Sharpham mindfulness course leader Lynne Holmes shares this 30-minute practice to support you as one of the busiest, potentially stressful times of the year approaches

Coping with Christmas - finding our centre - 30 minutes

Ethan Pollock guides a meditation perfect for grounding yourself in your body

Soothing Touch meditation with Ethan Pollock

Sharpham Trust meditation leader Lynne Holmes guided one of our Weekly Online Meditations on the subject of Living In The Present

30-minute meditation on Living in the Present with Lynne Holmes

Sharpham meditation leader Ethan Pollock guides this practice on naming our experience - essential if we're to observe ourselves accurately and be able to understand what's coming up for us.

This is one of our weekly online meditations, recorded via Zoom.

Naming our experience - a guided meditation

Sharpham meditation and retreat leader Barry Thurgood leads this online meditation called Working with Challenges

Working with challenges with Barry Thurgood

Sharpham Trust retreat leader Will Evans leads this 30-minute guided meditation on making peace with thoughts.

Making peace with thoughts with Will Evans - 30 mins

Sharpham Trust retreat leader Lucy Chan leads this guided meditation on wholehearted attending. This is one of our Weekly Online Meditations.

Wholehearted attending, with Lucy Chan - 20 mins

Barrington Thurgood guides this practice aimed at sending compassion to your body as you go through this bodyscan

Barry Thurgood - Compassionate Body Scan - 30 mins

Ethan guides this 48-minute Loving Kindness meditation, that was originally one of our weekly online sit sessions.

Loving Kindness meditation with Ethan Pollock

Sharpham Trust retreat leader Steve Banks guides this Metta - or LovingKindness - practice

Loving-Kindness - a practice with Steve Banks

For when overwhelm threatens your peace of mind and equanimity. Helen Williams, House Manager at The Sharpham Trust, shares a serene practice to support you when too many things are vying for attention - or when when bad news and information threaten to engulf you. 

25-minute meditation for overwhelm - Helen Williams - The Sharpham Trust

Philip Anderson, a Volunteer Retreat Coordinator at The Barn retreat centre at Sharpham, guides this 25-minute meditation inviting you to pay attention to "the whole of the in-breath and the whole of the out-breath". 

25-minute meditation practice led by Volunteer Barn Retreat Coordinator Philip Anderson

Being kind to oneself isn't just about doing acts of self-kindness. This 30-minute meditation is on cultivating an attitude of self-kindness with which to welcome one's experience, whatever it may be. 

Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Will Evans.


30-minute practice for holding experience with kindness with Will Evans

Sharpham Trust retreatant Ming reflects and meditates on the death of beloved Barn cat Nimbus, who died in October 2025, having comforted, amused, frustrated and soothed hundreds of people staying with us. 
There was an outpouring of memories about Nimbus, all captured together online here: https://www.sharphamtrust.org/news/view/barn-cat-nimbus-obituary

Nimbus by Sharpham Trust retreatant Ming

A 30-minute meditation on finding our centre and our groundedness.

Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Lynne Holmes.


30-minute practice on finding our centre and our groundedness with Lynne Holmes

A 30-minute practice on cultivating gratitude. 

Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by  with Lynne Holmes.


30-minute practice on cultivating gratitude with Lynne Holmes

A 25-minute meditation on giving yourself what you need. 
Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Uz Afzal.


25-minute practice on giving ourselves what we need

A 30-minute meditation on taking a self-caring pause in order to resource yourself. 
Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Uz Afzal.


30-minute practice in taking a self-caring pause - with Uz Afzal

A 30-minute meditation on being with the push-pull of experience. 
Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Tasha.


30-minute practice on being with the push-pull of experience

A 30-minute meditation on simplicity. 
Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Nadia Abdel-Karim.


A 30-minute practice on simplicity by Nadia Abdel-Karim

A 30-minute meditation on cultivating mindful screen-time. 
Recorded from one of the weekly online meditations from The Sharpham Trust, led that week by Ethan Pollock.


30-minute mindful screen-time practice with Ethan Pollock

A 17-minute seasonal meditation offering a quiet and calm moment - perhaps when things get busy. 

