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 meetings on:
July 1, 2026
August 5, 12, 29 & 26, 2026 (Please see the events page for other opportunities to practice together in August)
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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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).
BIPOC Affinity Group
We are starting an affinity group with Going As A River Sangha for people who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) or People of the Global Majority) . This first meeting will offer an opportunity to gather, to share our practice and offer reflections about how to create safer spaces in Sangha. This initial meeting will set up the foundation for how we might like to meet as an affinity group (date, time and frequency) throughout the year.
Sunday August 23, 2026
Time: 1-3pm
Windsor Park Plaza - Hall
8210 111 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2C7
Entrance is located on 83rd Ave. between 111 St. and 112 St. Follow the Green Stairs up to the hall.
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.
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.
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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.