Joyful Moment, Open Heart
From the 18th to 25th April 2014, Upper Hamlet hosted the Wake Up Ireland retreat for the first time.
About 35 Irish young men and...
Discovering Yourself
By Gijs Van den Broeck
Reflections on a Long Term Retreat in Plum Village
Everything Flows
Heraclitus
Knowing yourself is Enlightenment
Lao Tzu
When I was still a student, not...
Happy Farm
An Interview with Stuart Watson
How did you get involved in the Happy Farm?
I had been growing organic vegetables in Upper Hamlet for a few...
The Beauty of Plum Village Community
My name is Fabiano Gentile. I come from Arezzo, a small town in Tuscany, Italy. I’m 29 years old. Now I’m in Plum Village...
Wake Up Arezzo
Get to know Wake Up Arezzo from Tuscany, Italy and what inspired them to start a Sangha. :)
A Young Buddhist
By Friso Woudstra
Born in a land without war, a land without parents who have suffered from war. Freedom is just normal to us. Even more,...
Beyond Words
By Gijs Van den Broeck
An Impression of Plum Village
You do not only, to reach the place
have to leave home, but also out of ways...
From Plum Village to the Institute of Technology Tallaght
by Sister Bernadette Purcell
As Chaplain in the College, I see the link between Contemplation, Meditation and Mindfulness. Meditation and mindfulness are a core part...
What is Mindfulness?
On 15 February 2014, Wake Up Belfast shared about mindfulness with The Thread, a News and Events video blog for Belfast in Northern Ireland.
The producer commented,...
Less is More – Tasting Abundance During Lent
By Leni Cellini
In case you did not notice, Lent fasting has been going on for a while. Just as in 2012 and 2013, I...
Wake Up Poem
By Andreas Swart
Wake Up
There is beauty all around
In your pain, your fears, your loneliness
There is beauty within
Do you have the will and endurance to...
Wake Up Groningen
For the first time ever, we will feature a Wake Up sangha as Sangha of the Month every month.
This month, we'll take a look...
Mis sueños de Wake Up
Por el hermano Phap Linh
Todos los años me piden que escriba algo para la revista Lá Thư Làng Mai, y todos lo años me...
The Marching Band
by Dairíne Bennett
Poem composed at the Fall Wake Up 2012 Retreat in Newgrange, Ireland in response to a Q&A session.
For the longest time...
Sangha-Building: Wake Up Groningen
by Nadine Spigt
Actually it feels like there hasn't been so much compost for us, just a lot of flowers that needed some time before...