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Photos / Science Retreat 2025
From June 20 to June 27, 2025, Plum Village hosted a transformative retreat in Upper Hamlet and Lower Hamlet with the theme of science and the art of healing.
Joanna Macy Tribute
With deep gratitude for the life, teachings, and continuation of Joanna Macy, we offer a selection of excerpts from World as Lover, World as Self in honor of her profound legacy. A life devoted to collective awakening, compassionate action, and service to life.
Upcoming Days of Mindfulness
You are welcome to join us for a Day of Mindfulness. These days offer a small taste of Plum Village mindfulness practice.
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Upcoming Retreats
Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world.
Volunteering – Wake Up 2025
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us as volunteers during the Wake Up Retreat for young people between 18 and 35.
Wake Up Retreat 2025
We are excited to announce our annual Wake Up retreat from 9th to 16th August open to young practitioner between the ages of 18-35 years.
Living in Harmony: Mindfulness in Community Life
Join us for a nourishing and grounding retreat in the Plum Village tradition, where we’ll explore how to live mindfully and harmoniously in community. In these times of rapid change and deep disconnection, this…
Happy Farm Week (New Hamlet)
Join us for a nourishing week of sisterhood and inner exploration on the New Hamlet Happy Farm between the 5th – 12th September 2025.
General Practice Week in New Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English and French-speaking women and couples to join us for a week of mindfulness practice with the sisters of New Hamlet (5th September – 12th September).
General Practice Week in Lower Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English and French-speaking women and couples to join us for a week of mindfulness practice with the sisters of Lower Hamlet. Two weeks are available this autumn: 5–12 September and 26…
Volunteering – Mindful Cooking Retreat
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us as volunteers from September 24th – 5th October during the Mindful Vegan Cooking Retreat in New Hamlet.
“Savor Life” – Mindful Cooking Retreat
For this one-week retreat, the New Hamlet meditation hall will become a food haven and the sisters will reveal their secrets of cooking vegan food with joy, ease, and love.
General Practice Week in Upper Hamlet – Autumn 2025
We warmly invite English-speaking friends to join us in Upper Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community (26th September – 3rd October).
Walking the Path of Saint Francis with the Monks of Plum Village
Join us in Umbria, Italy from Sept 28th to Oct 11th 2025 for a meditation & hiking retreat walking the path of Saint Francis with the Monks of Plum Village.
Young Vietnamese Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery (18-40 yo)
This weekend is a space for our YOUNG VIETNAMESE friends to practice together, recognizing the good seeds of our ancestors and the seeds that need to heal. We welcome ALL genders for this retreat….
Rooted in Healing: A Journey with Mother Earth (New Hamlet)
With great joy, we invite you to a week of practice on the New Hamlet Happy Farm, dedicated to healing and exploring our True Nature through touching the soil.
Tree Planting and Happy Farming Week (Lower Hamlet)
Lower Hamlet and the Happy Farm team are delighted to announce our next ‘Tree Planting and Happy Farming Week’ in Lower Hamlet from October 10 – October 17 2025.
Happy Farm Harvest Retreat (Upper Hamlet)
The Upper Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted to announce our Happy Farm Harvest Retreat combining a week’s retreat in Upper Hamlet with a special hands-on experience in helping us on our organic, agroecology farm.
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
A 7-week in-depth curated learning journey to nurture insight, compassion, community, and action in service of the Earth, bringing to life teachings in Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Zen and the Art of Saving the…
Rains Retreat 2025-26
Join us for our 90-day Rains Retreat (2025-26) where we reconnect with the wonder of life and deepen our mindfulness practice.
Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring
We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.
3-Month Rain Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery
Many of us have the need to slow down, recover, and look deeply into ourselves, our families, and society. These precious three sacred months are for deepening our practice, supporting the monastic community, and…
One Month Stay in Upper Hamlet
Join us for a one-month stay of mindful living and practice with the brothers and lay residents of Upper Hamlet, as part of the 90-day Rains Retreat (2025–26).
14 Mindfulness Trainings Transmission and Lamp Transmissions for Lay Dharma Teachers
This retreat from 20th March to 27th March will be focused on transmission ceremonies, open to aspirant OI members, aspirant Dharma Teachers, and their families, sangha members, and anyone wishing to support.
Nurturing the Fire
This retreat will be a precious opportunity for our world-wide Order of Interbeing family to reunite at Plum Village, France. Week one is open to anyone who is interested in the bodhisattva path of…
Un-Learning and Re-Wiring the Heart
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 12 June 2025 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations…
Br Phap Kha
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Every Step is a Healing Step: Mindfulness in Motion
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 25th May 2025 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations…
Sr Her Xuan
Growing a Heart as Vast as the Ocean
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 18th May 2025 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Happy Farm Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations,…
Sr Dao Nghiem
More Than Your Story: A Deep Inner Journey of Healing, Joy, and True Freedom
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 13 May 2025 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France during our Addiction Recovery Retreat. What if you could be free from the story you’ve been telling yourself? In this warm and personal Dharma talk, Br. Pham Hanh invites us on a deep inner…
Br Troi Pham Hanh
Breathe and Come Back to Life in the Present Moment
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 4 May 2025 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of our Spring Retreat. Full Retreat Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgW_-sCxD8pnPM7Ux5FoUqQ Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep…
Sr Tu Nghiem
Library
Monastic-Led Deep Relaxation: Embodying Mother Earth
Br. Thien Duc with music by Srs. Hien Tam & Hieu Duc This guided meditation was offered in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village (France) during the Climate Retreat in autumn 2023. Any place where you find yourself listening to this, can be your meditation hall :)
With Each and Every Brushstroke: When Art & Meditation Come Together
In this beautiful video, our teacher Thay (Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh) and our abbot Br. Phap Huu share with us how to combine mindfulness and calligraphy to create beautiful art that can inspire and nourish life
Thich Nhat Hanh, Br Phap Huu
Discover more Dharma Talks in our Library or our Listen podcast.