Being is a community for people who want to live well together. Attentive gatherings, heartfelt conversations, practical knowledge, and habits that make daily life worth noticing.
A platform for grounded practice, collective change.
Being gathers people who want to live with more attention, more honesty, and more genuine community. Through the Living Well Initiative, we run the Six Arts of Living workshops, alongside themed educational programmes.
We connect to learn. We learn to live better.
Being is a non-profit. Every programme is funded by the people who believe in it. Every pound goes back into building spaces where people can grow together.
The name says everything.
Being: to be fully here. In Chinese, 在 (zài) is made of two parts: 才, the seed of what we are; and 土, the soil of people and conditions around us. One is cause. The other is condition.
This is Being’s founding insight. We are not isolated individuals pursuing wellness alone. To live well is a practice that unfolds with others, through the ordinary, repeatable acts of daily life. A meal made carefully. Coffee brewed slowly. A conversation that goes somewhere real.
Our vision is a world where this is understood. Where the way we gather, eat, learn, and rest together is taken as seriously as any other project of human flourishing. We are building that world in London, quietly and consistently.
Seeing → Knowing → Doing → Being
These are the beliefs that shape everything we do.
In a world optimised for speed, choosing to slow down and be attentive is an act of clarity. We build spaces where true effectiveness is prioritised over efficiency and busyness.
Everything we do is designed to make people more aware: to themselves, to others, and to the small, important things that actually make life good.
Living well is not a solo project. The people we gather with shape how we see the world.
From these beliefs, we build around six arts: the activities where attention, presence, and community most naturally meet. Each is a living laboratory for everything Being believes.
A cup brewed with attention is an act of presence.
Coffee and tea brewed by hand. Conversation that goes somewhere real.
See what’s on →Making with hands. Bread, pastry, the gentle patience of dough.
Handmade baked goods. Thoughtfully made, always shared.
Order now →Food as knowledge. Does what we choose to eat matter? How do we cook, and how do we enjoy it together?
A private dinner. Delicious food, long table, people who don’t yet know each other.
Find your table →A themed salon, cooking lab, and shared lunch exploring pure, sustainable living.
Register interest →All our food follows the Pure Diet: animal-free, allium-free, alcohol-free.
About Pure Diet →I think, therefore I am. Silent reading reflects; reading together opens more.
One book. Everyone reads it alone. Then we sit together and talk about where it took us.
Hear more first →Beauty made by hand. A few stems can change a room.
Seasonal stems, steady hands. Arranging as a way of noticing.
I’d come to this →The space we keep shapes the mind we keep. Order is its own kind of care.
A room in order changes how a day feels. Objects, space, and letting go.
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An immersive week in London for families, built around relationship growth in everyday life.
Learn more →Long-term, one-to-one companionship for families: private consultancy through the year, and an annual residential week in London.
Enquire →Being’s Supper Club meets monthly. Other gatherings come as they come: salons, workshops. Small by design, open to guests. The calendar has the details.
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We are a collective of visionary young people united by a shared conviction: that how we live ourselves is how we lead others. Rooted in diverse disciplines, devoted to building a new kind of educational platform for self-growth and collective change. We don’t just study these ideas. We live them, test them, and bring them back to the people around us.
I graduated from UCL, trained as a translator, and spent years learning to live well from first principles. I make espresso carefully. I cook for people I love. I believe that the way we eat and gather and learn together is not incidental to a good life. It is the living itself.
Being is my answer to a question I kept arriving at: how do we live well, sustainably, and together? I built this platform because I needed it. Then I realised others did too.
“Living well is not a privilege. It is a foundation. And because I have felt what it does, I would pay it forward for more to come.”
Three ways to be part of Being. No commitment required to start.
Attend any programme as a guest. Every event is complete in itself. Come once, come often.
See what’s on →For people who want to make Being a regular part of their life. Full access to all programmes, priority booking, and a seat in the annual community gathering.
Come as a Companion →For those who want to help shape Being’s direction. Early supporters, thought partners, the people whose commitment makes the whole thing possible.
Apply for early access →Your membership directly funds Being’s programmes and research. No investors. No advertisers. The community funds the community.
However you want to be part of Being, it starts here. Not sure where to begin? Tell us which programme calls to you and we’ll be in touch.