreat. These retreats are a time for us to be together, young people from all over the world (16-35 year olds), to deepen our mindfulness practice, and enjoy time being together. As well as the usual program of […]
“Listening deeply and with compassion is an art. Speaking with loving kindness is also an art. Other things like painting or music can serve that purpose (of compassion). When you sing a song, the song should have an effect of sangha beauty, of building mutual understanding and compassion. That’s what we try to do in […]
