Programs for Great Lakes USA Region
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
A Year of Deepening in Compassion Part III - Fearless Garuda: Emptiness and Absolute Bodhichitta
July 28th—October 6th
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: A four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
The Wisdom of Emotions
with Lisa Cappelli & Tuyet Cullen
August 28th—September 25th
New five-week course where we will explore our relationship to our emotions and how they impact our lives and our interactions with others. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
The Dakini: Feminine Principle, Wisdom Principle, Sky Dancer
September 8th—September 22nd
Interested in the feminine principle in Buddhism? Curious about the dakini? Join Linda James and Lora Wiggins for a short, introductory study group to examine and discuss these powerful concepts. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Wisdom in Everyday Life
with Patrick Dallas & Scott Kamilar
September 10th—October 8th
This course meets every Tuesday night for 5 weeks. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga - Class Series
with Clare Norelle
September 16th—October 14th
Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a gentle, respectful approach to healing from trauma. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
The Joy of Letting Go with Ani Pema Chodron
September 16th—November 18th
A new online video course from Shambhala Publications, “The Joy of Letting Go,” is led by Acharya Pema Chodron, beloved Shambhala teacher, author, and Buddhist nun. Release fear, dissolve expectations, and embrace an open-hearted life. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Columbus
Contentment in Everyday Life (CIEL)
with Phong Nguyen, Linda Wolf, Betsy Loeb
September 16th—October 14th
This introductory class offers an exploration of mindfulness meditation, focused on incorporating gentleness and fearlessness into our lives. Open to the public. Continue »
Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Meditation Group
Harvest of Peace
September 21st
The Harvest of Peace Nyida Day is our opportunity to focus on community, and to mark the changing of seasons as a sangha. We will celebrate with a pot luck gathering. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
What are You Harvesting this Fall? - A Harvest of Peace Community Gathering
September 21st
All are invited to join the Chicago community in a Harvest of Peace gathering for open conversation and good food to mark the changing of the seasons, at a time of challenge and uncertainty. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Nyinthun / Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin
September 22nd
All are welcome to join this day of meditation practice; morning, afternoon, and evening sessions; partial attendance is fine. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Harvest of Peace
September 22nd
This is our Fall Nyida Day, one of the quarterly Shambhala observations to mark the seasons and gather together socially. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee
Tuesday Open House: The Extraordinary Path of Radical Responsibility: A Fleet Maull video presentation
with Alan Anderson
September 24th
Shambhala Meditation Center of Columbus
Entering the Stream: Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows
with Acharya Eric Spiegel
September 27th—September 29th
A weekend retreat that will culminate in an offering of the Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Household Weekend (Adult)
with The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo
September 27th—September 28th - Date postponed or cancelled
Introduces a powerful way to work with the challenge of integrating the Shambhala teachings and practices we are given with the mundane yet profound activities of our daily lives. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Household Weekend (Child)
with The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo
September 27th—September 28th - Date postponed or cancelled
Shambhala Chicago
Shambhala Art Part 5 - Art in Everyday Life
with Rebekah Younger & Miriam Hall
September 28th—September 29th
This class explores using the four actions, Pacifying, Enriching, Magnetizing and Destroying to work with obstacles in the creative process and life. The program will end with a Feast of the Four Actions, graduation and offerings from participants that is Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Household Lung
with The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo
September 28th - Date postponed or cancelled
Receive the lung for the Shambhala Household text written by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Meditation In Everyday Life
with Barbara Cromer, Ann Palomo, Melissa Van
October 3rd—October 31st
Meditation in Daily Life provides an opportunity to deepen the experience and
understanding of meditation for new students. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Columbus
Birth of the Warrior (Shambhala Training Level II)
with James Drescher & Shastri Janice Glowski
October 4th—October 6th
Weekend Retreat: Having experienced meditation practice and our own inherent goodness, we want to go forward. Meditation practice allows us to observe how we create a cocoon of habits to mask our fear. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Taoist Qigong Level 4
with Shastri David Stone
October 5th—October 6th
Open to current students of Taoist Qigong who have completed Level 3. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Introduction to Meditation
October 5th
Free introductory course, open to all. Offered the first Saturday of every month. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee
Stepping Into Radical Responsibility
with Alan Anderson
October 5th—November 16th
View Acharya and author Fleet Maull videos and discuss his new book on turning your meditation practice into a life-changing force. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Learn to Meditate
October 5th
Ideal for beginners as well as students who want to work on stabilizing their meditation, this half day program gives you the essential techniques and reasons for meditation practice in everyday life. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Sadhana practice
October 6th
The monthly full-moon Shambhala Sadhana practice Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee
Community Meeting
October 6th
The Governance Council invites you to attend this community meeting. All community members are welcome to attend. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee
Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend
with Grace Jessen
October 10th—November 7th
In this class we will be studying Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend. Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend is a fundamental Mahayana text. Nagarjuna answers a king who wanted to know how to live a dharmic life with all his responsibilities, but it is also addressed Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
White Tara: A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin
October 12th
Join us for a White Tara practice day. This day-long retreat introduces the short daily practice of White Tara, one of the most famous bodhisattvas of compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Shambhala Art Part 1: Coming to Your Senses
with Rebekah Younger
October 13th
Shambhala Art Part 1: Coming to Your Senses explores the fertile ground of connecting to our sense perceptions and meditative mind for creative expression. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
The Compassionate Path of Embracing Vulnerability and Disappointment
with Acharya Melissa Moore
October 18th
This evening will experientially explore the potency of working with difficult emotions. How are we protecting our mind? How do we hold to the seed syllable of sanity we all innately possess? Continue »
Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Meditation Group