From The Sharpham Trust, led by Nina Jankelson, assistant manager of The Barn Retreat Centre


Nina Christmas 2025 meditation

A 14-minute deep relaxation yoga nidra practice from Patti Summerville, a mindfulness teacher and retreat leader at The Sharpham Trust.

Patti Summerville Yoga Nidra with the Elements

14-min Earth-centred yoga nidra from Patti Summerville and The Sharpham Trust

A 20-minute body scan by Professor Katherine Weare at The Sharpham Trust

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01 Body scan with Prof Katherine Weare (20 mins)

Cultivate the qualities of the heart - the meaning of Metta - with this guided meditation by Lynette Robinson, volunteer coordinator at The Barn Buddhist retreat centre at The Sharpham Trust, near Totnes, Devon, UK.

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Metta loving kindness meditation from Lynette Robinson at The Barn at Sharpham

A 17-minute guided meditation from Lynne Roberts, who teaches on our 8-week mindfulness for Health & Wellbeing course and who also leads retreats at The Sharpham Trust.

Mindfulness of Breath meditation with Lynne Roberts

A 3-minute breathing space meditation from Lynne Roberts, who teaches on our 8-week mindfulness for Health & Wellbeing course and who also leads retreats at The Sharpham Trust.

07 - 3 Step breathing space with Lynne Roberts (4 minutes)

A short guided meditation on self-compassion, led by Lucy Chan, retreat leader at The Sharpham Trust. Perfect as a sitting practice or in a moment of suffering.

A short self-compassion practice with Lucy Chan at The Sharpham Trust

A 3-minute meditation to prepare mindfully for making and eating food that your body likes and calls for. Recorded in the Dining Room at Sharpham House, near Totnes, Devon, England.

Guided by Janet Bird, Sharpham Trust cook and leader of our Moments to Savour conscious cooking and mindful eating retreat.

3 Minute Meditation Before Mindful Cooking & Eating - Janet Bird - The Sharpham Trust

This meditation offers you the chance to cultivate the mindfulness of breathing, in a practice that's less than 15 minutes long. Lynne Holmes of The Sharpham Trust helps you to bring awareness to the breath - the anchor of all things, so that you cultivate an ability to notice distraction and return at will to the breath.

03 - 10 Minute Sitting Meditation Mindfulness of Breath: Lynne Holmes (10 minutes)

Gavin Milne, teacher at The Barn retreat centre at The Sharpham Trust leads this 24-minute meditation to help with practising in the midst of our daily lives: even when our lives are busy and our time is precious.

A sitting meditation for daily life with Gavin Milne at The Barn at Sharpham

Sharpham mindfulness teacher Lynne Holmes shares a 19-minute gratitude practice to counterbalance complaining, awaken and cultivate appreciation - and encourage joy within us.

A Gratitude Practice - Lynne Holmes - The Sharpham Trust

Sharpham Trust mindfulness teacher and woodland retreat leader Ollie Frame leads this 15-minute meditation supporting self-compassion and kindness

Mindfulness Recordings

Kindfulness of the Breath from Ollie Frame at The Sharpham Trust

A contemplation on impermanence and death, ideally listened to in a quiet spot in nature, where you can sit and lie flat. Guided by Lucy Chan, volunteer coordinator at The Barn Retreat Centre at The Sharpham Trust.

Meditation on death & impermanence by Lucy Chan

Sharpham mindfulness-through-singing teacher Emily Roblyn shares a 10-minute breath & sound meditation.

Breath & Sound meditation - Emily Roblyn - The Sharpham Trust

A heartfelt message of peace to all beings and our Earth for Christmastime, guided by Ollie Frame for The Sharpham Trust

Peace in the Heart, Peace on the Earth

Ramiro Ortega leads retreats at Sharpham House. Here he gives a peaceful 20-minute guided meditation.

20 minute guided meditation - Ramiro Ortega

We are a charity on a 550-acre estate on the River Dart in South Devon, UK, connecting people with nature, fostering mindfulness & well-being through our programme of retreats, mindfulness courses & nature connection.

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