Farming For The Future
"You are a gardener, and you have in your hands the power to transform garbage into flowers, into fruit, into vegetables. You don’t throw...
Being busynessless
"When I sit in my room, enjoying tea, am I being productive or not? Vô sự - busyness-less is needed business for our times....
How to Balance Work and Self-Care
Our new series Wake Up Wisdom provides you with precious pieces of insight to support you on your path of practice. Over the coming months, we will...
Super Food Raw Cacao and Peanut Butter Bars
Free from gluten and refined sugar
Ingredients(serves 3-4 people)
Base- 1 cup almond meal- 1/2 cup raw cacao- 1 cup peanut butter (smooth, unsalted, unsweetened)- 1...
Racial Justice – What Can White People Do?
Sister Tam Muoi (aka Sr. Samadhi) recounts her personal journey with the practice of White Awareness.
White people, do something. But what? Please allow me...
Happy Scientists Change The World
Dr. Rita Issa is a medical doctor living in London, who who works at a center known for its comprehensive approaches to healthcare through...
A Quest for Truth
Monastic Sister Hien Nhan is now twenty-six years old and lives with the sisters in Lower Hamlet. She grew up living across many different...
Join a Wake Up Sharing Family at a Plum Village Online Retreat
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We are all sad there won’t be a Wake Up Earth retreat...
The Zen of Sourdough Baking
I suppose it is not too wild to assume that this strange time of pandemic has helped some of us uncover some interesting things...
Contact Improv: Connecting awareness through movement
Gal and Charlene are lay practitioners who have traveled the world offering Contact Improvisation. Gal is from Israel and practices Chinese medicine, while Charlene...
A Plum Village retreat in your living room
Plum Village Retreat Shifts Online
No one planned for an online retreat at Plum Village in 2020, but conditions are now sufficient to better realize...
How to Fight Without Hating: Lessons in Power and Love
Dharma teacher Valery Brown offers a message on how to practice with the grief, fear and anger of this time
As Black and Brown people,...
Welcome Tickets for Artist Retreat
This Spring, the EIAB will welcome participants in the fourth Wake Up Your Artist (WUYA) Retreat in Germany*. WUYA is dedicated to "discovering your creativity:...
The Economy of Pricelessness
Social change activist Kai Sawyer from Wake Up Japan shares about his practice of gift economy and how his experiences help him to realize...
Practicing with a Sangha
Click here to read Part I.
Part II
Q: What is the role of sangha
building and of being around people who support us in our practice?
Brother...