Spiritual Practices
These events offer the opportunity for people from all faiths and none to celebrate the Festival of Spirituality and Peace together. All these events are free to attend ... donations welcome.
Sacred Space FREE
Weekdays 9.30pm - 10.30pm
Experience the stillness and mystery of our beautiful, candle-lit church. Contemplative live music and silence in the midst of a busy festival. Reflect on your hopes for the world. See Sacred Space page for full listing.
A Minute of Silence for Peace
Daily 1pm - 1.01pm
Every day at 1pm, you are invited to take a minute to reflect on the need for peace in the world...wherever you are, stop and reflect.
Prayers and Meditations for Peace FREE
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 5.30pm - 6.30pm
An early evening space to let festival experiences sink into your being. Come and join local people committed to creating time for peace, reflection and integration. This element of the programme includes 'Time for Rest and Silence', 'Taize Singing' and 'Chants and Dances of Universal Peace'.
Come nourish your heart! Enjoy an oasis of stillness and sanctuary to encourage peace and harmony for us all. Join us in any or all of these ways to reflect.
Taizé music and silence
(Wednesdays .... August )
Dances of Universal Peace Chants from different faith traditions
(Thursdays .... August)
Time for Rest and Silence
(Fridays .... August)
MINDFULNESS@LUNCHTIME FREE
Tuesdays 10, 17 and 24 August, 12.15pm - 2pm at St Marks Unitarian Church (venue 125)
Stop for a while, come and find peace and mindfulness@lunchtime - guided sitting and walking meditation, enjoying our food together, mindfully in silence, and ending with a short silent meditation, returning to the world refreshed! Mindfulness is gently bringing our attention to the present moment, invoking our inherent capacity for healing and renewal. Please bring your own lunch. Jointly organised by the Community of Interbeing and Unitarians in Edinburgh.
HEALING FREE
Thursdays 12, 19, 26 August, 1.40pm-3.30pm in chapel at St John's (venue 127)
Need a quiet time out of the busy rush of the Festival and Fringe? Why not come for a healing? Available for those of all faiths and none, it is given by members of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers (NFSH). Relaxing, gentle and safe. Try it for yourself. The healing is free and donations towards Festival costs would be gratefully appreciated.
THE CHOIR OF ST JOHN’S @ THE FESTIVAL
The Choir of St John’s choir is one of the LEADING church choirs in Edinburgh. They invite you to enjoy the riches of church music, both traditional and contemporary, at services in August: see Choir Page