August 2019 - London Update

We are taking a collective pause this month in London as the hosts and many others are traveling, preparing for family weddings, going on silent meditation retreats and taking time to slow down and reconnect with friends, family and themselves :) London gatherings will resume again in September and we look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Awakin Circles! In this update below, we offer you loads of inspiring articles, interviews, blog posts and more to nourish your journey as you recharge and reconnect this month too!

Awakin Circles: Brighton, Harrow, Pimlico and Mill Hill

Each month, you're invited to join Awakin Circles at locations around London, where we meditate for the first hour, engage in a circle of sharing based on a reading, and conclude with a home-cooked vegetarian dinner together.

• Wednesday, Aug 14th at 7:15pm (Brighton) (RSVP link)
• Wednesday, Sept 11th at 7:00pm (Harrow, Northwest London)
• Wednesday, Sept 18th at 7:00pm (Pimlico, Central London)
• Thursday, Sept 26th at 7:00pm (Mill Hill, North London)

To RSVP, visit Awakin London and use the drop-down box in the top right corner to select a date/location.


Seeds of Inspiration to Nourish Your Journey

While we take a pause from in-person circles in August, we invite you to explore a moving collection of articles, interviews and blog posts to reconnect with the values though different lenses.

• How Gandhi & ServiceSpace Are Connected: As we look back over the past 20 years, it's evident that ServiceSpace shares great affinities with Gandhian values and in this recent article, Nipun elaborates on how the principals are deeply connected.
• Awakin Circle with Nimo on the Jai Jagat Journey (Video): Many were moved after meeting our Jai Jagat family of children and mentors in June. Last week, Nimo accepted the invitation to make a rare appearance as a guest speaker at an Awakin Circle in his hometown of Ahmedabad :) to share insights and stories from the 18-month journey.
• Two Personal Experiments in Costa Rica: David reflects on how engaging with the ServiceSpace ecosystem inspired him to integrate and experiment with these values in his personal context.
• Building Bridges Retreat... in Paris!: Several folks may remember meeting a group of noble friends from Paris who visited London in June for the retreat and other gatherings with Nipun and Jin-Wei. In this blog post, you can sense the deep joy they experienced when they paid it forward and hosted their first one-day retreat in Paris only weeks later!
• Inner Transformation & Service, A Personal Journey: A heartfelt interview with one of our long-time anchors in India, Meghna, who candidly and authentically shares her personal journey of leading with inner transformation, service as a path and the role of spiritual as a practice.

We leave you with this insightful video, "In Praise of Slowness", with hopes that it inspires each of us to slow down and embrace the joy in each moment. We look forward to circling up together in September!

With love and gratitude,

Trishna, Ani, Mita, Vicky, Shamash, Ewa and Prashant :)

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