Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world.
Please note we do not offer stays outside of the dates on the website.
You can find all the opportunities to volunteer on this page.
Holiday Retreat: Love in Action | Deer Park monastery
This holiday retreat is an invitation from Deer Park Monastery to rekindle the fire of powerful, inclusive love within ourselves, and to cultivate harmony and peace during this time of great change.
Calendar of Healing Spring Monastery
Healing Spring Monastery brothers would like to welcome you to practice in the weekend. A simple program may help everyone to slow down, recharge and be nourished by peace and happiness.
Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Winter
An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. The simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness
Monastery Stay in Upper Hamlet
*Limited spots* – Home of the monks, the Upper Hamlet welcomes applications for a 3 month or 2 month stay in the monastery in the Spring 2025.
2025 Retreats & Events in Plum Village France
Here is the core schedule of retreats that will be held at Plum Village France in 2025. We will continue to share more information and registration details in the coming months. We aim to…
Spring 2025 – General Practice Weeks
We welcome you to be part of the life of our community during this season of transformation and renewal. Join us for a one-week or two-week retreat during various dates between Feb 7 to June 13…
In the Footsteps of the Buddha
A sacred pilgrimage in India to feel what the Buddha felt, see what he saw, and experience what he experienced as a living human being.
Deepening Our Spiritual Roots
In honoring our beloved teacher, Thầy, we organize a trip to Vietnam to come in touch with Thầy’s roots to learn and understand the elements and conditions that contributed to Thầy’s growth in his…
Loving Communication for Family Life
This week of practice will enable us to create harmony, peace and happiness in our body and mind, thus facilitating more understanding and love in our family relationships.
Silence Theme Week – The Way Out is In
[For women & couples] You are invited to join the Lower Hamlet monastic sisters for one week of practice in silence, coming back to the island within.
Weekend Retreat at Healing Spring – Spring
We welcome ALL genders for this retreat. It’s An opportunity to practice with the monastic brothers. Simple program allows you to slow down, rest, and be nourished by peace and togetherness.
Grief and Loss Theme Week
[For women & couples] You are invited into a safe space for you to rest, breathe, and reconnect with life’s beauty amidst the storms of grief.
Community Work
Join us for a joyful and hands-on week of mindful living as we come together to care for the hamlet and nurture Plum Village as a spiritual refuge.
Great Ordination Ceremony
[For women & couples] We warmly welcome you to be present to support and serve the sangha during this very special week of ceremonies and ordinations.
Thuis in Plum Village
Een unieke Nederlandse week Voor het eerst nodigt Plum Village de Nederlandssprekende gemeenschap uit om samen met de Nederlandstalige monniken, nonnen en internationale kloosterlingen een bijzondere week te beleven in Plum Village, Upper Hamlet,…
Calligraphy Theme Week
[For women & couples] This week, we invite you to reconnect your mind with your body through the art of calligraphy.
Happy Teachers Change the World
You are warmly invited to join us for a week of practice (April 4 – 11) to rest, renew and connect with the deep source of love and presence within you.
Francophone Retreat 2025
This one-week retreat (April 19 – April 26) is a precious opportunity to connect with spiritual friends old and new, and cultivate the collective energy of mindfulness so all can bloom.
Coming Home to Mother Earth
A 2-week immersive retreat on the Upper Hamlet happy farm.
Mindful Recovery: Every Step is Healing
There is no way to healing, healing is the way. With each mindful breath and each mindful step, we can heal ourselves and cultivate peace, joy and happiness. We welcome anyone on the journey of…
Happy Farm Retreat (Lower Hamlet)
The Lower Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted announce our next one-week retreat combined with hands-on experience on our organic, agroecology farm.
Hiking Theme Week
[For women & couples] We invite you to this one-week retreat with the sisters of Lower Hamlet, specially dedicated to hike together combined with the daily practice of the monastery.
Exploring Monastic Life: A 7-Day Retreat for Temporary Ordination
The European Institute for Applied Buddhism in Waldbröl is organizing a Course on Happy Monasticism from June 3rd to 10th, 2025. During this 7-day retreat, participants will wear the same robes, follow the same…
Nourishing our Roots – Theme Week for young Asians in the West
Who am I? Where do I belong? A retreat for young Asians in the west to learn ways to discover and nourish our vast roots.
Wellbeing in the Body & Mind Retreat (New Hamlet)
We welcome you to join the sisters of New Hamlet (June 13 – June 20) for a one-week retreat: Well-being in the body and mind.
Happy Farm Retreat (Upper Hamlet)
The Upper Hamlet Happy Farm family are delighted to announce our next Happy Farm Experience Week combining a week’s retreat in Upper Hamlet with a special hands-on experience in helping us on our organic, agroecology farm.
Paths of Happiness: Mindful hiking on Tour du Mont Blanc
We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. The Tour du Mont Blanc, one of Europe’s most beautiful hiking circuits, winds through the French, Italian,…
Summer Opening 2025
From July 10th – August 2, 2025, Plum Village will build beloved community for families with children and teens, and practitioners of all ages.