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Day of Practice

Saturday, May 17th

Easeful Mind, Open Heart

with Martin Aylward

7-10 am PDT / 10 am-1 pm EDT / 3-6 pm BST / 4-7 pm CEST

The mind can rest. The heart can trust. The body can breathe.

“The sky does not make drama out of weather passing through. The wide-open heart makes similarly effortless and wide-open space for the stuff of everyday mind. There is no contention with experience. No friction. The absence of anxiety about imperfection. You care deeply, but you don’t mind. Whatever happens.”

–Martin Aylward, Awake Where You Are

As we navigate the storms of our inner and outer lives, we often find ourselves caught in reactivity – distracted by thoughts, tense in the body, guarded and bracing for impact.

Yet it is essentially, profoundly human, to long for a mind at ease, and a heart undefended and at peace.

Join Sangha Live’s founding and guiding teacher Martin Aylward for a rich and transformative Day of Practice together, looking at simple and effective ways of taking care of your heart and mind.

We’ll spend time looking at mental and emotional habits, how to get some space around them, finding ease within them, and knowing freedom from them.

Day of Practice - Martin Aylward - May 17, 2025

The day will include:

  • Spacious mind practice: Shifting attention from the thinking that easily fills our attention, to the open space around thought.
  • Open heart practice: Cultivating an awareness that is open and allowing, tender and gentle.
  • Smooth nervous system practice: Ways of regulating and soothing the nervous system, moving from agitation to ease.

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

photo of Martin Aylward smiling

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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