Weekly Sangha Meetings:
**PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN TIME & VENUE**
Weekly Practice:
Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm
Belgravia Community Hall (Lower Hall)
11540 - 73 Ave NW
NOTE: There will be NO weekly meetings:
December 23rd & 30th, 2026
July & August 2027 (Please see the events page for other opportunities to practice together over the summer months)
Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so that we may all be settled to begin on time
Weekly Practice Schedule
Please visit our Practice Page for more info and details about our weekly practice schedule.
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BIPOC Affinity Group
BIPOC Affinity Group
Going As A River Sangha will offer a practice space for people who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) or as People of the Global Majority. It’s a chance for people to come as their whole selves and to share space with other BIPOC folks about their practice.
Meetings will take place on Sundays once a month from 1-3pm
Nov. 8, 2026 (in person)
Dec. 13, 2026 (online)
Jan. 10, 2027 (online)
Feb. 7, 2027 (in-person)
March 7, 2027 (online)
April 7, 2027 (online)
May 2, 2027 (in person)
June 6, 2027 (online)
Day of Mindfulness: Playfully Together with Jo-ann Rosen
Sunday, October 4, 2026
10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.
Join us for a Day of Mindfulness where we will explore how being playfully together can build our individual and collective resilience. In addition to our seated and walking practices, we will experiment with art and movement as mindful practices.
The Day of Mindfulness will be offered as a hybrid event. Jo-ann Rosen will be offering a Dharma talk and facilitation online, while members of the Going As A River sangha will facilitate in-person.
In person attendees are invited to register and join us from 10-2pm at Belgravia Community League.
Online attendees are invited to register and will be sent a zoom link to attend online with support for dharma sharing.
Registration deadline: Oct 1, 2026
INFO & REGISTER HERE
September 30th Practice - Truth & Reconciliation Day
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Location: Metro Cinema
Our practice on Sept. 30th, 2026 happens to be Truth and Reconciliation Day. As an act of solidarity, we wanted to invite sangha members to attend any of the Truth and Reconciliation events happening in the city as an opportunity for reflection.
During our regular meeting time, we decided to take our practice on a field trip to attend a local event together as a sangha. We wanted to support this short film (30min) at Metro Cinema called "WÎIÎP’SON: the Healing Swing". It is about Dr. Darlene Auger's work on a healing swing practice she created and there will be a post-screening discussion about the work with the creators of the film. After the film and post-screen discussion we can have short dharma sharing to reflect on acts of truth, reconciliation and healing.
We can meet in front of Metro Cinema at 6:30pm for walking meditation and reflection about local Indigenous history of the Garneau.
If you decide to join us, please buy your tickets ahead of time so we can begin walking meditation together. Tickets are $14 adults, $11 for students.
Meeting time: 6:30pm
The screening starts at 7:30pm (30 min)
Post-screening Discussion 8:00pm
Dharma Sharing: around 8:30pm
Peace Walk
You are warmly invited to join us for a peaceful and mindful walk in the Plum Village tradition. Our sister sanghas in Victoria and Vancouver are also doing this on the same day and we are generating collective energy as we practice together!
Meet in our old Sangha home of Riverdale. We will meet at the rink house & enjoy a walking meditation down a paved accessible path together. During the walk, we will have a few gentle stops for mindful reflection and simple movements, supporting our practice of presence and peace together.
No registration is required - you are welcome to simply come. After the walk we will have some informal time to connect and hang out.
Saturday August 29, 2026
Time: 2 - 330 PM
An Evening of Mindfulness: Picnic & Plum Village Song Night
Join the Going As A River Sangha for an outdoor gathering including mindful eating, singing and connecting to nature. Songs in the Plum Village tradition will be shared collectively. Feel welcome to bring your own vegetarian picnic, your voice and any instrument you might like to accompany us with!
Meet at Belgravia Community League outdoors near the labyrinth (An alternative location may be used as a backup should the weather not be conducive to meeting outdoors).
Friday, August 14, 2026
6:30 - 7:30 PM
WISDOM IN ACTION Building Resilient Sangha: The Five Mindfulness Trainings in Action
WISDOM IN ACTION
Building Resilient Sangha: The Five Mindfulness Trainings in Action
Non-residential retreat
July 24-26, 2026
Friday, July 24 | 7-9pm
Saturday July 25 | 10-4pm
Sunday, July 26 | 10-4pm
Going As River AGM
Sunday, Dec 7, 2025
9am - 12.30pm
Please join us for our annual general meeting followed by a vegetarian potluck brunch and a private theatre viewing of the film ‘Walk With Me: A Journey Into Mindfulness,’ featuring Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village monastics.
International Walking Meditation
Saturday, November 29th, 2025
11am - 12pm
Be part of a global walking meditation in the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh.
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).
Practice with Plum Village Monastics
Join us for an evening of family practice for all ages - with special guests- monks and nuns from Plum Village, France — part of the global community of mindfulness practice centres founded by our teacher, Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh.
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.
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
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.
REGISTER
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.