Programs for Southeast States USA Region
Durham Shambhala Center
Great Radical Race Read: My Grandmother's Hands
August 10th—April 12th
Explore systemic privilege, racism, and oppression through the lens of our training in meditation. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Resilient Parenting
with Phyllis Mark
November 14th—May 1st
Parenting can be tough even at the best of times! But when life is stressful or volatile, it can be particularly difficult to model compassion and buoyancy for children the way we’d like. Resilient Parenting is a crash course in mindfulness-based techniqu Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion (Huntsville)
with Judy Lief
December 13th—March 21st
Join the Huntsville Group in this online study of Judith Lief's presentation of the mahayana path, Volume 2 of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Reflecting on the Three Jewels ,Taming Neurosis and Celebrating Virtue Online event
with Shastri Gayle Van Gils & Shastri Will Ryken
January 13th—March 17th
Reflecting on the Three Jewels ,Taming Neurosis and Celebrating Virtue. We will study and discuss our basic hinayana teachings on the Three Jewels and the study of Shila or Discipline. Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Wisdom in Everyday Life (ONLINE)
with Dr. Jan Snyder
February 8th—March 8th
Playfulness, ordinary magic, and innate wisdom: enjoy this introduction to the vajrayana Buddhist teachings. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Basic Goodness 2: How Can I Help? The Basic Goodness of Society
with Shastri Tom Brothers & Deirdre Lutz
February 9th—March 16th
The second course in the Basic Goodness Series explores our relationships with others and specific aspects of social transformation. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Miracles of Sight, Sound, and Mind: The Mandala of Five Wisdoms
with John Rockwell
February 17th—March 20th
The five wisdoms or buddha families are five expressions that exist in our system, our state of being. These expressions are our innate nature in the present moment, the immediate moment. It is your personal situation, which takes place on the spot! Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
White Tara Practice
with Shastri Jackie Muse
March 4th—April 29th
Join us on Zoom on Thursdays during your lunch break for White Tara compassion practice with Jackie Muse (noon to 1pm Eastern time). Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Refuge Practice
with Eric Rainbeau
March 12th
The Practice of Taking Refuge -Arousing the Motivation for True Freedom from Samasara Continue »
Palm Beach County Shambhala
Writing is for Everyone!
March 13th—August 7th
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 »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Saturday Night Live: Dharma (Online) Power of Self-Compassion
March 20th
In this talk, Chris will discuss what self-compassion means, give us a taste of self-compassion, and share easy ways of bringing self-compassion into our daily lives. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion (Birmingham)
with Judy Lief
March 21st—June 20th
Join us in this online study of Judith Lief's presentation of the mahayana path, Volume 2 of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Full Moon Shambhala Sadhana
March 28th—September 20th
This is a practice to remind us of our basic goodness and the basic goodness of society and all beings. All members are invited. Join us via Zoom. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
The Accommodating Body
with Hope Martin
March 30th
Many of us in Atlanta have benefited from the ten weekthuns and many workshops Hope has taught here over the years. Come and be introduced to her transformative work or revisit the practices (you can never hear them enough!) and see how her approach has Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Liberation Through Love and Rage - a Full-Day, Online Retreat with Lama Rod Owens
April 4th
In American culture, particularly for people of color, anger is delegitimized, even demonized. Lama Rod’s view is that we need to develop a relationship to the heartbreak of anger for transformational healing. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Parinirvana of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
April 4th
Celebrating the Parinirvana of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche with practice of the Sadhana of Mahamudra Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Living a Fearless and Gentle Life: The Slogans of a Shambhala Warrior
with Michael Carroll
April 7th—May 12th
The point of warriorship is to become a gentle and tamed human being who can make a genuine contribution to this world. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
The Dignity of Meek
with Susan Gaylord
April 9th—April 10th
One cultivates friendliness towards oneself and others. Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Foundations for Freedom - the Hinayana - Course II: The 2nd Noble Truth, the Origins of Suffering (ONLINE)
April 15th—July 8th
Having recognized the truth of suffering and the confusion that is pervasive in our life, we naturally have questions. How does this state of suffering arise? Where does confusion come from? In this in-depth exploration of the Five Skandhas, we will touc Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
The Dignity of Perky
with Shastri Tom Brothers
April 16th—April 17th
Cultivating sharp, vibrant and uplifted energy through natural discipline. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Shape of Awake
with Hope Martin
April 17th—April 18th
Discover how being fully present and at ease in your body transforms your practice. Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape; it’s a perfect expression of meditation itself. In this workshop, Hope will Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Saturday Night Live: Dharma (Online) Disappointment is the Chariot of the Dharma
with Acharya Dan Hessey
April 17th
If we look at the root of disappointment, we develop tremendous motivation to practice and faith in the Dharma. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
with Sasha Loring & Elizabeth Brownrigg
April 23rd—April 24th
Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Continue »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Who Am I? The Basic Goodness of Being Human (ONLINE)
April 26th—May 31st
Who Am I? The Basic Goodness of Being Human is the first course in the Basic Goodness series. This course introduces the Shambhala principle of Basic Goodness. We will be working at the level of our personal experience of waking up and relaxing with our n Continue »