Mindful Peace Walk in Princes Street Gardens  (free event)

9am – 10.15am

Meet beside Henderson’s Café by St John’s Church (west end of Princes Street)

This silent walking meditation will be led by members of the Wild Geese, the Edinburgh Sangha of the Community of Interbeing, who follow the practice of Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Before the walk begins there will be a brief introduction to mindful walking as meditation practice. Children are welcome when accompanied by adults.

 ‘We walk just for walking. We walk with freedom and solidity, no longer in a hurry. Let us enjoy every step we make.’ Thich Nhat Hanh.

Event Details:

Start: 4th August 2013
End: 4th August 2013
Location: Edinburgh
Open to: all

Venue:  Kinnoull Monastery, near Perth. 

Murray Corke will be coming north to guide and support the weekend offering us the opportunity to deepen our practice for our local sanghas; gaining greater confidence and ease in the role of facilitators.

Full price £125, limited bursaries £95

More details and booking information to follow.

Event Details:

Start: 6th September 2013
End: 8th September 2013
Location: Near Perth
Open to: Both seasoned and prospective facilitators

Please spread the word in your local sanghas; details are copied below. 

9th June 2013, from 10am until 4.30pm

Venue: The Sustainability Centre

Droxford Road, East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire    GU32 1HR

A map and directions can be found at the centre’s web site: www.sustainability-centre.org

Dear friends,

You are invited to a day of practice at the Sustainability Centre, located in the heart of the South Downs National Park. The site is in 55 acres of natural woodland and if the weather is fine we will be able to benefit from the beautiful natural surroundings during walking meditation and other activities.

Space is limited to 40 people, so please confirm by 2nd June that you are coming by writing or calling Renata (from the Guildford sangha) at renatacollaco@hotmail.com or 07771558274. Priority will be given to members of South East sanghas until May 24th. If you are interested in coming and you are not a member of a South East sangha, please don’t hesitate to contact us at anytime, just beware we will only be able to confirm your place on May 25th.

The nearest train station is Petersfield and nearer the time we will arrange a scheme for pick ups from this station.

Event Details:

Start: 9th June 2013
End: 9th June 2013
Location: East Meon, Petersfield, Hants
Open to: all

Annual General Meeting & Annual Assembly  

Friends House,                 

173-177 Euston Road,

London NW1 2BJ

(opposite Euston Rail/Tube station, 10 minutes walk from Kings Cross)   www.friendshouse.co.uk

All CoI members are welcome to all or part of the day. The day provides us with the joyful opportunity to deepen our practice of mindfulness, hear the latest news, to meet, share and discuss ideas and help to support the wider UK sangha. Everything we do is practice.

(You can bring your own lunch or purchase lunch and refreshments from the Friends’ café.)

Morning session: AGM

Agenda items include: Finances, Membership, Appointment of new trustees

Late morning/afternoon session: Annual Assembly

Agenda items include: TOIC, Wake-up, Educators, Bursary Scheme, Cottage, Website, Vacancies/Recruitment, Here and Now newsletter, Bookshop,

Current initiatives with Plum Village, Future direction/vision of CoI

Please contact Denise Osborne on: 01284 764503 or email: trustees@interbeing.org.uk

Event Details:

Start: 18th May 2013
End: 18th May 2013
Location: Euston Rd London
Open to: all CoI members

This weekend is being organized in the spirit of finding new ways in which to enjoy the practice of mindfulness.

Dear Friends, please accept this invitation to join us for a weekend of bringing mind and body together through a collaboration of Eastern Chi and Mindful movement. Bringing balance to our bodies vital energies, and connecting deeply with the nature of movement. We will be teaching basic sequences (these can be later practised at home).

During this retreat we will also celebrate the humble cup of tea, relax deeply, and walk peacefully together. Practicing Interbeing mindfulness, inspired by the teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Cost of retreat: £60 + Voluntary donation

Depending on your income or how generous you feel like being. All accommodation and food is included in the price.

