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Shambhala Sun Summer Camp
July 5 - 12 |
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A unique opportunity for children to learn the principles of warriorship with other campers in a gentle and playful environment. |
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Accessing Spirit: Introduction to Kripalu Yoga in Denver with Lori Batcheller
July - 11 |
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Explore the three stages of Kripalu Yoga: hatha yoga poses with a focus on alignment and coordination of body and breath; longer meditative holding of postures; and “meditation in motion.” |
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Sangha Retreat with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche & Acharyas Pema Chödrön & Adam Lobel
July 17 - 24 |
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This program will be the final opportunity to hear The Sakyong teach at Shambhala Mountain until 2011. |
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Summer Ngöndro Retreat with Acharya Allyn Lyon
July 24 - 31 |
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The foundational ngöndro practices help us differentiate between samsara and nirvana. |
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Natural Wakefulness Summer Dathün Meditation Retreat with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
July 26 - August 23 |
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"Dathün is a pivotal point in one's life, where the profundity of the teachings soak into our core. It is the time and opportunity for us to change, develop and mature." -- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |
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Natural Wakefulness Summer Dathun Meditation Retreat with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson: Week I
July 26 - August 2 |
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Cultivate the inherent qualities of the mind: relaxation, stability and strength. |
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Women's Summer Practice Retreat: Yoga & Meditation with Katharine Kaufman
July 29 - August 2 |
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Share your practice and build community in this intimate retreat for women on "The Way." |
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Janet Solyntjes
July 30 - August 2 |
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Discover the healing power of mindfulness and the joy of connecting to your mind and body in a fresh way. |
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Yoga for the Emotional Body: Healing Anxiety, Insomnia & Depression through Yoga with Bo Forbes
July 31 - August 2 |
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The Mind-Body Matrix is an intricate network that includes the nervous system, immune system, and emotional body. Within you lies the power to access, rewire, and reinforce this network, catalyzing the emergence of your extraordinary inner potential. |
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Traditional Chinese Qigong: Levels III, IV & V with Eva Wong
July 31 - August 6 |
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Deepen your practice in this powerful training sequence. |
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Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level III with Eva Wong
July 31 - August 2 |
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For graduates of Traditional Chinese Qigong: Levels I & II. |
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August |
Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level IV with Eva Wong
August 2 - 4 |
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Receive instruction in the Immortals' Guide to Self-Massage & Breath Regulation and Red Phoenix Calistenics, and Wudang Shan's Five Internal Animals Training. |
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Natural Wakefulness Summer Dathun Meditation Retreat with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson: Week II
August 2 - 9 |
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By slowing down and focusing your mind, the ordinary world can transform into a magical display. |
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Family Camp with Kerry Lee MacLean and Lisa Cargerman
August 3 - 9 |
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Celebrate our extended community of families and practice together, while experiencing the beauty of the land at Shambhala Mountain. |
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Rites of Passage
August 3 - 9 |
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Open to 8 to 10 year-olds attending Family Camp. |
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Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level V with Eva Wong
August 4 - 6 |
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Deepen your training in the practices of the Xiantianwujimen and Yiquan schools. |
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Earth, Water, & Sun Series: Contemplative Hiking with Kay Peterson
August 6 - 9 |
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One mountain. One blade of grass. Every step. |
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Feng Shui with Eva Wong
August 6 - 8 |
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Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water. |
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Zhineng Qigong Breathing with Dr. Jane Jin
August 7 - 9 |
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Experience this powerful Chinese healing modality. |
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Natural Wakefulness Summer Dathun Meditation Retreat with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson: Week III
August 9 - 16 |
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By sitting still and following the breath very simply, the inherent qualities of the mind naturally unfold and shine forth. |
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Natural Wakefulness Summer Dathun Meditation Retreat with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson: Weeks III & IV
August 9 - 23 |
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Join us for the second half of our monthlong summer meditation intensive. |
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Enjoy the Brush with Kazuaki Tanahashi
August 14 - 16 |
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Enter this wisdom tradition by studying ancient Chinese masterpieces and learning the basic techniques and aesthetics of brushwork with world renowned Calligrapher Kazuaki Tanahashi. As the Kyoto Journal reports Tanahashi's one-stroke paintings .. always painted in just one breath, leave a passionate swash whispered trace. |
