The Salisbury Centre

Open Silent Meditation
2024-09-03 08:00 - 08:30, 2024-09-02 08:00 - 08:30, 2024-08-27 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
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 Friday 8:00-8:30 (from 9th September)
* Every Friday 12:00-12:45
* Every Friday 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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Community Hatha Yoga - currently on hold
2024-09-02 18:30 - 19:30
Note: These classes are currently on hold.
Gentle Hatha flow class, combining pranayama (breathing) and asana (postures) with deep relaxation at the end. EveryBODY is welcome.
When:
Mondays 18:30-19:30
How to attend:
book via Eventbrite link here
Room:
mostly Studio / occasionally Art Room
Suggested donation:
£7 recommended. More details on how to donate are at the bottom of this page.
Accessibility:
Studio is not fully accessible at the moment, and one has to go up a flight of stairs to reach it. Art Room is fully accessible. The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex. Please let the organisers know in advance of any access requirements.

What’s the Community Hatha Yoga about:

You are invited to a gentle Hatha flow yoga class, where we will move mindfully together with a focus on the present moment, your true being and the simple beauty of breathing and moving.

Please bring your own yoga mat and any props you may wish to use (Yoga mats are also available at the Centre).
This class is suitable for all levels of experience.
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to get comfortable in the space. If you arrive after 18:30 you will not be able to join, please do not ring the bell as this will disturb the class.

Facilitator:
Hazel Watson — I aim to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, so that no matter your body type, age or level of experience, you can benefit from the gifts of yoga. I have a holistic approach including the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies in my classes, encouraging you to strengthen the body, calm the mind and uplift the spirit, and offering a safe space for you to accept whatever is arising.
Instagram: @hazelwatson_studio
About donations:
Participation in our community-led events is on a voluntary ‘by donation’ basis. This means that nobody is expected to make a payment if they cannot afford to do so.
Any donations received will be shared between the Centre and the facilitator, helping to make the events’ programme sustainable as well as to provide some reciprocity towards community facilitators’ time and skills offered.
Where a “suggested donation” is listed, this is just an indication of what the event might cost if it was ticketed.
This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend.
To donate:

bring cash
donate online on www.salisburycentre.org/donate (Please use reference “EVENT NAME“).
Card payment option available at the entrance hall (Please enter the event name before making payment)

Yin Yang Yoga with Shelly (No classes after September)
2024-09-02 18:00 - 18:50
Yin Yang Yoga with Shelly

When:
Mondays 18:00-18:50. (Only till the end of September)
How to attend:
Booking essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/yoga-with-shelly-63216488343
Suggested donation: £7
Room: Studio
Accessibility: Studio is located on the first floor and it is not fully accessible yet. The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex.

About the Yin Yang Yoga with Shelly class:
Blending a faster paced, invigorating Vinyasa flow Yang practice with slow, cooling Yin postures, ending with a guided relaxation, this practice provides the perfect combination of movement and stillness.
Expect a class that’s suitable for all abilities, where you listen to your body, move intuitively and find peace through practice.
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early.

Facilitator:
Shelly is a YAI certified 200-hour Yoga Teacher specialising in Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin styles of Yoga. Passionate about Yoga as a form of self-care, Shelly aims to provide a space to let go of the stresses of the outside world and focus on yourself.
Instagram: @shelldoesyoga

About Donations:
Participation in our community-led events is often on a voluntary ‘by donation’ basis. This means that nobody is expected to make a payment if they cannot afford to do so. However, any donations received will be shared between the Centre and the facilitator, helping to make the events’ programme sustainable as well as to provide some reciprocity towards community facilitators’ time and skills offered.
Where a “suggested donation” is listed, this is just an indication of what the event might cost if it was ticketed – it is fine to donate less (or nothing at all). Donating is one way to show your appreciation for the value of the Salisbury Centre. Please consider ‘paying it forward’ by donating a bit extra if you can afford, helping to keep it possible for everyone to take part, regardless of their circumstances.

To donate:

bring cash on the evening, or
donate online on  www.salisburycentre.org/donate  (using “Yoga with Shelly” as REFERENCE).
pay with card at the front door, please add a reference (eg. shellyoga) using the pen icon top right on the pay-point screen

This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend. If you cannot afford the event, please get in touch with the facilitator to request a free/discounted place.

