Plum Village | Mindfulness 🪷🍵
Waking Up
Hugging Meditation
Tea Meditation
Living Together
Bell of Mindfulness
Dharma Sharing
Noble Silence
Beginning Anew
Lazy Day
Gatha-Poems
The Body as a Practice
Service Meditation
Solitude
Touching The Earth
Taking Refuge
Sangha Body
Sacred Corner
Sangha Building
Taking Care of Anger
To Bow Or Not To Bow
Going Home
Caligraphy
Mindful Writing
The Body as a Practice
Taking care of our body is an important practice. We need our body to be healthy in order for us to practice. Mindful Movements and Deep Relaxation can support our health and happiness in the practice, and keep us in touch with our body.
Each day we practice the 10 Mindful Movements, which is an opportunity for us to unite our
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Tea Meditation
Tea meditation is a time to be with the Sangha in a joyful and serene atmosphere. Just to enjoy our tea together is enough. It is like a “good news” occasion, when we share our joy and happiness in being together.
At times, when we are drinking tea with a friend, we are not aware of the tea or even of our friend sitting there. Practici
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There are three kinds of intimacy. The first is physical and sexual, the second is emotional, and the third is spiritual. Sexual intimacy cannot be separated from emotional intimacy; they go together. And, if spiritual intimacy is there, the physical, sexual intimacy will be meaningful, healthy, and healing. Otherwise, it will only be destructive.
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Walking Meditation
It is possible to walk in freedom and solidity, and to arrive in the present moment in every step. Wherever we walk, we can practice meditation.
Walking in meditation means to walk in such a way that we know we are walking. We walk leisurely, enjoying every step. We become aware of the contact of our feet with the ground, and the f
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Living Together
Together-ness is a practice. At the practice center we have a unique opportunity to live closely with friends from many different countries and backgrounds. Together we form one Sangha body, connected by the practice of mindfulness. With our collective energy of calming and looking deeply, it is possible for us to support each other... See more
Together-ness is a practice. At the practice center we have a unique opportunity to live closely with friends from many different countries and backgrounds. Together we form one Sangha body, connected by the practice of mindfulness. With our collective energy of calming and looking deeply, it is possible for us to support each other... See more
Thich Nhat Hanh • Extended Practices | Plum Village
Hugging Meditation
When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness. The practice of mindful hugging has helped so many to reconcile with each other- fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and friends,
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