Weekly Sangha Meetings:
Weekly Practice Schedule
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so that we may all be settled to begin on time.
Please visit our Practice Page for more info and details about our weekly practice schedule.
Riverdale Rinkhouse
9928 92 St NW, Edmonton, AB
weekly Mondays
6:30 - 8:30pm
NOTE: There will be NO meetings on:
Dec 23rd & 30th, 2024
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Spring 2025 Canadian Plum Village Monastic Tour
MAY 2025
8 Plum Village Monastics from Plum Village and Deer Park Monasteries will be offering retreats on ‘Mindfulness As A Foundation For Health’ in Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver (UBC & Surrey).
Solstice Potluck & AGM
Join us for an intentional gathering to reflect on 2024, set intentions for the year ahead, and celebrate the Winter Solstice with a joyful vegetarian potluck brunch.
International Walking Meditation
Enjoy your steps with us as we join this international initiative in a joyful and connecting practice in the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Being Human: The Interbeing of Mindfulness, Neuroscience and Engaged Practice
OCT 11-14, 2024
Join us for a 4-day residential trauma-informed mindfulness retreat co-facilitated by Jo-ann Rosen, Plum Village Dharma Teacher and author of Unshakeable as well as Dr. Ameeta Dudani, Clinical Psychologist.
Mindful Meowments
MINDFUL MEOWMENTS
Mon, Sept 2
1:30 - 3:00pm
We are delighted to share some mindful moments with 6 of the sangha's true BodhiCATtvas!
Children are welcome to join this family practice event!
Please Register - space is limited!
Summer Outdoor Walking Meditation
Join us for walking meditation practice in Queen Elizabeth Park through the summer.
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Park. We will gather in the lower park (east of Queen Elizabeth Park Road), near the washroom building.
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Summer Indoor Practice
Join us for indoor practice this summer in our Zendo located at Yoga Within.
We will be reciting the 5 Mindfulness Trainings and following our usual indoor practice schedule.
Click HERE for more information about our usual indoor practice and schedule.
Summer Outdoor Walking Meditation
Join us for walking meditation practice in Queen Elizabeth Park through the summer.
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Park. We will gather in the lower park (east of Queen Elizabeth Park Road), near the washroom building.
Click on photo for more info
Summer Outdoor Walking Meditation
Join us for walking meditation practice in Queen Elizabeth Park through the summer.
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Park. We will gather in the lower park (east of Queen Elizabeth Park Road), near the washroom building.
Click on photo for more info
Summer Indoor Practice
Join us for indoor practice this summer in our Zendo located at Yoga Within.
We will be reciting the 5 Mindfulness Trainings and following our usual indoor practice schedule.
Click HERE for more information about our usual indoor practice and schedule.
Summer Outdoor Walking Meditation
Join us for walking meditation practice in Queen Elizabeth Park through the summer.
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Park. We will gather in the lower park (east of Queen Elizabeth Park Road), near the washroom building.
Click on photo for more info
Summer Outdoor Walking Meditation
Join us for walking meditation practice in Queen Elizabeth Park through the summer.
Location:
Queen Elizabeth Park. We will gather in the lower park (east of Queen Elizabeth Park Road), near the washroom building.
Click on photo for more info
Residential Mountain Retreat: Watering the Seeds of Awakening
Join us in the heart of the Rocky Mountains to be embraced by the freshness of spring unfolding and nourished by the practices of mindful meditation.
Alexa has been practicing in the Plum Village tradition of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years. She received Lamp transmission to be a Dharma Teacher from Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh in 2014.
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Day of Mindfulness | Art as Meditation: Reflecting Deeply on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Calligraphy
Join us for a beautiful day of extended mindfulness practice, where we will have an opportunity to deeply water the roots of our mindfulness practice and reflect on Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphy.
Joint Friendship Practice with Soto Zen Sangha
Rocky Mountain Zen is kindly inviting Going As A River Sangha to join in a special evening of practice with special guest, Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama from the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition.
Rev. Gyokei is Abbot of Sozenji Temple, Secretary of Soto Zen Buddhism’s North American Office.
Please register to attend: aaronrothzen@gmail.com
Special Memorial Practice Event
The first anniversary of Thich Nhat Hanh’s passing was on January 22. Please join us for a special evening of practice dedicated to marking Thay's one year memorial.
Special guest, Tracey Pickup (True Fragrant Field), Order of Interbeing member from Calgary will be joining us for the evening.
It will be an opportunity to gather together to generate a spirit of togetherness, mindfulness, concentration and hope in memory of and in tribute to our Teacher.
Whether you have met Thay in person or through his teachings, you are invited to share what Thay has meant to you or a story of how the teachings and practice have made a difference in your life.
This is a time to celebrate the impact of Thay’s teachings and the Practice on our lives, and to cherish the fact that we have had a chance to encounter them, in whatever small way.
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early in Noble Silence, so that we may all be settled and ready to begin at 7pm.