Silence meditation:
Sitting in silence together: Every Tuesday 16:30 -17:15 hrs
Onwards Inwards: Online every Wednesday 13:00-13:30 hrs

The element of meditation started during the exhibition of Jenna Tas with a metta meditation on 21st November 2019 guided by Coby van Herk. Due to Covid-19 it wasn’t possible to organize more meditations in space. With the exhibition of Moosje M Goosen end of March 2020 the element of online silence meditation was introduced, every Wednesday between 13.00-13.30hrs. This is ongoing and is titled ‘Onwards Inwards’ ‘since 1st July 2020, partly referring to the title of Moosje M Goosen’s exhibition ‘On Wards’.

People from different backgrounds and for different reasons join. Some are buddhists, some are inspired by buddhist traditions, some are interested in body-mind relations and some just wish to be in silence with a group of other human beings. Daily Practice hopes and wishes to provide an open space for silence.

Online:
The online silence meditation is not guided and therefore for meditators who at least have received an introduction to meditation. If you are interested to participate, please send an email. 15 minutes before the meditation starts you will receive a link, via the platform jitsi, to join. You are not obliged to be present every week.

At 1 pm there is one strike with the sound bowl to start the meditation. At 1.30 pm there are three strikes. The meditation is over. In general everyone logs out immediately: back to work, life, art. You can consider it a break and silent reflection in the middle of the week with a number of people who wish to practice the same.

Kunstinstituut Melly – On Wards Inwards:
Together with Moosje M Goosen Daily Practice has participated in 84 Steps on the 3rd floor of Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam from April 2021 – September 24 2023. Goosen’s text work On Wards was on show, Daily Practice (Suzanne Weenink) designed a wooden meditation floor titled Inwards which has been installed by Studio Bart Stoffijn. Nienke Terpsma made great and comfortable meditation cushions.
Within this exhibition frame Daily Practice provided biweekly silence meditations of 30 minutes on Tuesday from 16.30 – 17.00 hrs. Since 21st June 2021, also within the frame of 84 Steps, Daily Practice organized a silence meditation day retreat from 9.00 – 15.00 hrs to mark the change of every season. The last retreat ‘Summer Solstice Inwards’ happened on 19 June 2023 at Kunstinstituut Melly.

Inwards:
Since June2024 the Inwards floor has been recycled and reconstructed at home, in the living room, and thus provides a new space for being together in silence and turning inwards. Every Tuesday from 16:30 – 17:15 hrs there is a silence meditation gathering. A poem is read, and afterwards there is tea.

With every change of the season there is silence retreat. And several other gatherings take place, guided by Suzanne Weenink or by others. For example ‘Certain Magical Acts’ by flora valeska woudstra and eddie azulay, and ‘WALK’ by Alireza Abbasy.

Please send an email if you’re interested or have any questions.