“Love is Freedom” – Global Earth Retreat, June 2023
Local Sanghas
Gatherings Worldwide
Join the retreat with practitioners in your region
We encourage local Sanghas/ groups and friends to join the online retreat together with your local group. In a number of cities and practice centers around the world local Sanghas will participate in the retreat together (e.g. in Morning Sun Practice Center in NH, US; Healing Spring near Paris, Berlin, Singapore, Hongkong, Geneva, and other places). If you are hosting a local gathering and would like people in your area to find out about it on this page, please fill in this short form.
By following the online retreat together, practicing sitting, walking, watching the Dharma talks and having Dharma sharing sessions with practitioners from your area, you will benefit from the siblinghood and the collective energy of the Sangha while following the retreat of Plum Village. More detailed information is below. If your local group wants to follow the retreat together, you are invited to share your information on the EHC webpage.
You can also join the retreat with two or three friends or family members from your home. There are special group rates at the online registration.
Local Sangha Information
To connect with a local sangha in your area that will be practicing for the retreat together, please see the contact information and locations below. If you do not see a local sangha in your area, we encourage you to consider hosting this gathering.
Asia
Joyful Garden Sangha
Singapore
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Will
https://www.joyfulgarden.sg/
mindfulness[at]joyfulgarden.sg
Rain of Compassion
Hong Kong
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Corrin Chan, corrin.chan[at]gmail.com
Australia / Pacific
Sunflowers in the Breeze Sangha
Perth, Australia
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Carolyn Hofmeester, carolynhofmeester[at]gmail.com
Europe
Earth Holder Berlin at “Quelle des Mitgefühls”
Berlin, Germany
Earth Holder Sangha
Contact: Daniela Simm, earth_holder_berlin[at]posteo.de
Healing Springs Monastery
Verdelot, France
Mindfulness Practice Center in the Plum Village Tradition
Contact: https://healingspringmonastery.org/
Sangha Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: https://www.sangha-du-lac.ch/sangha-geneve
Walking in Peace sangha, LEWES
East Sussex in Ringmer, United Kingdom
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Walking in Peace Sangha, info[at]walkinginpeacesangha.uk,
Chalet de l’inspir – Liege
Region Wallonne – Liège, Belgium
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Chalet de l’inspir – Liège ( Belgique ) ; centrezendeliege[at]gmail.com ; https://centrezendeliege.care/ ; phone : +32 494 916 282
North America
MorningSun Mindfulness Center
Alstead, New Hamshire
Mindfulness Center in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: https://morningsuncommunity.org/event/love-is-freedom-earth-healing-retreat/
Mindfulness In Healing Sangha
San Anselmo, CA, US (now on zoom)
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Jerome Freedman https://mindfulnessinhealing.org/sangha jerome@mindfulnessinhealing.org
Laughing Rivers Sangha, Pittsburgh PA
Oakmont, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh suburb
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: http://www.laughingrivers.org/
Dharma River Mindfulness Practice Center
Toronto Kitchener Guelph, Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: (Dharmariver.net), Mindfulness Practice Community of Toronto
Parting Clouds Sangha
Los Gatos, CA (in the Bay Area)
All ages Sangha in the Plum Village tradition
Contact: Parting Clouds Sangha, tanya[at]partingclouds.com
