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The Gathering

Two and a half hours,
in five movements

A small guided meditation gathering inspired by Oshoโ€™s techniques, with silent sitting, Buddhist chanting, oil lamps and a compassion practice. Open to all experience levels โ€” and to complete sceptics, who tend to do rather well here.

The evening, step by step

What actually happens

The order matters more than any individual method. Catharsis makes silence possible; silence makes the chanting land; the circle at the end makes it a community rather than a room full of strangers.

Start times shift week to week โ€” some Saturdays begin at 4:30 pm, others at 5:00 or 6:30. Always check the date on the calendar before you set out, and arrive ten minutes early. Doors close when the music starts.
The practices

Eleven doors into the same room

Each Saturday centres on one of these. They are techniques, not teachings โ€” precise sequences of stages, most of them with music written for them. You are never asked to accept anything about them; you just do them and see what happens.

If you are choosing

Where to start

Never meditated at all

A Kundalini evening. Shaking, dancing, stillness, lying down โ€” nothing you have not already done as a child, and the gentlest way in.

Carrying a heavy week

Gibberish & Let-Go. Absurd for four minutes, then something gives way. People sleep unusually well afterwards.

You already sit

Nadabrahma or an evening of silence. The humming does something to a settled mind that sitting alone rarely reaches.

You want the celebration

Nataraj, or any full-moon Saturday. Dance until the dancer is gone, then lie on the floor and let it land.

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Practical

Bring, wear, expect

  • WearLoose clothes you can shake, sweat and lie down in, plus a warm layer for the sitting.
  • FeetBare or socks indoors. Shoes stay at the door.
  • EatLightly, and not for two or three hours beforehand.
  • BringA water bottle. Everything else โ€” mats, cushions, chairs, blindfolds, tea โ€” is here.
  • PhonesOff and in your bag for the whole evening. It is a large part of why it works.
  • IncenseLit at the start. Tell us when you register if you are sensitive and we will reduce or skip it.
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Come and try one

Reading about an active meditation is a bit like reading about swimming. Two and a half hours will tell you more than this whole page.

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