Teaching & Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh will offer us daily teachings on mindfulness at the retreat.

Monks and nuns from Plum Village will guide us in the practices of sitting and walking meditation, total relaxation, touching the earth, deep listening and loving speech, which are the foundations of reconciliation.

We will meet daily in small Dharma sharing groups to practise deep listening and loving speech, sharing our experience with the practice of mindfulness and about how to integrate the teachings into our daily lives. There will also be an opportunity to express artistically our happiness of being together by sharing poetry, songs, stories, music, plays, etc.

There will be periods of Noble Silence to help us to reflect on what we have experienced during the day. This will include the time from the end of the evening activity until after breakfast. Our meals will be taken in silence, to allow us the space and time truly to enjoy the food and the company of other practitioners.

For Thây’s books and more information about mindfulness practice, check out the bookshop.