Come and learn how we can bring great benefit to ourselves and others through mindfulness practice. We will sit, walk, rest and eat together in stillness and friendship, generating peaceful, healing energy for the benefit of ourselves, our families and for the world.
Open to everyone, of all faiths and none.
Saturday 5th July 2025. Please arrive from around 9:45 for a 10am start. We will finish by 4pm.
Please bring some plant-based food to share for lunch.
St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2DP
This month of June, Buddhist Action Month, has the theme, this year, of ‘Sowing Seeds of Compassion in the World’. And at our Mindful Peace Walk on 29th June, we’ll be inviting you to direct your seeds of compassion towards the climate and ecological crisis facing us all.
A mindful peace walk on the Stirling 2025 retreat
Walking amongst beautiful trees, with peace as every step, we can feel the embrace of nature and open our hearts to its wonders. Each step a new opportunity to connect with the earth, the trees, with nature and all beings, and cherish them back. Fully mindful of the strain our precious planet is under.
And when we’ve finished walking, please feel free to join us in a litter pick over the castle grounds. Just a little helping hand, and gesture of goodwill, to the wonderful environment there and the folks who try their best to look after it.
This is not a protest or a campaigning event, so please do not use any banners. Our silence and togetherness in nature says it all at this time.
Meet: 11am in front of Lauriston Castle. Duration: Walk will conclude by noon and be followed by an optional litter pick. Suitability: Anyone who can walk slowly. There are some steps. Children are welcome when accompanied by adults.
Come and enjoy a day immersed in mindfulness as we celebrate our capacity for gaining strength and peace from mindful contact with the natural world. We will sit, walk, rest and eat together in stillness and friendship, generating peaceful, healing energy for the benefit of ourselves, our families and for the world.
Open to everyone, of all faiths and none.
Saturday 7th June – 10am to 4pm (Please arrive from around 9:45 for a 10am start)
St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2DP
Please bring some plant-based food to share for lunch.
Saturday 5th April 20259:30 am – 12 noon(Please arrive from around 9:15 for a 9:30 am start)
We will explore this theme together using guided meditation, walking meditation, readings and sharing (This is a morning session so no need to bring food to share for lunch)
St. Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2DP
This practice is open to everyone, of all faiths and none.
If you want to attend the retreat in Stirling in May you should act quickly as the bookings will be closing soon. To guarantee a spot you need to have booked by Wednesday 26th March 2025. After that date bookings will be subject to availability and will close entirely on Wednesday 16th April 2025.
Please join us at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5NZ on Sunday 30th March 2025 at 10am. The gardens open at 10am. Remember the clocks change that day!
This is the 20th year of run we’ve run these walks but the 19th walk – because we didn’t have one during Covid. A lot has changed and has not changed since 2005.
This silent walking meditation is an open event. Before the walk begins there will be a brief introduction to mindful walking as a meditation practice. We should conclude by 11:30am.
This is not a protest or a campaigning event, so please do not use any banners. Our silence and togetherness in nature says it all at this time.
Children are welcome when accompanied by adults. It is Mother’s Day so bring your mum!
Please remember to wrap up warmly and note that no animals except Registered Assistance Dogs are permitted within the Garden.
This event is organised in collaboration with the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace who organise events throughout the year.
There is a wonderful opportunity to join a monastics lead retreat at Stirling University between Wednesday 28th May and Sunday 1st June 2025.
The wisdom of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us to find a sense of peace within ourselves and serenity in the face of suffering. In a supportive community of like-minded people, supported by six monastics led by Sister Tam Muoi from Plum Village, together we will experience developing more kindness and compassion. In the sister’s words, we will be:
Learning how to cultivate peace, joy and non-fear in ourselves, even in the heart of great difficulty, we develop the clarity to know how to act with compassion, solidity and resilience from a place of love. Knowing how to be fully present for our joy and pain, we can heal and offer our presence to the world .— Sister Tam Muoi.
Come join us on Saturday 1 February 2025 10am – 3:30pm. Please arrive from around 09:45 for a 10am start.
We will reflect on seeds – those still resting in the ground and those within us, holding both uncertainty and potential. Together, we’ll embrace this space of not knowing, nurturing, patience and growth.
Bring some real seeds if you have any tucked away somewhere.
Please also bring some plant-based food to share for lunch.
St. Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2DP
This practice is open to everyone, of all faiths and none. Use the contact form if you have any questions.
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