(this page is just to allow me to track changes of retreats in UH, LH and NH and report changes to french website – Br Dinh Thanh from the french website team)
Christmas Holiday Retreat
This Christmas Holiday Retreat (December 20 – 27) we invite you to light the candle of your own heart and let it radiate out as an offering to your beloved ones, to all beings,…
New Years Retreat
This New Years Retreat (December 27 – January 3) is a precious time to come home to ourselves, and to touch the peace and clarity within us.
Day of Mindfulness
Rains Retreat Practice Week (Lower Hamlet)
Join the sisters and lay community of Lower Hamlet from Friday 9th Jan to Friday 16th Jan for one week of practice during our 90-day Rains Retreat.
Day of Mindfulness
Day of Mindfulness
Calming the Fearful Mind
Join the Lower Hamlet Sisters of Plum Village for an inspiring extended 5-day retreat experience online. Suitable for those with study or work commitments.
Lyrical Meditation: Celebrating Togetherness & Building The Future
Join the Lower Hamlet Sisters for stories, music, and prose that express their lived experiences and deep love for the Plum Village community.
Winter Mindful Living Week (Upper Hamlet)
Join us in Upper Hamlet, home of the brothers, for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.
Spring Mindful Living Week (New Hamlet)
We warmly invite friends to join the sisters of New Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.
Themed Week: Fresh Body, Clear Mind (Lower Hamlet)
We welcome you, dear friends, to this week of rejuvenating the body and refreshing the mind as we prepare to greet the Year of the Horse.
Volunteer for a year on the Upper Hamlet Happy Farm
Applications are now open for our One Year Happy Farm programme in Upper Hamlet. This new cohort would start late February 2026 and end with Plum Village’s annual Rains Retreat from November 2026 to…
Themed Week: Silence – The Island Within (Upper Hamlet)
Join us in Upper Hamlet for one week of practice in silence, coming back to the island within.
Themed Week: Calligraphy (Lower Hamlet)
This week, we invite you to reconnect your mind with your body through the art of calligraphy.
Themed Week: Hiking Zen (Upper Hamlet)
Join us for a week of monastery life and mindful hikes in the beautiful countryside around Plum Village.
Snow Retreats 2026
Join the Plum Village monastics in cultivating awareness of body and mind on the snowy mountains of Andorra.
Themed Week: The Sound of a Pure Heart (Lower Hamlet)
Join the Lower Hamlet sisters for a musical journey into the history and intention behind Dharma instruments and chants in the Plum Village tradition, with “hands-on” sessions.
14 Mindfulness Trainings Transmission and Lamp Transmissions for Lay Dharma Teachers
This retreat from 20th March to 27th March will be focused on transmission ceremonies, open to aspirant OI members, aspirant Dharma Teachers, and their families, sangha members, and anyone wishing to support.
Landscaping & Flower Gardening
Plum Village is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Lower Hamlet community for a 6 weeks – 8 month stay to support us in landscaping and flower gardening.
Mini Wake Up Retreat (18-35 yrs)
Dear Young friends (18-35) you are invited to participate in a mini Wake Up Retreat from 3-9 April 2026 in Upper Hamlet.
Themed Week: Grief and Loss (Lower Hamlet)
You are invited into a safe space for you to rest, breathe, and reconnect with life’s beauty amidst the storms of grief.
Spring Mindful Living Week (Lower Hamlet)
We warmly invite friends to join the sisters of Lower Hamlet for a week of mindfulness practice with the Plum Village community.
Themed Weeks: Happy Farm (New Hamlet)
Join us for nourishing time of sisterhood and inner exploration on the New Hamlet Happy Farm between 17 April-1 May 2026.
Volunteering – Wellbeing in the Body & Mind (New Hamlet)
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us from May 4th – May 18th 2026 as volunteers in the Retreat: Well-being in the body and mind with the…
Wellbeing in the Body & Mind Retreat (New Hamlet)
We welcome you to join the sisters of New Hamlet (May 8 – May 15) for a one-week retreat: Well-being in the body and mind.
Volunteering – Biennial June Retreat 2026
From May 27 – June 25, 2026, we would like to invite experienced practitioners to join the volunteer sangha for the biennial June Retreat at Plum Village France.
Nurturing the Fire
This retreat will be a precious opportunity for our world-wide Order of Interbeing family to reunite at Plum Village, France. Week one is open to anyone who is interested in the bodhisattva path of…
Volunteering – English Children Programme 2026
We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…
Volunteering – Italian Children Programme 2026
We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…
Volunteering – Spanish Children Programme 2026
We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…
Volunteering – French Children Programme 2026
We are looking for children program volunteers who are well-grounded in the Plum Village practice, know how to flow harmoniously as a team, and aspire to offer your presence, creativity, and care to the…
Volunteering – Summer Opening 2026
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us from July 5 – Aug 5 as volunteers in the 2026 Summer Opening Retreat (July 11 – Aug 3 ).
Summer Opening 2026
From July 11th to August 3rd, 2026, Plum Village will welcome adults, families with children and teens, and practitioners of all ages to cultivate the mind of love together.
Volunteering – Wake Up 2026
We would like to invite experienced practitioners in the Plum Village tradition to support us as volunteers from Aug 5 – 19 Aug during Wake Up 2026 Retreat for young people between 18 and…
Wake Up Retreat 2026
We are excited to announce our annual Wake Up retreat from 10th – 17th August open to young practitioner between the ages of 18-35 years.