Wake Up Together US - moment by moment
Updates:
April 27, 2012
During the past Wake Up Tour in California we hosted 8 events at Universities, 4 events at Dharma Centers, 6 public meditation events, 1 event with a 
high-school and 1 event at a detention center. We practiced mindfulness together with a total of 850 people during the 16 days. In total the tour cost $9,300. This includes renting and using two vans ($2,800), food for 10 people ($1,000) - we did receive much food offerings on the way, lodging $0 - we stayed with kind friends during the tour; pamphlets, posters, online advertizing and printing of shirts and bags for local Wake Up community builders $3,700. Thanks to the kindness of the Deer Park Monastery we were able to offer 7 Wake Up starting kits to local community builders. The kit include a mindfulness bell, books on basic practice, community building and guided meditation. (the photo was taken in Oakland at the peace monument - the Wake Up Tour Group together with our teacher - Thich Nhat Hanh)
We are very grateful for all the support we received and we thank you for your continued support, so that we can continue to bring the practice of mindfulness, happiness and peace to young people in society.
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April 15, 2012
The events for the Wake Up California Tour came to a close today, April 15.
The Day at UC Berkeley was held in a gymnasium with 50 participants. There 
April 12, 2012
The Wake Up Group sends greetings from Hayward, CA. This evening we spent with around 50 Young Buddhist at the Temple that is hosting us here in the Bay Area. The group of 10 (3 nuns, 3 monks, 2 women and 2 men) traveling together are supporting each other in many ways and taking turns in sharing the practices and leading activities. We are learning so much from each other and are very grateful to encounter so many great young people throughout California. Our event at UC Merced on Tuesday surprised us as we had 50 participants for the evening, even if only 20 had signed up. In only 3 hours we were able to touch happiness, peace and togetherness in addition to learning ways to continue our practice. We are continuing to upload some sharings from this tour and tomorrow we are looking forward to a conversation (that we will record) between Meredith, vegan chef and yoga teacher and Marc newly graduated Oriental Medical Doctor and yoga teacher about food and healthy living as young meditation practitioners. For now we would like to offer you the sharing from our day last Saturday at USC, which includes Praween (from Wake Up Austin) sharing about dealing with strong emotions and Sister Nho Nghiem about how to practice in the University setting and how to bike peacefully through SouthCentral LA.
Wake Up @ USC (7/4) from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
April 5, 2012
The Wake Up Tour hosted an evening together with Against the Stream in Santa Monica, with the theme MC21: Meditation in the City/Community in the 21st century. There was a panel presentation with Matthew Brentsilver (ATS), Sr Boi Nghiem (Wake Up), Pablo Das (ATS) and Brother Phap Ho (Wake Up). Here is one of the sharing. You can find the others on Vimeo. We are continuing the tour in happiness and peace.
Wake Up @ Against the Stream from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
April 2, 2012
Greetings! The tour is underway and we’ve completed a series of joyous events in San Diego. It’s been a mix of smiles, sunshine and solidity, interacting with young adults in day-long workshops and evening sitting/walking events. Below are a couple pictures, one after the San Diego City College event, and the next a local community gathering for Wake Up San Diego sangha helpers:
Some highlights to share from the week’s events:
One of the local sangha members made a trip to Deer Park on Sunday to receive the 5 mindfulness trainings, and came back to share his experience with a group of us at San Diego City College.
The brothers were greeted on the morning of April 1st with green milk complements of a sneaky April Fools prankster. In the evening, the sisters received a similar treatment.
After a couple full days we enjoyed a lazy Monday, spending the afternoon at Cabrillo National Monument and then sharing a home-cooked vegan meal all together while watching the sunset over the Ocean.
Our last event in SD was on Tuesday, and we had a packed house at the Dharma Bums temple; every seat was taken and we had two floors of eager friends.
Thank you to everyone who has come out to see us, support us, and breathe with us. We’ll continue the momentum in LA!
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Come join monastic and lay students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh as we host free mindfulness events across California.
We'll be traveling from March 31 to April 15 bringing the practice of mindfulness to major universities. We will also organize public sessions of sitting and walking meditation (open to all), organize events with other meditation centers, and more.
We will start in San Diego March 31 - April 3, Los Angeles April 4 - 9, Merced April 10, Bay Area April 11 - 15. For more information about the events during the tour, click here!
This spring, March 31-April 15 a group of monks, nuns and layfriends, all young adults, all students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh will travel from San Diego, via Los Angeles, via Merced to the Bay Area. We will offer mindfulness workshops and major universities, bring the practice of sitting and walking meditation to public places and more. We hope to practice breathing and smiling together with many young adults during this tour. Please join us!
Sr Brightness shares in her very own way her path of learning to handle strong emotions. She clearly describes how we handle strong emotions normally and teaches us an alternative. She illustrates this with stories about Harry Potter, apple juice and slimy monsters.
This talk was given on 26 Oct 2011 to high school students of The School for Ethics and Global Leadership during a Wake Up tour in the east coast of the USA with young monastics and lay friends.
