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.

For the love of mindfulness!

With Martin Aylward Recorded : April 3, 2016

Mindfulness practice has burst out of its Buddhist origins and is hugely impacting the culture at large, particularly in the fields of education, healthcare and business. Some delight in the liberating possibilities of this,...

Practicing for the love of it.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : January 17, 2016

Before the session Martin wrote: “A Burmese teacher once told a friend of mine to always enjoy his practice. We love meditation in theory, and we want to grow and transform, and we certainly...

Being gracious with suffering.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : June 14, 2015

Worldwide Insight talk from Martin Aylward: “Being Gracious with Suffering”. Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.

Letting your heart break … open.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : December 13, 2015

Martin looks at current events with an eye on the suffering of refugees, the climate emergency and growing Islamophobia, exploring how we can both empathize with and respond to human suffering, while also cultivating...

Transforming the poisons.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : October 4, 2015

Buddha points out the three main ways we get pulled into activity and self-contraction – Greed, Hatred and Delusion – which Martin often translates as Desire, Defense and Distraction. This class explores creative ways...

Feeling the blessings of your life.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : July 26, 2015

We are easily and often exposed to the greed, hatred and delusion that easily directs our own minds, and seems to be running the world. Yet whatever our personal circumstances, there is much we...

The colouring of awareness.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : July 12, 2015

Meditation practice trains our capacity to be aware, in real time, of what is happening. But what is colouring your awareness? We can pay very clear and steady attention in a way that is...

Buddha’s toolbox: a spectrum of skilful means.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : June 28, 2015

In this class we explore the various ways to diffuse difficult emotions, see through mental patterns, re-direct our attention, and understand the nature of experience.

Intimacy and infinity: beyond inner and outer.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : April 26, 2015

WorldwideInsight.org’s founding teacher Martin Aylward explores the tension we tend to feel between inner experience and outer engagement, self and world, being and doing. Martin leads a guided meditation and offer teachings on cultivating...

As wide as life and as open as space: practicing inclusivity.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : March 22, 2015

As we get familiar with the practice of meditation and the language of Dharma teachings, we can find ourselves getting comfortable, even complacent. Yet our practice in many ways is designed to make us...

Embodying the dharma: contact, curiosity and care.

With Martin Aylward Recorded : February 1, 2015

Worldwide Insight talk from Martin Aylward: “Embodying the Dharma: Contact, Curiosity and Care”. Worldwide Insight inaugural session. Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.

Trust in the Goodness of your Practice

With Martin Aylward Recorded : January 26, 2020

Basic goodness is the fundamental ground of your own heart and mind and being. A buoyant heart allows us to face the ‘infinite ocean of suffering’ and stay open-hearted; It is the foundation for...

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