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Thanks for joining together in mindfulness practice this year. Lovely to connect 🌹🌼

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I'm Mary from Donegal Mindfulness.  I started my Mindfulness journey a good few years ago in the walls of the Sanctuary with Joanne.
I had watched Sr. Stan on the Late Late, bought her book and the rest is history. I now teach it to all ages in my wee clinic in Donegal.  Thank you from the bottom of my ❤

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For providing quiet moments in a noisy world, thank you to the Sanctuary.

For providing companionship during this isolating time, thank you to the wider meditation community.

Yvonne

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To all at the Sanctuary
my gratitude I extend,
because if you my life
feels fulfilled.
Jane in particular whose smile
emits such cheer,
I feel blessed to belong to
a community so sincere.
Nuala Connor

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I love the connection to each other and to nature. Thank you - the last year with you all has been a Sanctuary. Mary D

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Thank you all  at the Sanctuary and the entire community  so very muchfor your generosity . It has been an enriching,  inclusive , warm , welcoming,  caring , compassionate, kind and very moving experience for me to join you over the last year...❤ to all. Helen

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Thank you Jane, Louise, Sile, Stan, Joanne and everyone at the Sanctuary. 

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Thank you Jane, Louise, Sile, Stan, Joanne and everyone at the Sanctuary. 

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The Monday morning sits have become an integral part of my weekly routine since I began working from home. I look forward to starting the week with such a positive community and it has been an amazing support this past year. Thank you for the workshops and courses which have been so nourishing. Delighted that you will be developing your online presence and look forward to Monday meditations on site in the near future.  Niamh

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Jane, Sr. Stan, and all the team,
I look forward to Monday morning wonderful meditation sessions, it grounds for my week ahead .  I have enjoy them so much and found them so helpful in these uncertain time.
Helen

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Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful gift of the Sanctuary community meditations through the past year & going on into the future we hope.  Teresa 

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Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful gift of the Sanctuary community meditations through the past year & going on into the future we hope.  Teresa 

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 Gratitude to Jane for wonderful support to Tallaght University Hospital staff

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 Gratitude to Jane for wonderful support to Tallaght University Hospital staff

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All of us in Tallaght University Hospital ICU and Emergency Department are hugely grateful to Jane for our sessions together over the past year. Jane provided a beautiful space for staff to de stress and find peace whilst working in a very challenging environment. The effect of our group meditation has created a warmer more supportive work environment. Huge thanks 🙏 and warmest wishes to all in the Sanctuary.
Jean & colleagues.

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Thank you so much to Jane  Sr  Stan  and all the sanctuary  team for wonderful  meditations and courses.l enjoyed  them so much and found  them so helpful

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To Sr. Stan, Jane and all the team at The Sanctuary. Congratulations on all the online content that you have delivered and the weekly meditations. I had never done mindfulness until this time last year and it has been a great gift in keeping me grounded and calm in what were stressful times for everyone. Míle buíochas go leir.
Eamonn

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Thank you Jane Stan Sile Joanne Louise and everyone at the Sanctuary for quickly adapting in order to support your community. It has been a pleasure to witness and experience it grow over the year. my real life sessions were wonderful at the sanctuary but to see so many faces that have become familiar each week is really wonderful. Thank you Elaine

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Thank you Jane Stan Sile Joanne Louise and everyone at the Sanctuary for quickly adapting in order to support your community. It has been a pleasure to witness and experience it grow over the year. my real life sessions were wonderful at the sanctuary but to see so many faces that have become familiar each week is really wonderful. Thank you Elaine

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Thank you for turning on the sanctuary light when I and so many could see you and hear your comforting words at a time of great confusion and fear and isolation.
You held out a lifeline a d have kept it there steadily helping me and many others through this amazingly difficult time.
And i am extremely grateful.
Thank you all and in particular to Jane for your generosity and kindness and spirit that you spead like a healing wind upon us.
Thank you Sr. stan for being the source of this love.
And to all of you and the new community formed .
I look
Forward to visiting and meeting you all in person and contributing to you in some way!
Love and best wishes
Angela

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Thanks & blessings to you all. Marie In Raheny 🙏🏼❤️

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Gratitude to sister Stan chain Rhianna and see in tire thanks for team including all the speakers on Wednesday evening clothing Tony Bates And the entire century team I really don’t know what I would have done for the whole year if I hadn’t your support you could tumour and your encouragement support kindness and To SrStan Jane  Rhianna Joanna Tony and the entire staff the century for your generosity kindness and support &generosity

