{"id":2005,"date":"2018-09-25T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/?page_id=2005"},"modified":"2022-06-05T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T18:38:35","slug":"awakin-circle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/awakin-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Awakin Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"Waking up to Wisdom<br \/>\nIn Stillness and Community<\/p>\n<p>Awakin gatherings started when three friends got together in 1996 to sit in silence, every Wednesday, in an ordinary living room in Silicon Valley. No teachers or gurus. No set agendas or proposed beliefs either. Awa<i>kin<\/i> is about deepening our self-awareness, in a community of kindred spirits. By changing ourselves, we change the world. And instead of closing the door, they left it open &#8230; to all.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Awakin Circles have organically rippled to eighty cities around the globe. People meditate for the first hour, engage in a circle of reflective sharing in the second hour, and conclude the evening with a delicious home-cooked vegan meal. It&#8217;s all about gratitude, sharing, community and harmony with yourself.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome you to come join.<br \/>\nAdmission is free and everyone is welcome!<br \/>\nWe are very happy with a donation.<\/p>\n<p>AWAKIN CIRCLES were initiated by Nipun Mehta<span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\" data-number-of-phrases=\"1\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\"> whom I have had the pleasure of meeting and collaborating with on several occasions in Auroville-India and in Vienna-Austria.<\/span><\/span><\/span> He lives and spreads a lifestyle of generosity. Dalai Lama presented him with the \u201cUnsung Hero of Compassion Award\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>More info you can find on the website <a href=\"http:\/\/awakin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">awakin.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\" style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\" data-number-of-phrases=\"1\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">In the photo Nipun is in the middle of the fireplace and I am two places to the left.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2446 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Awakin-Circle-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"Lepeltje Lepeltje Knuffelsessies &amp; Massage - Awakin Circle Amsterdam - Carollyne Tjong Ayong\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Awakin-Circle-Amsterdam.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Awakin-Circle-Amsterdam-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Awakin-Circle-Amsterdam-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Awakin-Circle-Amsterdam-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up to Wisdom In Stillness and Community Awakin gatherings started when three friends got together in 1996 to sit in silence, every Wednesday, in an ordinary living room in Silicon Valley. No teachers or gurus. No set agendas or proposed beliefs either. Awakin is about deepening our self-awareness, in a community of kindred spirits. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13617,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2005\/revisions\/13617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepeltjelepeltje.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}