The Power of Small Actions: International Walking Meditation in more than 80 towns

Datum: 29.11.2025
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International Walking Meditation

Inspired by Zen-Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thây)

This is a happy moment!

Last year our international walking meditation took place in 101 towns in 25 countries and we enjoyed the collective energy very much (see video presentation).

We are happy to announce that we continue this joyful and connecting practice and that the topic for 2025 has been found in a collective process.

Our topic for 2025 will be:

The Power of Small Actions

We will walk on Saturday, November 29 at 11 am CET (Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam…) – participating towns outside Europe will walk at 11 a.m of their local time.

For an overview of all participating cities and places please check our announcement page.

The international walking meditations are organised by sanghas in the tradition of Plum Village, the Order of Interbeing, and regional groups of the Network for Mindful Business (NAW).

We have organised this collective practice in the German speaking world since 2008, walking with topics like "Mindful consumption", "Peace in myself, peace in the world", "We are the Climate Change", "Awakening to Interbeing" or "Every Euro is a vote", or "Touching Simplicity")

A Postcard in German and English will soon be available and will be ready for download here.

Walking Together

Thây has offered public walking meditations throughout his life, we will walk peacefully and in mindfulness together.

On Saturday, November 29,we will connect ourselves deeply with our steps and contemplate together on simplicity, simple life, simple joys in an atmosphere of togetherness and mindfulness.

By walking carefully through our city, we want to set a silent sign for our inner abundance. We are in deep contact with the external symbols of purely material promises of happiness. Our practice amidst the consumer frenzy of the holiday season can help us develop a deeper understanding of what we truly want to give to others and to ourselves, and how we all are interconnected.

After the walk we recommend to organise a joint exchange with tea and cookies...

We look forward to walking together as one peaceful organism.

May all beings be happy!

The organization team sends you warm greetings from Francfort and Centro Avalokita in Italy

With a bow and a smile

Christiane Hütte (Coordinator of international walking meditation, NAW Francfort)

Kai Romhardt (Senior Dharmacharya in the Plum Village tradition and Chair of Network for Mindful Business)

P.S. If you are interested to join and organize a walking meditation in your city, please send an eMail to Kai Romhardt

Some Contemplations

Some Contemplations: The Power of Small Acts

May I become aware of what I am sending out into the world.

May I patiently plant and nurture wholesome seeds, and not hope for quick success.

May I recognize that everything we do for ourselves, we also do for others – and everything we do for others, we also do for ourselves.

May I reflect on the power of my actions – my thoughts, words, and bodily deeds.

May I deeply understand that no wholesome act is ever lost or meaningless.

May I not rush past the small joys of the day.

May I do my best and then let go of my expectations.

May I free myself from the pressure of having to save the world alone.

May I anchor small acts of loving-kindness in my life and turn them into habit.

May I learn to touch happiness in the simple things and in everyday encounters.

May I smile kindly at my imperfections again and again throughout the day.

May all beings be happy.

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