You are invited to join this peace walk with Plum Village Monastics from Mountain Spring Monastery. We will practice walking meditation in silence, with peace in every step and peace in every breath. This is a free event and in the spirit of our teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, we will practice walking in peace together where each of our peaceful steps generates a collective energy that goes out into the world, offering a prayer to ease the suffering of the multi-crisis that we are facing as individuals, families, society and the Earth.
In February 2026, Plum Village led a peace walk in downtown Los Angeles and in May 2026, they led another peace walk in Melbourne. This November, we will walk in peace in the Blue Mountains.
Please register your place by emailing tascharndt@gmail.com
The main Fairfax Heritage walking track is family and wheelchair friendly. The main track is a sealed bitumen track that is 1m wide and flat, with no steps. The path has a slight slope along most of its length. We will walk the track as a loop and return via the 500m unsealed track alongside Govetts Leap Road, however you can also return the same way via the main bitumen track if you prefer. There are accessible toilets at the Blackheath Heritage Centre.
Monastics from Mountain Spring Monastery and members of the Order of Interbeing will lead a slow walking meditation in silence, starting at the Blackheath Heritage Centre. We will walk in peace along the Fairfax Heritage track and finish back at the Blackheath Heritage Centre, walking in freedom and peace on Dharug and Gundungurra Country. We will walk the 2.3km loop with nowhere to go and nothing to do, simply enjoying our steps together and generating the energy of peace and mindfulness in nature.
The Blue Mountains Heritage Centre is a visitor and educational hub in Blackheath managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service that offers maps, interpretive displays on local Aboriginal culture, flora and fauna, and access to walking trails like the Fairfax Heritage track.