Nondual meditation expressed in movement & voice - Day Retreat

This mini day-retreat alternates between nondual meditation and movement , between silence and sound. It's a chance to explore how each can inform the other.

The aim is to integrate meditation with expression, linking the insights of nonduality with a rich and engaged life. An invitation to connect with an already present stillness and peace, and express from that place of unbound possibility.

We consider the possibility that the peace, creativity and wisdom we often seek without can be found within…

_ **What if the mind was naturally peaceful and quiet? ** _

The nondual understanding invites us to consider that peace is an already present feature of our being.

For example, if you watch the space through which thoughts come and go, you can quickly notice that many leave an echo, but none leave a mark. Thought is like the writing on water. The mind is to thought as the sky is to clouds.

Together we'll explore nondual meditations that deepen awareness into its own natural qualities. Spaciousness. Creativity. Presence and Peace. You’ll have the opportunity to express in your own words the nature of your own awareness.

_ ** Silence and Sound** _
_ Meditation and movement _

_ **What if the body already knew how it needed to move? ** _

Just like a cat knows exactly how it needs to stretch, perhaps your body knows how it needs to move.

It is already dancing an intricate play of breath, digestion and cell division faster, than thought could ever track.

We will start the day inspired by this inner wisdom, inviting movement based on what the moment invites and what the body longs for. It's a space to drop in and connect with the wisdom that comes before words.

_ **And what if our voices were naturally free? ** _

With tiny lungs and no vocal training, a baby can fill a room with sound, yet as adults, so many can struggle to be heard.

With a quieter mind and softer body, we'll make an opportunity for the unbound expression of the voice for its own sake, pointing always back to the silence from which it emerges and to which it returns.

Participation and expression is always optional. This isn't a performance, its an exploration.

_ **You are welcome to either participate or just be present to any of these invitations. ** _

**The day will also include silent sits. **

_ "No room for form with love this strong. Beat the drum and let the poets speak!" - Rumi _

Assembly of fakirs in ecstasy, drunk with love of God; musicians present; cooking for attendants and fakirsCC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Preparation

• Please come dressed in clothes suitable for movement,
• If you have a meditation cushion and/or mat that would be great
• A notebook to record some reflections
• There will be an hour for lunch, with shops nearby, or you may prefer to bring a packed lunch and use the microwave at the venue.

Schedule

11am to 1pm: Movement & Meditation
1pm to 2pm: Lunch (bring your own, or shops nearby)
2pm to 3.30pm: Meditation improv jam
3.45pm to 5pm: Silence and sound

Facilitators

Skye Mcleod

Skye has led movement and yoga sessions at schools and retreat centres across Europe and the USA, including Tantra Illuminated, after several years full time training in ancient eastern wisdom traditions, contemporary somatic modalities, and timeless non-dual traditions.

Trainings include Satu Tuomela, (500 hour Yoga Teacher Training), Kimberly Ann Johnson, (Female Nervous System), Mark Haviland, Tara Judelle, (200 hour Yoga Teacher Training), Annie Carpenter, (Smart Flow Breath Training), Joshua Schrei, (Mythic Body year long immersion), and has completed a BSc in Forensic Biology.

She is inspired by the animist experience, deep listening, reciprocity, sensuality, living from the reverential and considers it to all be about intimacy.

Amir Giles


After several years curating events on meditation, nonduality and consciousness science with The Psychedelic Society, Amir initiated Adventures in Awareness as a space dedicated to this exploration using the tools of introspection, dialogue, reason and science.

Amir co-directed the Psychedelic Society from 2019 to 2025, is trained as a practitioner of Internal Family System’s Therapy , and runs Bernardo Kastrup’s weekly membership programme With Reality in Mind. He was a facilitator on The Finders Course, and has completed 2 years of an MA in Chiropractic.

He has a background in theatre and performance, having performed, danced, choreographed and directed on stage, television and cinema with Paramount Pictures, MARVEL, the BBC, the Royal Court, Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Royal Ballet and the Royal Albert Hall.

The Venue

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The Meditatio Centre is a vibrant and welcoming oasis in the hub of London. It is open to people from all walks of life, from any religious, spiritual or secular tradition. It has regular meditation sessions and teaching on the practice and hosts an annual programme of events to explore the deeper dimensions of life.

They host events that look at the contemplative aspects of modern living: science, the arts, business, the environment, interfaith and the mystical core of Christianity. Workshops enliven the space – yoga, movement, poetry, dance – local artists are also invited to exhibit their work.

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