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.…
Dear community,
As you may have heard, Josh from ConsciousFilmCo will be doing some filming tomorrow at our Wake Up session for the Being Peace centre fundraising video. …
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.
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.…
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.
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 something there are shops near by.
Facebook event here.
Draft schedule for the afternoon/evening:
2.30pm – 5pm Afternoon of Mindfulness
5pm- 6.30pm shared food
6.30pm – 8.30pm Christmas Be-In Party
8.30pm – 9pm pack up
Christmas Be-in Party:
6.30 welcomes/Put cards and quotes in centerpiece
6.35 silent sit
6.40 Reading Christmas related
6.50 Brief sharing of thoughts on Christmas/the reading
7.00 a song and then swap/read cards
7.15 Song/performance time
8.20 silent sit/song/bows
8.30 pack up
If inspired please bring an inspirational or moving quote that is special to you and write it on the back of a postcard (either bought or handmade or just a piece of card that size). It can be a quote from Thay or anyone who inspires you… even yourself! Doesn’t have to be Christmas related.
We will put them in the centerpiece and everyone who partook will take one to keep and read it aloud.
Bring poems/songs/music/creative offerings to offer on the day if moved and we’ll fit as much as we can in.
Westminster Quaker Meeting House,
8 Hop Gardens,
off St. Martins Lane, London,
WC2N 4EH
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Hosted by the Wake Up Community of young adults, this special retreat is opportunity to practice mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition in the beautiful gardens and woods of Kentwell, a peaceful and expansive countryside venue in Suffolk.…
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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