Take These Two Vows for a Fresh Beginning in 2019

November 28, 2018

By Jonathan Barbieri // Each year we usually have some positive experiences and some negative. By the end of…

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Why I’m Grateful to You! #GivingTuesday – a Letter from SMC’s Development Associate, Whitney Trotta

November 25, 2018

This Tuesday, November 27th is #GivingTuesday, a movement to create an international day of giving. However, I’d like to…

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In the Company of Women: Precious Knowing

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November 14, 2018

By Katharine Kaufman Home At Shambhala Mountain Center I have the good fortune to be at the Shambhala Mountain…

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The Role of Doing Nothing When it Comes to Intentional Living and Mindfulness, with Janet Solyntjes

November 11, 2018

Janet Solyntjes is a certified MBSR teacher and serves on the faculty of the Center for Mindfulness at UMass.…

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Working with Courage: A Three Minute Practice

October 20, 2018

By Janet Solyntjes // In my early years of meditation training I was unable to sit still for long,…

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[VIDEO] Susan Piver on Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat

October 18, 2018

Susan Piver has led the annual Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat at Shambhala Mountain Center for the past several…

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The donothing Leadership Retreat — Testimonials

September 9, 2018

Hear what attendees had to say about their experience at the donothing Leadership Silent Retreat, and how taking the…

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Wholeness and Mindfulness

August 23, 2018

By Janet Solyntjes // Nearly everywhere one turns these days the language of “mindfulness” is to be found. Its ubiquitous…

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Patience

August 21, 2018

By Katharine Kaufman // In 1965 I was 7. On certain nights my parents sat at the dining room…

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Radical Inclusivity and Just Showing Up

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August 19, 2018

By Cyndi Lee // The other day a friend of mine texted to cancel our lunch date. The reason,…

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[VIDEO] Zen Path of the Heart

August 18, 2018

By Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi and Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshi // Many spiritual practitioners are confused about what to do when…

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Why Jiu-Jitsu for Self-Defense

August 17, 2018

By Maya Fliegel // I have always been intrigued by martial arts of all kinds. The discipline, the body-mind…

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