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The Inner Room

Notebooks, pens, cushions and chairs.

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A hall of people sitting in meditation on mats, seen from the back of the room.

What to Expect

Four things, in order, and none of them is a surprise. We settle, and spend a few minutes noticing what the body is doing — where you are holding something, how you are breathing. Nothing is interpreted; it is just a way of arriving. Then a short guided reflection: two or three prompts, read out slowly, with silence between them. Then writing, for yourself. Nobody reads it. Then listening in pairs. One person talks for a few minutes; the other listens and does not advise, agree, reassure or fix. Then you swap. Being listened to like that is unfamiliar and it is the part most people remember. We close as a circle with one sentence each, or a pass.

Run of the Day

Settling

A few minutes noticing what the body is doing — where you are holding something, how you are breathing. Nothing is interpreted; it is a way of arriving.

Sunlight falling across a wooden floor from tall glass doors.

A short guided reflection

Two or three prompts, read out slowly, with silence between them.

A single chair in front of a curtained window, in warm low light.

Writing, for yourself

Nobody reads it, and nobody asks what it said.

An open notebook with a pen resting on it, beside a few cut stems.

Listening in pairs

One person talks for a few minutes; the other listens and does not advise, agree, reassure or fix. Then you swap. Being listened to like that is unfamiliar, and it is the part most people remember.

Two small wooden chairs either side of a table with flowers, in a warm room with carved screens.

One sentence each, or a pass

We close as a circle, the same way we started.

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Listening in pairs, side by side if you prefer

Tea, and a few minutes of arriving

Pages of handwriting with a pen resting across them.

Writing, for yourself. Nobody reads it

What's Included

Notebooks, pens, cushions and chairs. Tea.

Good to Know

Step-free, with an accessible toilet. Chairs and floor cushions both work. The listening pairs can be done sitting side by side rather than face to face, and you can ask to sit out that part.