Being Alone Series Introduction

Reflections and Meditations on Being Alone led by Ian Pereira Miles. Guided by The Lonely Hour Podcast

We will explore the podcast The Lonely Hour, hosted by Julia Bainbridge, which explores a variety of stories of how people have encountered being alone, both as a source of consolation and of desolation. If exploring this topic is meaningful for you, please join us. You can find the podcast here: https://m.soundcloud.com/thelonelyhour or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Introductory Session: Monday, January 13 at 10 AM on Zoom – find out if this series is for you! We’ll listen together to an excerpt from the podcast, meditate on it, and discuss it.

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Password: Meditation

Subsequent Sessions: Wednesdays, Jan.15, 22, 29, Feb. 5 & 12 at 5:45 PM on Zoom

In our first full meeting on January 15, we will discuss episode #22 “When you start to doubt your faith.” Please listen to the podcast in advance of the meeting. However, we encourage you to join even if you haven’t had a chance to listen to it. You can attend one or all sessions!

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​Ian is an aspiring chaplain and an intern at All Souls for the 2024-2025 academic year. He is working on a Masters of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary in the Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement Program. Ian practices Zen Buddhism with the Brooklyn Zen Center, a Soto Zen Sangha in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. At Union, he is a co-chair of the Buddhist Student Collective. Having spent several years living and working in creative and spiritual communities, Ian finds his most profound place of practice in the ways we relate to and care for one another.

Julia Bainbridge describes herself as Writer / Good Drinks author / Recipient of the Research Society on Alcoholism’s Media Award / 2021 Food & Wine “Game Changer” / MSW candidate at Columbia. juliabainbridge.com/