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Gratitude to sister Stan chain Rhianna and see in tire thanks for team including all the speakers on Wednesday evening clothing Tony Bates And the entire century team I really don’t know what I would have done for the whole year if I hadn’t your support you could tumour and your encouragement support kindness and To SrStan Jane  Rhianna Joanna Tony and the entire staff the century for your generosity kindness and support &generosity

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Dew drops falling resting on new buds of hope

Colours tightly wrapped in brown packages

Waiting patiently for their time to unfurl

In all their glorious shapes and forms

Birdsong in the distance

Singing songs of hopeful joy

They too feel the shift in time

The hope in anticipation of abundance

The pain will end, the daily search, for now at least

Life beneath the soil raising its head

Searching for the light

Soon the race will show all around

The landscape will be transformed

Within us too we feel the change
The light is higher

Thanks you all at this difficult  time🙏🙏😇😇🥳🥳🥳
Sheila Melvi

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Thank you for the wonderful gift of connection and spiritual depth.  Tuning in from the South Downs in West Sussex every Monday morning has put me in touch with my Celtic spiritual roots for which I am profoundly grateful.

Helena Hargaden

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Thank you so much Jane and Sanctuary staff for those wonderful inspiring and uplifting meditation sessions. I feel blessed to be a part of this community.
Ann C

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Words are not enough to express the gratitude I feel towards the wonderful Sanctuary community. Your loving kindness and support have been so helpful and life affirming over the past year.  Thank you so very much   Deirdre Gilmartin

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your Hand
And Eternity in an Hour
William Blake

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Thank you for a wonderful start to my week, feeling part of a global community in a time of isolation.  What a gift you all are....to all of us.

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Thank you to Sr. Stan, Sile, Jane, Joanne, Louise and Riana and each and every one of the guest facilitators who have created a true sanctuary week in week out. Thanks also to the sea of smiling faces and kind voices on zoom - I have found that both comforting and inspiring. My partner and I go for a walk in nearby woods once a week and we listen to a download from rte of Jane guiding us in meditation, surrounded by birdsong and trees with their, in the words of Brother Richard, "cathedral coolness" ..... "their leaf, and flower, and nut, circle [us], with knowing, of a kind unknown to fleeting minds and restless hearted humanity; greening [us] to wholeness again". Thank you, Karen Walsh.

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cathedral coolness when you walk the woods, do so at their pace. Not yours

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To Sr. Stan, Jane, Riana & all the wonderful team at the Sanctuary.

Congratulations on this very special 1 year on-line Community Meditation Anniversary. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves for facilitating the  guided practice/sessions. I discovered the Sanctuary Website last February and decided to join the meditation. My only regret is that I didn't discover it earlier !!
I so look forward to the sessions three times a week and have found
them beneficial my life. I love the poetry, chat, stories and the warmth that comes across from everyone. It's truly inspiring and a blessing to now be part of this Community. Keep up the good work. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart !!.  ❤️ Marion

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So much gratitude for this magical place of solidity, inclusion, safety and inspiration. Heartfelt gratitude to Sr Stan, Sheila, Jane and everyone at the Sanctuary this past year. XX Michele😊🌟💕

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Thank you Jane, Sr Stan and all the wonderful community and staff at the Sanctuary. You have guided me through this challenging time with calm and ease. I not only gained personally from the many  meditations but I also enjoyed the pre and post chats with you Jane. Enjoy the party and I look forward to seeing you during the week.
Patricia Richardson

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CONNECTING
The Sanctuary Community Tree of Celtic roots is stabilised  grounded and nurtured  by the wonderful Smiling Jane Johanne, Louise Sr Stan,Sr Shiela, Tony & Brother Richard.
The strength of the Sanctuary Tree trunk is also nourished and grown from above by Divine light.
The hidden heart in the branches is Gods love for us ....ever present. ( though sometimes we don’t see it )
In connecting through sanctuary  We,the branches are growing and sowing love ❤️ ♥️❤️
Our lives  have become  more engraved with peace love joy hope kindness gratitude and Divine light.
I have loved connecting with the Divine light in each of you ..our community  ,this past year .
So Thanks to you all who made this past year of connecting happen and I am eternally grateful to  the amazing ladies who are  the founders Stan & Shiela  for the  great gift of the Sanctuary.
🙏💜 Anne Reilly.

