View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 30 Apr 2016 2:00 PM It takes both courage and skill to find the inner strength and balance necessary to keep our eyes, ears, minds, and hearts open to the intensity and immensity of joys and sorrows in our lives and world. This special workshop, with two leaders in the global mindfulness and compassion movements, will introduce you to a rich blend of spiritual practices to keep your heart open to embrace and compassionately respond to your life with ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 30 Apr 2016 10:15 AM This is a rare opportunity to learn mindfulness from two of the world’s leading mindfulness teachers, Dr Joel & Michelle Levey.  “Joel and Michelle Levey are presently engaged in work that has great prospects for bringing the inner sciences of human development and transformation to a very wide section of people.” His Holiness, the Dalai Lama In this experiential workshop the Leveys will introduce you to a range of practices to bring greater awareness, ease ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 19 Mar 2016 11:00 AM STILL A FEW PLACES LEFT AND THE WEATHER LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE DRY AND MILD. Gardening is a rewarding way to find peace and wholeness in a busy world, and connect back to the earth and its rhythms. In conjunction with Plot 22, a community allotment in Hove, we are delighted to offer a series of seasonal ‘contemplative gardening’ sessions. Working together in a small group, there will be time for community, and ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 18 May 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Tuesday, 17 May 2016 7:45 AM On Tuesday mornings we walk a seven circuit labyrinth that is modeled on the 12th Century Labyrinth found in Chartres Cathedral, France. In the last thirty years, walking the labyrinth has re-emerged as a meditative practice and a symbolic image of pilgrimage, not in the geographical sense, but of the journey we each make through life: a journey to the centre, a return to the heart, back to the Spirit who faithfully waits ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 14 May 2016 8:00 AM We start with a short reading from the book, Coming To Your Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn followed by 25 minutes of sitting meditation.  The second 30 minutes is an ancient form of contemplative practice called Lectio Divina, literally meaning divine reading. The invitation of Lectio Divina is to cultivate a heart-centred intimacy with the sacred text of the Bible, listening deeply with "the ears of the heart", (St Benedict). Our focus in 2016 will be the ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 11 May 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Tuesday, 10 May 2016 7:45 AM On Tuesday mornings we walk a seven circuit labyrinth that is modeled on the 12th Century Labyrinth found in Chartres Cathedral, France. In the last thirty years, walking the labyrinth has re-emerged as a meditative practice and a symbolic image of pilgrimage, not in the geographical sense, but of the journey we each make through life: a journey to the centre, a return to the heart, back to the Spirit who faithfully waits ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Saturday, 07 May 2016 8:00 AM THIS WEEK ONLY WE MEET OUTSIDE MAIN DOOR OF CHURCH (THE DRIVE) FOR WALKING MEDITATION TO THE BEACH FOLLOWED BY COFFEE AT SMALL BATCH.   The second 30 minutes is an ancient form of contemplative practice called Lectio Divina, literally meaning divine reading. The invitation of Lectio Divina is to cultivate a heart-centred intimacy with the sacred text of the Bible, listening deeply with "the ears of the heart", (St Benedict). Our focus in 2016 will ... Read more

View On Meetup.com Date Wednesday, 04 May 2016 8:15 PM Any one can do this! All are welcome! You do not need to be able to sing! This universally acknowledged form of worship is simple yet transformative. The sound created when voices come together to sing simple, yet beautiful chants creates a perfect space for meditation, contemplation and prayer.  The chants are very easy and include some Taize and Christian chants as well as some from other faiths. They lead us into a 20 minute ... Read more