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The Wisdom of Islamic Gardens
The idea of a garden has always been central to Islam for reasons that are at once hopeful — because…
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Given that we spend so much of our lives at work, we are often exhausted and out of ideas when it comes to our free time. At the School of Life, we believe everyone could do with a little instruction into how to make the best possible use of the time we have to ourselves – and offer a range of products and services to ensure that we get the most out of our leisure pursuits like travel, reading, culture and nature.
Tools for Life-Affirming Leisure
From introductions to history’s greatest thinkers and ideas, to suggestions for what to do on our days off, we offer a range of tools for making the most of our downtime.
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The Journeys & Adventures Collection
A gift set to help you make the most of your time off, featuring How to Travel, Travel Therapy and Everyday Adventures Life, we know, is short –…
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A More Exciting Life
A guide to achieving the more joyful and interesting life that we know is within our grasp One of the things we all deeply crave, and all richly…
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Great Thinkers
Ideas that shaped the world Great Thinkers is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture – drawn from the works of…
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Travel Therapy Cards
52 cards to deepen and transform the experience of travel Going travelling can be one of life’s greatest activities – but often, we fail to deepen the experience…
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Confidence in 40 Images
An inspiring curated selection of 40 photographs and artworks with accompanying essays examining the skill of confidence The difference between success and failure often comes down to an…
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The Arts & Ideas Collection
A gift set to help you appreciate art and culture, featuring A History of Ideas, A Therapeutic Atlas, A Therapeutic Library and Art Against Despair Many of us…
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Introducing the new The School of Life App
Get all of The School of Life’s Leisure content, and much more, in your pocket by downloading now.
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how to love culture
art for art's sake
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Ideas from western philosophy
Aristotle
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Great ideas from politics and sociology
Margaret Mead
Therapeutic Services
Retreats
The School of Life is holding a series of 4-day Retreats designed to help you heal from emotional challenges in an atmosphere of friendship, learning and discovery. Our Retreats are designed to offer participants a holistic approach to healing emotional pain through a mixture of ideas and therapeutic interventions in an atmosphere that is warm, creative and focused on change.
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How Mental Illness Impacts Our Bodies
The Body Keeps the Score is the beautiful and suggestive title of a book published in 2014 by a Dutch…
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Eastern vs Western Views of Happiness
The Western intellectual tradition suggests that in order to be happy, what we need to do most of all is…
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What Rothko’s Art Teaches Us About Suffering
The most unexpectedly uplifting and consoling artist of the 20th century was the abstract painter Mark Rothko, the high priest…
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The Advantages of Staying at Home
Lying in bed late at night or waiting at the platform for the commuter train home, we often daydream about…
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Heathrow Airport, London – for Awe
Next time you’re at Heathrow, worn down by the queues, corridors and bright lights, your spirits may briefly lift at…
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