The Big Sit Singapore

The Big Sit Singapore ​All around the city, social meditation spaces beckon. Wherever you are, we invite you to join us

6 years ago, we held our very first Big Sit on 12th September, Mindfulness Day. This year, we are coming together once a...
13/08/2025

6 years ago, we held our very first Big Sit on 12th September, Mindfulness Day.
This year, we are coming together once again to celebrate this amazing day.

Join us for The Big Sit in the heart of Singapore's CBD, where we will spend an hour slowing down and dwelling in shared stillness and presence.

This is an opportunity to simply be, and reconnect with ourselves and this city we call home.

We look forward to sitting with you!

WHEN: Friday 12 September 2025, 6 pm - 7 pm SGT
WHERE: Urban Park, Guoco Tower, Tanjong Pagar Singapore

Reserve your spot here:
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-big-sit-x-guoco-tower-tickets-1535350136589

"𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆."This saying, which The Big Sit has borrowed since 2020, has been attributed to Zen ...
29/11/2024

"𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆."

This saying, which The Big Sit has borrowed since 2020, has been attributed to Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in his book "Peace is Every Step". Buddhist meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein has also written a book with this quote as its title.

We more commonly tell others (and sometimes ourselves), "Don't just sit there, do something!"

Nowadays there is this pervading sense of rush and urgency to life, an obsession with busyness, a need to be occupied all the time... so much so that the idea of sitting and not doing anything in particular may be frowned upon and seen as unproductive and a waste of time.

The Big Sit advocates that sitting and being still is not unproductive, and doing nothing is not a waste of time.

In fact, slowing down, cultivating stillness, and being present with our experience is essential for us to become more effective as human beings.

We are organic beings that need rest, benefit from introspection, and thrive on true connection.

We need to slow down to go fast. We need to stop before we begin again. We need to pause to make wise decisions and skillful responses. We need to practice calm so that the mind becomes nimble. We need to sit and be with ourselves, so that we can truly be who we are - human BEINGs.

This Saturday marks our final Sit of the year. We welcome you to join us in just sitting and being in the Singapore CBD.

WHEN: Saturday 30 November 2024, 6 pm - 7 pm

WHERE: Urban Park, Guoco Tower (Tanjong Pagar MRT)

Register for a free seat at: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-big-sit-x-guoco-tower-tickets-117739545149

Website: www.thebigsit.com

You can’t tell from the photos, but we were quite literally practicing calm in the chaos at The Big Sit yesterday. It wa...
08/09/2024

You can’t tell from the photos, but we were quite literally practicing calm in the chaos at The Big Sit yesterday.

It was unprecedentedly windy at Guoco Tower, Tanjong Pagar.

We meditated with the howling wind, unruly hair, and violently flapping mats threatening to fly away from under our bums.

At some point, four dogs gathered near us for an extended bark fest. Children sporadically screamed and laughed. Smells of delicious food from the restaurants constantly wafted into our noses, tempting reaction towards our senses.

A public space like Urban Park at Guoco Tower hardly comes to mind when we think of “meditative places”.

And yet, it has served as The Big Sit community’s anchor space for practicing mindfulness meditation together over the past four years.

We don’t gather here to relax. Neither do we return for the novelty of experience.

We choose to show up each time because we understand how important it is to hone our attentional skills and learn to just be, amidst the stresses of our environment and the vicissitudes of life.

And what better way to cultivate such ease than to park ourselves in the city’s CBD and sit as a community of fellow human beings?

Every Big Sit we have done is special, and at the same time very normal. No frills, no fanfare. Just shared moments of being.

Yes, I think collective wellbeing can be this simple. 🙏🏼

Thank you to our volunteers and community members for practicing with us.

Our next Sit (and last Sit of 2024) is happening on 30 November. Stay tuned for updates on registration!

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Hello TBS Community! "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆."Can you believe it's been almost four whole years since our ve...
07/08/2024

Hello TBS Community! "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆."

Can you believe it's been almost four whole years since our very first Big Sit on Mindfulness Day 2020 in Singapore's CBD?

And we are now back again with our next Sit at Guoco Tower.

We invite you to join us for an hour of no frills mindfulness practice, where we simply slow down and rest at ease in the experience of the city.

Bring your loved ones along too, and share some moments of true pause and collective stillness.

WHEN: Saturday 7 September 2024, 6 pm Singapore Time
WHERE: Urban Park, L1 Guoco Tower (Tanjong Pagar MRT)

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-big-sit-x-guoco-tower-tickets-117739545149

WEBSITE: www.thebigsit.com

Happy World Meditation Day and Vesak Day 2024! We are announcing something really special for The Big Sit. More details ...
22/05/2024

Happy World Meditation Day and Vesak Day 2024!

We are announcing something really special for The Big Sit.

More details to be shared soon… and we look forward to sitting with you again!

We just have to share this handmade gift from a regular at The Big Sit... what a lovely and thoughtful gesture!Dawn Dgn ...
29/05/2023

We just have to share this handmade gift from a regular at The Big Sit... what a lovely and thoughtful gesture!

Dawn Dgn Thank you for this!

It's really simple --- Sign Up, Show Up, Sit. That's all it takes to join the next Big Sit. We will celebrate World Medi...
08/05/2023

It's really simple --- Sign Up, Show Up, Sit. That's all it takes to join the next Big Sit.

We will celebrate World Meditation Day by gathering at an open, urban space to practice no-frills mindfulness.

No need to make small talk if you don't want to - we shall just enjoy some nice moments of stillness and calm together.

We are advocating the mindful way of life as a preventive approach to mental health.

We are helping to shape social health and how places and cities can play a role in our collective wellbeing.

So please join us on Sat 20 May - we hope to sit with you then!

Sign Up Here: https://www.nianlife.com/event-details-registration/the-big-sit-x-guoco-tower-20-may-2023

Website: www.thebigsit.co

We basked in the evening sun for several minutes, allowing the warmth to simply be a part of our experience. Thank you f...
20/03/2023

We basked in the evening sun for several minutes, allowing the warmth to simply be a part of our experience.

Thank you for joining us at The Big Sit on 18 March at Guoco Tower. 🙏🏼

May we all keep reaching toward brightness!

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