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New Habits, New Life
A Winter Retreat at Home By Participants in the Maison de l’Inspir Winter Retreat photos courtesy of Maison de l’Inspir “Doing the winter retreat while staying at home, why not?” Thanks to this wonderful idea, the first winter retreat for laypeople at the Maison de l’Inspir was manifested. The Maison…
This Difficult Thing of Being Human
We all long for someone to offer us unconditional love and support. But what if that person is us? The practice of mindful self-compassion creates the space we need so that observation, acceptance, and real love can enter, no matter how judgmental or disconnected we may feel. It sounds like…
Homeschooling as Mindfulness Practice
By Lisa Pettitt Our family has been homeschooling for over five years. We had not envisioned this path for ourselves: my partner and I had professional careers, and our kids were in day care as infants. Thich Nhat Hanh says, “This is because that is, and this is not because…
A Winter Peacewalk
By Judith Toy It is the third Sunday in December. As usual, wearing white, I am the first person to arrive at an empty Pack Square in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, while Philip parks the car. I slowly circumambulate the rounded brick walk below the obelisk of Vance…
Book Reviews
Zen Battles Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji By Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2013 Softcover, 266 pages Reviewed by Judith Toy, True Door of Peace This re-issue of Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go: Waking Up to Who You Are, originally published in 2007 by the Unified…
Surprise Opportunity
By Fred and Petra Hardtke Last April, we attended the retreat with Sister Jina Van Hengel. It was our first meditation retreat and we were unsure about what the weekend held in store for us. With a mixture of apprehension and curiosity, we packed our old station wagon and headed off for Heathcote. We…
Listening to Nature
By Katla Hannibal The years that I have been visiting Plum Village have been very rewarding to me, in terms of taking refuge in nature. In my meditation practice I realize more and more that I am in a state where no habit energy is disturbing me. But it is amazing how easy the…
The Turning of My Wheels
By Matthew Huston Recently attending my first retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh at Stonehill College in Easston, Massachusetts, a few folks asked me how I do walking meditation, since I was disabled when I was a little over a year old and have needed to use a wheelchair since then.…
The Sound of the Bell
By Susan Hadler It’s Sunday afternoon in mid-August and still hot when I arrive at Carolyn’s for the bell training. Eric is standing at the end of the upstairs hallway, smiling and bowing, showing the way to Carolyn’s door. The first thing I see is the big bell sitting on…