Weekend retreat with WLBC at Vajrasana

Become more alive and less toxic, more whole and less fragmented.  Retreats allow us to take a break from our regular routine and create more space in both our inner and outer lives. Spending time in the countryside, we can connect with nature and enjoy the positive conditions that arise as we come together as a community, practising together, sharing meals, sharing talks and sharing walks with others on the retreat.

Come to enjoy the budding of spring in the Suffolk surroundings...

Breathworks Mindfulness for Stress 8-week course

Gain the skills to reduce your stress and anxiety for a calmer, brighter life.

This course runs over eight Thursdays, 23rd January to 20th March 7.00-9.30pm (no session 13th February) at the West London Buddhist Centre.

The Breathwork’s Mindfulness for Stress course has been running for decades and helped thousands of people to reduce stress and to increase the quality of their lives.

During the course you will learn mindfulness skills to cope with and reduce your stress and anxiety. You will gain tools...

Living Creatively in the World As It Is — a series of practice days exploring the Buddha’s ennobling truths, for women*

The Buddha’s core insight into the conditioned nature of existence is most famously expressed in his teaching of the Four Noble Truths. These are not  abstract beliefs to be adhered to religiously. Rather they are observations grounded in direct experience and intended to inspire and guide us in exploring how to live wholeheartedly and even joyfully in the complicated context that is human society. In this sense, we can think of them as “ennobling truths” — an alternative translation of...