Martin Aylward

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.

Love for the world

With Martin Aylward Recorded : December 17, 2017

In our last class of 2017, our guiding teacher Martin offers reflections on life, love and liberation, looking particularly at some of the challenging events and elements of worldly life, and pointing towards a...

Warrior heart: transforming anger into strength, dynamism and creativity

With Martin Aylward Recorded : October 8, 2017

Dharma teachings point to how dangerous and destructive anger is, and how words and actions can cause great suffering. This class looks at skilful means for meeting and exploring anger, and for understanding and...

Light on the path: pleasure, joy, fulfilment and free-ness.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : September 24, 2017

Our founding and guiding teacher Martin Aylward reflects on the importance of being nourished and uplifted by our practice. He looks at the nature of happiness and our sometimes difficult relationship with pleasure; explore...

Visions of a free life

With Martin Aylward Recorded : July 16, 2017

Freedom is a central concern of all our lives, yet has many different manifestations, some of which run completely contrary to others. This class will explores the importance of social freedoms, inner freedom, personal...

Not-other: knowing our solidarity with all beings.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : April 30, 2017

Dharma teachings point at the way our experience is not-self. This also means that everyone else is not-other. In this class we explore the ways we isolate and defend ourselves, and reach for and...

With a generous spirit: your money and your life.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : March 26, 2017

We often hear about Dana, or generosity, only when being asked for donations! Yet Buddha taught that “the practice of generosity is a foundation for happiness”. This session with Worldwide Insight guiding teacher Martin...

The nature of experience. Part 3: Non Self Existence.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : January 29, 2017

Today’s session is the third in a special run of three consecutive sessions with Martin, where he looks deeply at the nature of experience through Buddha’s profound descriptions of reality – Impermanence, Emptiness, Non...

The nature of experience. Part 2: Emptiness.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : January 22, 2017

Today’s session is the second in a special run of three consecutive sessions with Martin, where he looks deeply at the nature of experience through Buddha’s profound descriptions of reality – Impermanence, Emptiness, Non...

The nature of experience. Part 1: Impermanence.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : January 15, 2017

Today’s session is the first in a special run of three consecutive sessions with Martin, where he looks deeply at the nature of experience through Buddha’s profound descriptions of reality – Impermanence, Emptiness, Non...

The full range of the heart.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : December 18, 2016

We call this ‘the season of goodwill’. A reminder to care for one another, and to wish each other well. This year, we find ourselves in more need of understanding and expressing our common...

The nature of practice: from linear path to inclusive awareness.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : June 12, 2016

Today, Worldwide Insight founding and guiding teacher Martin Aylward explores the nature of practicing dharma, the way the path tends to unfold for us over time, and its developmental stages, from an initially linear...

The art of enquiry: how to explore experience for wisdom and liberation.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : May 15, 2016

Dharma teachings and practices invite us to open up to our experience in order to see and understand its true nature. This class with Worldwide Insight guiding teacher Martin Aylward explores how we can...

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