Updated March 11, 2026

Parenting Through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance

A free 6 week course will be offered Saturdays, March 28 – May 2

Participants will need their own copy of When the Whole World Tips: Parenting Through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance, available through your local bookstore, Parallax Press, or wherever books are sold.

Parenting and caregiving through crisis asks something almost impossible: to stay open, steady, and loving when we are overwhelmed, frightened, or heartbroken. An unfixable situation can overtake our lives and feel like it has taken all our joy and resilience with it. 

Dealing with crises with my own children, encountering the profound teachings of impermanence, suffering, and the impersonal nature of it all, gave me a chance to commit to presence as a way to reclaim the power that unfixable situations can take away.

Rooted in Buddhist wisdom, this cohort explores a path where we don't have to choose between feeling deeply and staying present. Where we can hold our grief, our fear, and our helplessness in an ever-expanding heart, one that grows large enough to contain our own suffering and the suffering of those we love. Through meditation and innovative practices, we'll work together to restore your sense of agency, to enlarge your capacity to be present for yourself and for others, and to return you to your life more empowered.

Each Saturday, we'll gather on Zoom for 90 minutes of guided practice, Dharma sharing, and small and large group connection. Between sessions, at-home practices will carry the learning into your daily life. This is a community, not a course, intimate, participatory, and authentic.

This offering is for:

• Parents and caregivers navigating a difficult family situation

• Therapists, social workers, and mental health practitioners

• Plum Village and NVC practitioners and mindfulness educators

• Anyone whose heart is asking: what can I do?

Two cohorts are available:

• Saturday mornings, 10:00–11:30 am EST

• Saturday afternoons, 1:00–2:30 pm EST / 10:00–11:30 am PST

Space is limited. A waitlist will be available, and a second cohort will follow in the Spring.

Register here: https://forms.gle/x2ahyrxTBWeCE8ap6

Questions? Please contast  Celia Landman, True Precious Altar.

Celia will lead the course and is the author of When the Whole World Tips: Parenting Through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance. 

Americanizing Buddhism: Evolving a Living Buddhist Tradition in America

Dates: April 18 – June 13, 2026
Saturday evenings 7:00–8:30 pm PT (Note: All of these hybrid sessions will be recorded so you can watch when it's convenient.)

Over eight sessions, Brother Phap Dung will explore how Buddhism has historically adapted across cultures and what it means for the Dharma to take root authentically in the United States today. The course includes weekly teachings, a live Q and A session, and optional Dharma sharing circles facilitated by lay Dharma teachers and members of the Order of Interbeing.

All funds raised will directly support the Thich Nhat Hanh School of Interbeing.

If this speaks to your heart, we warmly invite you to join. Scholarship or reduced rate options are available. 

Learn more here: https://deerparkmonastery.org/courses/americanizing-buddhism-course/

Register here: https://courses.deerparkmonastery.org/checkout/americanizing-buddhis

Plum Village Online Live Events

Find additional online courses, live-streamed meditations, talks, and other events happening around the world including at our Magnolia Grove Monastery and Mindfulness Practice Center. Details here 

Retreats and Online Opportunities in the Southeast US

Magnolia Grove Thursday Evening Online Sangha-

You are warmly invited to join on Zoom for an Online Mindfulness Practice Session on

Thursdays with Magnolia Grove Monastics. Different monastics will facilitate the practice session.  Information and sign-up details

NEW OFFERING -Magnolia Grove 12 Step & Mindfulness Retreat

May 6th - May 10th

Retreat Costs Per Individual (total):

– Camping (bring your own tent/camper van): $ 240.00

– Bed in shared room (dorm/cabin): $ 400.00

---automatic discounts are offered bsed on age.

Retreat Program

There will be morning meditations, mindful meals, walking meditation, Dharma teachings, chanting, singing, group sharing, mindful services, a Five Mindfulness Trainings transmission, and periods of Noble Silence. There will also be a fun talent show event on one of the nights, and 12 Step meetings (AA or Al-Anon) on another night! 

Food

All meals will be vegan. Mention in the Notes section of your registration if you have certain food allergies.

Sample schedule

5:00 - Wake up

5:30 - Morning Sitting Meditation; Sutra reading / Touching of the Earth

6:30 - Walking Meditation

7:30 - Breakfast

9:00 - Mindful Service

10:30 - Dharma Talk

12:00 - Lunch

1:30 - Deep Relaxation

3:00 - Dharma Sharing

5:00 - Personal Time / Private Consultation

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Evening Sitting Meditation / Presentation / 12 Step Meetings

9:00 - Noble Silence

Registration

Click HERE and scroll all the way down (past the initial calendar and registration info) to the section called "Registration Details" then in the first dropdown, choose the 12 Step rooming option you want. Once you choose that, the page will refresh and auto-populate your dates.

Fill out the rest of the form, then click Continue. This will take you through a couple more pages and then you'll confirm, and THEN it will bring up a page with a button that you'll click to actually submit payment (through PayPal). You'll get a confirmation email before you click the payment button on that page, but it won't be paid until you click that button.

May 21-24, 2026 Memorial Day Weekend Retreat with Magnolia Grove Monastery Monastics at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville, NC. Details will be shared as the time approaches. 

**This retreat is almost filled.**

Thursday, October 29-Sunday, November 1, 2026
Transforming Mud into Lotus Blossoms
A (Mostly Silent) Weekend Retreat with Dharmacharya Leslie Rawls
Wellbeing Retreat Center, Tazewell, Tennessee

Registration is open.
Everyone experiences difficulties, suffering. The Buddha taught concrete ways to hold and transform our suffering, so compassion for ourselves and others can arise. In this retreat, we will study and practice ways to cultivate compassion and ease our suffering. On the last day, Leslie will transmit the Five Mindfulness Trainings to those who wish to formally commit to the precepts. Suitable for experienced practitioners and newcomers.
Register with this link or at wellbeingretreatcenter.org.
Sponsored by Mountain Solid, Water Reflecting Sangha, Knoxville, Tennessee.
www.knoxmindful.org

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Plum Village International Retreats

There are  in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world.

Here is the current retreat calendar for 2026

Being Peace UK - This new lay run practice centre is supported by our Plum Village Tradition Monastics. This new practice centre is opening for retreats in March 2026 and has a full calendar of retreat offerings on their calendar. It is the home for UK Plum Village and is located near Gloucester, UK.