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I send gratitude and thanks to all of you at the Sanctuary and to my fellow mediators, you have all been a guiding light for me and many during this past year. xx Sadhbh

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Jane, Riana, Sister Stan, Sile, Joanne, Louise and everyone who has so generously facilitated the beautiful Meditations over the past year and the Community that are now like friends giving advice, tips and sharing their feelings over this long difficult year where so few have been sharing at our kitchen table this Community through the Sanctuary have been such a joy where they have shred and been like old friends to each other. And can you believe how easy we are now all Meditating through the wonderful guidance of the people at the Sanctuary. How much I have enjoyed watching my breath just coming and going without ant effort. The poetry and wisdom has been amazing from my heart to yours Thank You Thank You Geraldine 

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Jane, Riana, Sister Stan, Sile, Joanne, Louise and everyone who has so generously facilitated the beautiful Meditations over the past year and the Community that are now like friends giving advice, tips and sharing their feelings over this long difficult year where so few have been sharing at our kitchen table this Community through the Sanctuary have been such a joy where they have shred and been like old friends to each other. And can you believe how easy we are now all Meditating through the wonderful guidance of the people at the Sanctuary. How much I have enjoyed watching my breath just coming and going without ant effort. The poetry and wisdom has been amazing from my heart to yours Thank You Thank You Geraldine 

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Thank you Sr. Stan, Jane and Everyone at the Sanctuary. You have been a joy and a refuge for me during these time. Sam

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Congratulations to Sr Stan, Sile, Tony, Jane, Louise, Johanne, Patricia and and all the facilitators at the Sanctuary. I owe a debt of gratitude to each and every one of you for having the vision and courage to create the online holding space for our gorgeously rich and diverse mindfulness community. Moving online has made the Sanctuary accessible to so many people like me who don't live in Dublin.

6 months ago I signed up for the October 31 day meditation challenge and started participating in the 3 weekly online Guided Meditation Practices because I wanted to re-establise my daily mindfulness meditation practice. Feeling so grateful that my mindfulness learning journey over the last 6 months has included the 31 day Meditation Challenge, Monday mornings with Riana and Jane, Waiting for the Light, Mindfully Waiting For Easter, Les Robertson Lectures, Sound Baths with Simone, Sound Healing Workshop with Singing Bowls, The Art of Compassion Course, Weaving Mindfulness into your Daily Life workshop and the Being Present Course.

I would like to share this "Andra' Tutto Bene" (everything will be alright) rainbow which is a national symbol of hope and resilience in Italy. It was painted by our neighbour's daughter in March 2020 when Italy was the first country in Europe to go into lockdown.

Grazie mille!

Mike
Pavia, Italy

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To all at the Sanctuary,
Thank you so much for sustaining this warm, and welcome space for our community. I feel much gratitude for all the kindness and support of everyone who shows up, for the inspiring poetry, the company, and the opportunity to forget the world a while and fall back into the hush and holy of now. Enjoy the party, You are a downpour of gifts, Thank you, xxx Marie Forde

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Sincere  thanks and gratitude to the great team at the Sanctuary for providing a constant  weekly support to me which helped in no small way  to get through the pandemic so far. .The lovely serene vibes coming from all the team stays with me through the day.  Thanks to all .ye are brilliant.

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Sanctuary in the strictest sense of the word means refuge but......

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Sanctuary in the strictest sense of the word means refuge but......

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Perhaps we all see sanctuary as refuge which is true and refuge from not only a hectic pace of life but also a busyness of the mind .But the weekly meditations have been a source of not only refuge but have provided support and shelter from the world and gave a sense of friendliness peace and joy . Jane is the epitome of friendliness and initially I had thought that meditation sessions should be more solemn but now I appreciate the friendliness and generosity that begins with the host and permeates the community. I have been an intermittent attendee but I m very grateful that this Community Meditation has been established. Congratulations on a full year especially necessary in the pandemic.
Best wishes to all
Rose Sullivan

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What an exceptional gift the team at the sanctuary have given to so many of us.
Finding some ease and contentment in the middle of a desert.
Creating a community that has linked us to you and each other.
thank you all
Liam

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Thank you Jane and all the Team in the Sanctuary for you mindfulness Classes. You gave us Hope at a time, when I felt there was very little. You opened windows in my life, and for this I will Always be eternally Grateful. Gaye Hyland

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Thanks to Sr Stan, Síle & Jane & all sanctuary staff for bringing these special sessions, & community gatherings, while I have attended many courses and sessions in the Sanctuary over the last 8 or more years and miss its beautiful surroundings, these sessions have been a great substitute, also I often return to the 30day meditation from last Oct to help me through some difficult days. The many poems shared, but in particular "The Way it is" by Lynn Ungar, is on my wall beside my meditation chair and grounds me constantly. Namaste. 🙏Eileen. Walkinstown. 

