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Courageous Women, Fearless Living Celebrates Its Eighth Year

Photos by Barb Colombo Shambhala Mountain Center will be hosting the 8th Annual Courageous Women, Fearless Living retreat from August 19-24, 2014. This innovative and contemplative program was founded in 2005 and has helped over 300 women with a current or past diagnosis of cancer. Through nutrition, Tibetan healing, integrative medicine, meditation, yoga, art and community […]

Exploring Grief, Intuition, and Healing with Sue Frederick

Sue Frederick is the author of Bridges to Heaven: True Stories of Loved Ones on the Other Side and I See Your Dream Job.  She will be leading Bridges to Heaven: Grief Healing Workshop, July 18-20.  An intuitive since childhood, Sue has trained more than 200 intuitive coaches around the world. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, CNN.com and […]

Engaged Mindfulness | Learning to Be Socially Engaged: Rhonda Magee

Rhonda Magee, MA (Sociology), JD, speaks about the inherent interconnectedness of human society and how that interconnected stretches across every dimension of our experience. As mindfulness practitioners, it is our role to recognize this interconnectedness and avoid the conventional barriers that keep us from engaging in the social needs that on a surface level may […]

Spring at 8,000 Feet

by Jared Leveille Jared Leveille is the Land Steward of Shambhala Mountain Center.   The invigorating quality of spring is making itself evident throughout the land. Bright green grasses and many-hued wildflowers are breaking through last year’s decay, birds are calling for the rising sun, and the creeks are full with the rush of snowmelt. We […]

Rediscovering the Place of Nature

By Martin Ogle Martin Ogle recently lead  the weekend program”Engaging the Rhythms of our Living Earth” and is one of the main organizers of the Four Seasons Program. The weekend retreat, “Engaging the Rhythms of our Living Earth,” was a delightful experience for me.  It not only provided the opportunity to share ideas of profound […]

Embodied Listening with David Rome and Hope Martin

  David and Hope will be leading Embodied Listening, May 23-26 Embodied Listening is an intensive but gentle body, mind, and heart training for releasing habitual patterns that constrict our lives and relationships. When we learn to listen deeply to ourselves, we also become more open and sensitive to the feelings and needs of others. […]

Empowering the Heart of Healthcare | Carole McKindley-Alvarez (full interview)

Carole McKindley–Alvarez discusses topics such as how mental and emotional wellness can enhance our efficacy and quality of life at work. Shambhala Mountain Center hosts Empowering the Heart of Healthcare: Embodied Presence with Acharya Melissa Moore, Dr. Aaron Snyder, Carole McKindley-Alvarez and Leslie Booker, June 23–30, 2017 — click here to learn more  

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Dakini Map: A Conversation with Cynthia Moku

By Travis Newbill Master artist Cynthia Moku has contributed to, and drawn much inspiration from various Buddhist Stupas. In her recent exhibit Pilgrimage: A Dakini Map (on display until April 25 at Naropa University’s Nalanda Gallery, 6287 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, Colorado) she presents close to two decades worth of artwork reflecting her mystical experience and […]

Empowering the Heart of Healthcare | Not Losing Heart

Acharya Melissa Moore, PhD talks about not losing heart in the face of stress and burnout within the healthcare profession. The week-long Empowering the Heart of Healthcare retreat runs June 23-30, 2017 at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado. Shambhala Mountain Center hosts Empowering the Heart of Healthcare: Embodied Presence with Acharya Melissa Moore, Dr. Aaron Snyder, […]