The Family Sangha is a peer-organised community gathering that meets most months.

Whether or not you have meditated before, we would love for you to join us for one of our days of mindfulness which we are currently holding once every month on a Sunday afternoon at the Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House near Clapham Junction.

You can watch a 2 minute video of one of our gatherings by clicking below:

Together we practice a guided meditation, mindful movements, dharma reading and sharing, in the tradition of Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Children and teens will join adults for part of the day and will then have parallel programs facilitated by young people from Wake Up London.

Our aim is to create an inter-generational day of mindfulness for people of all ages to come together as a mindful family. Our experience of all age family meditation groups on retreats has been of creating wonderful connections across age groups, and we believe that children benefit from a loving, spiritual community just as much as adults do. We welcome people outside of London to join us for this event.

Please contact us to let us know if you would like to join our mailing list and find out when our next event is. People of all ages with or without children are welcome to come. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

For adults without children, we also recommend the Heart of London sangha or a local Plum Village sangha. You are of course welcome to join our inter-generational community.

We really look forward to practicing together and building connections. We’d be grateful if you could take a moment to share about us with sanghas you know, families and people of all ages who would like to participate.

A lotus for you,

Family Sangha facilitators

Below is a typical schedule for one of our days of mindfulness:

Arrive from 13:45pm

14:00 Welcome & Mindful movements

14:30 Parallel spaces

• Children 4-10
• Teens 11-18
• Adults (guided meditation, reading, sharing)

Babies and toddlers can either stay with the adults or join the children (accompanied by a parent)

15:30 Tea and snacks (Vegan/Vegetarian…bring snacks to share if you like!)

16:30 Everyone together for mindful activities (in the garden if weather is favourable)

• Walking meditation
• Gratitude circle
• Singing

Closing to give lots of time to depart by 17:30pm

For newcomers, please click here to join our mailing list.