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Thanks to Sr Stan, Síle & Jane & all sanctuary staff for bringing these special sessions, & community gatherings, while I have attended many courses and sessions in the Sanctuary over the last 8 or more years and miss its beautiful surroundings, these sessions have been a great substitute, also I often return to the 30day meditation from last Oct to help me through some difficult days. The many poems shared, but in particular "The Way it is" by Lynn Ungar, is on my wall beside my meditation chair and grounds me constantly. Namaste. 🙏Eileen. Walkinstown. 

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Sincere gratitude.

To all at the Sanctuary,

Thank you so much to you all for everything you have been doing over the past year and for helping me find my way back to a regular meditation practice.
I had the good fortune to come across the Community Meditation at the beginning of the pandemic and can definitely say that it became my 'Sanctuary' over the past year after a very challenging time in my life.
I have really looked forward to those Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays and am so grateful to have been able to be part of such a kind, supportive community...long may it last.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh go leir,

A x

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Many thanks to to everyone at the Sanctuary for all the lovely sessions in mindfulness that you provide each week. It makes a huge difference for me to be able to start the week in  such a positive way, with two further options to meditate during the week. The Sanctuary has provided a sense of community during lockdown. Thanks again.
Angela D.

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A friend sent me the link in April 2020 & I joined immediately. Really look forward to each practice & Riana starting off the week. Thank you to everyone in the sanctuary, to all the facilitators & to the whole community for a wonderful year. Also special is knowing that some of my friends are there too. Thank you all so much. Love the poems & the October Challenge.

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The Community Meditation meant so much to me during Lockdown. I was feeling lonely and isolated as living alone Cocooning as Underlying condition. I felt so included and part of the Mon morning and Weds eve class. Thank you for being there. Miriam x

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I feel so fortunate to have come across The Sanctuary website last December.It has been like a comforting blanket to wrap up in every time I join the weekly mediation sessions.I feel so calm after the sessions and connected to community.So it’s with a sense of gratitude that I celebrate this birthday Monday.Thanks to all the team for sharing your skills for being so welcoming and inclusive.Pat M

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I feel so fortunate to have come across The Sanctuary website last December.It has been like a comforting blanket to wrap up in every time I join the weekly mediation sessions.I feel so calm after the sessions and connected to community.So it’s with a sense of gratitude that I celebrate this birthday Monday.Thanks to all the team for sharing your skills for being so welcoming and inclusive.Pat M

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A big thank you to Sr Stan , Jane , Sile ,  and all the Sanctuary Team for bringing sunrises, sunsets, birdsong, Forrest walks, baking cookies, swimming in the sea , mindful movements into my life when all I had to do was pull up a chair  to join the Community on Monday mornings which has so inspired my life , I joined one year ago . ❤️

Deep Gratitude
Joan

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I started with the Thursday lunchtime sessions as it marked the end of my week and then included the Monday morning sessions...what a great start to the week!...Thank you thank you thank you. Ann B

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I started with the Thursday lunchtime sessions as it marked the end of my week and then included the Monday morning sessions...what a great start to the week!...Thank you thank you thank you. Ann B

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Thank you so much for such a great start to every Monday, the movement with Riana is so wonderful , followed by the magical  meditation with Jane .

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Thank you so much for such a great start to every Monday, the movement with Riana is so wonderful , followed by the magical  meditation with Jane .

