The Sangha Live 3-hour Day of Practice sessions are an invitation for you to delve deeper into your practice, develop your meditation skills and Dharma understanding, and reset your intentions through sustained sitting.

Each Day of Practice is  oriented around a specific theme or technique – which we will explore in depth through guided contemplation and practice. These sessions include longer periods of meditation interspersed with wise Dharma teachings, mindfulness exercises, and interactive Q&A’s.

Day of Practice is offered on a sliding scale basis; no one is turned away for lack of funds.

In-person: More than Meditation: Ritual, Cosmology and Alchemy at the Heart of Buddha Dharma with Martin Aylward
Martin Aylward

31 May 2025 10:00 am – 5:00 pm £15.00 – £50.00

Meditation has become increasingly popular and accessible, partly through isolating it from its traditional Buddhist context, where meditation is inseparably embedded in a body of teachings, beliefs, rituals and other practices.

In the popularisation and secularisation of meditation, has something essential been lost along the way? What might your practice be missing that meditation alone cannot provide? Might some traditional complements to meditation such as an altar, devotional gestures, chanting and making offerings be in some way vital, and how might you engage with them without the traditional cultural context?

This day of practice and teachings will explore meditation in relation to and with the engagement of these adjunct practices, as we inquire together to distinguish the merely superstitious from the vital and transformative. Oh, and we’ll also meditate together.

June 9-21 ENG
BREADTH AND DEPTH: A 13 day retreat for experienced practitioners

DESCRIPTION:

(This retreat conforms to the criteria necessary for Mindfulness Instructors in Training)

Teaching fees: Dana

Earth Below and Sky Above: A Meditation and Qigong Retreat

Aug 9-15 ENG
Co-teaching with Mimi Kuo-Deemer

DESCRIPTION:
Qigong is a Chinese energy cultivation practice with Daoist and Buddhist roots, using slow, circular, fluid movements. Practiced with meditation and Dharma teachings, it awakens us to the matrix and flow of life within and around us, cultivating physical spaciousness and ease while deepening our capacity for embodied presence. This retreat, co-led by Martin Aylward and Mimi Kuo-Deemer, will combine movement sessions with silent and guided meditations, teachings on the nature of mind, and meetings with the teachers. Open to all levels and abilities.
(This retreat will be held in silence. It conforms to the criteria necessary for Mindfulness Instructors in Training)

TEACHING FEES:

Standard fee – 395 euros
Subsidised fee: 335 euros
Professional fee: 445 euros

The Mindfulness Training Institute offers professional, yearlong teacher training courses, providing experiential learning, in-depth instruction and practical skills to teach with confidence and clarity. Trainees are educated in the scientific research on mindfulness, contemporary teaching forms and the historical Buddhist context.

Co-founded and co-directed by two world-renowned teachers and friends – Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward – MTI trainees will get the opportunity to learn from two teachers who have been studying and teaching the art of mindfulness around the world for decades.

Join our 350+ graduates now teaching Mindfulness to students around the world, in a variety of settings such as healthcare, education, government and the general public.

Bring the practice you love into the life you live, while helping transform the lives of those you teach.

Tools of Liberation: Wisdom, Presence and Love
19- 21 September 2025

Join dharma teacher Martin Aylward and a group of other like-minded souls for a weekend of depth and openness, silence and stillness, love and freedom.

While our outer lives depend so heavily on circumstances, our inner lives can be nourished from a different source, where wisdom, love and freeness of being become our true home. This weekend just outside London over the autumn equinox, will be a time for this nourishment, with practices and teachings to train the mind and liberate the heart.

There will be time for meditation and embodiment practices, for ‘meditation out loud’ using dialogic, relational exercises, and for being in the open space of the Kent countryside, with Earth below and Sky above. Martin will be joined by his son Narayan Aylward as assisting teacher.

Narayan grew up in a Buddhist meditation retreat center, and decided to pursue this rich path of intimacy with the world. He began sitting meditation retreats aged 19, and completed a mindfulness teacher training in 2022. He brings his meditative life to his work with various non-profit groups, including international disaster rescue, music and cultural events, driven by the wish to integrate mindfulness into everyday activities and share its benefits with different populations.

Schedule
Arrive on Friday 19th from 6pm and we will finish on Sunday 21st by 4pm.
A more detailed programme to come

Costs:
(Includes all teachings and catering)
£320 – a dorm bed (first come, first served), tent pitch or non-residential

£460 – per person for the River hut (one double bed so for a couple)
£460 – per person for a double bed in a shared 6m bell tent (for two people or can work out a discount for a group of 3-4 friends)
£490 – per person for a twin room in The Granary (can also be made up as super kings)

Renting a bell tent: We work closely with Honeybells Tents and can offer furnished (£250 for up to two people) and unfurnished bell tents (£150), which would be an additional cost to the £320 above.

To book and for further information please email: jessie@thequadrangle.co

We want this weekend to be accessible to all – if payment is a barrier to participation don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Ouvert et Libre: Mindfulness, bienveillance et la conscience libérée

Oct 13-19 2025

Langue: Français

Assistante: Elena Zahariev

La pratique de la Mindfulness est surtout orientée vers la libération de la conscience, une compréhension qui va au-delà du conceptuel, et une profonde guérison des anciens schémas. La conscience libérée est telle qu’elle peut accueillir, explorer et vivre toute expérience sans compulsion, sans contraction, sans confusion. Cette retraite de méditation silencieuse va explorer ces thèmes, en enseignements, en pratique, et en entretiens individuels et en groupes.
(La retraite se déroulera en silence. Elle conforme aux critères nécessaires pour celleux qui suivent une formation d’Instructeur MBSR ou MTI)

FRAIS D’ENSEIGNEMENTS:
200€ + TVA + Dana

En achetant votre billet, pour éviter une surcharge, veuillez être sûr de faire le choix correct et de cocher une case uniquement, sauf si vous achetez pour plusieurs personnes.

Le Dana peut être offert à la fin de la retraite.

REMBOURSEMENT DES FRAIS D’ENSEIGNEMENTS: 


Jusqu’à 14 jours avant le debut de l’événement: remboursement -50%
Moins de 7 jours avant le debut de l’événement; aucun remboursement
Si nous annulons l’événement, vous recevrez un remboursement total.

The Sangha Live 3-hour Day of Practice sessions are an invitation for you to delve deeper into your practice, develop your meditation skills and Dharma understanding, and reset your intentions through sustained sitting.

Each Day of Practice is  oriented around a specific theme or technique – which we will explore in depth through guided contemplation and practice. These sessions include longer periods of meditation interspersed with wise Dharma teachings, mindfulness exercises, and interactive Q&A’s.

Day of Practice is offered on a sliding scale basis; no one is turned away for lack of funds.

The Mindfulness Training Institute offers professional, yearlong teacher training courses, providing experiential learning, in-depth instruction and practical skills to teach with confidence and clarity. Trainees are educated in the scientific research on mindfulness, contemporary teaching forms and the historical Buddhist context.

Co-founded and co-directed by two world-renowned teachers and friends – Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward – MTI trainees will get the opportunity to learn from two teachers who have been studying and teaching the art of mindfulness around the world for decades.

Join our 350+ graduates now teaching Mindfulness to students around the world, in a variety of settings such as healthcare, education, government and the general public.

Bring the practice you love into the life you live, while helping transform the lives of those you teach.