Weekly DIY and Garden Volunteering
2024-09-01 11:00 - 16:00
Weekly DIY and Garden Volunteering
Sundays 11:00-16:00
Details below

Come and join a team of volunteers and help with our DIY projects including woodwork, making and fixing furniture/shelves, painting (inc. sanding and preparing surfaces), cork flooring, and making garden signage (design ideas welcome) and Gardening projects including growing veggies, maintaining the beautiful Salisbury Centre garden and learn about permaculture and how to increase bio-diversity.
The sessions are weekly and are facilitated by our DIY and Garden volunteer coordinator – Gray Davis
If you would like to attend email Gray: gray@salisburycentre.org

Circle Dancing
2024-08-30 14:00 - 16:00
When:
Fridays 14:00 – 16:00
How to attend:
Contact Kate for further info and to book a place: 07523 466657, auntynana@googlemail.com
Drop-ins welcome.
Room:
Studio / occasionally Art Room
Accessibility:
Studio is not accessible yet, Art Room is located on the ground floor and it is fully accessible. The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex. If you have any accessibility requirement please email Kate to check what room a specific session will take place in

Suggested donation:
£6 – £10

About Circle Dancing:
Circle Dancing is a mix of gentle, reflective and more lively dances which are danced to wonderful pieces of music from around the world. Some dances are traditional and others choreographed. The dances can be adapted to suit individual requirements.
We often dance holding hands – feeling connected with our neighbour and allowing the energy of the dance to be felt by all. We usually dance in the studio, occasionally in the art room and weather permitting the garden (access to studio is by approximately 12 stairs).
More about Circle Dancing for All movement: https://circledancingforall.org.uk/

About Kate Daly:
I have been circle dancing for approximately 16 years and teaching this lovely form of dance for approximately 10 years on completion of two training courses.

About donations:
Participation in our community-led events is on a voluntary ‘by donation’ basis. This means that nobody is expected to make a payment if they cannot afford to do so.
Any donations received will be shared between the Centre and the facilitator, helping to make the events’ programme sustainable as well as to provide some reciprocity towards community facilitators’ time and skills offered.
Where a “suggested donation” is listed, this is just an indication of what the event might cost if it was ticketed.
This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend.
To donate:

bring cash
donate online on www.salisburycentre.org/donate (Please use reference “EVENT NAME“).
Card payment option available at the entrance hall (Please enter the event name before making payment)

Circle Dancing
2024-08-30 14:00 - 16:00
When:
Fridays 14:00 – 16:00
No class on following dates:

March 28
April 11
April 18
May 2
June 20
July 4

How to attend:
Contact Kate for further info and to book a place: 07523 466657, auntynana@googlemail.com
Drop-ins welcome.
Room:
Studio / occasionally Art Room
Accessibility:
Studio is not accessible yet, Art Room is located on the ground floor and it is fully accessible. The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex. If you have any accessibility requirement please email Kate to check what room a specific session will take place in

Suggested donation:
£6 – £10

About Circle Dancing:
Circle Dancing is a mix of gentle, reflective and more lively dances which are danced to wonderful pieces of music from around the world. Some dances are traditional and others choreographed. The dances can be adapted to suit individual requirements.
We often dance holding hands – feeling connected with our neighbour and allowing the energy of the dance to be felt by all. We usually dance in the studio, occasionally in the art room and weather permitting the garden (access to studio is by approximately 12 stairs).
More about Circle Dancing for All movement: https://circledancingforall.org.uk/

About Kate Daly:
I have been circle dancing for approximately 16 years and teaching this lovely form of dance for approximately 10 years on completion of two training courses.

About donations:
Participation in our community-led events is on a voluntary ‘by donation’ basis. This means that nobody is expected to make a payment if they cannot afford to do so.
Any donations received will be shared between the Centre and the facilitator, helping to make the events’ programme sustainable as well as to provide some reciprocity towards community facilitators’ time and skills offered.
Where a “suggested donation” is listed, this is just an indication of what the event might cost if it was ticketed.
This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend.
To donate:

bring cash
donate online on www.salisburycentre.org/donate (Please use reference “EVENT NAME“).
Card payment option available at the entrance hall (Please enter the event name before making payment)

Symbolic Space Circle
2024-06-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-06-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-05-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-05-08 18:00 - 19:30
A novel approach to exploring relationship with a goal, situation, or an intention using embodied and spatial awareness.