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The whole team are so supportive including Johanne and Louise, not to mention Sr Stan and Dr Tony Bates, how lucky are we to have the Sanctuary,
Mile Buiochas,
Regina

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Thank you to Sr Stan, Síle, Jane and all the team in the Sanctuary for your kindness, support, good humour, honesty, hope and more than anything creating a wonderful sense of community with the weekly sessions which I joined whenever I could. There is a real sense of holding each other at all the sessions and I always came away filled with the spirit of caring and sharing. I'll be working tomorrow but will be thinking of the you all during the celebrations. Congratulations to all involved.
Maura 💞

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Thank You so much for a wonderful start to every week , with Movement provided by the wonderful Riana followed by the bliss of meditation with Jane. This along and the additions from Sr Stan and Dr Tony Bates,  how wonderful.What a support  there is in the Sanctuary team, of Johanne and Louise. You make it so welcoming and positive,

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Thank You so much for a wonderful start to every week , with Movement provided by the wonderful Riana followed by the bliss of meditation with Jane. This along and the additions from Sr Stan and Dr Tony Bates,  how wonderful.What a support  there is in the Sanctuary team, of Johanne and Louise. You make it so welcoming and positive,

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Mile Buiochas,
You make us all so welcome

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Thank you Jane Barry Rianna for bringing structure to my week for the welcoming community would not have survived without you all loved Francescas spirit felt you all were here in my home Jane you have shared so  much Thank you thank you Sending hugs and Blessings to you all Mairead Bambury So looking foward to tomorrows celebrations.

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Thank you Jane Barry Rianna for bringing structure to my week for the welcoming community would not have survived without you all loved Francescas spirit felt you all were here in my home Jane you have shared so  much Thank you thank you Sending hugs and Blessings to you all Mairead Bambury So looking foward to tomorrows celebrations.

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Thank you Jane and the Sanctuary.  I came across the invitation to the meditations on social media in the middle of the summer lockdown, where I was drawn to the messages and beautiful images there and thought I would like attend one of the online meditations.  I was feeling isolated and although doing my own mindfulness practice, there was something about these sessions that felt like I was not alone and that we were being in this experience together and the meditations and the sharing really touched me.  I attended a few of the courses over the last few months.  Each really gave a sense of community and  and I am so glad I did.  Words that came from this stayed with me: breathing in I am aware I am breathing in and hope is about waiting in stillness and that it is the stillness that builds hope.  I spent many a moment in stillness waiting and without any knowledge of what I was waiting for and I think it really did build hope for me, through winter.  There are so many but these are my share for now.  Thank You, Maura McDonnell

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To all the wonderful Sanctuary Staff.  Thank you so much for a wonderful year of uplifting mediations and helpful supports.  It has been an absolute joy and a pleasure to be part of this wonderful community every week.  You all helped me to get through the past year more than you will ever know.  I am so grateful thank you with all my Heart.  I am looking forward to many more fun times ahead with everyone in the Sanctuary.  Loving kindness Barry xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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To all the wonderful Sanctuary Staff.  Thank you so much for a wonderful year of uplifting mediations and helpful supports.  It has been an absolute joy and a pleasure to be part of this wonderful community every week.  You all helped me to get through the past year more than you will ever know.  I am so grateful thank you with all my Heart.  I am looking forward to many more fun times ahead with everyone in the Sanctuary.  Loving kindness Barry xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Thank you to all at the Sanctuary. The weekly meditations have been wonderful. I really appreciate the huge effort you all have made to give us a comforting oasis in the week, particularly during these Covid days.
I want to say a big thank you to you all who have been involved in making this happen.
Warm wishes for the future,
Maura Kilkenny

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Mile buiochas! I am truly grateful for the support provided by the team in the Santuary.  I was on the very 1st session with Jane and I've been a regular since. I am looking forward to making a 'pilgrimage '  to the Santuary when circumstances allow. Le ghra, Blinne

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Thank you sounds simple ,but it carries much meaning .
So thank you Jane and all the Sanctuary team for your weekly welcome to the mediation practices .
The welcome feels individual and collective and this community has become an important part of my life in the past months .
Born from the challenges of a pandemic , I hope it continues long after Covid is no longer a threat.
I cannot join on Monday as I am working but I wish your celebrations well . Again a profoundly personal Thank You.
Sue Bunworth

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Thank you for you support, compassion, & inspiration, over the past year. I really enjoy the meditations, they brighten my day. Happy Anniversary.
Ber

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As we mark one year with the sanctuary online, I'd like to share with you,  what it means to me being a part of this community.

The meditation has been a lifeline for me during these difficult and strange times. It came home all the more to me, when my sister died in Kerry on 2nd January. I couldn't go to her funeral, visit or see any of my relatives. The sanctuary carried and supported me during this time. It encouraged me to trust in humanity. It is a welcoming place. It cares.

