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New Year Intention

New Year’s Resolutions have earned quite a reputation with their knack for creating lofty, often unreachable, goals. And still, New Year Resolutions can be genuinely helpful in opening space for reflection, creating an opportunity to set clear intentions for the year to come. In making resolutions we often envision what we would like to change […]

Rusung on Retreat

The Rusung plays an essential part in creation of the container of Shambhala Mountain Center’s meditative environment. Recently, Shambhala Mountain Center’s Rusung Zane Edwards did a solitary retreat in one of our lovely, isolated cabins. While he was there, he made this film reflecting on the retreat experience and its importance for all of us. […]

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SMC in Vogue

by Christopher Seelie Allen Ginsberg – 136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center Tail turned to red sunset on a juniper crown a lone magpie cawks. Mad at Oryoki in the shrine-room — Thistles blossomed late afternoon. Put on my shirt and took it off in the sun walking the path to lunch. A dandelion […]

Make Ian Happy

Through out our We’re Back! campaign we will be sharing more videos like this one to let you know how important your support of SMC is! We will also be posting offerings and talent of the staff, and share with you some of SMC’s new initiatives to be launched in the upcoming year. Check out […]

The Renaissance Chef and His Awakened Menu

by Christopher Seelie He has been cooking professionally since he was 16 years old. He is classically trained as a French chef and apprenticed with a master sushi chef. He has managed kitchens in Big Sur, Crested Butte, and a Zen monastery. He has cooked for Joe Montana, Billy Idol, George W. Bush, Wonderwoman (Linda […]

A Lot of New!

Welcome to the new Shambhala Mountain Center blog. We have a lot of “New” happening at SMC right now and wanted to share it with you. Following are some current ways for us all to stay connected. We are really excited about our new Blog. It’s a way for us to give you a peek […]