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 Sandler, 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 Zangmo (Le Trient, 2025), 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.
In this meditation, Danny Thomson, Director of Partnerships and Deputy Head of PE and Sport, shares what it means to him to be the best version of yourself starting with ten key points.
Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement, Karen Sandri, gives the first meditation of the winter term to launch Aiglon's 75th Anniversary. She commemorates Founder's Day in a historical and biographical overview of John Corlette.
During her visit to campus in May 2023, Vittoria Frua delivered a meditation sharing her story of finding what she loves. It takes time and courage to check in on yourself and care for your well-being.
Director of Philanthropy and Community Engagement Karen Sandri shares her takeaways from her trip to Somaliland. She challenges Aiglon students to reflect on the gift of education and the impact they might want to make on the world in the future.
For the very first time, on Thursday 15 September 2022, we held The Gathering. It was a momentous occasion for the entire school to celebrate everything that we aspire to be. Challenge was the all-embracing theme, no doubt it was a feat to organise, and proved a genuine joy to attend. Our special thanks to Karl Kirchwey for stopping by our village and sharing his time, words and wisdom with our community.
In this meditation, graduating student and alumni child Juliette Nicault talks about the forces that affect our lives using the metaphor of flying as she is learning to fly. Whilst some forces may feel like they are holding us back, these can be beneficial in our growth. Additional audio/visual content has been cut from part of the episode.
In this meditation, Tom Chamberlain shares his experience in studying glaciers, learning to avoid crevasses and the importance of having a 'growth mindset' when tackling issues in our everyday lives and areas of personal struggle.
We are also happy to share with you that meditations are now back to being live delivered in the Parsons Hall!
In this meditation, Belvedere Houseparent Ben Bartlett gives advice to his 17-year-old self. He shares his key takeaways from the journey so far, the most important one - being kind.
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Aiglon Meditation Podcast is back!
In this meditation, Rona Watson looks at how we use language and the purpose idioms play in our everyday lives. Idioms often have important messages to convey but are difficult to translate into different languages without cultural context. What can idioms teach us about other cultures?
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Read by alumnus Chris Simmons (1967, Belvedere). Former Headmaster, Group Captain Watts, provides a thoughtful reflection on the difference between pleasure and happiness, and the responsibility we all have to choose the right path.
Read by alumnus Michael Hippisley (Evêques, 1952). John Corlette reflects on the nature of fear, its dangers and how love overcomes fear. (Original date of the meditation is not known.)
Read by alumnus Peter Rae (Delaware, 1972). Former Headmaster, Philip Parsons, discusses the age of instant information and the role that patience, time and balance should still have in today's generation.
Read by alumnus Denny Lane (Delaware, 1957). Nearing the end of term John Corlette explores the nature of Aiglon's ethos through the metaphor of driving, but not being controlled by, three horses: our mind, body and emotions. (Original date of the meditation is not known.)
