​In a world that constantly pulls us outwards,
SPARK Clubhouse creates space to look at life from the inside-out.
Once a month. Offline. Together.

​Each edition centres around one tool or perspective
offering a way to better understand how you relate
to yourself,
to others,
and to the world around you.

​Insights are drawn from ancient wisdom, indigenous knowledge, science and philosophy.
You’ll leave with a fresh perspective you can take back into daily life.

SPARK Clubhouse is open to anyone (between 18-30) curious about living with more clarity. From within.

​SPARK Clubhouse:
Your monthly inside-out reset
in an outside-in driven world.

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Session #6 - Meditation: who's watching your thoughts? 🧘‍♀️

​With Batul Loomans - Founder of Buddha to Buddha

​We spend quite a significant part of our lives inside our heads. Thinking, planning, replaying, perhaps worrying.

​Most of us have probably tried meditation at some point. An app. A guided session. A few minutes of trying not to think about thinking. Maybe it helped. Or maybe it felt like you were doing it wrong. But what is meditation actually about?

​Long before meditation reached our phone screens as an app, a timer or a tool for stress relief, it was practised as a way to explore attention, awareness and the nature of our own experience.

​In this SPARK Clubhouse, we'll take a closer look at the practice of meditation together with Batul Loomans, entrepreneur and long-time meditation practitioner.

​Batul will share some of the techniques and practices that have helped him over the years, and what he has learned from making meditation part of his daily life.

​But mostly, we'll practise ourselves. Together we'll experiment with different ways of meditating, explore what happens when we create a little more space between ourselves and our thoughts, and close the evening with tea.

​No need to be spiritual. Just bring a mind :)

​BATUL LOOMANS

​Batul Loomans started Buddha to Buddha after a meditation journey through Southeast Asia in 1997. He made himself a heavy silver bracelet to stay grounded while he sat, and built a brand around one idea: connection, starting with yourself. He's been sitting with that question for almost thirty years.

​PROGRAM

​19:00–19:20 — Arrival
19:20–19:30 — Welcome
19:30–20:30 — Input Batul
20:40–20:45 — Integration in silence
20:45–21:00 — Drinks

​Join us to start your month from within.

​❇️ SPARK Clubhouse is the recurring, offline gathering place of the youth movement IMAGINAL CELLS.

💜 Hosted in the De Kas @Diaconie
We are hosting the SPARK Clubhouse in De Kas @ Diaconie: a greenhouse-style, open-air space nestled in the courtyard at the Amsterdam Canals. A light-filled setting where nature and city meet.