Meditation Practice

Sitting meditation is like returning home to give full attention to and care for our self. Sit upright, relax your body and return to your breathing. Bring your full attention to what is within and around you. Let your mind become spacious and your heart soft and kind.

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Wherever we walk, we can practice meditation. This means that we know that we are walking. We walk just for walking. We walk with freedom and solidity, no longer in a hurry. We are present with each step. And when we wish to talk we stop our movement and give our full attention to the other person, to our words and to listening.

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Our dharma sharing provide an opportunity to deepen your understanding of mindfulness and its applications in daily life. Led by experienced practitioners, our discussions offer a welcoming space for all to share their insights and questions. Join us on the path to greater understanding and insight.

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The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. They have been expanded and updated so that they represent a way to bring mindfulness into every area of life. 

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The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings are a modern distillation of the traditional Bodhisattva precepts of Mahayana Buddhism, and were created by Thich Nhat Hanh in Saigon in 1966.

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Many of us are over-scheduled. Even the lives of our children are over-scheduled. When we can allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible. There is no healing without relaxation.

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Practicing the Touching the Earth gives us an opportunity to contemplate what has been transmitted to us by our blood ancestors and spiritual ancestors.

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In the serene embrace of Plum Village, traditional melodies blend with the rhythms of mindfulness, fostering peace and unity. 

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