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ALT ERNATI VE NI GHT L I FE

It's only
a matter
of time
before juice
crawls will
replace pub
crawls.

on trial
C I TRI N E
F ULL M OON
M ED I TATI ON
W I TH WOLF
S I STER

Morning Gloryville (morninggloryville.com), which
celebrated its fourth birthday party with an epic
morning rave at Brixton Beach Rooftop DJ'd by
Fatboy Slim, add a fun, playful group meditation
at the end of each of their famously kaleidoscopic,
wildly positive and joyous sober raves.
And a recent east London Sleepover and Morning
Rave concluded with 'shamanic games' and a cacao
ceremony to reduce stress and anxiety.

'The full moon is hidden
by a bright pink sunset
as I head into She's Lost
Control, an east London
hub fusing 'urban style
with modern mysticism',
for an evening with
Tamara Driessen,
aka Wolf Sister (£30,
sheslostcontrol.co.uk).
Dreissen is a modern
shaman, a healer and a
founding member of
Obonjan. In a cosy
room with exposed
brick walls and dangling
single bulbs, there's a
lot of giggling among the
young, female crowd,
while Erykah Badu plays
in the background. After
an introduction to the
power of citrine, we
lie down for a guided
meditation, which
involves visualising the
golden power of the
crystal flowing down our
bodies. While the mystical
emphasis wouldn't work
for everyone, the basic
principle of deep
relaxation is exactly
the same as in other
meditations. Afterwards,
we have a light-hearted
session on achieving our
goals, and everyone
sticks around for a chat.'

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working out ways to

'They want to
incorporate it into a
experience these things in a
sociable setting.
fun, relaxed atmosphere,' says
Gabrielle. 'With no preaching or
wellness piety.' It's a laid-back introduction to
meditation, and it's sociable and trendy enough
that I can drag my best friend along, too.

YOUR VIBE ATTRACTS YOUR TRIBE

Meanwhile, Holiday Philips and Sanchia Legister
of Breath And Stop (breatheandstop.com) host
events including guided meditation with DJs and an
after-party. Holiday is even set to host a five-day hip
hop meditation residency at achingly cool Croatian
wellness festival Obonjan this summer.
'The amazing thing about meditation is that there
are so many ways you can do it,' she says. 'It could
be listening to a piece of music really intently or
dancing freely. So there are parallels between what
people seek from a night out to what you can attain
through meditation.'

MINDFUL DRINKING MOVEMENT
If meditation is cooler than ever in the UK, it's no
coincidence that mindful drinking is, too. One in
four people, and 1.5 million Londoners*, already
count themselves in the moderation club and many
are starting to chase their highs in ways that won't
leave them with a morning-after headache.
Club Soda (joinclubsoda.co.uk) successfully
launched their Mindful Pub Crawl last January and
are plotting their next events, while trendy sober
bars such as Redemption, Permit Room and La
Suite West ensure booze-free nights out are worth
bragging about. And while juice crawls haven't
quite taken off here the way they have in the US,
it's surely only a matter of time.
Sober blogger Laurie McAllister (girlandtonic.co.uk)
co-runs An Alternative Saturday Night Out in east
London once a month, offering yoga, guided
meditation, tea and cake.
'We are becoming more mindful,' she says. 'It feels
like a natural progression from people's obsession
with being fit. We're now looking inwards, with
people like modern healer Jody Shield and yogi
warrior Michael James Wong leading the way.' B

PHOTOGRAPHY: STOCKSY, SECRET YOGA CLUB SOURCE: *CLUBSODAGUIDE.COM

And Will Williams, a former music industry
executive who fell for Vedic meditation in
a bid to battle stress-induced insomnia,
launched two popular London nights last year
(willwilliamsmeditation.co.uk).
The Gathering pours meditative magic into the
mix with food, music, film and talks from guests,
who have included Ruby Wax, while Shavasana
Disco invites music-lovers to take part in a noexperience-necessary meditation, before listening
to a classic album by someone like Jimi Hendrix
with newly heightened senses.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned
Secret Yoga Club, founded by
Gabrielle Hales, sees a young
MINDFULNESS
crowd heading to pop-ups
While meditation
is an intrinsically
all over the city for a
inward-looking
mixture of meditation,
activity, events are
yoga and sound baths.

Group meditation
can open the doors to
a more compassionate
way of interacting


http://www.breatheandstop.com http://willwilliamsmeditation.co.uk http://sheslostcontrol.co.uk http://www.CLUBSODAGUIDE.COM http://joinclubsoda.co.uk http://www.morninggloryville.com http://girlandtonic.co.uk

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