Programs for Southeast States USA Region
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
A Year of Deepening in Compassion Part III: The Fearless Garuda: Emptiness and Absolute Bodhicitta
July 28th—October 6th
This course is the third of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
Join us in this wonderful opportunity to hear many of our most learned teachers and to gather together as a community to practice and contemplate the profound Maha Continue »
Shambhala Center of Lexington
The Art of Connection: Skills for Creating a Vibrant Community
with Vincent Dummer & Marian Judith Broadus
July 29th—September 2nd
In this 6-week course, participants will learn the basic building blocks of creating healthy groups/communities in a gentle and open learning environment. Open to all; please register online. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Walking the Bodhisattva Path (from Shambhala School of Buddhist Studies)
with Shastri Janet Bronstein & Marion Buckley
July 31st—September 7th
Our secondoffering from the Shambhala School of Buddhist Studies introduces the view and practice of mahayana Buddhism. Continue »
Palm Beach County Shambhala
Writing is for Everyone!
with Tunde Nemeth & Steven Ray
August 3rd—September 28th
Writing, like meditation, is a solitary act that benefits greatly from practice with others. Come join us in exploring what happens when meditation gets involved with writing. Drawing on the work of Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones), Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Radical Responsibility: The Path of Authentic Relationships
with Acharya Fleet Maull
August 17th—August 18th
Radical Responsibility is based on the choice to take 100% ownership for each and every circumstance we face in life, including those we can see we had some role in creating as well as those that just seem to happen. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Sadhana of Mahamudra
August 30th
New Moon Practice Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Fearlessness in Everyday Life
with Christopher Wenger & Stephanie Lindemann
September 6th—September 8th
By exploring the entrapping emotions of hope and fear, this course works on the level of our everyday, habitual anxieties. We learn to soar fearlessly like the mythical bird known as the Garuda. Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Joy in Everyday Life (JIEL)
September 9th—October 7th
Explore compassion, joyous discipline, and healthy energy. Buddhist teachings on aspiring and loving action are presented. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Heart Sutra Study Group
September 16th—February 17th (2020)
The radical message of the Heart Sūtra, one of Buddhism's most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Meditation in Everyday Life
with Tekla Jachimiak & Elizabeth Brownrigg
September 24th—October 22nd
This course provides introductory tools and teachings to weave the insights of meditation into daily life. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Talk and Introduction to Level I: The Art of Being Human
with Lance Brunner
September 27th
Sense Perceptions as a Path to Awakening The human mind is inherently creative - constantly trying to make sense of the world, both to survive and to thrive. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training Level I
with Lance Brunner
September 27th—September 28th
The Art of Being Human is the experience of becoming familiar with our own nature. This is an opportunity to discover and explore our inherent strength, wisdom and compassion. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Weekend Retreat Level I - The Art of Being Human
with Shastri Gayle Van Gils
September 28th—September 29th
OPEN TO ALL! This is the first in a sequence of Shambhala Weekend Retreats suitable for anyone interested in exploring meditation as a means to develop fearlessness, confidence, openness, and gentleness toward ourselves and our world. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Multi-Level Yoga for Every Body
with Elizabeth Fitzgerald
September 28th—November 2nd
Together we will increase strength, flexibility, and our sense of gratitude for what we can do. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Shambhala Training Level I -The Art of Being Human
September 28th—September 29th
Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma: The Path of Individual Liberation
September 28th—December 28th
Introduces core Buddhist teachings on mindfulness and awareness, cultivating virtue, and cutting grasping. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Sadhana of Mahamudra
September 28th
New Moon Practice Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
The Mind’s Play: Meditation, Contemplative Art, and the Creative Life
with Lance Brunner
September 29th
The human mind is inherently creative-constantly trying to make sense of the world, both to survive and to thrive. Level I participants are invited to attend on a complimentary basis. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
How Can I Help? The Basic Goodness of Society
with Shastri Janet Bronstein
October 2nd—November 13th
This course asks the question, “How can I help?” and explores our relationships with others, an aspiration to help our world, and specific aspects of social transformation. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
with Christian Gregory
October 11th—October 12th
Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Open Sky: Shambhala Training Level V
with Carol Hyman
October 11th—October 13th
This program focuses on the pervasive quality of awakened mind, as we find ourselves able to communicate with the world fearlessly and without aggression. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Speaking in the Bardo: The Four Dignities of Good Communication
with Christian Gregory
October 13th
This course will give us some vocabulary and practices for connecting with and utilizing speech – and the communication principle more generally – in ways that foster confidence in basic goodness Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training Level I
with Mary Sehlinger
October 18th—October 20th
Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings. Continue »
Asheville Shambhala Meditation Center
Basic Goodness II- How can I help?
October 21st—November 25th
This course asks the question, “How can I help?” and explores our relationship with others as well as our aspiration to help the world. We look at the Shambhala teachings involved in creating an enlightened society. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Weekend Retreat Level IV: Awakened Heart
with Paula Bickford
October 26th—October 27th
Learn how to open our hearts so we can communicate more fully with the world. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Sadhana of Mahamudra
October 27th
New Moon Practice Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Basic Goodness I: Who Am I?
with Shastri Thomas Brothers
October 29th—December 3rd
We will explore teachings on basic goodness, selflessness, the arising of ego and the five skandhas, cocoon, buddha nature, and the confidence of warriorship. Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Is Enlightened Society Possible?
with Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls
November 1st—November 2nd
Shambhala is committed to manifesting as an enlightened society. What does that mean for the individual? for a community? for our role in the world at large? How do we find basic goodness in a political climate of misogyny, racism, homophobia? Come and Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Acharya Suzann Duquette Program
with Acharya Suzann Duquette
November 8th—November 10th
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Sacred Path Series: Meek & Perky
with Shastri Brett Ferrigan
November 15th—November 17th
Training in the four dignities, Meek, Perky, Outrageous & Inscrutable, we mature as warriors, widening our sphere of benevolent engagement in the world with humility, nobility, vision, upliftedness, and delight. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Sadhana of Mahamudra
November 26th
New Moon Practice Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Birth of the Warrior - Shambhala Training Level II
January 24th—January 26th (2020)
Having experienced a taste of basic goodness in Level I, we want to learn more. Meditation practice allows us to observe how we create a cocoon of habits to mask underlying fear. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Winter Retreat
February 13th—February 22nd (2020)
The annual Winter Retreat is a time of preparation for the Tibetan New Year which begins on Shambhala Day, February 24, the Year of the Iron Mouse. Continue »