I have taken inspiration from many of the programmes, the group meditation sessions and the mindful movement. I was also inspired by Sheila in Carlow to crochet after seeing her lovely crochet.

I feel very grateful to be part of this wonderful inspiring and uplifting community. I've grown in so many ways. Thank you. A special thank you to Sr. Stan, Sile Wall, Jane, Johanne, Louise and Tony Bates. Also the many people who guide us in meditation and Riana for the mindful movement class.

Colette

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I want to say thank you so much to the Sanctuary for creating this beautiful, safe, comforting and such an inspiring place to go one year ago. From the very first moment I pressed connect on Zoom I have felt connected to a lovely community. Of course a very special thank you to Jane who always brings such cheer and groundedness to my Monday’s. I Sometimes think you can read my mind and reflect on just what I need. The days I see Sr Stan, Sile and Tony are just times to treasure. I wish everyone the joy, hope and peace that Spring is bringing. 💛 Breda Moore

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Thank you Johanne Jane Riana and all the team
At the sanctuary for being here for me and many others during strange times

Loved the world wide element and the regular connecting with the same people has been a balm for me

Thank you from my heart

Love and blessings to you all for your steadfastness commitment and wonderful energy

Take care

Suzanne

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Thank you Jane and all the team at the Sanctuary.  The Monday morning mindfulness has been a God send over the past year and a wonderful mindset to begin each week with. Le Gra. Jess Mcclean

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to all at the Sanctuary for being there for me over the last year. To Jane, in particular, for your consistent presence on Monday mornings and throughout the weeks. And oh your thoughtful, real life based meditations- grounding, uplifting and inspiring week after week. How blessed I feel to have found the Sanctuary and to be able to access all you offer from the comfort of my own home.
Bríghid

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Thank you so much to Jane, Stan and all the Sanctuary team,  you have been my rock in these difficult times.  I could never get to the Sanctuary for your meditation sessions and courses.  You were kind enough to come to me and everyone else during our hours of need.  For that and all else I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Felicity D.

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I was inspired by some of the group sessions to write this poem to reflect on all the things I am grateful for . Many Thanks to Jane etc for the Monday morning sessions.
Felicity D.

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Thank you Jane and Team for your gentle guidance through the year. A wonderful support filled with warmth, joy, hope and inspiration! So grateful! Brigid B.

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To Jane ,Riana and all the staff at the Sanctuary,and all the volunteers who led the community meditations! Thank you for facilitating this wonderful community via zoom each week.
I began with the meditating for a month challenge! and I  have logged in for most of them since.
I would find it a huge challenge on my own but with all of you in the Community,it has become a ritual,which I look forward to.
The Sanctuary,Sr Stan and Sr Sile have been a very important part of my life for a long time now, I could not have envisaged keeping that connection through a Pandemic in Lockdown,but you have made it work!! Gra Mor Anne W.

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Thank you to all the wonderful staff in the Sanctuary and to Jane in particular who is the kind, welcoming and charismatic anchor who brings us all back and together every Monday morning. I discovered the Sanctuary at the beginning of lockdown and it was definitely heaven sent. I hope to continue attending for as long as you good people provide this wonderful service to the world. To quote Leonard Cohen "There is a crack in everything and that's how the light gets in" The Sanctuary has provided the light for so many people in our small damaged world during the last year. Thank you so much x   Una M

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Congratulations and Happy Birthday - The Sanctuary on the first anniversary of Weekly online meditations. It has been really great logging in for the weekly meditations and seeing all the familiar faces and having that sense of meditating with and being part of this large community. COVID has forced us to accept and use online contact - and people have embraced it. I would never be able to have such access to The Sanctuary meditations - other sessions and the Teacher Training - so #grateful for and #thankyou Zoom and the internet. Thanks to Sr Stan, Jane and all the staff and meditation leaders in The Sanctuary - its is, and you are all, a National Treasure. Look forward to Monday celebrations. Namaste - Declan Conlon - Offaly

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EARTHING

The Sanctuary community has come back into my life because the pandemic stopped me on lifes busy journey. My soul has been nurtured by gentle movement,  soothing voices, hearty laughter, inner wisdom  and Gods canvas of nature. May the Sanctuary cross the paths of many long after the pandemic has left our shores. A special heartfelt thank you to all and I look forward with HOPE and LOVE in my Heart and Soul for you. Martina.

