Lessons I Learned from Buddhist Nuns about Dating and Relationships
By Jessica Semaan
I spent two weeks at Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery in France. I came to recover from burn out, and what I...
An Adventure of Hope
A Wake Up Tour in Latin America
By Sister Hai Nghiem (Sister Harmony)
Dear Thay, dear friends!
I am very happy to have the opportunity to share...
Mindful Intentional Living
Growing the Seed of a Wake Up House
By Nick Neild
A Wake Up house is an intentional community of dedicated young mindfulness practitioners who have a...
Dear Thich Nhat Hanh
Dear Thich Nhat Hanh,
First and foremost, thank you for everything. And Nothing, for that matter. We will probably never meet, but I will be...
My Mother, My Self
By Denise (Diem Trang) Nguyen
For those of us who fled Vietnam, treasured photographs of our lives in the homeland are hard to come by. My...
Dating in the Sangha – Roses and Compost to be Aware of
by David Viafora
As a facilitator in Wake Up groups and retreats, I consistently cut myself some slack and recognize that we are all young...
Wake Up Milpitas
For this month's Sangha of the Month, we get to know Wake Up Milpitas from California and how they got inspired to start a Sangha after...
Waking Up, Growing Up
Practicing Upeksha in Wake Up
By David Viafora
The practice of inclusiveness (also known as equanimity or upeksha) may be one of the most challenging edges...
Wake Up Bellingham
For this month's Sangha of the Month, we get to know Wake Up Bellingham from Washington, US, that formed at the beginning of this...
Alexis’ Letter about Peace after the Attacks
Dear friends from around the world,
I am writing to you from Montréal. On Friday, I lost my cousin during the attacks in France. Faced...
Stiller
Enjoy watching international Wake Up ambassadors performing Stiller, an adaptation of Michael Jackson's Thriller, during the Be-In at the retreat with the monastics in Deer...
Being Here Now for 13 Years!
I started the Be Here Now Sangha, rooted in the mindfulness tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, in September of 2002, when I was 23...
The Middle Way Sangha
Addressing “Aging Out” of the Wake Up New York Sangha
Dear Sangha, I am writing to share happy news from New York. The young adult...
My One Year Residency at Blue Cliff Monastery
How one year at Blue Cliff Monastery opened Thien Kim's heart ten-fold
I could not possibly put one-year of experience living at Blue Cliff Monastery...
Weaving the Wake Up Web
For the past few years I have had the immense pleasure of serving as a Wake Up Coordinator. What exactly is a Wake Up Coordinator?...