Last Saturday there was a half day meditation workshop held at the cathedral organised by Bhaktika and Sundari from Amida Sheffield and Mary from the cathedral. It was a small group which allowed the opportunity for all to contribute to what turned out to be a successful event. Our numbers were bolstered by the addition of a student who had turned up at the cathedral hoping to attend a German-language service only to be told that the date had been switched. We invited her to join us which she gladly did and shared about her experiences on a Goenka Vipassana ten day retreat she had undertaken in Switzerland.
The afternoon session included a guided body scan and a loving-kindness meditation and an active listening exercise in which we shared, in pairs, what we valued in our meditation practice.
Mary had brought in a large poster of Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son to give people an opportunity of meditating on a picture. The sharing about this experience was particularly valuable.
These sessions are open to anyone and began as an opportunity for people who attend the monday cathedral meditation to spend a little more time in sharing their practice. If you would like to know more, or be on the mailing list for the next event, please email amidasheffield[at]blueyonder[dot]co[dot]uk
