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How the Retreat Nourished Me
A Wake Up practitioner shares her experiences of attending the Wake Up retreat in Mountain Lamp Community in September 2014.
Eating meditation
When I sit down...
Listening Deeply to Build Community
Wake Up has this energy of effortlessness, aimlessness, just the joy of being together. The joy of sitting and the joy of sharing life.
I...
Spiritual Mentorship Project
Come join us on a journey to co-create and develop a Spiritual Mentorship program. We are seeking to rekindle the sacred role of mentorship and...
My Loved Day
A Sharing from the Wake Up UK and Ireland Retreat in Plum Village
On April 17-24, 2015, around 60 members of Wake Up Sanghas in the...
Happiness is Here and Now
By Thomas from Wake Up Berlin
Enjoy a slideshow with photos of Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village, accompanied by the song Happiness is Here and...
Generosity
By Jonathan Borella
Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, I am committed to practicing generosity in my thinking, speaking,...
The Monastics on French Television: Part I
On 24 May 2015, Brother Phap Luu and Sister Hai Nghiem were interviewed on French national television. They shared about the birth of the...
Peace Sounds 2 Music
Dear Wake Uppers,
In 2012 Wake Up London had an idea… could we put together a music album of songs performed by the Wake Up...
Reflections on Dharma Gaia’s Summer Retreat
by Johanna and Hannah
Shortly after we arrived, Dharma Gaia was offering a four day summer retreat for the New Zealand sangha (at the end of...
Wake Up Pereira
Our Sangha of the month for this month is Wake Up Pereira from Colombia! Thanks to the monastics' visit to Latin America at the...
Wake Up Japan Day of Mindfulness with the Monastics
On Saturday, 9 May 2015, monastics from different Plum Village practice centres and about 100 young people participated in a meditation flash mob on Harajuku...
36 Years
By Sister Hai An (Sister Ocean)
36 years
36 years was all you got
36 years
to learn, to laugh, to work and to love
36 years was all...
Sex, Desire and Craving
By Evan Sutter
After my three-month 'detox' and with the supportive friendships I developed during my three-month stay at Plum Village, I decided to carefully...
Congratulations Wake Up London!
Congratulations to Wake Up London for having won The Spiritual Community Initiative Award 2015 at the Kindred Spirit Awards Ceremony during the MindBodySpirit...
The Healing Song
Dear friends!
This song "emerged" at the beginning of the 3-month-winter retreat in Plum Village and contains what I deeply learned from Thay.
May it support...