Symbolic Space Circle details:

When: fortnightly on Thursdays 20:00-21:30
How to attend: please book your place via Eventbrite link here
Room: Art Room
Accessibility: Art Room is fully accessible. The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex.

What’s the Circle about:

Participation in a Symbolic Space Circle allows individuals to experience a novel way of exploring their intentions and connections with the self and the world. A Symbolic Space Circle offers an opportunity to explore a relationship with a creative, spiritual or an every-day-life situation, a goal, an intention using bodily awareness and movement in space. This allows to activate additional processing mechanisms in the brain that are otherwise unavailable to conscious thinking.
The circle begins with a grounding exercise. Then an individual or a group intention is formulated. Sharing of an individual intention with the circle is optional.
Each session has a different approach, depending on the formulated intention(s). Guidance for a session consists of prompts or a series of simple, non-suggestive questions. Usually the goal is to externalise the intention and the situation surrounding it, and to explore a relationship with them through feeling into the bodily sensations, becoming aware of any images and associations coming to mind, working with provided objects, and/or moving through space of the room. The process might be individual or involving a group dynamic, depending on the intention(s).
Debriefing and optional sharing is done at the end of the session.

Facilitator:

Ekaterina Shurkova, PhD is a cognitive neuroscientist. She is interested in how we connect with the world: how we learn, play, communicate, solve problems, and change our mind. Her research interests lie in creative problem solving and seeing the world in terms of relations, including the role of symbols, metaphors, and an awareness of space around us in our growth and problem solving. She has an interest in research on the mind and the brain, as well as in studies on animism, ritual, and ceremony. Ekaterina is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh and runs a private coaching practice.

Symbolic Space website: https://www.symbolicspace.site/
Artwork by Olga Vornava: Olga’s Instagram

About donations:

Donate when booking your space via Eventbrite link here If for any reason you cannot complete the booking or payment please contact the facilitator to secure your place. Other options to donate:

bring cash on the evening, or
donate online on  www.salisburycentre.org/donate  (using “Symbolic Space” as REFERENCE).
pay with card at the front door, please add a reference (eg. Symbolic) using the pen icon top right on the pay-point screen

This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend. If you cannot afford the event, please get in touch with the facilitator to request a free/discounted place.

Community Suppers (Bring-and-Share)
2024-06-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-15 18:00 - 20:30
Every 3rd Monday of the month!!!

Community Suppers are Bring & Share meals open to everyone….newcomers, old-timers and everyone in between! It is an inclusive social space for us to connect with others and enjoy the pleasure of sharing food together.

Location: Salisbury Centre Art Room
Accessibility : The Art room is fully accessible

Time: 18:00- 21:00 (Read below for details of evening schedule)

Dates – 3rd Monday of each month:

19th Feb
18th Mar
15th April
20th May
17th June
15th July (To Be confirmed – Check website nearer the time)

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** A Community Notice about Community Suppers**
We would like to be more clear about the start and end time of the monthly community supper, with the hope that we can all begin together, and that hosts aren’t getting home too late!
From now on we’ll be sticking to these timings:
6pm – Come early to help set up / do any food prep in the kitchen
6:30 – Arrivals
7pm – We all sit down to begin the meal (silence, poem, intros)
7:15 – host will let in any late arrivals (please wait at the door)
8pm – tea & deserts (last entry, no more food prep after this time)
8:30 – Pack down (help is much appreciated!) and home time
Looking forward to seeing you for our next supper

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Community Suppers are here at the Salisbury Centre, to warm your hearts and bellies!

They will be potlucks, so please bring something vegetarian along to share, and you are welcome to use the kitchen hob to heat it up when you arrive if you need to. Of course it may be as simple as some bread and houmous, but it is lovely to have something homemade if you can!

Community Suppers are open to newcomers, old-timers and everyone in between! It is an inclusive social space for us to connect with others and enjoy the pleasure of sharing food together.

We will hold the suppers outside in the garden when it’s warm enough, and inside on cooler evenings.

There is no need to book ahead, just turn up!
Any questions, contact events@salisburycentre.org

Open Silent Meditation
2024-05-31 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-27 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-24 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-20 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-17 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-13 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-06 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-05-03 17:30 - 18:00 and 5 more dates
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 – 08:30
* Every Friday 08:00 – 08:30
* Every Friday 12:00 – 12:45
* Every Friday 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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