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Oct 21, 20233 min read

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jun 18, 20216 min read

The Prohibition Against Asking for Help

I was on a powerful retreat in the Devon countryside a few weeks back and I had a startling flash of memory from my childhood. I recalled...