October 2026
GMT
- Retreat in volcanic lake village blends Maya tradition with modern wellness: Villa Sumaya, Guatemala
- Gangneung Wellness Day to be held on 3rd with forest yoga and singing-bowl meditation in Heo Gyun and Heo Nanseolheon’s pine grove
- KINTEX hybrid sports festival opens on 25 December, bringing running, fitness and meditation to BEATEMPO KOREA 2026
- Gaya Meditation Culture Festival: Gimhae’s autumn night of meditation and gugak
- Victorian fire station reborn as meditation centre in London’s East End
- Reading body and personality through the body… Korea Somatic Psychology Education Association to host first international somatic psychology workshop online on 21 November
- Yoga, meditation and surfing in one place: Paradis Plage in Agadir, Morocco
- 2026 Good Being Meditation Concert – From Being Someone Who Has to Do Well to Simply Being
- Meditation teacher Jo Ho-gyun to lead online talk on observing the mind on 22 October
- A Mindful Pause on Deoksugung-gil: Seoul Mind Care Festival on 9 October
- From sound baths to movement meditation… 2026 Gijang Imrang Wellness Festival runs until 11 October
- Brew a cup of tea, finish with meditation: hotels welcome autumn with tea meditation and forest experiences for a slower stay
- Meditation on forest trails, lingering over a cup of tea… Daeheungsa Temple launches its first Laybul
- A Meditation Retreat in Yeongwol: Floating Sound Baths at a Hanok Infinity Pool
- MAGO SOUND moves from The Intern soundtrack to street-puppet theatre at Guro Traditional Market
- Meditate on a forest walk across a suspension bridge: Geoje’s Sireungseom to host walking meditation on the 24th
- First Taehwasan Forest Healing and Wellness Festival to open in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, on 14 November – two days of forest therapy and meditation
- An Aegean wellness resort where the day unfolds through meditation and yoga nidra: Six Senses Kaplankaya
- A Tibetan Buddhist monastery above Lake Geneva, Rabten Choeling opens its doors with prayers twice daily and Sunday afternoon meditation teachings
- An hour walking alongside your dog: Seon meditation festival to be held at Bongseonsa Temple in Namyangju
- Meditating to the sound of the wetland’s breeze and birdsong: Gimhae Hwapocheon Wetland Science Museum marks first anniversary with meditation programme
- Two silent meditations and two asana classes a day at Sivananda Yoga Tirol, a retreat house in Austria’s Tyrol
- Eat, walk and stay at the temple on an autumn night… Hongbeopsa Temple in Busan hosts Autumn Temple Festival on the 30th and 31st
- From meditation with sound, light and scent to saunas: Hanwha General Insurance brings Wellness Cruise Hannam to Hannam-dong from the 21st
- A forest to walk, rest and stay in: meditation begins with the body… 20 years of forest therapy, now moving towards longer stays
- Sunset and singing bowls on a rooftop in the heart of the city… 12 DDP Rooftop Sunset Tours until 21 November
- Center One Meditation Centre’s intensive course, Sea of Stillness Cohort 9, begins on 24 October… Five weeks to stillness through relaxation and breathing
- Walk, touch, taste and listen: Won·Ju Meditation Festa at Guryongsa Temple on 24 October
- Walk through the four seasons of life on a Gotjawal forest trail… Free forest programme combining singing bowl and flower tea meditation at Jeju’s Gyorae Natural Recreation Forest from 21 October
- Take off your shoes by the sea and awaken your body: Only You Barefoot Walking Festival at Ilgwang Beach on 7 November, with yoga and singing bowl meditation
- [Oh Hye-seon’s Column] The sale of Headspace and mergers and acquisitions at Calm: how should we view them?