In June 2022, the Plum Village Monastery near the French city of Bordeaux held a 40th anniversary retreat that included an evening of musical celebration for an audience of hundreds. The Buddhist ...

Developed by Thích Nhất Hạnh himself, the exercises taught here combine simple stretching and graceful gestures with mindfulness meditation. Join Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village monk Brother Michael ...

During a busy first week of spring term, monks from the Plum Village Monastery came to campus for seven days to hold activities of meditations, mindfulness, talks and retreats for students, faculty ...

With an average of three hours of meditation daily, the requirement to be in silence for a good part of the day, and daily group introspection exercises, there is no way to escape from yourself no ...

On a sunny Tuesday morning, over 60 people of all ages followed monks and nuns on a silent, thoughtful mindfulness walk around Cross Campus and Old Campus. These monastics visited Yale from Plum ...

On April 22, Dartmouth welcomed 11 senior monastic Dharma teachers to engage with students, faculty and the wider Hanover community for a week-long series of mindfulness programming. Their visit is ...

I take retreats at least twice a year as a way to reset my physical body, reduce stress, and remember what is most important to me as a therapist, parent, and partner. In my last post, I shared three ...