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Martin Aylward
Moulin resident and founding teacher Martin Aylward began dharma practice and study aged 19, spending several years in Asian monasteries and with Himalayan hermits. Teaching worldwide since 1999, Martin co-founded the Mindfulness Training Institute and the online dharma community Sangha Live. He is married with two adult children. Living full time at the Moulin with his wife Gail, Martin integrates dharma into daily life with programs like Work Sex Money Dharma. His latest book is Awake Where You Are (2021)
Upcoming Programs by Martin Aylward

L'art du lâcher prise
Also With Elena Zahariev - Assistante
October 19 - 25, 2026
Langue: FrançaisLâcher-prise est au cœur de toute pratique de pleine conscience. La possibilité d'une vie sans peur, sans peine et sans problème réside dans notre capacité à dissoudre nos contractions, de nos compulsions et de nos habitudes de déconnexion. Face aux incertitudes de la vie personnelle, de nos sociétés et de l'écosystème fragile de notre planète, la compréhension et la maîtrise du lâcher-prise sont de plus en plus cruciales. (La retraite est conforme aux critères nécessaires pour ceux qui suivent une formation d’Instructeur MBSR)

EU CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS TEACHER TRAINING 2026-2027
Also With Mark Coleman
December 10 - 13, 2026
Language: English & French MODULE 2
This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity.

Module 3 - EU CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS TEACHER TRAINING 2026-2027
Also With Mark Coleman
March 18 - 21, 2027
MODULE 3 Language: English & French
Booking will open in January
This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity.

Forming the Formless: A 5-day retreat of contemplative and creative practice
Also With Sam Winston
April 5 - 10, 2027
Language: EnglishThis unique five-day retreat brings contemplative and creative practice together as two ways of becoming more intimate with experience. Meditation practice and teachings will invite you into stillness and receptivity, while simple creative exercises of writing, drawing and time in nature will offer ways to give form and expression to what you encounter.
Booking will open January 2027
All prices shown are current prices and are subject to change for 2027

Éveiller la nature du Bouddha : Retraite de méditation silencieuse
Also With Christine Küpfer Warrand - Assistante
May 1 - 7, 2027
Langue: Français Et si ce que nous cherchons à devenir était déjà là, au cœur de notre expérience ? ... Cette retraite est une invitation à nous tourner vers cette nature profonde et à découvrir ce qui se révèle lorsque nous cessons de vouloir devenir quelqu’un d’autre et commençons à habiter pleinement ce que nous sommes.
Les réservations ouvriront en janvier.
Tous les prix indiqués correspondent aux tarifs actuels et pourront être modifiés pour l'année 2027.

BREADTH AND DEPTH: A 13 day retreat for experienced practitioners
May 31 - June 12, 2027
Language: EnglishThis is Martin's 10th annual 2 week retreat for experienced meditators (those who have already sat silent meditation retreats). The retreat goes deeply into core dharma teachings on the nature of mind, and how they underpin meditative practice and experience, as well as exploring their integration into the various dimensions of a liberated life.
Booking will open January 2027.
All prices shown are current prices and are subject to change for 2027

Module 4 - EU CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS TEACHER TRAINING 2026-2027
Also With Mark Coleman
June 23 - 27, 2027
MODULE 4 Language: English & French
Booking will open in January
This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity.

Presence, Love and Clarity: Liberating the Three Centres
Also With Gail Aylward
July 19 - 25, 2027
Language: English Through meditation, movement, presence and inquiry, this retreat cultivates the three principal wisdom centres of head, heart and belly. Through meditation and dialogic inquiry, you’ll learn ways to access, understand and integrate these qualities—and to recognise how they can free us energetically, emotionally and psychologically.
Booking will open January 2027
All prices shown are current prices and are subject to change for 2027

Aller au-delà
July 26 - August 1, 2027
Langue : FrançaisCette retraite est une invitation à aller au-delà de ces expériences habituelles, de nos cadres de référence, et de nos suppositions et de nos attentes ; au-delà des limites et des frontières que nous avons appris à considérer comme réelles.
Les réservations ouvriront en janvier.
Tous les prix indiqués correspondent aux tarifs actuels et pourront être modifiés pour l'année 2027.

Earth Below and Sky Above: A Meditation and Qigong Retreat
Also With Mimi Kuo-Deemer
August 9 - 15, 2027
Language: EnglishQigong is a Chinese energy-cultivation practice with Daoist and Buddhist roots, using slow, circular, fluid movements to awaken us to the matrix and flow of life within and around us. It cultivates physical spaciousness and ease, while deepening our embodied presence. In this retreat, Martin Aylward and Mimi Kuo-Deemer weave together their complementary approaches to meditation, Dharma, embodiment and movement. Booking will open January 2027. All prices shown are current prices and are subject to change for 2027

Une Vie Plus Vaste : Retraite de méditation silencieuse
Also With Elena Zahariev - Assistante
October 25 - 31, 2027
Langue: FrançaisNous vivons souvent à l’intérieur de mondes devenus familiers : nos habitudes, nos préoccupations, nos histoires sur nous-mêmes et sur la vie. Et pourtant, derrière ces cadres familiers, il existe un espace beaucoup plus vaste. Cette retraite est une invitation à retrouver cet espace. À travers la méditation, le silence, l’exploration et les pratiques du cœur, nous ralentirons suffisamment pour voir ce qui, en nous, cherche à se protéger, à contrôler, à comprendre ou à devenir. Les réservations ouvriront en janvier. Tous les prix indiqués correspondent aux tarifs actuels et pourront être modifiés pour l'année 2027.