Finally we went to Pema's meditation group for soup and three rounds of meditation, two sitting and one silent contemplation in between. The group happened to be held in the home of an artist to which her studio was attached, seeing her work has helped me to re-access my creative being which has been feeling exhausted and lack-lustre recently. 
She had bundles and books and paintings and pottery, and more than that the whole place was an art work, and so was she. It was also really lovely to meditate in company.