Wisdom in Action

Non- Residential Retreat

Dates:
Friday, July 24 ~ 7-9pm
Saturday, July 25 ~ 10am-4pm
Sunday, July 26 ~ 10am-4pm

Location:
Belgravia Community Hall (Lower Hall)
11540 - 73 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB

Details:

This retreat, offered in the Plum Village Tradition, invites us to explore how we cultivate resilient, inclusive, and compassionate sangha in a rapidly changing world. Together, we will reflect on belonging, collective care, Engaged Buddhism, and practices that support understanding, connection, and community resilience.

The weekend will also include a Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission Ceremony for those wishing to receive the Trainings.

This is a non-residential retreat. Participants are responsible for bringing their own vegetarian bag lunch and arranging their own accommodations if travelling from out of town.

The retreat will be co-facilitated by Plum Village Lay Dharma Teachers Tracey Pickup from Calgary and Kenley Neufeld from British Columbia, and hosted by Going As A River Sangha.

Tracey Pickup (True Fragrant Field) is the founder of the Wild Rose Sangha in Calgary (2003), and the founder of the Western Canada Order of Interbeing which brings together Order members from Victoria to Saskatoon.

She was ordained into the Order of Interbeing in 2010 and lived as a Temple Keeper for Mountain Lamp, a Zen practice community. 

In March 2026 she received Lamp Transmission in Plum VIllage, continuing the lineage and teachings of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh.

She is a registered Social Worker whose work is focused on the prevention of suicide and the promotion of mental well being of all people. 

In her spare time you can find her wandering in the mountains or playing tai chi in the park.

The focus of her spiritual life is on the embodied insights of silence and stillness alongside nurturing wise and loving community. She practices to establish grounded stability in the witness of suffering. She believes that transformation is possible for anyone.