Mindful Morning – Death Cafe

With thoughts of both impermanence and celebration, our April Mindful Morning will be an opportunity to remember our loved ones through a Death Café morning.

The morning will include a guided meditation and a teaching by Thay, then Death Cafes in small groups. These will follow the principles of the Death Cafe organisation founded in 2011 in Hackney, London by journalist Jon Underwood and psychotherapist Sue Barsky Reid, that aims to encourage people to talk about death.

OI member Susie Mackenzie reminds us that:

The Death Cafe format fits easily with our practice, bearing in mind our ‘Five Remembrances’ meditation, and offers a safe space to talk about your own death, or the death of a loved one, and also consider and share information about practical considerations around death.

Tea and Cake are important ingredients in a Death Cafe, as is open, free dialogue, and an opportunity for sharing about what you feel are important reflections on any aspects of death and dying.

Please bring your experiences, insights, tea and cake, and your beautiful smiles, feelings and emotions around our own impermanence.

Every first Sunday of the month, Plum Village UK offers a Morning of Mindfulness led by UK Lay Dharma Teachers, Members of the Order of Interbeing, Monastic Dharma Teachers and special guests.

The morning will typically include a guided meditation, followed by a talk or panel. After a short break, there will be an opportunity for Dharma sharing in groups.

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