Day Retreat – 1 July 2023 – The Obsessive mind – led by Martin Evans
- Part 1 Refuges & Precepts, Guided Meditation, Tips for Walking Meditation:
- Part 2 Short Reflection after Silent Meditation:
- Part 3 Reflections on The Obsessive Mind- Food, Family, Football, Snails and Slugs
- Part 4 Q & A
Day Retreat – 3 June 2023 – Exploring the five hindrances – Led by Ajahn Khemaka
- Part 1: Randula Intro, Refuges & Precepts, Guided Meditation, Reflection
- Part 2: Ajahn Khemaka Dhamma Talk on The Five Hindrances
- Part 3: Ajahn Khemaka Q & A
Day Retreat – 18 February 2023 – The Wisdom of being in doing – Led by Nick Carroll
- Part 1: The purpose and value of the retreat and meditation, Refuges & Precepts, Guided Meditation, the idea of Exposure Therapy and changing our relationship to experience
- Part 2 Reflections after period of silent meditation on meditation after meditation:
- Part 3 Dhamma Talk on The Wisdom of Being in Doing, Q & A:
- Part 4 Sharing after Groups: Self/Non Self in Therapeutic Process
Day Retreat – 14 January 2023 – Being Dhamma – Just step aside – Led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Part 1: Guided Meditation: “It’s okay!”
- Part 2: Reflections on the theme “Being Dhamma…just step aside” and Chanting of Reflection on Universal Well Being
- Part 3:Reflections on the ‘self’, prejudice to the present moment, becoming and ‘I am’
- Part 4: Q & A
Day Retreat – 3 December 2022 Keeping it Simple – Led by Martin Evans
- Part 1: Guided Meditation on ‘Keeping it Simple’ and the body, Reflections on the theme
- Part 2: Reflections on simplifying practice and the sense of self
- Part 3: Reflections on the five faculties
Day Retreat – 5 November 2022 – To bow or not to bow – the relevance of rites and rituals in lay practice – Led by Ajahn Amaro, introduced by Nick Carroll
- Part 1: Intro by Nick Carroll, Refuges and Precepts, Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Amaro, Q & A
- Part 2: Guided Meditation with Nick Carroll, Reflections on the meaning of retreat, reflections from participants
- Part 3: Ajahn Amaro, Reflections and Questions on the robe, Kathina and monastic life/interaction with public, Verses on Sharing and Aspiration (apologies some questioners are hard to hear)
Day Retreat – September 2022 -Don’t take you Self too seriously – Led by Nick Carroll
Day of Practice – 13 August 2022 – Timeless Remedy – Age-old Contagion – Led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Part 1: George Sharp, Refuges and Precepts, Guided Meditation
- Part 2: Short Meditation, Reflection on the theme, Just as the Rivers chant
- Part 3: Reflections
- Part 4: Q & A, Verses on a shining night of prosperity
Day of Practice – April 2022 – Happiness is… – Led by Martin Evans
Day of Practice – 19 March 2022 – The Dhamma in your toes – Led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Part 1: Precepts, Dedication of Offerings, Guided Meditation
- Part 2: Guided Meditation, Reflections, Metta Sutta
- Part 3- Reflections: The Grasping Mind, The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
- Part 4- Q&A, Reflections on Universal Wellbeing, Closing Homage
Weekend retreat – 4 – 6 March 2022 – Led by Randula Haththotuwa and Martin Evans
- Part 1: (Friday Night) Precepts, Guided Meditation, Metta Sutta, Reflections
- Part 2: (Sat) Morning Puja, Guided Meditation
- Part 3: (Sat) (sound level low at beginning) Guided Meditation, Reflections on walking meditation
- Part 4: (Sat) Metta Sutta, beginning of silent meditation period
- Part 5: (Sat) Advice on Posture and Meditation
- Part 6: (Sat) Q & A, Suffusion with the Divine Abidings:
- Part 7: (Sat) Reflections (Martin)
- Part 8: (Sat) Reflections (Randula and Martin), Reflections on Universal Well Being, Closing Homage
- Part 9: (Sun) Guided Meditation
- Part 10: (Sun) Reflections on inner listening (Martin) and unconditional love and acceptance (Randula), Chanting: Reflection on the Unconditioned
- Part 11: Q & A, Verses of Sharing and Aspiration, Closing Homage
Day of Practice – 19 February 2022 – Mirror of the Dhamma – Led by Martin Evans
