Our Mindfulness for Wellbeing programme Coordinator reflects on the pros and cons of ‘mindful’ everything after an eventful trip to Newquay to deliver taster sessions at the Boardmasters music and surfing festival.  I travelled down to Newquay last Tuesday afternoon to deliver mindfulness taster sessions for a client at the Boardmasters surfing and music festival….

Lucy Shaw’s stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is showing at the Jermyn Street Theatre until 6 July. Here Lucy (a WLBC mitra) writes about her interpretation of the piece in Buddhist-inspired terms as a ‘cosmic myth’ about the consequences of splitting off parts of ourselves in pursuit of perfection.

I’ve been looking back over my life recently, reflecting on my spiritual journey so far and how much I have changed over the years. Some of this reflection was triggered by being interviewed a couple of weeks ago as part of our sangha night mini-series, Desert Island Dharma. The idea for these sessions came out of a…

Ahead of the Sangha Soiree coming up on Saturday 11 May, Vilasamani talks about what these gatherings are and why he runs them – and why this one will be a little different…

Violet Gordon Woodhouse. Coming to London in the 1970’s, intending to spend a few years studying the harpsichord, I never imagined that the woman bearing this name would lead me into such a variety of musical adventures. I would hear little scraps of information about her in my early years here – that she brought…

Dear WLBC Sangha, It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child, and as a mother I am deeply grateful for the village that supports my little one. I’ll be bringing my six year old son Liam into the circle of loving kindness at the West London Buddhist Centre once again on…

For the past two Sangha Nights we’ve been fortunate to have Vajradaka teaching us mindfulness meditation. He comes with a wide range and depth of experience of teaching the Dharma and mindfulness meditation and this shows through in his unique style – genial and experiential, mingling instruction, example and anecdote. His instruction is interspersed with…

Ahead of the upcoming retreat: The Taste of Freedom from March 22 – 24 at Othona which is on the coast of Essex, Sophie reflects on the connection between Dharma practice and her love of the ocean.      Just as the mighty ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so the Buddha’s teaching…