GURU PURNIMA 2026 GLOBAL CELEBRATIONS

Jai Guru Deva.

Full moons are always auspicious in the Vedic worldview but the full moon in July is particularly so. It’s at this time each year that we celebrate Guru Purnima.

On this full moon night, we acknowledge the teachers and teachings in our lives by coming together as a community for meditation and shared experience.

It’s a time to reflect on our evolutionary progress, and to put a spotlight on “the future in the making” by silently signalling to Nature our commitment to our intentions.

“Guru Purnima is a night of celebration, the highlight of the Vedic calendar. In that celebration, we cherish the memory and thoughts of all the forms and phenomena, all the people and events from which we learned to become more knowledgeable than we were before.

A guru is whatever it is that removes darkness from you, whatever it is that illuminates you. That’s going to include all of the difficult experiences you’ve had in your life from which you’ve learned, and all of the great experiences that you have in your life from which you learn. ⁣

⁣All of this is ‘guru.’ Anyone or anything that teaches you is guru. So guru means that which sheds light or brings light to darkness, that which gives you knowledge and experience.”

– Thom Knoles

If you’d like to attend a Guru Purnima event near you, we’ve provided a table below showing events hosted by Initiators around the world.

Location	Host(s)	Date and Time	Contact Details
Australia – Byron Bay (Suffolk Park), NSW	Brett Jarman	Wed 29 July, 6:30-8.30pm	RSVP here
Australia – Huskisson, NSW	Zoe, Lozz Hart & Brendan Harding	Wed 29 July, 6:30–8:30pm	hello@meditationwithzoe.com
Australia – North Bondi, Sydney, NSW	Limor, Stef, Mike, Corinna, Aaron, Tim, Billy & Mel	Wed 29 July, 7pm	RSVP here
Australia – North Melbourne	Simone Lee	Wed 29 July, 6:00pm	info@simoneleemeditation.com
Australia – Preston, Melbourne	Liliana Danovska & Alya Hopkins	Wed 29 July, doors 7:30pm, starts 7:40pm	tranquillity.naturally@gmail.com
Australia – Somers, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne	TimBeau Mitchell	Wed 29 July, 6:30pm	meditationwithtim@gmail.com
Czech Republic – Zlin	Martina Jandova	Tue 28 July, 6:00–7:30pm	info@martinajandova.com
France – Paris (18th arr.)	Tanya Dyhin & Max	Wed 29 July, 7:30pm	tanya@tdmeditation.com
Germany – Freising	Sofia	Wed 29 July, 6:00pm	sofia.blissmeditation@gmail.com
Mexico – Mexico City	Isabel Keoseyan, with Dan, Ana Paula, Mariana & Esther	Tue 28 July, 7:00pm	RSVP here
Mexico – Mexico City	María Garza & Sergio Isauro	Tue 28 July, 6:00pm — gathering + dinner	info@mariagarzameditacion.com or sergioisauro108@gmail.com
The Netherlands – Utrecht	Carmen Catuti	Wed 29 July, 6:30pm	carmen@carmencatuti.com
New Zealand – Auckland	Sheryn Canter	Wed 29 July, from 7:00pm	info@sheryncanter.com
New Zealand – Wellington (in person and online)	Lauren Godfrey-Love	Wed 29 July, 6.45pm	RSVP in person here RSVP for online here
Portugal – Lisbon	Bé Barata	Wed 29 July, 6:30pm	be@lisbonmeditation.com
Spain – Ibiza	Matt Handley	Wed 29 July, 8:30-10 pm	towelhandles@sweatitoutmusic.com
UK – Islington, London	Hayley Shepherd	Tue 28 July, 6:45pm	info@hayleyshepherdmeditation.com
USA – Boulder, Colorado	Rachel Appel	Tue 28 July, 6:30–8:30pm (MT)	rachel@namahawellness.com
USA – Chicago, Illinois	Jason Gember	Tue 28 July, 7:30pm	jason@jasongembermeditation.com
USA – New York City, New York	Susan Chen, Su-Jung Lee, Rachel Smith, Peter Spoerri, Emily McCarthy, Holly Caracappa	Tue 28 July, 7:00 pm	RSVP here
USA – North Tustin, California	Vi Rucks	Tue 28 July, 7:00–9:30pm (PT)	vi@virucks.com
USA – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Lisa Papenbrock	Tue 28 July, 6:30pm	lpapenbrock@gmail.com
USA – Portland, Oregon (Clinton/Division)	Cindy Wu & Jess	Tue 28 July, 8:30–9:30pm (PT)	cindy@themeditatingmind.com
USA – Santa Ynez, California	Brea Collier	Tue 28 July, 7:00–8:30pm (PT) — Moonrise Labyrinth Walk	hello@breacollier.com