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The Eight Limbs of Yoga with Katharine Kaufman
August 14 - 16 |
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Experience Ashtanga Yoga, a dynamic, flowing and precise system of postures designed to reveal natural balance and freedom. |
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Living Courageously in Difficult Times with Gary Zukav & Linda Francis
August 14 - 16 |
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Spiritual growth requires healing the frightened parts of your personality and cultivating the loving parts. |
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Fall Take-Down
August 16 - September 25 |
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Join us as we ready the facilities for winter. Drop tents, take classes, meditate and celebrate a job well done. |
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Shambhala Art with Acharya Arawana Hayashi
August 20 - 23 |
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The principles of dharma art extend to everyday life: any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world. |
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Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human with Bill Scheffel
August 21 - 23 |
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Open your eyes, heart and mind to your own basic goodness and the sacredness of life. Level I is an excellent introductory program if you would like to learn to meditate or deepen your practice. |
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Confidence and Compassion: Queer Dharma Community Retreat with Acharyas Eve Rosenthal & Eric Spiegel
August 21 - 23 |
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Let's practice and celebrate together, cultivating the wisdom we share with all beings. |
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4th Annual Courageous Women, Fearless Living: A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer with Acharya Judith Lief, Dr. Victoria Maizes, Linda Sparrowe & Sofia Diaz
August 26 - 30 |
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Integrating all aspects of our being in a supportive and loving community is a powerful and transformative experience. |
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The Buddhist Path to Freedom: Breaking the Addiction to the Mind with Noah Levine
August 28 - 30 |
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Make a radical change in your life by discovering what it means to be truly free. |
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September |
Running with the Mind of Meditation & Yoga with Tarah Cech, Marty Kibiloski & Jon Pratt
September 4 - 7 |
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Run! Stretch! Sit! Breathe! Ahhh... |
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Turning the Mind into an Ally: An Introduction to Meditation
September 4 - 6 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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Golden Ground: Buddhist Views of the Environment with Nicholas Egan
September 4 - 6 |
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Experiencing our deep connectedness to the earth to a powerful means to realizing our full potential as human beings while at the same time healing our planet. |
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The Nine Rites of the Munay Ki with Alberto Villoldo, Victoria Johnson & the Q'ero Shamans of Peru
September 5 - 10 |
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Join medical anthropologist Alberto Villoldo, Victoria Johnson and the Q’ero Shamans of Peru for a rare opportunity to follow the soul’s path to freedom. |
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Living Yoga with Wendy Bramlett
September 11 - 13 |
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Our human body is more fluid and dynamic than we conceive it to be. In this workshop we will learn to open and discover our body's natural intelligence. |
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Reclaim Your Breath: The Joy of Transformational Breathing™ with Judith Kravitz
September 11 - 13 |
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Experience how working with breath can profoundly revitalize and heal us. |
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The Four Applications of Mindfulness with B. Alan Wallace
September 13 - 19 |
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Learning to distinguish between sensation and mental construct is an essential aspect of the path to true liberation. |
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Feeling the Alphabet of the Body: Immersion into the Relationship Between Sanskrit & Asana with Katyayani Poole & Jeanie Manchester
September 18 - 20 |
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Discover how recitation and chanting in the ancient language of Sanskrit can help us access the most profound wisdom of the yogic tradition. |
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Awakening Your Five Wisdom Energies: The Practice of Maitri with Jenny Bondurant
September 18 - 25 |
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Maitri is a powerful practice for accessing the brilliance and sanity inherent in our everyday experience. |
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Tibetan Cranial Training with Shar Lee
September 25 - 29 |
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Study this nearly extinct energetic healing modality that connects us to our inherent healing capacity. |
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Learn to Meditate in Denver with Janet Solyntjes
September - 26 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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October |
Thriving in Stressful Times: An Exploration through Iyengar Yoga with Kofi Busia
October 2 - 4 |
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Discover how Iyengar Yoga can help you thrive in these challenging times. |
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Meditation & Tai Chi: Finding Stillness Within Movement with Larry Welsh
October 2 - 4 |
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Join together the wisdom of Tai Chi and sitting meditation practice in this popular weekend retreat. |
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Introduction to Yoga with Lori Batcheller
October 9 - 11 |
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Explore the three stages of Kripalu Yoga: hatha yoga poses with a focus on alignment and coordination of body and breath; longer meditative holding of postures; and “meditation in motion.” |
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Healing Rhythms: A Drumming Weekend to Discover your Musical Spirit with Christine Stevens
