WEEKLY Queer Yoga group open to everyone! (We are having a break in July, we look forward to see you after the break!) These classes are for LGBTQ+ people who would like to practice yoga at reduced cost. Open to ALL abilities, mobility and experience. We will have around a 60 minute movement and meditation practice, followed by optional tea and chat :) We hope to create a yoga community for queer folks to enjoy group practice and connect…
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The Salisbury Centre is offering a space for silent meditation on: Every Monday 08:00- 8:30 Every Monday 17:30-18:00 Every Tuesday 08:00 - 8:30 Every Thursday 08:00-08:30 Every Friday 12:00 - 12:45 and 17:30 - 18:00 Please try to arrive 5 minutes before the start. These are 30-45 minute sessions of silent contemplation, run by volunteers. Everybody welcome! Cushions and blankets provided. Donations toward the upkeep of the Centre are very welcome but not necessary.
Find out more »Weekly Friday Meditation: 12:00-12:45 Just sitting in silence together. The meditation starts when the first person sits down in silence. We may light a candle. Someone will give a signal when the mediation ends at 12:40. This meditation started in the mid-80s as a healing meditation for the Angel of Edinburgh and the Lothians - now it is a meditation without any specific guidance - just sitting together in silence. Cushions, chairs and blankets provided. Donations toward the upkeep of…
Find out more »Join us for our weekly 'Bring and Share' Lunch (vegetarian). This is a great way to meet with many lovely people involved with The Salisbury Centre, as well as to make new friends! FREE - All welcome! No need to book: Just drop by.
Find out more »Come and join a team of volunteers and help growing vegs, maintain the beautiful Salisbury Centre garden and learn about permaculture and how to increase bio-diversity. The sessions are weekly and are facilitated by our garden manager Alan Mitchel. If you would like to attend email Alan : Alan@salisburycentre.org
Find out more »Xiang Gong (Fragrant Chi Gong) is an easy form of chi gong that Margaret, the facilitator, learned when she lived in China for a year. The people who taught Margaret, asked her to take health to her country. Suitable for all capabilities – can be done sitting or standing. If the weather allows we will do Xiang Gong in the garden For enquiries, email Geetam@salisburycentre.org
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Circle Dancing is a mix of traditional and choreographed dances using music from around the world. Some dances are gentle and reflective, some a little more lively. No partner required, no previous experience required as each dance is taught. We meet most Friday (check the calendar!) @ the Salisbury Centre ( 2.00 – 4.00 pm) April Friday 14th -April no class (instead we will be dancing Thursday 13th April) May Dancing every Friday June No class on Friday 16th June July…
Find out more »The Salisbury Centre is offering a space for silent meditation on: Every Monday 08:00- 8:30 Every Monday 17:30-18:00 Every Tuesday 08:00 - 8:30 Every Thursday 08:00-08:30 Every Friday 12:00 - 12:45 and 17:30 - 18:00 Please try to arrive 5 minutes before the start. These are 30-45 minute sessions of silent contemplation, run by volunteers. Everybody welcome! Cushions and blankets provided. Donations toward the upkeep of the Centre are very welcome but not necessary.
