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Calendar of upcoming events and retreats

Below is a list of upcoming retreats and other events. Some are regular events and you will see the next session below. At the bottom of the page you can view details of past Teacher-led retreats.

Oct
19

Tuesday evening sitting group

Please note we have replaced our meetings at the Quaker Meeting House with an online Tuesday sitting group. Please see our Supporting our Sangha Online page for further details and the Zoom link.
Oct
24

Nature meditation

As the leaves start to turn red, orange and gold, the woods beckon. Our next nature meditation afternoon is Sunday 24 October from 1-4pm in our new site near Wraxall. Cont…..
Nov
06

Self-led day retreats

We are delighted that the Self-Led retreat has returned to its Friends Meeting House, Bristol venue for 2021. The retreat continues its popular format with periods sitting and walking meditation. To find out more and book a place on this retreat Cont…………
Nov
20

The Kaleidoscope Heart

Our heart-mind or ‘Citta’ as it is called in the Buddhist Pali language is the sensitive arena of reaction and response where external conditions meet our personal histories, creating patterns in unique ways for each of us. Cont……

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Jan
16

A day with Suvaco – living in the time of Covid

Suvaco trained in the Thai forest tradition of Ajahn Chah for 17 years as a Buddhist monk and currently teaches meditation as part of the teaching staff at Gaia House, Devon. He is also a registered UKCP Core Process psychotherapist.. Cont.
Mar
20

Power Mindfulness – A led Day Retreat with Venerable Canda

Mindfulness has many benefits to our health and wellbeing. Looking at mindfulness in the context of the Buddha’s teachings, opens up the path to experiencing its full power and how it awakens our potential as human beings. Cont…….
Apr
05

Easter Sangha Walk – Long Ashton Circular Walk

The walk will start at the Long Ashton community centre car park on Keedwell Hill. We will head north up Keeds Lane and then in a westerly direction through open fields with a lovely open view towards Nailsea and the Severn Estuary……Cont.
May
03

Sangha Walk – Pensford and Stanton Drew Stone Circles

The next Bristol Insight sangha walk will be a Bank Holiday walk to Stanton Drew Stone Circles on Monday 3rd May. This is a re-scheduling of the walk that had to be cancelled last December due to lockdown rules….Cont.
May
29

Resilience and the Art of Happiness – finding resource within the circumstances of our lives

As human beings our lives include joy and difficulty. Given the changing nature of experience, what kind of happiness is possible for us? Can we discover sources of wellbeing and resilience that are available to us regardless of current circumstances? Cont…….
May
31

Sangha Walk – Lower Wye Valley

The next sangha walk, again on a bank holiday Monday, will be along the spectacular Lower Wye Valley. This is a favourite walk of mine, introduced to me by my friend Steve Onyett in 2007. We previously did it as a sangha walk in February 2018…Cont.
Jul
04

Pilgrimage to the Holy Cross Church, Kilgwrrwg, Monmouthshire

The next sangha walk on Sunday 4th July, led by Jill Bird, will be through the rolling hills of the Monmouthshire countryside with views across valleys and across to the Black Mountains. The walk is a pilgrimage walk that takes in three ancient churches…..Cont.
Jul
24

Boundless Heart – Vulnerable Earth: Dharma practice in the ecological and climate emergency.

Unfortunately this retreat is now cancelled.

Aug
14

Sangha walk – Severn Peninsula

The next sangha walk on Saturday 14th August, led by Jill Bird, will be an exploration of the Severn Peninsula near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Cont………
Sep
25

Enriching Life with Kirsten Kratz

Wisdom teachings encourage us to look deeply and with love into our experience, with all its complexities, challenges and contradictions. When we approach our existence with kindness and courage, innumerable facets of this human heart are gradually unveiled. Cont…….
Oct
03

Sangha Walk – Llangattock Escarpment, Brecon Beacons National Park – Sunday 3rd October

The next sangha walk, on Sunday 3rd October, will be an exploration of the spectacular Llangattock escarpment (near Crickhowell) in the southernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Cont……