Yoga studio
West London Buddhist Centre

THIS WEEKEND 7 - 13 February This on-line retreat will investigate the role of the body in meditation, from the development of mindfulness and compassion through to its place in the cultivation of wisdom. ... Book your spot - follow link in our bio or visit our homepage for programme details: www.westlondonbuddhistcentre.com

Tonight, Thursday 28 Jan, 8.45 - 9.30pm If anybody would like to join us tonight for short and impromptu sit in our virtual Shrine Room to mark the 100,000 lives lost to Covid, and the 2 million more worldwide, you’d be very welcome. Join us via the link below. Bring a candle. ... https://westlondonbuddhistcentre.com//special-event-10000/

It doesn't feel that long ago that we sent a message of solidarity following the Prime Minister's "Christmas is Cancelled" announcement. Here we are again and we're "Back to March". To be honest, it’s tricky to know how one begins to respond, but then again, these messages don't often start by anybody knowing exactly what they’re going to say anyway. They just start with an inclination to reach out to remind you that we are here thinking of you, wondering how each 'new' devel...opment might affect you, your loved ones, your neighbours, your livelihood, your life. Are you okay? Yes, maybe it's as simple as that. Are you okay? This is not an institutional message. There is a team here that share the sentiment of care for the community in its largest sense, equally affected. There is an individual writing these words who, for some reason this time, is reduced to tears. There are times when maybe the writer writes as much for others (on behalf of the team) as they write for themselves to momentarily cure a near unbearable helplessness and soften the ricochet of implied severity of suffering between the familiar words Stay-at-Home. Sending these words to a hypothetical somebody helps them find contact with a real some body and find a home in resonance and reciprocity. They're far more comforting in the hope that they may be of help to you, or a part of you that could do with hearing them. For you over there, from us over here, let the language of kindness fill the on-going space between us. As ever, let's do what we need to do and take good care of one another. Sophie (Publicity) and WLBC Team Photo: from @discover_whales @pxlexplorer

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This week's newsletter Metta and Molecules - Bookings 2021 / Winter Retreat / Looking Beyond https://mailchi.mp/westlondonbuddhistce/metta-and-molecules

TONIGHT - Friday 18 December, 6.30 - 8.30pm Yin Yoga with Yoga with Norman Find the inner space to welcome just how you are right now...... This is the first of new monthly online Yin yoga with Norman Blair, one of the most experienced Yin yoga teachers in the UK and author of Brightening Our Inner Skies. Booking: http://ow.ly/tu4P50CP9CP

Watch ‘Looking Beyond’, a workshop from West London featuring art from the British Museum live today! 2pm GMT / 9am EST. https://thebuddhistcentre.com/live/#beyond #Mindfulness #art #tantra #dharma #Buddhism #buddhist #buddha #Triratna #Arts

Newsletter: Looking Beyond Celebrate WLBC / Art Workshop / Why I'm an Optimist - https://mailchi.mp/westlondonbuddhistcentre./looking-beyond

This Friday, 7-9pm. Fundraiser for West London Buddhist Centre: More info and log-in: https://westlondonbuddhistcentre.com//friday-night-sangha/

Giving Courage. - https://mailchi.mp/westlondonbuddhistcentre./giving-courage

Looking Beyond: An Art Workshop with Yashobodhi and Imma Ramos, curator of the British Museum's, Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution. Sunday 3 January, 2-4.45pm Register: https://westlondonbuddhistcentre.com/event/looking-beyond/

Friday 18 December, 6.30-8.30pm Find the inner space to welcome just how you are right now, this is a precious chance to slow down and to soften. In the spirit of the season, all proceeds from the December workshop go to the WLBC Precious Jewel Appeal. The first of monthly two-hour online Yin yoga workshops with Norman Blair. Norman is one of the most experienced Yin yoga teachers in the UK. He started practising yoga in the early 1990s and he has been teaching since 2001.... In 2016, he wrote Brightening Our Inner Skies: Yin and Yoga. Booking: http://ow.ly/bDgZ50CBuEY

Live the meaning - https://mailchi.mp/westlondonbuddhistcentr/live-the-meaning

Compassionate Body Scan staff pick at Insight Timer today. Why not give yourself a break?