Unwrapping a gift from a grandparent
Wake Uppers share about joining the Order of Interbeing
Last summer two young Wake Up friends received the 14 Mindfulness Trainings (MTs) at Plum Village...
Pictures from Wake Up Gardeners (previously ambassadors) Retreat 2025
During 28 February - 7 March the Wake Up Garderners Retreat took place. This is a retreat for the people watering and caring for...
A Month of Togetherness
Dear Thay,
Dear Sangha,
As December unfolds and the holiday season approaches in many parts of the world, we are reminded of the precious opportunity this...
Planting and nurturing seeds for Wake Up communities in Europe
A reflection from the Wake Up Tour 2023
In the spring 2023, some monastics were on the road for six weeks to plant and nurture...
Joining the Order of Interbeing
The Order of Interbeing (OI) is a community of monastics and lay people who have committed to living their lives in accord with the...
You Have Seen the Path, Do Not Fear Anymore
by Brother Dao Bi
Wake Up is a Precious Gem of the Plum Village Tradition
As a young person, I didn’t know what I really wanted...
Practicing Metta or Metta in Practice?
By Lian Beijers
Click here to read the Dutch translation
When I started practicing meditation, I felt drawn to the practice of metta or loving kindness....
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...
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:...
European Wake Up Ambassadors Week
We’re planting seeds of new communities
It’s time to wake up!
It’s time to wake up together! The European Wake Up Ambassadors had a retreat in...
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...
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...
Mindfulness Beyond Borders
Eight of us walked across the bridge, exiting the border patrol, and emerging into the new streets, smells, sounds, language, and people of this...
How the Viet Wake Up Retreat Helped to Reconnect With My Roots
By Thien Kim Truong
During a trip to visit to one of Thay's monasteries, Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi, I became really good friends with...
Wake Up Your Artist
by Joe Holtaway
About a year ago, I was headed to the European Institute of Applied Buddhism (EIAB) for my first time to help out...