A few extra spaces are now available (the event was previously full)

Join us 3rd July in London at a live show for the acclaimed podcast series The Way Out Is In with Plum Village monastics Brother Phap Huu and Sister True Dedication, plus leadership coach and spiritual mentor Jo Confino.

They will accompany us on a mindful journey into embodying the teaching of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that you are already the person you want to become.

Jo’s new book Between Earth and Sky - 100 Days of Deep Looking in the Place of the Dead is being released on 16 June. 

You can order a copy to pick up at the event with a 30% discount.

You can also order discounted copies of Phap Huu and Jo's two co-authored books Calm in the Storm and Being with Busyness.

About the Podcast

The Way Out Is In podcast series was created to make the teachings and practices of world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh applicable to our everyday lives in order to help us transform our suffering and find greater stability and peace.

It has now had nearly 6 million downloads, sits at number two in the Buddhism section of Apple podcasts, and has a five star rating from the 3k reviews on Spotify.

PHap Huu and Jo have recorded more than 100 episodes including a special six-part series recorded in India during a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Buddha.

Recordings normally take place around the kitchen table of Thich Nhat Hanh’s cosy Sitting Still Hut, situated within the Plum Village monastery in the South West of France. This will be their third live podcast recording in London.

Whoever we are, wherever we sit, whatever our body, feelings, or perceptions are like, we must not reject ourselves. We should not wish to be someone else. Just as we are, we are already a wonder.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

About the Speakers

Brother Pháp Hữu

Brother Pháp Hữu is a senior Teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s international community and the Abbot of the monks’ community in Plum Village, the practice center founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in southwest France. Born in Vietnam, he emigrated to Canada as a child. He began training with Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of thirteen when he first entered the monastery to become a monk.

He accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on his international teaching tours and was his attendant for more than fifteen years.

Today, Brother Phap Huu is deeply committed to building community and continuing Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy. His youthful energy and fresh approach make the teachings of mindfulness and meditation more accessible to people from all walks of life, including those in leadership, families, and young adults.

Brother Phap Huu's ability to connect with diverse audiences continues to help spread the Plum Village tradition to a broader global community, and is a beloved co-host of the Plum Village podcast, The Way Out is In.

Jo Confino

Jo Confino is a leadership coach, spiritual mentor, journalist and author.

He works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems evolution; working with several organizations including Leaders’ Quest and Global Optimism.

Besides his coaching practice, which focuses on leaders in the fields of climate and sustainability, Jo chairs and facilitates events and conferences and runs smaller retreats and workshops.

Jo, who lives a few minutes walk from Plum Village and is a member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, was an executive editor at the Guardian for 23 years and executive editor, Impact & Innovation, at the HuffPost in New York.

Sister True Dedication

Sister True Dedication was ordained as a nun in the Plum Village tradition in 2008 and became a Dharma Teacher in 2016.

Before becoming a monastic, she studied History and Political Thought at Cambridge University and worked as a journalist for BBC News in London.

She is a co-founder of the Wake Up Movement and as a monastic has been involved in engaged Buddhist initiatives relating to human rights, ethics and ecology.

She is an editor of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books and the co-author of Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet—which has a deep-dive companion course with over 6,000 alumni.

Sister True Dedication is committed to exploring how we can build communities of resistance showing that another way of living is possible.

Event Info

Venue

Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

How do I get there?

Tube - Holborn, Chancery Lane, Russell Square
Bus - 98, 19, 38, 55, 243
Cycle Hire Docking Stations - Corner of Red Lion Square / Old North Street, on Theobald’s Road and on Red Lion Street
Blue Badge Bays - Directly in front of the Hall, plus there is free blue badge parking in and near to the Square.

Schedule

7:00 PM - Doors Open
7:30 PM – Event Starts
10:15 PM – Event Ends

Accessibility

The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Please email us if you need assistance or with special needs.

Cost & Donations

100% of all profit from the event will go to the Plum Village Construction fund.

In addition to the ticket price, please consider making an additional donation if you can. Any amount helps.

This campaign will help with required upgrades to the buildings in Plum Village France, so that they can continue to welcome retreatants and provide for the wellbeing of monastics plus institute green building practices in their work - ensuring that Plum Village remains a place of refuge and renewal for generations to come.

If you are a UK tax payer you can gift aid this on check out.

Refunds

We will be unable to offer refunds for attendance tickets. For books not collected we can refund half the value. 

Contact Us

Email admin@plumvillage.uk

Between Earth and Sky
100 Days of Deep Looking in the Place of the Dead

Jo Confino

A transformative 100-day exploration through the seemingly desolate lands of Mexico's "place of the dead" etches a path of collapse and renewal, documented in poignant, imaginative prose and remarkable macro lens photography.

"This book is a moving and deeply illuminating oeuvre; a masterpiece in a singular genre of its own. A stunning compilation of images and words that collaborate in entraining the reader not only into the high-resolution universes and challenges that Jo’s camera and commentary so magnificently capture and celebrate, but even more importantly, into our own musings on the precarity and preciousness of life and its endless wonders and challenges. It reminds us in every moment — wherever we find ourselves, no matter how difficult the circumstances — not to miss what is before us and all around us.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

"His exquisite photography is wrapped in irresistible storytelling of his search for a deeper path through globally disrupted times. In so doing, Confino invites every one of us to recognize the extraordinary fractal emotional landscapes that are hidden in our own everyday. The result is heart-stoppingly beautiful."

— Kate Raworth, Author of Doughnut Economics

Calm in the Storm
Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious World

Brother Pháp Hữu and Jo Confino

In an age marked by climate anxiety, social fragmentation, and unrelenting pressure to perform, Calm in the Storm is a much-needed anchor.

Rather than offering quick fixes or bypassing pain, Zen teacher Brother Phap Huu, leadership coach and spiritual mentor Jo Confino draw on timeless teachings to help readers meet the chaos of modern life with grounded presence and resilience. 

Being with Busyness
Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout

Brother Pháp Hữu and Jo Confino

In Being with Busyness, Phap Huu and Jo examine the modern diseases of busyness, overwhelm, and burnout, and how the power of mindfulness and compassion can help us.

With examples drawn from real life on the spiritual road, they share candid stories, timeless wisdom, and the simple yet effective practices they follow daily for a dynamic and balanced way of life.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

— Thich Nhat Hanh