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With Gratitude.🙏
The Sanctuary over the past year has enabled me to touch in with that special place within where all is well.
With love to all .
Sheila Gaffney❤

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Always a joyful, interesting, learning experience surrounded in compassion and comfort. Thanks to everyone who makes it possible.

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Monday morning at 10 is so important to me and my husband ,,I am so grateful to Jane and all there..We would not miss it ...It’s so nourishing for our distracted selves ..Thank you ,Thank you. .
Le Gra Mor ...Miriam T.

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I feel so  lucky to be part of this group on Monday mornings.  Meditation, sharing, smiling faces from around the country and outside.  All that I need during lockdown.  Thank You.  Mary C.

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I feel so  lucky to be part of this group on Monday mornings.  Meditation, sharing, smiling faces from around the country and outside.  All that I need during lockdown.  Thank You.  Mary C.

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Thank you Sanctuary Community Meditation Group for opening my eyes and mind to the amazing sunrise each morning!!

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I have found the meditations have calmed and grounded me. In  my weelky practice I have kept my energy and positive thinking of the glass half full and have delighted in taking opportunities and challenges to be creative and engage in something new each week,  as in art classes and pilates. It has kept me connected with community as I recently retired.  Thanking the Sanctuary staff  /volunteers for all your guidance and support especially the motivation and charisma from Jane. Christine

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We are all manifestations of God
All of life, every living being and person
Is a manifestation of God
We are of God
God's spirit is walkin, talking to me
Breathing through me
Not I but Christ
The prince of peace
May I be peace in the world

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I have loved being present with you all this past year. Such lovely gentleness in this strange world. Keep up the good work Jane and all the gang. Love Marion 

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I have loved being present with you all this past year. Such lovely gentleness in this strange world. Keep up the good work Jane and all the gang. Love Marion 

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Gallery view... a tapestry of faces illustrating the Sanctuary community past and present...Deo Gratias  and love to ALL  Síle x

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Gallery view... a tapestry of faces illustrating the Sanctuary community past and present...Deo Gratias  and love to ALL  Síle x

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Gallery view... a tapestry of faces illustrating the Sanctuary community past and present...Deo Gratias ting the Sanctuary community

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Sheltering space
Available to all
Nurturing
Centreing
Trusted team
Understanding
Accepting
Restoring,

Yes to online mindfulness practice! Yes to community!

“Thank you” to the Sanctuary team for skillfully facilitating the guided practice/sessions.
“Thank you  everyone" for your companionship on the journey.

Maura O'D

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My little child, how are you today?
Sister Chan Duc’s invocation has enabled great self compassion.
The email announcing the log in details for the following week’s community meditations has punctuated my lockdown life, introducing joy, peace and love in anticipating Jane’s expert guidance.
Sr.Stan’s powerful encouragement to ask ourselves, ‘What remnant do I need to resurrect and hold for a long, silent time?’
These are only some of my memories of a year spent in the gentle embrace of the wonderful team at The Sanctuary. I am so happy that my relationship continues with the Being Present course with Jane and Jean.
Body like a mountain
Breath like a breeze
Mind like a clear blue sky

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Míle buíochas to Jane and all at The Sanctuary for guiding us in the online meditation sessions over the past twelve months. They were a salve for the mind, body and soul during such strange Covid filled times. Look forward to continuing this supportive meditation into the future amd hopefully even when Covid is in the rear view mirror of our lives.
Helen 🌻

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Thank you very much for the wonderful meditation sessions.  They have been a friendly and wise companion to me during this lockdown.

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Thank you very much for the wonderful meditation sessions.  They have been a friendly and wise companion to me during this lockdown.

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Grateful appreciation to you Jane and Joanne and Sr. Stan and all involved. Mary Lynch

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Thank you for the wonderful  community meditations. I also enjoyed the October Monthly challenge and hope you will have another Monthy challenge again soon. The Sanctuary has been a lifeline for everyone in these difficult times. Many thanks 🙏 

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Thank you for the wonderful  community meditations. I also enjoyed the October Monthly challenge and hope you will have another Monthy challenge again soon. The Sanctuary has been a lifeline for everyone in these difficult times. Many thanks 🙏 

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I have been to the sessions just a couple
of them so far. I really love the serenity
all the love n gentleness each of you share
with the group. And the words of the poems
are very nice and meaningful. Thank you to each of you beautiful women for making each of us so very welcome .And giving us a share of your time
and part of what you love to do. That's Meditation.
Many thanks .xxxx

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The Monday morning sessions have been an anchor for my soul. 

