About BACML

The Bay Area Community of Mindful Living (BACML) was established in 2012 in Bay City, Michigan by a small group interested in doing mindfulness meditation. From the beginning the group has followed the teachings of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village tradition.

BACML met once a week on Wednesday Evenings at Harless and Hugh Coffee shop (Then called Populace) in downtown Bay City. After a couple of years Unity of Bay City offered meeting space and the group began meeting at Unity of Bay City on State Street Road in Bay City. We continue to meet there as an independent group every Wednesday night at 6:30 for tea followed at 7:00pm for mindfulness practice.

BACML is a lay practice group - We have no trained clergy/monks etc. We are not formally associated with any church or religious organization other than our intentions to follow the Buddhist path of Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village.

All are welcome at our meetings. Our basic practice is "to always arrive in the here and now" - a practice which is compatible with all spiritual paths.

We honor the truth in other compassionate and loving spiritual paths while remaining committed to the Plum Village Tradition forms.