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...
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...
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?...
Wake Up New York
As Sangha of the Month for the month of October, we travel to the east coast of the United States and find out how...
Loving Speech and Deep Listening
By Jonathan Borella
The Fourth Mindfulness Training: Loving Speech and Deep Listening
Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to...
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 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...
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...