Dear Friends, At the Breathing Heart Sangha, we often return to the breath as our primary anchor. While we are all familiar with the foundational practice of returning to the present moment, our tradition offers a profound and comprehensive map for this journey: the Anapanasati Sutta, or the Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing […]
Deepening Our Practice: The 16 Exercises of Mindful Breathing Read More »
We have been using Google groups to communicate with our members for a bit more than 10 years. Due to some uncertainty in how much longer Google will continue to offer this service to us for free, it is time to move the mailing list functions to MailChimp. On either system, it is easy to
Moving our mailing list Read More »
Call Me by My True Names Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. Look deeply: I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in
Transition of Thich Nhat Hanh Read More »
Dear Friends of Breathing Heart Sangha, As I write to you today, I am listening to the bird songs outside my window. The signs of spring are all around reminding us that it is a time for new life, for hope, and renewal. By coming back to our breath, we can touch the “spring” in
A Special Message from Sister Chan Khong Read More »
As the year comes to a close Plum Village and Magnolia Grove Monastery will both offer a five-day online retreat. This will be a precious opportunity for us, the monastic community and lay community to come together, to share our practices and experiences, and to inspire hope for the coming year. Magnolia Grove Monastery 5-day
End of Year Retreats and into 2021 Read More »