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Weekly Online meditation session
Our weekly online sits happen every Tuesday at 7pm - sign up to below to receive email alerts
Get our Online Meditation Alerts - sent every Tuesday at 10am with that evening's link
A series of meditation sessions brought to you by The Sharpham Trust.
These 40-minute sessions - a 30-minute meditation with 5 minutes either side - will be a weekly space to sit and connect through meditation guided by Sharpham Trust teachers and volunteer coordinators.
Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others
- Harriet Goldhor Lerner
The sit will take place online using the platform Zoom (see further information below to ensure you have the minimum tech requirements). We'll send out guidance for using Zoom and getting the best out of the sit in each email. Or see below for more details.
This weekly sit is part of a family of online offers including a 1-day Retreat at Home, a 3-day Retreat at Home, an 8-week course in Mindfulness for Health & Wellbeing and a Weekend Retreat at Home
The sit is by donation, or free.
During this online sit, you'll get
- a weekly moment to pause and sit together
- the opportunity to be part of a supportive group of fellow meditators
- meditation led by Sharpham Trust teachers and Barn coordinators
Who is this for?
This online sit is for people with all types of meditation experience, from beginner to experienced - anyone who would like to connect with their practice in the supportive company of others.
To get the most out of this session you will need a room or place in your home where you will not be distracted by other people or sounds.
To join you will need to be fully available for the duration of the session, helping to create a greater sense of group coherence with less distraction for your fellow meditators.
Technical requirements
We will be using the online application Zoom to meditate with each other.
To use Zoom you will need a computer or a phone with a speaker and camera. Full instructions will be sent with each Online Meditation Alert or you can access them here.
You can also download the Zoom app here to familiarise yourself with it and make sure it meets your system requirements.
Schedule
The session will begin at 7pm on Tuesdays. Please be prompt.
Each session will incorporate a 30-minute sit, with enough time on either side to settle in.
| Date | Leader | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Ethan Pollock | Mindfulness of the soundscape |
| October 11 | Nadia Karim | Grounding our being |
| October 18 | Lucy Chan | Meeting challenging thoughts |
| October 25 | Lynne Holmes | Working with strong emotions |
| November 1 | Jess Stein | Samhain: Beginnings and endings |
| November 8 | Barry Thurgood | Compassionate abiding |
| November 15 | Ethan Pollock | Finding equanimity with the pleasant and unpleasant |
| November 22 | Will Evans | Finding refuge in the body |
| November 29 | Jess Stein | Returning to the body |
| December 6 | Lynne Holmes | Finding a still place |
| December 13 | Lucy Chan | Coming home |
| December 20 | Nadia Karim | Creating space |
| January 3 | Barry Thurgood | Soften, soothe & allow |
| January 10 | Ethan Pollock | Gratitude for our body |
| January 17 | Lynne Holmes | Presence |
| January 24 | Will Evans | Wide open awareness |
| January 31 | Nadia Karim | Staying with difficulty |
| February 7 | Lucy Chan | The fierce side of compassion |
| February 14 | Jess Stein | Exploring the heart |
| February 21 | Barry Thurgood | Loving kindness |
| February 28 | Lynne Holmes | Feeling tones |
| March 7 | Will Evans | Making peace with thoughts |
| March 14 | Ethan Pollock | Discovering joy |
| March 21 | Jess Stein | Spring Equinox: Meeting resistance |
| March 28 | Nadia Karim | Feeling into what’s already pleasant |
| April 4 | Barry Thurgood | Open awareness |
| April 11 | Lucy Chan | Trusting the process |
| April 18 | Will Evans | Finding simplicity |
| April 25 | Lynne Holmes | Loving kindness |
Just thank you - that was so beautiful - and to be present with so many [ðŸ™]
Thank you so much for a lovely meditation. I will definitely be joining again next Tuesday. A sit was so uplifting and lovely to be able to virtually connect with a group of like-minded individuals.
Thank you so much for tonight's meditation session. I enjoyed it very much and particularly liked Barry's pacing. I certainly felt calmer and more at peace than when I joined it.
Email alerts
We send out an email alert to the Online Meditation Session mailing list at 10am on the day of the meditation session. If you sign up after this time, you won't get the link for that evening's session.
This event takes place over Zoom
We will be using the online application Zoom to meditate with each other.
To use Zoom you will need a computer or a phone with a speaker and camera. Full instructions will be sent with each Online Meditation Alert or you can access them here.
You can also download the Zoom app here to familiarise yourself with it and make sure it meets your system requirements.
We'd very much appreciate if you can donate towards this event, in order to support the future of The Sharpham Trust.
You can do that here: www.sharphamtrust.org/donate
All income from this sit will go to The Trust's General Fund to help us continue to care for people, for wildlife and the land.
We'd very much appreciate if you can donate towards this event, in order to support the future of The Sharpham Trust.
You can do that here: www.sharphamtrust.org/donate
All income from this sit will go to The Trust's General Fund to help us continue to care for people, for wildlife and the land.
Do check our Calendar to see and book for our events - or join our mailing list by clicking here to be kept in touch about Sharpham Trust news, retreats & events.
