Morning Sun Mindfulness Center

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Morning Sun Mindfulness Center

Plum Village mindfulness retreat center and intentional community MorningSun is a Plum Village meditation retreat center and intentional residential community.

We focus on ecological, spiritual, and community care, applying the teachings and practices of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. We have Sunday Days of Mindfulness throughout most of the year, as well as overnight mindfulness retreats that span two to five days long. MorningSun is nestled in the woods and hills of southwestern New Hampshire on unceded Abenaki land. Please email us at [email protected] with any questions!

05/31/2026

Upcoming Days of Mindfulness here in MSun
-Sunday July 5
-Sunday July 12
-9:30 am-1:00 pm
-We conclude before lunch

Upcoming community working meditation day
-Saturday July 11
-10 am-4 pm
-We'll offer community lunch around 1 pm

Then, three five-day retreats will begin. We still have space in our Educators Retreat and BIPOC All-Ages Retreats

Our next Day of Mindfulness will be Sunday, September 6, and more after that.

In the late summer and early fall we'll hold a few special retreats: namely a special weekend retreat (TBA), Order of Interbeing Members & Aspirants Retreat, and Men's Retreat.

Please head to the link in our bio to read more about our upcoming mindfulness programs here in MorningSun. We're in the beautiful woods of rural NH and we'd love for you to swing by for respite and practice support.

And please reach out anytime !

Photo: Retreat staff member dear Idris at the pond last summer

05/28/2026

All working in any education system are invited to our Educators Summer Retreat, July 15-19.

Spaces: We have six open beds in El Cielo ranging from the dorm, double, or single occupancy. We have about six open sandy campsites. We have two beds available in the Harmony yurt for women or NB folks. We have more housing available nearby to MorningSun as well, and commuting is always an option for our retreats.

If you work any position in a daycare, school, higher ed, administration, special needs learning, and so on, our Educators Retreat is a really special time focused on giving you care, compassion, rest, and nourishment through simple meditations, home cooked meals for mindful eating, Dharma talks, and ample time in serene nature. Our schedule flows in a way to help slowing down and releasing the past year.

All three of our retreat teachers have an incredible amount of experience in education, practicing with school employees and administrations, applying practices to transform classrooms and offices into healthier and more compassionate places. Our intention is to manifest a society where people working in educational systems feel more understood and supported in their professional and personal lives.

Happy teachers will change the world.

You're invited to find more details and registration about our Educators Retreat on the link in our bio.

Also, people not working in the education world are welcome to this retreat. We will practice core elements from the Plum Village tradition throughout the five days, so anyone is welcome.

(photos from 2025's educators retreat)

05/19/2026

Little sweet glimpses into our mindfulness retreat for Black, Indigenous, and POC folks in MorningSun.

This was our second year holding this five day long Plum Village practice gathering. This time we welcomed children and teens to join their families for the retreat, some folks came without kids, and together we manifested the energy of spiritual family while we were here.

It's a beautiful time of experienced and new mindfulness practitioners coming together, precious time with both elders and children, learning from the land, the teachers, each other, and ourselves. Being together with likeminded folks from the global majority diaspora was a gift of an experience that we continue to feel in the land and in our hearts.

MorningSun offers home cooked meals during our retreats, indoor sleeping, and sweet sandy campsites nestled in the woods. There's a beautiful pond nestled in the retreat campus so we always feel held by the energy of water.

The next BIPOC All-Ages Retreat in MorningSun is August 5th-9th. The teachers for this retreat come with many years of Plum Village practice, guiding, and community organizing on numerous levels. We are fortunate to welcome back diane little eagle, Marisela Gomez, and Kenyatta as our three teachers.

We offer spiritual refuge scholarships for this retreat.

Please see our website for details & registration

(photos from the most recent global majority BIPOC retreat in MorningSun)

05/14/2026

"My actions are my only true belongings."

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Practicing with the Dharma door that is impermanence

(photo of an old silo that was left by the mining company that operated here on this land many years ago)

05/12/2026

Impermanence, a Plum Village gatha to meditate upon for a few cycles of breath: "The day is ending and our life is one day shorter. Let us look carefully at what we have done. Let us practice diligently, putting our whole heart into the path of meditation. Let us live deeply each moment and in freedom, so the time doesn’t slip away meaninglessly."

(photo of a beaver's work on a tree in MorningSun)

05/04/2026

"Aware that much suffering is caused by war and conflict, we are determined to cultivate nonviolence, compassion, and the insight of interbeing in our daily lives and promote peace education, mindful mediation, and reconciliation within families, communities, ethnic and religious groups, nations, and in the world. We are committed not to kill and not to let others kill. We will not support any act of killing in the world, in our thinking, or in our way of life. We will diligently practice deep looking with our Sangha to discover better ways to protect life, prevent war, and build peace."

Reverence for Life: The Twelfth Mindfulness Training

(video of the pond on a spring morning, fog floating slowly across the water)

04/14/2026

Hello dear sangha, May 14-17 we'll offer a special mindfulness retreat taught by both senior Plum Village Dharma Teachers Michael Ciborski and Fern Dorresteyn.

We have plenty of space in El Cielo, our indoor accommodations. We have a few campsites left. Our yurt has four beds available as well. You may also like to commute.

We'll share meditation, walking meditation, mindful meals, and listening to Plum Village teachings.

Non-Harming Lives in My Heart

Scholarships are available!

Registration & details on our website

(photo from our April MLW retreat)

11/19/2025

Annual winter solstice gathering: Dec 19-21. Come for the weekend as a commuter (dorms are full at the moment) or come just for Sat or Sun afternoon.

The practice gatherings on Sat and Sun will be during the transition from light to dark.

Breathing in, breathing out.

11/13/2025

Michael Ciborski teaching a guided reflection last Saturday afternoon

The dappled sunlight over the hill and water coming into the Forest Hall

The unfinished straw bale behind

Harvesting gratitude day

Sharing the vision, the energy, the motivation wide and far

The heart dimension is surrounding and inside all the practicalities to be managed

All together

11/04/2025

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Address

81 Rose Apple Lane
Alstead, NH
03602

Opening Hours

9am - 1pm

Website

http://www.MorningSunCommunity.org/

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