New Zealand Affiliate Centres of Mindful Living

Auckland Kōwhai Sangha

Mindfulness evenings are offered twice monthly in Mt Eden and once a month online.

Email cmlauckland@gmail.com for more information or call Caitlin on 021680817.

Hamilton East Community of Mindful Living

Weekly meetings every Wednesday from 7:15-9:15pm.

For more information about our weekly meetings and other mindfulness events in Hamilton, please contact Annemarie on (021) 076 5450. Please visit https://hamiltonmindfulness.org.nz/ for more information.

Mindful Living Cambridge

Weekly meeting every Wednesday from 6:45 until 8:30pm.

Please contact Rosie on 021 2536693.

Whanganui Awa Pākato 

Awa Pākato ~ Flowing River Whanganui Mindfulness Sangha       

Contact Clare 021 0622 120.   

Wellington Centre of Mindful Living

Weekly meetings every Tuesday from 7:30-9:00pm in Belmont, Lower Hutt.

For more information about our weekly meetings and other mindfulness events in Wellington, please contact Carolyn on 021 213 8872.

Nelson Centre of Mindful Living

Weekly meetings every Monday from 7:30-9.00 pm (come along early for social chat from 7pm)

For more information about our weekly meetings and other mindfulness events in Nelson, please contact Barbara or Tim on (03) 545 0622 or 021 102 1821, or Katrina on 027 742 8784 or via email mindfulnelsonnz@gmail.com

Christchurch Mindfulness Sangha

Weekly meetings on Thursdays 9:30am at the Opawa Zend0 (corner Opawa Road and Kennedy Road) 4 Kennedy Place, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022

For more information please contact Heike via email chchsangha@gmail.com or on 021 0257 1028

PLUM VILLAGE

Plum Village, near Bordeaux in southwest France, is the largest international practice centre in the Plum Village tradition, and the first monastic community founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) in the West.

EARTH HOLDER SANGHA

The Earth Holder Sangha is is an affinity group within the Plum Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. First created in the US in 2015, the Earth Holder Sangha is guided by the engaged Buddhist ethics of the Five Mindfulness Trainings and Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.

The purpose of the Earth Holder Sangha is to:

• Build a community of “Plum Village Earth Holders”, bringing like-minded sangha members together for support and inspiration, and to develop “Earth Holding” practices inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings

• Engage in mindful Right Action, locally, nationally and internationally

• Support sustainable communities, in particular Plum Village monasteries, lay practice centres and local sanghas