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Laurence Freeman started his recent series ‘Learning to Meditate in Lent’ by talking about Acedia which derives from the Desert Wisdom Tradition. He quoted from Thomas Merton, 60 years ago

‘I  was very close to my grandparents.  I went to stay in school holidays with my maternal grandfather.  I called him Data.  In the evenings, when my mother and the

Spiritual nudges can be very insistent. On a particular day recently I heard this phrase in a secular context: ‘If you invite me I will come,’ and I felt a

News from the Wales Area Many of you will recognise and perhaps even have visited St. Davids Cathedral. Its origins were established over 1500 years ago when Dewi Sant (Saint

Doing it in a different way! Dorset Meditators is a title used by the WCCM group leaders in Dorset, coined to interest a wide audience. We hold one event a

Charles will have been known to many WCCM members, as a committed meditator, who along with his wife Jill, was WCCM Regional Coordinator in the North-East for many years. After

New Co-Special Interest Coordinator At the recent WCCM National Council meeting it was proposed that the role of Special Interest Coordinator for adults with Learning Disabilities be broadened to incorporate

Last month WCCM, the international charity, held their 2025 annual appeal and in the autumn you may well receive a request to support our WCCM in the UK annual appeal.

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Making the most of the recent warm days walking on the beach, I have found myself there at that time when the tide has already turned, and the initial sudden

NEW CO-SPECIAL INTEREST COORDINATOR – LEARNING DISABILITIES AND NEURODIVERSITY (AND A VISIT TO THE ‘PEBBLES’ SANGHA IN BRIGHTON) At the recent WCCM National Council meeting it was proposed that the

Recently something struck me for the first time. Amazingly, since I have been meditating for a long time. I was struck by John Main’s emphasis on small groups. During a

Quiet morning in preparation for Advent Meditators from Bristol and around met on Saturday 23rd November 2024. It was a beautiful morning, making space in our busy lives to pause

Christian Meditation in Cumbria traces its roots back to 1988 when it was originally formed as the Cumbria Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer by Revd. David Wood. Thirty-seven years later it

Five years ago, on 23 March 2020, a nationwide lockdown was announced due to the COVID pandemic. WCCM meditation groups had to reimagine how they continued their practice. As the

I’m a member of a small online WCCM group. We preface our meditations with a short reading. Several of the members take turns to facilitate. A recent choice was some