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By Travis Newbill President Richard Reoch leads The Six Ways of Ruling: Surviving, Transforming, and Working with Others, January 31-February 2. Who are the “leaders,” anyway? Are the leaders “us” or “them”? Are we all leaders? The notion of leadership may arise in various contexts: we all strive to lead decent lives; when two people […]
Written by Michael Gayner Since becoming SMC’s Executive Director, I have learned a great deal about what it takes to make a place like SMC thrive and there is still so much in this coming year I look forward to exploring. I have a wonderful team of talented and experienced managers as well as a […]
There’s always plenty of work to do at Shambhala Mountain Center. At times, the sheer number of tasks feels overwhelming, yet with the support of our community, both on and off the land, things always manage to work out. When our Executive Directors Team began working with Susan Skjei, a long time non-profit consultant […]
By Travis Newbill SMC Speaks is a recurring feature on this blog, through which our readers may come to know–and enjoy, no doubt–the people who comprise our unique and flavorful community, and the vision that we collectively aspire to manifest. Among his friends and throughout much of the Shambhala community, Michael Gayner is well known […]
As Thanksgiving will officially kick off the holiday season a week from now, it’s not too soon to start imagining how to best bring loved ones together this time of year. Nor is it too soon, nor too late, to reflect on holidays past. Our wonderful chef, Avajra John Russell, recalls how making cookies […]
Greg Pergament shares an excerpt from his new book, Chi Kung in Recovery: Finding Your Way to a Balanced and Centered Recovery. He will be incorporating this ancient practice in The Joy of Recovery: Buddhism, Chi Kung and 12 Steps–a unique recovery retreat also featuring Kevin Griffin. To read more about this program being held […]
Photo by Greg Smith Author, teacher, and innovator in the mindful recovery movement, Kevin Griffin, shares an exclusive excerpt with us from his new book, a work in progress tentatively titled Happy, Joyous, and Free: A Buddhist Guide to Contentment in Recovery. No matter how together our lives are, how good they look, how much […]
In this video, beloved senior teacher Samten Kobelt discusses the upcoming month-long meditation retreat that he will be leading at Shambhala Mountain Center from December 13, 2013 through January 10, 2014. To learn more about Winter Dathun, please click here. (Video filmed and edited by Travis Newbill) Winter Dathun with Shastri Samten Kobelt, December […]
By Elias Amidon Even though we humans live in nonduality, we experience the world with the two eyes of duality. This is because we have the ability to conceptualize. Even to say the word “nonduality” is to conceive dualistically. When we say “nonduality” our minds are already at work, setting up nonduality here and duality […]
Internationally renowned World Music artist, composer, educator and peace activist Yuval Ron will be coming to Colorado for two very special engagements—a concert in Boulder on March 27 presented by SMC in the City and a weekend retreat from March 28-20 at Shambhala Mountain Center. Read more from Yuval below. This March I will be […]
By Travis Newbill Jane Carpenter and Sue Hammond West will lead Creative Wisdom: Maitri and Art, November 15-17 The idea that artistry begins when the brush hits the canvass and ends when the palette is set down is questionable. An alternative view suggests that eating a pear may be as artistic of an activity as […]
by Elizabeth Rabia Roberts “As long as you do not know how to die and come to life again, you are but a poor guest on this dark earth.” —Goethe It is likely, if you are past midlife, that you have had at least a mild experience of “The Dark Night of the Soul.” You […]