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Day of Practice

Saturday, January 10th

For the Love of Dharma

with Martin Aylward

7-10 am PST / 10 am-1 pm EST / 3-6 pm GMT / 4-7 pm CET

Reconnect with the practice you love, in the life you live

You might know very well that meditation is good for you, and that you want to sit regularly, yet we easily start to see formal practices as some kind of chore or obligation.

Meditation can become just another thing on the endless to-do list, instead of what it really is: a profound gift to oneself – a moment of rest and ease, of intimacy with experience and of the pleasure and treasure of gazing deeply into ones own consciousness.

In our first Day of Practice of the new year, Martin Aylward invites us to gently reset that relationship. To remember that practice is not a duty, but a gift.

This day together will be about discovering and developing the love and joy that is the true engine of a dynamic dharma practice. A day of resetting your attitude and intention, as the new year invites you into an ever developing and deepening orientation to the practice you love, in the life you live.

Day of Practice - Martin Aylward - Jan 10, 2026

Join this live session with Martin to practice:

  • Remembering your good fortune to have tools to train the mind and free the heart
  • Reconnecting to the pleasure of sitting quietly, resting in presence
  • Learning how to love your experience, even when you don’t like it

What is Day of Practice?

Sangha Live’s 3-hour, LIVE Day of Practice allows for you to drop in deeper, develop your meditation skills, and reset your intentions through sustained sitting.

Days of Practice includes longer periods of meditation, interspersed with wise teachings, an interactive Q&A with our teacher, and more.

Replay access will be available to all registrants within 48 hours of the live session.

How is Day of Practice different from Sangha Live’s Daily/Sunday classes?

Our shorter Daily Meditation (60 mins) and Sunday Sangha (90 mins) programs emphasize dharma teachings, while our longer Days of Practice (3 hours) emphasize development of meditation practice.

Daily practice is crucial for watering seeds of mindfulness, but extended periods of deep attention such as these, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, can be uniquely fruitful.

Cost

Day of Practice is offered on a sliding scale basis, with a suggested rate of $35. We wholeheartedly welcome all to practice with us; no one turned away for lack of funds.

Questions?

Please email us at info@sangha.live.

About Martin Aylward

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Martin Aylward is the founding teacher of Sangha Live. After spending his early adult years in Asian monasteries and with Himalayan hermits, Martin settled in Southern France with his wife Gail and their 2 children, co-founding the Moulin de Chaves retreat centre where he lives and teaches.

Martin teaches meditation, guides students and leads retreats internationally, emphasising the integration of the deepest wisdom teachings into the midst of the lives we live. He is also a director of the Mindfulness Training Institute. Martin’s book Awake Where You Are: The Art of Embodied Awareness (2021) is now available via Wisdom Publications. Click here to learn more about Martin Aylward.

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