October 9 - 11 |
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“Christine Stevens can introduce you to the magic, fun, and healing power of drumming. I recommend it.” -Dr. Andrew Weil, MD, author, Spontaneous Healing, Healthy Aging. |
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Tapping the Well of Inner Resource: The Healing Power of Yoga & Meditation with Janet Solyntjes, Meghan de Roos & Gil Elhart
October 15 - 18 |
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Our nature is love and the path to discovering this can be full of joy. |
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Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
October 16 - 18 |
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Open your eyes, heart and mind to your own basic goodness and the sacredness of life. Level I is an excellent introductory program if you would like to learn to meditate or deepen your practice. |
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Deep Listening: A Yoga Workshop in Denver with Wendy Bramlett
October - 17 |
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It is by connecting to subtler and subtler sensations of the body that we will feel more and more alive. |
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The Body Never Lies: Hidden Prescriptions for Healing the Body-Mind with Douglas Brady
October 18 - 23 |
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Delve into deeper healing work that will provide you with the psychological and energetic shifts to create lasting results in healing your body, mind, and life. |
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Deepening Your Love: A Retreat for Couples with Kate & Joel Feldman
October 22 - 25 |
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The path of those of us involved in intimate relationships is extraordinarily powerful. In partnership, who we are is revealed to be so much greater than who we think we are as individuals. |
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The Six Dharmas of Naropa: The Path of Transformation with Elizabeth Callahan & Andrew Holecek
October 23 - November 1 |
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Join us for this precious opportunity to receive these powerful tantric practices. |
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Meditation and Creativity: A Weekend for Writers with Susan Piver
October 23 - 25 |
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Discover how through meditation you can access your true voice and deepest inspiration. |
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Meditation and Creativity: An Extended Retreat for Writers with Susan Piver
October 23 - 29 |
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Create an extended retreat by joining us for both Susan's weekend program and her weekday retreat. |
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Falling into the Moment: Breath-Centered Yoga with Ravi Dykema
October 23 - 25 |
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Quiet your mental chatter so that your luscious sensory experience fills you with joy. |
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Learn to Meditate in Ft. Collins with Cynthia Drake
October - 24 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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Meditation and Creativity: A Meditation Retreat for Writers with Susan Piver
October 25 - 29 |
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Discover how through meditation you can access your true voice and deepest inspiration. This four day retreat offers a deeper immersion into this process. |
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The Heart of Advaita: Teaching in the Tradition of Ramana Maharshi with Pamela Wilson
October 30 - November 1 |
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What does non-duality mean? Discover the peace to be discovered within this simple truth. |
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Making Peace with Money with Joanne Martin Braun and Alan Schwartz
October 30 - November 1 |
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Join us as we explore what it means to relate to money in a Shambhala Buddhist context. |
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Learn to Meditate: Natural Wakefulness in Denver with Gaylon Ferguson
October - 31 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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November |
Befriending Your Body: A Healing Retreat for Women with Sara Avant Stover and Peach Friedman
November 5 - 8 |
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Make peace with your body and discover self-love within your basic being. |
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Medicine and Compassion with David Shlim, MD
November 6 - 8 |
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Join us for this special opportunity to learn how to uncover our innate compassion and wisdom. |
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Healing the Cause of Anxiety and Depression through Ayurveda with John Douillard
November 6 - 8 |
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Discover how Ayurveda, the "Science of Life", can support your health and rejuvenate your life. |
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How to Increase Your Prosperity & Health with Feng Shui in Ft. Collins with Eva Wong
November - 7 |
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According to the Feng Shui tradition a successful and harmonious life depends upon careful attention to one's environment. |
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Traditional Chinese Qigong: Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive with Eva Wong
November 12 - 14 |
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The Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive is an intermediate qigong program that focuses on further strengthening of the musculoskeletal system—tendons, bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and spine. |
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Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior
November 13 - 15 |
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Recognize your habitual patterns and discover the fearlessness to transcend them. |
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Bringing Your Practice Home: Yoga & Meditation with Katharine Kaufman
November 13 - 15 |
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Having difficulty establishing your own yoga practice at home? This retreat will help you create a home practice to inspire you. |
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Traditional Chinese Qigong: Animal Forms Intensive with Eva Wong
November 14 - 16 |
