Mindfulness for Stress Reduction | MBSR in San Francisco with Augusta Hopkins

Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana

There are so many gems in the book, Mindfulness in Plain English.  I read it last spring for the first time, in preparation for spending two months at Bhavana Society. It begins: Meditation: Why Bother? Meditation is not easy. It takes time and it takes energy. It also takes grit, determination, and discipline. It requires […]

Deer Park Monastery

Deer Park Monastery is a community in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Practice Center in Southern France. This 400-acre sanctuary rests peacefully in the chaparral mountains of southern California, near San Diego, just outside of Escondido.  It is surrounded and protected by oaks and the natural landscape. At Deer Park, […]

Cloud Mountain

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center is a non-sectarian Buddhist center hosting residential retreats year round. Our mission is to provide opportunities for all individuals to hear and practice Buddhist teachings with qualified and realized teachers in an environment that combines exquisite simplicity, comfort and a supportive container for spiritual transformation. It is our intention to provide […]

Blue Cliff Monastery

Blue Cliff is open for family and friends to come and enjoy the practice of mindful living. Established by Thich Nhat Hanh and led by the Nuns and Monks of Plum Village. We invite you to stay with us in New York’s Hudson Valley, south of the Catskills, and practice living in the present moment! […]

Omega Institute

Omega is a place to explore the extraordinary potential that exists in all of us as individuals and together as a human family. Omega was founded on the holistic worldview that the well-being of each of us is deeply connected to the well-being of all living things. Since 1977, we have offered diverse and innovative […]