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...
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,...
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 Toronto
This month as Sangha of the Month, Wake Up Toronto from Canada shares about their beginning, Sangha sessions, and how they have fun :D
Wake Up Tampa
This month of February, we travel to the warm state of Florida in the United States and discover what makes Wake Up Tampa special....
Waking Up in the Great Lakes
Waking Up in the Great Lakes
This past fall a group of monastic and lay students of Thich Nhat Hanh offered mindfulness events in cities...
Meditation on the Elements that Comprise the Body
By Jonathan Borella
"Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out."
As I hold my attention...
An Adventure with the Monastic Brothers
Several years ago, my sister participated in a Buddhist retreat during one of her trips to France. Long ago she had already started her...
Dances with Monks
By Logan Mitchell
I recently spent a four-day retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery. I have practiced the Plum Village tradition of Buddhism for two years...
Being Ourselves is the Greatest Gift We Can Offer
On a sunny summer afternoon at Blue Cliff Monastery in New York, our Wake Up Correspondent there sat down with Nhu-Mai Nguyen, musician, meditator, massage...
This is Not Your Parents’ Buddhism
This article, written by Denise Nguyen to help promote the Viet Wake Up event in Southern California this past Spring 2014, was aimed at...
Vivir Despiertos 2014: A Mindfulness Tour in Latin America
Enjoy following the tour of seven monastic brothers and sisters introducing Plum Village practices for the first time to thousands of people in...
The Way of Aspiration
by Jonathan Borella
In one hand, I hold life’s suffering.
The other holds its joy.
Joined together a lotus blossoms from the heart
And the way of aspiration...
Day of Mindfulness at the USC
Plum Village monks and nuns hosted a Day of Mindfulness in Vietnamese at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on the 5th...