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In this retreat we will practice traditional techniques of embodying animal energy as a means of enhancing health and longevity. |
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Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
November 20 - 22 |
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Open your eyes, heart and mind to your own basic goodness and the sacredness of life. Level I is an excellent introductory program if you would like to learn to meditate or deepen your practice. |
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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One with Joe Dispenza, DC
November 20 - 22 |
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By understanding and utilizing the relationships between our brain and our thoughts and emotions we can create both physical and emotional well-being. |
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Thanksgiving Family Retreat & Autumn Celebration
November 26 - 29 |
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Take advantage of substantial price discounts and join us for this special celebration of our Shambhala lineage. |
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Turning the Mind into an Ally: An Introduction to Meditation
November 27 - 29 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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December |
Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra Fire Puja with Marybeth Keigher
December 2 - 12 |
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This advanced Buddhist program is being offered under Shambhala Mountain's generosity policy. It is our wish that everyone qualified to attend the program be able to do so. |
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The Self Healing Power of Yoga Nidra with Yogi Amrit Desai
December 4 - 6 |
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Join us for a rare opportunity to study with this master yogi. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat
December 12 - January 9, 2010 |
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"Dathun is a pivotal point in one's life, where the profundity of the teachings soak into our core. It is the time and opportunity for us to change, develop and mature." Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthün I
December 12 - 19 |
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Deepen your connection to your practice and open your heart in this weeklong meditation intensive. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthüns I & II
December 12 - 26 |
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By slowing down and focusing your mind, the ordinary world can transform into a magical display. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthün II
December 19 - 26 |
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Cultivate the inherent qualities of the mind: relaxation, stability and strength. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthüns II & III
December 19 - January 2, 2010 |
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By sitting still and following the breath very simply, the inherent qualities of the mind naturally unfold and shine forth. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthün III
December 26 - January 2, 2010 |
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Discover peace within every breath, every step, every smile. |
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Winter Dathün Meditation Retreat: Weekthüns III & IV
December 26 - January 9, 2010 |
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With mindfulness even seemingly the most basic of activities can lead us to wisdom. |
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Holiday Werma Retreat
December 26 - January 2, 2010 |
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Start the new year invoking the wisdom, compassion and power of the Ridgen. |
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January |
Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
January 15 - 17, 2010 |
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Open your eyes, heart and mind to your own basic goodness and the sacredness of life. Level I is an excellent introductory program if you would like to learn to meditate or deepen your practice. |
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The Wisdom of a Broken Heart with Susan Piver
January 22 - 24, 2010 |
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A broken heart can feel overwhelming but if we embrace it with gentleness extraordinary growth can take place within us. |
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Turning the Mind into an Ally: An Introduction to Meditation
January 29 - 31, 2010 |
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Learn to train and calm the mind through the practice of meditation. Ideal for beginners as well as those who would like to stabilize and deepen their meditation experience. |
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Introduction to Yoga with Lori Batcheller
January 29 - 31, 2010 |
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Explore the three stages of Kripalu Yoga: hatha yoga poses with a focus on alignment and coordination of body and breath; longer meditative holding of postures; and “meditation in motion.” |
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February |
Mindful Living in Stressful Times with Janet Solyntjes
February 4 - 7, 2010 |
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Discover the healing power of mindfulness and the joy of connecting to your mind and body in a fresh way. |
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A Burning Desire: Dharma, God and the Path of Recovery with Kevin Griffin
February 19 - 21, 2010 |
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Learn how God, Buddhism and the 12 Steps can accommodate each other on the path to recovery. |
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The Body Never Lies: Hidden Prescriptions for Healing the Body-Mind with Douglas Brady
February 21 - 26, 2010 |
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Delve into deeper healing work that will provide you with the psychological and energetic shifts to create lasting results in healing your body, mind, and life. |
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Discovering Your Soul's Compass: An Interspiritual Workshop on Guidance with Joan Borysenko, PhD & Gordon Dveirin, EdD
February 26 - 28, 2010 |
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Living your best life is a multidimensional process of caring for body, mind, and soul. Join these two preeminent guides/educators as they inform and inspire us. |
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