Online Programs
(Online) Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology
With John McQuade
July 10 - August 19, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography and haiku. Haiku is a short contemplative poetic form that contains references to Nature. Nalanda Miksang photography is based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa.[…]
(Online) Warrior in the World: Shambhala Training Level III
With Christine Guest
July 23 - 25, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
In Warrior in the World, the third of the Shambhala Training retreats, we work to extend the mindfulness and awareness we have cultivated during our meditation practice into all aspects of our daily life.[…]
(Online) Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun
With John Rockwell
July 31 - August 14, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)
(Online) Five Wisdom Energies: Understanding the Feminine and Masculine of Who We Are
With Irini Rockwell
August 21 - 28, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The Five Wisdoms, also referred to as the Five Buddha Families, are traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant to these challenging times. The energies are a vehicle for self-discovery and a tool for working with others in everyday life, both personally and professionally. […]
(Online) Knowing What Has Been Pointed Out
With Acharya Richard John
September 19 - 24, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The key to all mahamudra and dzogchen practice and realization is the transmission of the nature of mind by the guru. Having received that, the vajrayana path is based on the student's understanding, recognizing, and becoming familiar with that which has been pointed out. […]
(Online) The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique
With Hope Martin
September 25 - 30, 2021
Online
Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape, it’s a perfect expression of meditation itself. In this 5 day meditation retreat, Hope Martin, a Master Teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you establish ease, non-striving, and a friendly relationship to yourself in meditation and everyday activities.
(Online) The Dorje Dradul’s Director Talks
September 26, 2021 - March 13, 2022
Online
This seminal set of 17 talks by VCTR, recorded in 1978, known as the Shambhala Directors Training program, became the core of the Shambhala Training Graduate Programs, as well as the primer for program Directors at all levels. This course will review VCTR’s original presentation of the Shambhala path and provide a context in which to contemplate our own path.
(Online) Embodied Listening®
With Hope Martin
October 1 - 3, 2021
Online
Embodied Listening® offers a way to move through blockages, challenges and uncertainty by tuning into your most reliable source for guidance — the wisdom of your body.
