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This Leeds Sanctuary meditation was recorded to encourage you to take time to savour waiting, looking for the extraordinary in the ordinary. If you've enjoyed this meditation, take a look at our Christmas events and regular communities - we'd love to see you soon! https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/god-in-the-ordinary-meditation Music is Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod on a… Continue reading An Out of the Ordinary Christmas – A Meditation for Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
In this Leeds Sanctuary meditation, we encourage you to reflect on your inner peace; noticing what's going on around you, and within you. https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/peace?si=8ec4d1edc9304c2e9d7f511d63e2ed42&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing If you enjoyed this meditation, why not join us for Monday Mindfulness? Music is Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod on a creative commons license: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-re…-piano-music Here is the creative commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/… Continue reading Meditation on Peace
Scroll down to find the second half of Sam's conversation with Becky Hall, a leadership and life coach, and author of the book, "The Art of Enough". https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/sanctuary-the-art-of-enough-ii You can learn more about Becky’s work at her website: presence.uk.net In life and faith, we value and appreciate different perspectives, and encourage you to consider what your… Continue reading The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast: Flourishing – The Art of Enough Part II
In the latest episode of our "Flourishing" podcast, Sam talks to Becky Hall, a leadership and life coach, and author of the book "The Art of Enough". You can learn more about Becky's work at her website: presence.uk.net In this first part of their conversation, Sam and Becky discuss the connections between community, activism, and self-acceptance… Continue reading The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast: Flourishing – The Art of Enough Part I
In the second half of Sam's conversation with Fabienne Vailes, an expert on wellbeing in education, they talk about mental health and education, spiritual health and parenting older children. If you haven't listened to part I yet, you can find it here. https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/flourishing-the-flourishing-student-part-ii/s-pjE33PZBvh0?si=3e68e98d39c54d27a8c4435002108381&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing This podcast will go live on Monday 17 July. You can learn… Continue reading The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast: Flourishing – The Flourishing Student (Part II)
In this episode of our "Flourishing" stream, Sam talks to Fabienne Vailes, an expert on wellbeing in education. In this first half of their discussion, they talk about what flourishing really looks like, and ask who are we in this garden called life? https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/flourishing-the-flourishing-student-part-i?si=d9c3bc30d5ee4c95b5ae7843949d6af3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing You can learn more about Fabienne's work and access free resources… Continue reading The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast: Flourishing – The Flourishing Student (Part I)
Our final Enneagram Retreat Day of this series is taking place in July on the theme of "Developing Spirituality". If you haven’t come across it before, the Enneagram is a personality typing tool which many people – whether they consider themselves spiritual or not – have found to be incredibly helpful in better understanding their… Continue reading Developing Spirituality with the Enneagram
We are really pleased to be hosting a space as part of "Dying Matters Week", organised by Full Circle Funerals. We will be creating an interactive retreat space at Headingley Methodist Church (LS6 3HZ) on Thursday 11 May from 3pm - 6pm, where you can work your way through a series of five stations exploring… Continue reading Creating space to explore grief
Sam recently wrote this blog for Mindwell Leeds on Toxic Thinking: We have millions of thoughts every day. Some of them are negative, some positive and most of them are just slightly boring and neutral like “what shall I have for dinner”. Thoughts only become toxic when we get stuck in a way of thinking… Continue reading Toxic Thinking
Sam is joined by Anna and David for a "round table" conversation about conflict resolution. They discuss how hard or easy they find it for themselves, as well as what value there is to be found in working through it. Do you have any tips for resolving conflict? We would love to hear them! https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/flourishing-conflict-resolution?si=9e5cf20c599648d8b875a9004e102c50&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing… Continue reading The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast: Flourishing – Conflict Resolution