Milford Haven Friends open wellbeing centre
Friends in Milford Haven have opened a meditation and wellbeing centre at their Meeting house
Milford Haven Quakers have opened a meditation and wellbeing centre at their Meeting house after a long period of discernment. David Doorbar, clerk of the Meeting, said the decision to start the centre, which opened on 26 October, came after a long-term letting from a nursery ended and the Meeting felt ‘an urgent need’ to use the space.
He said: ‘A Threshing Meeting was held in which many ideas were put forward and constraints considered. It was important that it should continue to provide something of social value to the town, as well as being a source of income for the Meeting.’
According to David Doorbar, the Meeting began to discern a way forward when an attender and wellbeing practitioner suggested renting the annexe. ‘We already let out another space to a Zen Buddhist group. Our own tradition is very contemplative, meditative and concerned with finding both inner and outward peace. Many wellbeing practitioners use meditation as part of their therapies. Bringing all this together, we considered that our entire establishment is effectively a Meeting house, meditation and wellbeing centre.’
The site plans to offer a range of health and wellbeing practitioners now the space has been refurbished using the Meeting’s own income, including money left by a ‘much-loved’ late member. There is also a peace garden planned. According to David Doorbar, the centre ‘is proving valuable outreach and a very good way of spreading appreciation of what Quakerism is and what we do’.
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