For enquiries please contact: interbeingcommunityliving@yahoo.co.uk

This retreat is being co-facilitated by Tai Chi teacher and Order member:

Leon Edwards (Tai Chi teacher) and Abi Marchent (True Moon Flower)  

Event Details:

Start: 11th October 2013
End: 13th October 2013
Location: New Barn, Dorset
Open to: All

This weekend is being organized in the spirit of finding new ways in which to enjoy the practice of mindfulness.

Compassionate Cooking is about preparing great food, with loving kindness. That makes it taste so good! Our aim is to enable participants to enjoy cooking recipes that are: compassionate, easy to prepare and affordable. With the ability to tick lots of ethical boxes along the way: Animal Free, Dairy Free, Gluten Free (where possible), Local Produce, Organic, Fairly Traded, Reduced Packaging, and hardly any processing. Combining all of the above with the retreat experience of engaged mindfulness though the practice of the Interbeing tradition of Plum Village.

Cost of retreat: £60 + Voluntary donation

Depending on your income or how generous you feel like being.  All accommodation and food is included in the price.

For enquiries please contact: interbeingcommunityliving@yahoo.co.uk

This retreat is being co-facilitated by order members: Abi Marchent (True Moon Flower) and Teri West (True Door of Virtue)

Event Details:

Start: 13th September 2013
End: 15th September 2013
Location: New Barn, Dorset
Open to: All

A lighthearted, non-threatening and playful weekend singing songs and chants from Plum Village and elsewhere, along with morning, evening, eating and walking meditation as well as finding ways to practice ‘stopping’ and ‘calming’ during singing sessions. 

£60.00 plus voluntary donations

Led by Teri West and Abi Marchent; members of the UK Order of Interbeing

Further info and booking: Contact Teri West: teri.west@btinternet.com or 01237 451588

Event Details:

Start: 5th July 2013
End: 7th July 2013
Location: New Barn, Dorset
Open to: All

Newbold House, Forres near Findhorn, Scotland

held by Sr Jewel (Chau Nghiem), Sr Hai Nghiem, Susanne Olbrich and Aleksandra Kumorek

This is the first retreat of the international Mindful Artists Network. Are you a writer, musician, filmmaker, performer, visual artist, storyteller, dancer, art therapist, journalist, or work in some other art form? Are you looking for a way to ground your art in a mindful, sustainable, spiritual practice? You are invited to come together for a weekend of meditation, creative exploration, reflection and community building.

We will slow down and come home to our body and breath by practicing sitting, walking and eating meditation together. Simple movement practices, Deep Relaxation, periods of silence and time spent outdoors will all be part of this retreat. Playful exercises including sound, music, images and natural materials will encourage creative exploration and connection amongst participants across art forms.

Another focus will be on reflection: How can Buddhist ethics be integrated into our work? What kinds of seeds do we water as artists in the collective consciousness of our society? Building sangha and strengthening connections amongst creative practitioners is one of the aims of this retreat, and there will be room for sharing and networking.

Booking and information: Please find details and a contact form on www.mindful-artists.org, or phone Susanne Olbrich, +(44) 1309 692253

Event Details:

Start: 28th June 2013
End: 30th June 2013
Location: Newbold House, Forres
Open to: All artists of all art forms

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Event Details:

Start: 9th June 2013
End: 9th June 2013
Location: Anam Cara, Inverness-shire
Open to: All artists of all art forms.

The price is £2.50 + £1.00 postage and packing, making the cost for each booklet £3.50. If people want large quantities, we can negotiate a lower price. To order please contact the email below: 

booklet [at] interbeing.org.uk

C O N T E N T S 

Practising Together  - page 2
Conscious Breathing  - page  3
Bells of Mindfulness  - page  4
Waking up in the Morning  - page  5
Sitting Meditation  - page  6
Walking Meditation  - page  8
Bowing  - page  9
Dharma Sharing  - page  10
Noble Silence  - page  11
Eating Together  - page  12
Tea Meditation  - page  14
Practising with Children  - page  15
The Breathing Room  - page  15
Family Meals  - page  16
Listening  - page  16
Pebble Meditation  - page  17
Plum Village Songs  - page  18
Five Mindfulness Trainings  - page  20
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings  - page  24
Deep Relaxation  - page  33
Touching the Earth  - page  38
Beginning Anew  - page  44