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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.

Sep
30

Tuesday evening sitting group

These evenings are a good way to practice meditation with others, to socialise and to have a taste of what we have to offer. All are welcome. Cont…………..
Sep
30

Sangha Social

We are celebrating being a charity for 15 years! What better way to commemorate this occasion than to interrupt our usual Tuesday evening sitting with an evening of socialising, games, and food. We will have a 30 minute sitting within the schedule. The only thing you need to bring is yourself. Vegan and vegetarian food … Continued

Oct
04

Self-led day retreats

A monthly opportunity to spend a day cultivating spaciousness and stillness in silence, away from the bustle of everyday life, made all the more powerful and nourishing through the shared experience of a friendly group setting…
Oct
15

Calm and Clarity – An Introductory Course in Insight Meditation

Bristol Insight Meditation is offering a four week introductory course in Insight Meditation on Wednesday evenings 15, 22, 29 Oct and Tuesday evening 4th November 2025. The aim of this short course is to introduce people to the basics of Insight Meditation – enough to confidently get started. The course covers the practicalities of posture, breathing, sitting … Continued

Oct
25

Led Day Retreat – Tending Joy, Sustaining Compassion

How do we creatively care for ourselves and others amidst personal and collective crises? This day will offer a taste of the ways in which cultivating joy supports the capacity to care without getting overwhelmed. 

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Jan
26

Nature meditation

Winter is a time of stillness, rest and rejuvenation in the woods. The birds are quiet. The earth is dormant. The trees are fortifying themselves for spring. What better place to practice steadying our minds round the campfire with others…
Feb
15

Cultivating Steadiness, Responsiveness and Wisdom: A day of meditation with Zohar Lavie

You are warmly invited to join us for this day retreat with Zohar Lavie…
Feb
16

Online Retreat Day: How to Thrive in Hard Times with Stephen Fulder

During this online daylong Stephen would like to explore the fact that we are faced with ever more challenging situations and often conflict at the personal, social and planetary levels. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and sometimes lost. Yet they can also be a wake-up call. Can we find equanimity and steadiness within such challenging situations?
Feb
16

Nature meditation – Leigh Court Woods

Come join us round the campfire, as the land begins to stir with the first signs of spring. Scattered snowdrops, emerging daffodils and the songbirds practising their spring calls…
Apr
05

Day Retreat – To Expect Wonders with Kirsten Kratz

Buddhist teachings explore how to nourish and cultivate wholesome seeds of intention, liberating ways of looking that can connect us directly with our yearning for true happiness…
Apr
13

Nature meditation – Leigh Court Woods

Early April is a wonderful time to be in the woods, as they start bursting with life. Come enjoy the dappled glades, the calling songbirds and the unfurling bright green leaves, as we move into Spring.
May
10

Dharma Inquiry Day: Reclaiming Your Attention in the Digital Age

Join us for a Dharma Inquiry Day to explore how digital technology shapes our attention and impacts on our well-being. Through Dharma wisdom, meditation practice, and guided reflection we will investigate when and how our focus is being hijacked—and, more importantly, how to reclaim it.
May
18

Drawing in the Woods – Leigh Court Woods

We will be mixing up meditation and drawing. It won’t be about fancy pictures or works of art. More like joining the dots between our breath, our mind, our body, hands and eyes and our environment. All welcome, including non-artists! Bring something to draw with and to draw on.
May
24

Rewilding Meditation – Unfurling the Heart

Saturday 24 May – Mon 26 May. As the leaves uncurl and reach for the light, we too can gently open into the grace and beauty of the woodland at springtime. Drawing on Kwan Yin, the Boddhisattva of Compassion, we will be working with embodied, reciprocal heart-based practices that connect us to ourselves, our lives and the trees, birds, plants and animals all around us…
Jun
13

Rewilding Meditation – Rewilding Creativity

Friday 13 June – Sunday 15 June. Nature is in a constant state of creation. The woods create themselves from air, earth and sunlight. Rewild yourself by spending a weekend in the same nourishing conditions and find out how your creativity flourishes…
Jun
21

Led Retreat Day – Intuitive Awakening

We are living in extraordinary times, summoning us to awaken, whilst turning towards the unfolding challenges we face – personal and collective.
Jun
22

Nature Meditation – Solstice Celebration

The summer solstice is a special time of year when we mark the longest day and the shortest night. It’s a time to give thanks for the light, the land and all the abundant offerings of nature. We will be celebrating by sharing a delicious vegan feast before practising round the campfire and amongst the trees…
Jul
20

Rewilding Meditation

Sunday 20 July 3-6pm The height of summer is a time of reaping harvests, flitting butterflies and lush, green trees, Lay down on a blanket in the meadow to watch the clouds drifting above, wonder at a chestnut tree in full leaf and sit round the circle practising with others, all while experiencing the peace of … Continued

Aug
22

Rewilding Meditation – Creating a Clearing in the Dense Forest of Our Lives

Friday 22 August – Monday 25 August. In this retreat, we will follow the advice of the poet Martha Postlethewaite who suggests creating a clearing in the dense forest of our lives and waiting patiently to hear our own unique “song”. Within the spaciousness of a three-night retreat amongst the trees and open skies, we will have ample time to let go into silence and listen..
Sep
21

Nature Meditation

Equinox  At the equinox, the leaves are turning, the creatures are burrowing and the land is starting to settle into the autumn. What better time to come meditate with us round the campfire while we savour the growing stillness in the woodland? Venue: Leigh Court Woods. Contribution: £9 with bursaries available. Lift shares to be … Continued