- Part 1: Reflections, Refuges and Precepts, Guided Meditation
- Part 2: Reflections, Meditation, Reflections
- Part 3: Short Meditation, Questions and Answers
- Part 4 (begins mid-sentence): Reflections, Questions, Metta Sutta
Day of Practice – 15 January 2022 – Unfinished Business and The End of Time – Led by Nick Carroll
Day of Practice – 11 December 2021- Seeking a shore – Led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Part 1: Precepts, Dedication, Guided Meditation
- Part 2: Meditation, Reflections
- Part 3: Meditation, Reflections
- Part 4: Questions, Reflections, Metta Sutta
Day of Practice- Beyond Liking and Disliking – (13 November 2021) led by Ajahn Amaro (facilitated by Nick Carroll)
- Intro by Nick, refuges & precepts. Guided meditation by Ajahn Amaro
- Reflections & guided meditation by Nick Carroll
- Dhamma talk by Ajahn Amaro
- Q & A by Ajahn Amaro
Day of Practice – Peace of Mind and Heart – (9 October 2021) led by Nick Carroll
- Morning introduction and meditation
- Morning reflections and meditation
- Afternoon reflections, Q&A
- Q &A and closing chant
Day of Practice – Are you sure? – (21 July 2021) led by Martin Evans
- Morning introduction and meditation
- Meditation and reflections
- Chant Dhammacakkappavattana sutta, reflections and Q&A
- Silent sit and final reflections
Day of Practice – Shall we go on a holiday – (24 June 2021) led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Morning introduction and meditation 1
- Meditation 2
- Meditation 3 and reflections
- Afternoon reflections and questions
- Q and A and final chant
Day of Practice – Path to the Present – (24 April 2021) led by Nick Carroll
Day of Practice – Lessons from Lockdown – (29 May 2021) led by Ajahn Candasiri
- Morning session – meditation and reflections
- Morning session – Part 2
- Afternoon session – Part 1 – Guided meditation
- Afternoon session – Part 2 -Q & A
- Afternoon session – Part 3 – Q &A, reflections, closing chant
Retreat – A handful of leaves – (2-4 April 2021) led by Randula Haththotuwa and Martin Evans
Day 1 – opening – guided meditation
Day 2 –
- Early morning guided meditation
- Morning guided meditation; instruction on walking meditation
- Reflections before meal and meal blessing
- Questions and answers (1)
- Questions and answers (2)
- Dhamma talk
Day 3
Day of Practice – The simplicity of acceptance – (20 March 2021) led by Nick Carroll
Morning Three refuges and Five Precepts, Guided meditation
Day of Practice – A handful of leaves – (20 February 2021) led by Martin Evans
- Morning introduction, Three refuges and Five Precepts, Guided meditation
- Morning sitting meditation and reflections
- Afternoon Dhamma reflections
- Q &A
Day of Practice – Bringing light to the world (16 January 2021) led by Randula Haththotuwa
- Morning introduction, Three refuges and Five Precepts, Guided meditation
- Morning sitting meditation and reflections
Day of Practice – Here and Now (19 December 2020) led by Nick Carroll
- Morning introduction, Three refuges and Five Precepts, Guided meditation
- Morning sitting meditation and reflections
- Afternoon Dhamma reflections
Day of Practice – True freedom – Beyond happiness and sadness – (21 November 2020) led by Martin Evans and Randula Haththotuwa
- Morning introduction, Three refuges and Five Precepts, Guided meditation
- Morning sitting meditation and reflections
- Afternoon Dhamma reflections
Day of Practice – Generosity and Gratitude (24 October 2020) – Led by Ajahn Amaro
- Loving Kindness chant and introduction to the Three Refuges and Five Precepts (7.25 mins)
- Taking the Three Refuges and Five Precepts (5.24 mins)
- Reflection on Kathina, generosity and gratitude : what is it it? and how do we practice? (55.25 mins)
- Sitting meditation (12.29 mins)
- Reflection on obstructions to generosity and gratitude (57.04 mins)
- Q&A session and closing chant (43.55mins)
Day of Practice – Letting go – (26 September 2020) led By Martin Evans
Day of Practice – The Great Exploration – (8 August 2020) Led by Randula Haththotuwa
ALBA’s 25th Anniversary (9 November 2019) – Led by Ajahn Amaro and facilitated by Nick Carroll