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The Monday morning sessions have been an anchor for my soul. 

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I’m quite shy, so I don’t turn on my video or take part in the chats, but I listen and I feel I know you all - thank you for being there!

Inspired by the Sanctuary meditations, I wrote this during the first lockdown. I didn’t think it would still be relevant one year later, but I’m glad to have the chance to share it x Trish M

Locked up?

In Lockdown?

Look up

The sky is ever widening

Look down

The earth is at your feet

Listen

to the sound of the world stirring

of the world turning

The horizon is already much further than you can see

Touch

the softness of your skin

Feel

the great armour beating within

Smell

the freshness of another day

Taste

the freedom of words on the tip of your tongue

All is changed

yet none of this is new

You are still You

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Thank you for being there to support the community!

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Sanctuary online has been a friendly place to go, in good or bad times,  and to come away feeling much better after the half hour, having joined in with this community meditation. Go raibh maith agaibh. M

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I have only recently discovered the oasis that are your weekly sessions.  They have brought calm and insight into my life and I feel the benefit of them already.
Thank you, Sinéad

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Thanks so much...wonderful resource! Ann B in Clonsilla.

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Thanks so much...wonderful resource! Ann B in Clonsilla.

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These excellent community mediations help ground and center me and are a great help especially during these difficult times.
Richard

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Joining the Sanctuary Community on Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings has been a gift, a sacred community. Thank you. 

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Joining the Sanctuary Community on Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings has been a gift, a sacred community. Thank you. 

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Zoom has been the 'light' of Covid,  not sure where I would find community at this time.
Thank you and God bless and keep you safe. Joan

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Thanks for the memories. What nurturing times I have had, with 

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Thanks for the memories. What nurturing times I have had, with 

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being privileged to share  meditation and  sensitive, moving poems. To be surrounded by so many like minded people, who take time to connect and sprinkle their souls with star dust, is magical .

With all my love and gratitude,

Francesca Di Mattina
New York
Sicily
Ireland

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Joining in most Mondays and Wednesdays has been a joy. I don't live close by so if not for lockdown I couldn't have accessed and benefitted as easily. I've been inspired and supported by Jane, Tony, Sr Stan and more - the stories, meditations, poetry and sharing with a community has been uplifting. Thank you and bless you. Carmel K x

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  Thank you to all at the Sanctuary.  I was fortunate enough to have been sent a link by a friend, in early April 2020 and since then, I am glad to say that I have managed to dial in 2 or 3 times every week.  So thank you Jane, Sister Stan, Riana, Johanne, Louise and all the team at the sanctuary and to all of those who have joined the sessions, throughout the year, helping to make the community, what it has become.                                          For me, the sessions have been like a velvet anchor in these, the strangest of times – a gentle reminder that we all need to pause occasionally and just take a few breaths.                                        Seán 

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  Thank you to all at the Sanctuary.  I was fortunate enough to have been sent a link by a friend, in early April 2020 and since then, I am glad to say that I have managed to dial in 2 or 3 times every week.  So thank you Jane, Sister Stan, Riana, Johanne, Louise and all the team at the sanctuary and to all of those who have joined the sessions, throughout the year, helping to make the community, what it has become.                                          For me, the sessions have been like a velvet anchor in these, the strangest of times – a gentle reminder that we all need to pause occasionally and just take a few breaths.                                        Seán 

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Meister Eckhart once said "If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, it will be enough". For nurturing me for the past year.....thank you. Mary K

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Meister Eckhart once said "If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, it will be enough". For nurturing me for the past year.....thank you. Mary K

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I am so grateful to have found The Sanctuary and to be part of this wonderful community.  The sessions and chats have put so much focus in my life.  Thank you from Avril in Cork 🙏

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While really missing the physical visits to The Sanctuary, your online Zooms are keeping the connections going in such a meaningful way. Thanks so much to all involved, it's much appreciated. Hope to see you all, in person, very soon :)  Mary

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While really missing the physical visits to The Sanctuary, your online Zooms are keeping the connections going in such a meaningful way. Thanks so much to all involved, it's much appreciated. Hope to see you all, in person, very soon :)  Mary