Join Us at the UU Fellowship
This Sunday, October 18th, Mindful Breath Sangha has been invited to facilitate the 10:30 Service at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 780 Timothy Road, Athens. There will be music (led by Jasey and the Therapy Band), walking meditation, and a short video of Thay. If you would like to join in the singing, or bring an instrument to play with the band, be sure to arrive at 9:30 a.m.
All Are Welcome!
We will also have our regular sangha meeting at 1:00p.m. at the Healing Lodge this day.
Next Sangha Meeting
Date: Oct. 18, 2026
Location: Griffin-Dubose Healing Lodge
Time: 1:00p.m.
Please email mindfulbreathsanghageorgia@gmail.com for more information.
You can also join on Zoom.
2026 Bearing Witness to Mother Earth
Dear Beloved Community,
You are warmly invited to join Mindful Breath Sangha for a special celebration: Bearing Witness to Mother Earth. As interconnected cells of our beautiful planet, we will come together in mindfulness, gratitude, and peace to honor the Earth and reflect on our deep relationship with her.
🌳 Event Details
Date: November 1, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Griffin/Dubose Healing Lodge – 240 Talmadge Dr. Athens On Piedmont Hospital Campus
What to Bring: Comfortable shoes for walking meditation in the gardens and the labyrinth, a reusable water bottle, and an open heart.
🌸 What to Expect:
Sitting & Walking Meditation: Cultivating peace and stability in our bodies and minds.
Earth Touching: A practice of bowing to & touching Mother Earth to express our gratitude, let go of our pride, heal ourselves, and the world around us.
Readings: Excerpts from Love Letter to Mother Earth, by Thich Nhat Hanh. The readings emphasize that we are not separate from Nature, rather that Mother Earth lives inside every cell of the human body, and that soil, water, rock, and air are literally extensions of ourselves.
🍃 Who can attend? FREE & OPEN TO COMMUNITY
A Day of Mindfulness
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Join us for a Day of Mindfulness on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at the Griffin/Dubose Healing Lodge with Ordained Dharma Teacher Leslie Rawls of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 a transmission ceremony of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.
The theme for the day is the Five Mindfulness Trainings. Dharma Teacher Leslie Rawls will present a dharma lesson before the Ceremony of Transmission.
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Date: September 19, 2026
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Location: Griffin DuBose Healing Lodge, 240 Talmadge Dr, Athens, GA 30606
Meals: A donation of $25 is requested to cover the costs of a vegetarian lunch, which will be provided by a local restaurant.
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.
See this page for more information.
Space is limited.
Day of Mindfulness
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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
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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
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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
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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.