Next Sangha Meeting
Date: January 18, 2026
Location: Healing Lodge, 240 Talmadge Dr., Athens
You can also join on Zoom.
There will be meditation, music, Dharma sharing, and candle lighting.
We invite you to remain afterwards for refreshments and fellowship over a cup of tea.
Next Sangha & Monthly Potluck
Date: January 25, 2026
Location: Healing Lodge, 240 Talmadge Dr., Athens
You can also join on Zoom.
There will be a monthly potluck lunch followed by our regular sangha meeting. Join us for meditation, music, Dharma sharing, and candle lighting.
Day of Mindfulness
Join us for a Day of Mindfulness on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at the Griffin/Dubose Healing Lodge.
(This program is now full. Fill out a registration form to be put on a waitlist.)
Join Mindful Breath Sangha of Athens for a Day of Mindfulness inspired by the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The day will involve seated and walking meditation, live music, mindful eating, a dharma talk and/or reading, and dharma sharing with other participants. The theme is Beginning Anew to encourage a regenerative start to 2026. All levels of experience are welcome. This is a gentle, welcoming environment.
Mindful Breath Sangha is a community of lay practitioners practicing in the Plum Village tradition. We are one of over 1,000 mindfulness communities in this tradition across the world. Our regular sangha meetings take place at 1-2:30pm each Sunday at the Griffin Dubose Healing Lodge.
Event Details
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: 9:30am-3:00pm
Location: Griffin DuBose Healing Lodge, 240 Talmadge Dr, Athens, GA 30606
Meals: A donation of $10-20 is requested to cover the costs of a vegetarian lunch, which will be provided by a local restaurant.
How to donate: Please donate here at the same time that you register for the event.
What to wear: Please wear comfortable clothes and warm outerwear for optional walking meditation.
What to bring: If you enjoy the use of a meditation pillow, please bring it. We hope to have additional pillows available. Many chairs are also available.
For questions, please email mindfulbreathsanghageorgia@gmail.com.
2025 Bearing Witness to Mother Earth Ceremony
This event has passed.
Nov. 2, 2025
Each year on the first Sunday of November, our sangha offers the Ceremony of Bearing Witness to Mother Earth. We offer this ceremony each year using the teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Love Letter to the Earth. His book teaches us that humanity is not separate from the Earth but is one with it, and our personal and collective happiness and survival are tied to the planet's well-being.
This is an outdoor event, open to everyone, and it will include live music, readings from the book, and guided silent meditations. Refreshments will be available after the ceremony.
WHAT: Ceremony of Bearing Witness to Mother Earth
WHO’s INVITED: Everyone! Open to the Public, children are welcome too
WHEN: November 2, 2025
TIME: 4:00—5:30p.m.
WHERE: 1241 Brittain Estates Drive, Watkinsville
COST: Free
SEE: https://www.mindfulbreathsangha.org/bearingwitness for more information.
2024 Annual Event: Bearing Witness to Mother Earth Ceremony
This event has passed.
November 3, 2024
Each year Mindful Breath Sangha holds a ceremony of Bearing Witness to Mother Earth on the first Sunday of November from 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. We have a blessing of Mother Earth, live music, readings from the book Love Letter to the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh as well as a guided meditation. To see photos from this and other events, see our photo gallery.
Mindfulness Retreat 2024
This event has passed.
From June 6th - June 9th Mindful Breath Sangha hosted a Mindfulness Retreat in Athens led by six monastics from Magnolia Grove Monastery. This is a monastery which is under the auspices of Plum Village Monastery in France—the first western monastery started by the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. To see photos from this and other events, see our photo gallery.