Following our participation in the Build Peace Conference 2025 in Barcelona, we are now contributing to the Bridges of Peace Retreat in Ireland.

The Flourishing Circle is contributing to the Bridges of Peace Retreat in Ireland, a global event focused on mindfulness, character strengths and peace. This 3 day event is organized by the Blooming Strengths Sangha.

This year the retreat will explore a path of peace topics and practices over 3 days:

• Creating conditions for peace
• Peace in the minds and hearts – Challenging beliefs, attitudes and perceptions, cultivating inner peace
• Your engagement with life – Positive peace ethics
• Interactive talk: New Pathways of Strength for Difficult Times: Lessons from Scientists and Practitioners (Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD)
• Peace and sangha practice – Gardening togetherness

Weaving our Strengths into Belonging and Community

Through deep relaxation, spacious silence, and shared mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition, we will cultivate the character strengths that build bridges of peace — within ourselves, between one another, and in the wider community.

Strengths to Flourish for Positive Peace

This workshop will be the launching pad for the Strengths to Flourish for Positive Peace course that The Flourishing Circle will propose to peace activists and social workers.

The Flourishing Circle

The Flourishing Circle is a partnership of mindfulness and character strengths expert practitioners who help people, teams, organizations, and communities to flourish and generate positive transformational change.