Aiglon Meditation Podcast

In this episode, Year 13 student Cici encourages the community to create meaningful experiences by trying new activities, engaging with different people, and embracing challenges to enrich their lives and slow the perception of time.

Kanyi Maina (Alpina, 2006), along with Aiglon College staff members, Kirsty Matthews and Andy Croft, embarked on a five-day trek for Kanyi’s 40th birthday, raising funds for the Starehe Boys’ and Girls’ Centre Endowment Fund and the Scholarship Programme. We are proud to share that every member of the team successfully reached the summit! 

This mission was about much more than the climb itself. It was a celebration of twenty-eight years of partnership, a bond that holds a significant place in the hearts of the Aiglon community, and supporting endowed scholarships at the Starehe Boys’ and Girls’ Schools.

In this episode, Deputy School Director Tom Hadcroft emphasises the importance of embracing vulnerability as a natural human reaction and encourages kindness within the community. The episode highlights how authenticity and emotional openness can foster better connections and support among individuals.

In this special meditation marking Aiglon's 75th Anniversary, alumnus Todd Barbey offers reflections on his journey—from moving to Switzerland and joining the school to graduating and exploring the search for meaning and purpose. Todd delves into themes of faith, forgiveness, and healing for both ourselves and our world.

Steve Saunders, Head of Geography at Aiglon, reminds us to build empathy and find a human in others as well as highlights that awareness of other people's perspectives is a skill we can all work on.

Ashley Norton, AV Services Manager at Aiglon, shares a personal anecdote from his time at school and reminds us about the importance of cultivating common ground and that every connection one can make across a social or cultural divide, however small, helps lessen the potential of violence in the world.

Year 13 student, Kinley, reflects on compassion, gratitude and reminds us that ''kindness, however small, can really have a profound impact''.

In this meditation, Mike Cornish, Service and Spiritual Life Leader and Independent Listener at Aiglon College, discusses how we can become resilient and shares practical tools to start nurturing an attitude of gratitude today.

School Director, Nicola Sparrow, celebrated Founder's Day by reflecting on Aiglon's 76 years. Nicola commemorated Founder's Day by sharing John Corlette's story and how we remain true to our founding values today. She encouraged us to embrace our changing passions and to be open to new ideas.

“Dad loved meditations. He thought it was a wonderful way to start the day and to reflect” remembers Jennifer Synder Jewison.

Today at Aiglon we celebrated the life and work of alumni parent Norman Jewison (1926-2024) during Meditation. As we all gathered this morning in Parson's Hall, the school community took time to contemplate how Norman lived out Aiglon's values as a movie director, as father to Kevin (Belvedere and Alpina, 1974), Michael (Belvedere, 1977), and Jennifer (Clairmont, 1977), and as friend and supporter of Aiglon.

You can now listen to today's Meditation, and find out more information on Mr. Jewison's glittering career here.