Sangharakshita famously said “To Just Sit, you just sit “. 

On Thursday we focused on the practice of Just Sitting, not as a brief add-on at the end of another meditation but as a stand alone practice in itself. 

In what was a relaxing practice night, Dayaka invited us to explore how the practice of Just Sitting with our actual experience is a perfect counterpoint for our intensely distracted world.

After a 15 minute practice session, there was a period of input, after which he invited questions from the floor. 

Following the tea break we assembled into small groups to discuss a question “what conditions can support you developing a just sitting practice?”

Following a plenary we dropped into stillness again. We enjoyed the reading of Rumi’s ‘The Guesthouse’ courtesy of Dave and then Sraddhatara’s reading of the four reminders concluded the evening.