Level III - Warrior in the World
with Winnie Edgerton & Barbara Wolkowitz
October 18th—October 20th
Developing fearlessness by examining our habitual tendencies, we are willing to experience our life without relying on the cocoon. We begin to engage the world directly and extend the attitude of fearlessness to our activities. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Shambhala Training Level IV: Awakened Heart
with Bill Hebbert
October 18th—October 20th
With trust in basic goodness and daring to experience the sharp edge of reality, we move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Discovering the Potency of the Heart: An Introduction to Karuna Training
with Acharya Melissa Moore & Miriam Hall
October 19th
Karuna Training is a mindfulness and compassion-based training program that offers participants both ancient and modern methods,
tools, and practices for communicating genuinely and skillfully with others. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Vajrayana Day with Acharya Melissa Moore
with Acharya Melissa Moore
October 20th
An invitation to Vajrayana Practitioners to gather together and practice. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Timekeepers Workshop
with Richard Rulong
October 20th
Do you want to become more involved in the Cleveland Shambhala community? Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
The Path of Transformation
with Shastri Mark Blumenfeld
October 23rd—November 13th
An Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Exploring the Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Shastri Deborah Zarate
October 26th—October 27th
In this Buddhist program we will delve into teachings of The Sadhana of Mahamudra, a terma teaching of Trungpa Rinpoche. We will get a feeling for the structure of the sadhana and work with themes within it. This program introduces an important part of Continue »
Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Meditation Group
Basic Goodness 3: What is Real? The Basic Goodness of Reality
October 28th—December 2nd
In this course with Acharya John Rockwell, participants explore the ordinary magic of reality and learn about the progressive stages of discovering non-dual perception of the elements, and thus, the nature of mind. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Columbus
Physicians Leadership Academy Alumni Retreat: The Art of Being Human
with Shastri Janice Glowski
November 1st—November 2nd
The Art of Being Human is a secular meditation program that invites participants to explore fearlessness, confidence, openness and gentleness towards themselves, others, and the world. Open to Alumni of the Physicians Leadership Academy (PLA), Columbus, Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Taoist Qigong Level 5
with Eva Wong
November 2nd—November 3rd
In Level 5 you'll continue on the path of internal and external strengthening by learning the 3 remaining Wudang Shan Five Animal Forms and completing the Immortals Guide and Red Phoenix. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Introduction to Meditation
November 2nd
Free introductory course, open to all. Offered the first Saturday of every month. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Lexington
Making Friends with Yourself Retreat
with Shastri Shelley Heinz
November 2nd—November 9th
We will spend the week studying Pema Chodron's "Making Friends with Yourself" along with practices and contemplations. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Learn to Meditate
November 2nd
Ideal for beginners as well as students who want to work on stabilizing their meditation, this half day program gives you the essential techniques and reasons for meditation practice in everyday life. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Shambhala Guide Training
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin & Shastri Deborah Zarate
November 7th—November 11th
Prepare yourself to support new practitioners on their paths. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
Shambhala Guide Training
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin & Shastri Deborah Zarate
November 7th—November 11th
The training will begin late afternoon on November 7 and end by 6:00 PM on November 11. This is a midwest regional training and takes place at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Chicago. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee
Shambhala Guide Training
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin & Shastri Deborah Zarate
November 7th—November 11th
Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Meditation Group
Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Meditation Guide Training Candidates
with Winnie Edgerton
November 7th—November 11th
Shambhala Guide Training Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Shambhala Guide Training
with Shastri Marita McLaughlin & Shastri Deborah Zarate
November 7th—November 11th
Prepare yourself to support new practitioners on their paths. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training Level I
with Fred Schwieg
November 9th—November 10th
This introductory level of the Path of Warriorship is open to beginners and those new to meditation! Discovering basic goodness in the world and ourselves is the seed of developing confidence, gentleness, and healing from difficult situations. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Sadhana practice
November 12th
The monthly full-moon Shambhala Sadhana practice Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
The Warrior Awakes
with Larry Wolf & Dr. Timothy Pedigo
November 16th—November 17th
This is the 2nd course in the Shambhala Training series. Having experienced a taste of basic goodness, we want to go forward. Meditation practice allows us to observe how we create a cocoon of habits to mask our fear. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Square One Saturdays Art Salon
November 16th
An informal gathering to share our creations in any media, discuss contemplative art practices and learn more about the Shambhala Art teachings. A video of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche demonstrating object and flower arranging will be shown. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Alice Dan
November 24th
All are welcome to this monthly Vajrayana practice. Please join us! Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Shambhala Art Part 2: Seeing Things as They Are
with Rebekah Younger
December 7th
Shambhala Art Part 2: Seeing Things as They Are looks more closely at the process of perception and how our thinking influences our perceptions. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
Introduction to Meditation
December 7th
Free introductory course, open to all. Offered the first Saturday of every month. Continue »
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center
Shambhala Sadhana practice
December 10th
The monthly full-moon Shambhala Sadhana practice Continue »
Shambhala Center of Madison
What can we rely on? Advice from the Buddha and Atisha
with Acharya Richard John
December 13th—December 15th
Weekend program on the Four Reliances and some Lojong slogans Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Nyinthun / Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Shastri David Stone
December 22nd
All are welcome to join this day of meditation practice; morning, afternoon, and evening sessions; partial attendance is fine. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Alice Dan
December 28th
All are welcome to this monthly Vajrayana practice. Please join us! Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis
The Sacred Path: Golden Key
with Shastri David Stone
January 9th—January 12th (2020)
This program teaches the practice of enriching presence-- the ability to instantly sense the inner wealth within oneself, phenomena, and the natural world. Continue »
Shambhala Chicago
Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Alice Dan
January 22nd (2020)
All are welcome to this monthly Vajrayana practice. Please join us! Continue »
