Happy Farmers Change The World
By Mick McEvoy
“Happy Farmers will change the world.” So reads Thay’s calligraphy.
Farming employs over 1.3 billion people throughout the world or close to 40...
Listening Deeply in Today’s Political Climate
By Jonathan Borella
Dear friend,
We've met in person before. A couple times actually. In those moments, I appreciated your large and gentle presence. I felt...
Silence.
by Theo (Danique’s father from Wake Up Groningen, the Netherlands)
Around me is silence. Sounds of breathing and the smell of incense slowly disappear into the...
Be Mindful: Save a Piece of Green in Your Mind
On a weekend where the sky is full of haze, freshness is still all around in Lotus Pond Temple, Lantau Island. A group of...
My Life-Changing Experience at the Wake Up Earth Retreat
By Wake Up Belgium friend
Dear friends.
You have given me such treasure.
I love you so.
Last summer, I discovered the wonderful world of mindfulness. It has...
The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings
Last month, we published Verena's aspirations to follow the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings in her daily life and to ordain into the Order of Interbeing.
Below is her...
North American Wake Up Care-Taking Council
Dear friends,
On behalf of our current North American Wake Up Care-Taking Council (NAWUCTC), we would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and...
How Kids Can Be Happy in Education
By Gijs van den Broeck
My Story
This essay is the result of my own experience as a teacher. For little over a year, I taught...
My Aspiration to Build a Fourfold Sangha
Verena from Wake Up Nijmegen and Wake Up Netherlands shares her aspiration letter to ordain as an Order of Interbeing member in the Netherlands.
Dear Thây,...
Wake Up San Diego
As Sangha of the Month this month, get to know Wake Up San Diego, how they practice as a Sangha, the benefits of living...
Courageous Authenticity: The Ground of Dharma Sharing
At our Wake Up Oregon retreat this past March, on the last full day together, we had the most extraordinary Dharma sharing circle that...
Interview: Wake Up House and Mindfulness
Enjoy an interview with Nick Neild, one of the founders of the Wake Up House in San Diego. Learn about how the Wake Up...
Wake Up Rennes and Vannes
Get to know Wake Up Rennes and Vannes from France, why they have called themselves "Encounter with the Spring", all the joyful activities they...
The Third Mindfulness Training and Sex
By Logan
Last month, I had the chance to attend a retreat at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism (EIAB) in Germany. It happened to...
Chocovado Recipe
by Anneke Comello
“Chocovado”: a vegan chocolate mousse with avocado
The December holidays have been over long enough ago for me to dare to post an...