Meditation / Vipassana in August

Thich Nhat Hanh founded Plum Village in 1982 in the farming country of southwest France, and it has grown into the largest and most influential Buddhist monastery in the Western world. The Summer Opening (typically late June to mid-August) welcomes laypeople for one-week residential sessions with resident monks and nuns. The practice tradition is Zen but deeply shaped by Theravada mindfulness, and Thich Nhat Hanh's framing around interbeing and engaged Buddhism reaches people who never connected with traditional Buddhist language. This is a practice community in operation, not a retreat center built around guest comfort. The atmosphere is genuine.