Sitting Groups
Here are the details for a number of sitting groups within the insight meditation and related traditions. Please contact each group for more details since they mostly run independently:
Central London Sitting Group
every Tuesday, 7-8.30pm
at a private flat in Soho (nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road)
This group is for anyone living or working in London, or simply visiting. Meetings include a period of guided insight meditation, silent meditation, and time for discussion. The group provides an opportunity for people to get to know each other and discuss their practice as well as meditating together.
Every few weeks we have a session led by a visiting teacher.
You are very welcome to either come regularly or just drop in whenever it suits you. The flat is wheelchair-accessible. Occasional changes of day or venue will be notified via the mailing list for the group, which is separate from the main London Insight mailing list.
For further details, to ask a question, or to join the mailing list, please email James:
East London Sitting Group
Every Monday 7.00 - 8.30pm (arrive at 6.45)
at various East London locations currently in Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone
All who live or work in East London are welcome to attend the group to develop and support their meditation practice. We usually start with a short guided meditation session for 15 minutes, then listen to a talk or have a short discussion followed by a further 30 min meditation. We share the responsibility for facilitating/hosting the group and if you’d like to join the group and can offer your place to host, please contact us. Alternatively, feel free to just drop in when it suits you, you don¹t need to come every week.
For further details email :
London Fields / Dalston Sitting group
A new meditation/ sitting group is starting at 43 Parkholme Road E8 Dalston/London Fields on the last Friday of the month starting September 25th (xmas excepted) from 8 to 9.30pm. The group will follow basic Vipassana meditation with occasional teachers followed by tea.
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Finsbury Park Sitting group
This is quite an informal group, that meets monthly on a Monday evening, 7.00-8.30 pm, to support our practice. We also go to London Insight events and to Gaia House retreats. No teachers but we listen to a guided meditation and also do some silent sitting, and talk about our practice. The group meets in different people’s homes, in the N4, N8 and surrounding areas, to be a local resource.
Next dates: 26 April, 24 May. It helps if you will contact us, so we know to expect you. Contacts are: or
West London Mindfulness Meditation Group in Richmond
Using teachings and practices from the Insight Meditation tradition, and from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
The group is open to anyone interested in mindfulness and meditation
Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm
at St Michael’s Convent, Ham Common, Richmond
Website: http://www.richmondmeditation.org.uk/
For further information please phone Gaetan on 020 87891992 .
North-West London Theravadan Buddhist Meetings for Meditation and Study
Every Wednesday from 7.45pm to 9.30pm
at Room 6, 1 Hillside, Highgate Road, NW5
Please phone Sutra on 020 7485 0505 or Caroline Randall on 0208 348 0537
Dulwich Sitting Group, South London
Tuesday (twice monthly, first and third Tuesdays) 7.00 to 9.30 pm
This old established group meets in members’ homes in the Dulwich area. We practise in the traditions of Insight Meditation and of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
For further information please phone Patricia MacDonald on 0207 274 4150 or Stella Chapman on 0208 693 9251