If you struggle with the dark season, come and join us for this day where we will have opportunity to share our struggles, but also to learn coping techniques and gain support to make it through the dark.

This 14th century teacher from the Orthodox tradition wrote one of the most influential books on the Easten Orthodox contemplative and mystic tradition - Hesychasm. Archbishop of Thessalonica, Palamas defended an official attack on the Orthodox monks who had dedicated their lives to silent prayer, and spoke of how powerful that lifestyle could be. The energy created by the deep contemplative hesychast monks was, he taught, able to transform the atmosphere in a wider context to their own physical proximity. Speaking words that sound a little like the modern conversation and continuing discoveries in Quantum Mechanics, Gregory Palamas shows how hesychasm – a Greek word that literally means ‘stillness’ – brought about by using the mantra of the traditional Orthodox ‘Jesus Prayer’ - can transform not only the individual, but the world as a whole.

Come to this day to discover how the simple, yet profoundly deep, practice of hesychasm can transform your inner being in a way that has a natural affect on the rest of the world.

Come and join us for a day to learn about the Winter season from a Celtic perspective. After a day of teaching and meditation space, sit by a warm open fire in the early evening and sing seasonal songs.