Find out more »Yoga and Meditation for Beginners Friday 12th May 18:00 - 19:30, 5 weeks £60 for whole course, £15 Drop-in For all levels. The class will go through a harmonious sequence of yoga poses, breathing exercises, deep relaxation, and meditation. The practices will develop over the weeks as you learn new techniques and get in touch with your inner world more and more. Flexibility is not fundamental as it can be trained. You will anyway come into a relaxed state. Experienced…
Find out more »A 1 day workshop at Wellspring Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy run by Gary Smith UKCP Reg Psychotherapist: MBACP (Accred) Saturday 10 th June 2023 10 – 4 Venue: 13 Smith’s Place , Edinburgh, EH6 8NT Event in in collaboration with the 45th Anniversary of the founding of Wellspring In this 1 day experiential workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore the question: where do you come from, where are you going? Drawing on Gary’s Creative Therapy practice, this…
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This Event is part of the 50th Anniversary Themed programme of The Salisbury Centre (more information below). Following the Golden Thread…Living Our Higher Purpose --- how can we strengthen and develop this? Our potential unfolds through the way we live our lives. There are moments when we know we are ‘on track’, when we feel connected with a deeper sense of purpose and wellbeing. At other times we feel blocked, or perhaps find ourselves drifting through life. This workshop…
Find out more »An invitation to gather in circle with other treesisters to explore Sisterhood, feminine Nature based leadership and the care and restoration. About this event We warmly welcome you to the first Treesisters grove starting in Edinburgh. Groves are Nature based local and online women’s circles taking action for the trees. Treesisters is a global women’s network operating through feminine principles and looking to build a feeling of sisterhood. Feminine Nature Based Leadership is the quality of creativity and authority that…
Find out more »Heartfulness Meditation Weekly on Sundays 10:00-11:30 Heartfulness meditation is a heart - centred approach to living where you learn to live each moment by the heart, which becomes enlightened and refined through spiritual practice. Heartfulness meditation is supported by pranahuti or yogic transmission which elevates our approach in a lively, dynamic and joyful way. The practice evolved out of the ancient tradition of Raja Yoga which goes back 150 years. We meet every Sunday morning at 10am and welcome any…
Find out more »Tergar Edinburgh Meditation Group Fortnightly drop-in meditation sessions, based on the teachings of Mingyur Rinpoche. Although rooted in his lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the group is non-religious and open to people of all faiths and none. Each session will explore various different themes, with guided meditations, some time for discussion, and occasional short teaching videos. Suitable for both beginners and those with experience. Suggested donation £4 per session. For more details please contact edinburgh@tergar.org
Find out more »The Salisbury Centre is offering a space for silent meditation on: Every Monday 08:00- 8:30 Every Monday 17:30-18:00 Every Tuesday 08:00 - 8:30 Every Thursday 08:00-08:30 Every Friday 12:00 - 12:45 and 17:30 - 18:00 Please try to arrive 5 minutes before the start. These are 30-45 minute sessions of silent contemplation, run by volunteers. Everybody welcome! Cushions and blankets provided. Donations toward the upkeep of the Centre are very welcome but not necessary.
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In partnership with Plateform Offshore join us on Monday the 12th of June 18:00-20:30 for an independent documentary screening about what the coming energy transition means for workers and communities around the UK North Sea. We’re in a cost of living crisis. This is not the time for governments to prop up the oil and gas industry. It’s time to shift to renewables, providing job security and the means to heat our homes for all - not just the 1%.…
Find out more »A gentle Hatha flow class that is suitable for all levels of experience Weekly: on Mondays Time : 19:00 - 20:00 Attendance is donation based (suggested donation: £3 unemployed / £7 recommended / £10+ pay it forward). (Nobody will be turned away for lack of funding, yet donations allow us to ran affordable events for everyone, and to support both the facilitator and the Salisbury Centre) To donate: Either bring cash on the evening…
Find out more »The Salisbury Centre is offering a space for silent meditation on: Every Monday 08:00- 8:30 Every Monday 17:30-18:00 Every Tuesday 08:00 - 8:30 Every Thursday 08:00-08:30 Every Friday 12:00 - 12:45 and 17:30 - 18:00 Please try to arrive 5 minutes before the start. These are 30-45 minute sessions of silent contemplation, run by volunteers. Everybody welcome! Cushions and blankets provided. Donations toward the upkeep of the Centre are very welcome but not necessary.
Find out more »Salisbury Centre, Art Room Every Tuesday starting 24th of January - Last Class 8th June 2pm-4pm Weekly Session in exploring techniques of air dry clay and other mediums! Continuing on Salisbury’s centre tradition of artistic workshops (most notably pottery) this class will allow you to take a deep dive into working with your hands in making object such as pots, figurines, models, abstract pieces and many more. We will help you realise your ideas, from conception to finishing touches. Sessions will…
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2nd and 4th Tuesday monthly (19:00 -22:00) in the Salisbury Centre Studio No session on the 11th of April The Authentic Connection Group, also known as “Authentic Fred,” is a community-run, experimental space where we practice the art of relating. We do it through playing Authentic Relating games, learning about consent, Circling, and exploring other practices that bring us closer to ourselves and each other. Our two keywords are “Authentic” and “Connection.” Authentic, because we believe in staying…
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