The London Lark
IX
THE HERMIT
Contemplative & Meditative

Slow, still, deeply felt. Space to breathe and be.

52 venues in this arcana

3 Tribes Floatation
Borough
Where yoga ends and floating begins.
7Breaths Meditation Studio
Fitzrovia
A small room of calm, where your breath stops performing.
Aerial Relaxation Pods by Ecstatic Dance London
Hackney
Sway in silk as gongs resonate and your breath slows to match the hum.
Blissful Float Spa
Kingston upon Thames
Nothing touches you and yet you feel everything.
Camley Street Natural Park
King's Cross
A hush of reeds and water, right beside the rush.
Cricklewood Library
Cricklewood
Calm, taught through trees and slow attention.
Emra Sound Healing
Finchley
A quiet recalibration - like being tuned back to your own note.
Float Hub
Shoreditch
In the dark, you discover how loud your mind can be.
Floating Garden by Global Generation
King's Cross
Greenness on water - a strange little medicine.
Floatworks
Vauxhall and Angel
A silent pool cradles you, the world dissolves beyond the pod's lid.
Global Co-operation House – Drop IN, Power UP
Willesden
Soft music and silence weave around you, restoring your inner compass.
Golders Green Quaker Meeting – Silent Retreat
Golders Green
Murmuring leaves, quiet cups of tea and hours unfolding in unhurried stillness.
Growing Out London
Battersea
A weekly return to green, with people who don't need you to explain.
Hammersmith Quaker Meeting
Hammersmith
Sit in silence with strangers and feel less alone.
Healing with Thai – Sound Bowls Session
Stoke Newington
Lying in the half-light, shimmering tones ripple through you like gentle rain.
Heath Hands
Hampstead Heath
Step by step, the mind unclenches.
Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre
Golders Green
A day without words can feel like a week's holiday.
human-nature: CleanUp Walk
Camden
A cleansing walk - for the canal, and for you.
Inner Space Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Hidden above the bustle, a soft room invites you to breathe and reset.
Jamyang London Buddhist Centre – Dharma Express
Kennington
Candles flicker, eyes close; strangers breathe together and learn to listen.
Leanna Raspini at The London Clinic
Mayfair
Soft cushions, warm tea and someone who listens while your breath does the talking.
London Art Therapy Centre
King's Cross
Let the image hold what the mouth can't.
London Buddhist Centre – Lunchtime & Evening Meditation
Bethnal Green
Sit down, close your eyes — noon light warms your face as silence settles.
London Equine Therapy
North London (Barnet)
A 10-week conversation with horses about who you really are.
London Forest Bathing & Nature Connection
Various (London)
Leaves rustle, your footsteps slow; the forest whispers secrets to your heart.
London Gong Baths
Angel
The gong turns your mind into a wide, quiet sky.
London Wildlife Trust
London-wide
London, but wilder - if you know where to look.
Mindspace Silent Meditation Retreats
Brentford & Isleworth / Hammersmith
Silence, tea, a floor cushion – nothing fancy, everything profound.
Muswell Health Gong Bath
Bounds Green
A midweek unravelling - where sound does the carrying.
Nimaya Mindstation
Farringdon
Weightless water, silence and you.
North London Buddhist Centre – Gong Bath
Islington
Vibrations hum and you melt into the quiet space of your own breath.
OmVed Gardens
Highgate
A sanctuary where the city loosens its grip.
ParkBathe
SE London
Slow down until the park starts speaking back.
Re:Mind Studio
Victoria
Lie on cushions, let the bowls ring; softness wraps you like a warm shawl.
Roots and Shoots
Kennington
A hidden garden where nettles and nerves are tended together.
School of Meditation – Open Door Sessions
Kensington
A bell chimes and a teacher's voice guides you into the quiet within.
Silent Walks
Various (London)
Feet moving, mouths closed, thoughts roaming.
Sisters of Saint Andrew Retreat Centre
Lewisham
The city hums outside while you sit with yourself.
Soul Studio
Primrose Hill
A warehouse in NW1 where time slows and your breath remembers stories your mind forgot.
Sound Intent
Tottenham
Lie down. Let the sound unhook you, one knot at a time.
Sound Mysterium
Chalk Farm
Sound like moonlight: slow, silver, and strangely intimate.
Strength and Learning Through Horses
Barnet (North London)
A new home where horses help teenagers find their footing.
Stress Project – Therapeutic Gardening
Holloway
n a hidden North London garden, hands sink into soil.
TCV Green Gym (London)
London-wide
Exercise that leaves the world better - and you, too.
Tea Ceremony Meditation (with Litha Rose)
Various (London)
Steam curls from the cup, each sip unfurls a little more silence.
The Garden Classroom
Islington
Small noticing. Big relief.
The London Sound Healer
Muswell Hill
A lullaby for grown-ups who've been carrying too much.
The Shala – Yin & Nidra
West Norwood
Sink into bolsters as the teacher's voice draws you down into the dream space.
Therapeutic Yoga Community Group – Jane O'Rourke
Archway
In candlelight or soft morning sun, this yoga practice becomes a form of prayer.
Walworth Garden
Elephant & Castle
Hands in soil; breath returns to its proper pace.
Westminster Quaker Meeting – Drop-in Silence
Westminster
A room where time loosens, chairs circle and stillness is shared without words.
Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre
Shepherd's Bush
Ponies here listen better than most people you know.