Within days of returning from this astounding, 3-week retreat experience with the Loving Work Foundation, it became clear I had to come up with a succinct description of the experience to satisfy the intense curiosity of close friends and family. “Imagine an almost unimaginably perfect blend between a service trip and spiritual retreat,” I said. All these months later, these words continue to serve as an ideal conversation starter -- an accurate headline for those I see in p

"Experiencing the important sites in Vietnam, visiting Plum Village Thailand, and practicing in the homeland of our teacher, — three weeks of immersion in the dharma, with Dharmacharya Trish Thompson — radically changed my practice of engaged Buddhism. It was a meaningful peak experience, shared by 18 of us, and life-changing for me personally.” Main Altar, Plum Village Thailand Daniel Smith True Sacred Breath of Life