How the Holy Island retreat went this Autumn...
Photos from the summer retreat courtesy of Darika Barker and Elaine Gray. Obviously, we didn't have our phones in October! We went to...
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Alistair Appleton
Aug 23, 20234 min read
Make Your Own Retreat
I am a big fan of organised retreats. There is something so potent and human in being with a group of people who signed up for a week or...
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Alistair Appleton
Jun 29, 20236 min read
Going Outdoors to Enter the Presence
I am entering one of my periodic periods of great doubt. I have these on a fairly regular basis - once every five years, perhaps - and...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 19, 20238 min read
Can we meditate while the world is burning?
A participant in the last retreat I led asked a very good question that often arises in retreats. “It’s all very well us pondering our...
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Alistair Appleton
Jan 9, 20236 min read
Sitting Out practice
The January full moon over the Seven Sisters, 2022. WHAT IS SITTING OUT? I’ve been exploring a practice called ‘sitting out’. It’s not a...
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Alistair Appleton
Jul 12, 20222 min read
The Island Revisited
After a three-year gap, we made it back to Holy Island! Kirsty, Dameon and I travelled up to Arran a day early but there were high winds...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
United Simplicities of America
2 weeks in LA and Mendocino County, 2 hours North of San Francisco. Have been unconsciously avoiding America ever since Bush came to...
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Alistair Appleton
May 1, 20181 min read
New Holy Island Gallery 2018
This is a new gallery of pictures of Holy Island. They’re mostly taken from the Mindsprings summer and autumn retreats. There are views...
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Alistair Appleton
May 1, 20186 min read
Joys of a real Scottish meditation retreat
This summer (and again in October) Mindsprings is hosting our annual Scottish Meditation retreat on Holy Island. So I thought I’d take a...
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