General information
- Day : Friday (check in starts at 15h00) – Sunday (check out after lunch)
- Venue : Healing Spring Monastery(map)
- Language: English only
- Dharma Teacher : Healing Spring Monastic Dharma Teacher
- Meal : 3 meals a day (vegan)
What is this Retreat about?
This retreat is a heartfelt weekend dedicated to mindfulness practices, with tree planting as the day’s central activity, accompanied by sitting meditation, walking meditation, and mindful eating. There is something profoundly beautiful about having the time and space to connect with the earth, nurture plants, and share this experience with friends around us. Through the simple, grounding act of planting trees, we can deeply root ourselves in the present moment, finding peace and clarity as we navigate life’s challenges.
Additionally, Healing Spring Monastery is our new Plum Village practice center, and we are committed to making it more beautiful each day.
Your mind is like a piece of land planted with many different kinds of seeds: seeds of joy, peace, mindfulness, understanding, and love; seeds of craving, anger, fear, hate, and forgetfulness. ..
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Who can participate ?
Those who are 18 years old and above are invited to join this retreat whether you are beginners in mindfulness and meditation or experienced practitioners.
In this retreat, the Monastery will only host men and couples.
How is the schedule?
During this retreat, there will be several sessions of planting tree in the monastery, we will have a chance to practice Sitting Meditation, walking meditation, mindful meal, sharing and teachings. Our morning generally starts at +/- 6h30 o’clock and noble silence will start at 21.30 until the next morning after washing the dishes of the breakfast. Please note that this is not a whole day silent retreat.
Find the detailed schedule for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday here.
Contribution
The contribution of this retreat will be around 60€ – 110 € per night depending on the accommodations. Your reservation will be officially confirmed only if you pay your contribution.
All the Contribution is a donation that will support our service in sustaining the monastic communities, maintaining the building of the monastery, and allow us to support participants who have financial difficulty to join the retreat.
We don’t want that financial situation to become an obstacle for someone to practice. There will be no 100% scholarship but we will give a reduction accordingly. Please write to us if you really need help (after you have made your reservation). Contact us here
(Note: All of our programs embrace the nature of impermanence, if the condition is not sufficient the elements of the retreat may be adjusted, be rescheduled or be canceled)
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Sharing from previous participants
Insightful and calming :)
weekend Participant
Great. It was a really slowing down and energize yourself time
weekend Participant