Personal Transformation
Personal transformation is at the heart of all our relationships – with self, family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances – anyone whom we encounter. Both blissful and challenging, relationships are an integral part of spiritual practice, providing an unparalleled mirror through which we can see and know ourselves.
Awakening our hearts and minds is not a solo activity; it is a path we each must walk together. Without interaction, we would never receive teachings, good counsel, community support or essential feedback critical to our growth. Whether together as intimate partners, family, friends or community, our path of relationships is as necessary as it is both difficult and enriching.
Shambhala Mountain Center offers a range of Personal Transformation programs that work with our inner and outer selves, to help us open up to others and to compassionately engage with the outer manifestations of family, community and society-at-large. From consciously loving and living to unleashing our calling, awakening to our dreams, engaging in recovery practices or courageously dealing with critical illness, our relationships are a path of awakening.
Peace and Freedom: A Weeklong Meditation Retreat
Loden Nyima
Peace and freedom are our birthright, innate to the nature of our minds. Yet they’ve often been overrun by stress, speed, emotional injuries, and the habitual patterns of turmoil that become the state of our world. We can always come home and reclaim our natural state together, and meditation retreat is a traditional and profound […]
Yoga for Wellbeing
Melissa Lago
Our minds and bodies are naturally awake, whole, complete, healthy, and sacred. Yet in today’s speedy and chaotic world, many of us come to yoga, meditation, and other contemplative practices from feelings of stress, anxiety, heartbreak, despair, loneliness, and pure exhaustion. This is something many of us experience as the modern human condition. Yet within […]
Deep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation
Blake D. Bauer
Join international bestselling author and wisdom teacher Blake D. Bauer in the Colorado mountains for a weekend of deep healing, meditation practice, and life-changing self-care. Discover why anxiety, overwhelm, depression, chronic self-doubt, addiction, illness, and relationship problems are logical cries from your body, soul, and subconscious mind asking you to build a healthier relationship to yourself […]
Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
Loden Nyima and [SMI1224] Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
In today’s speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This weekend is spent in silence to offer ourselves space to settle, on the sacred land of Drala Mountain Center and with an experienced instructor. […]
Soundembodiment: Tibetan Bowl & Gong Sound Meditation Evening Retreat
Jonathan De Leon
Check in is from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at our Guest Services cabin. The main program will begin promptly at 4:30 pm and end at 6:00 pm. Dinner is from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Join us for a transformative Evening Retreat at Drala Mountain Center, where the ancient vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls […]
Yeshe Tsogyal: Encountering Vast Open Space as the Dakini
Dr. Holly Gayley and Carla Burns
Start the new year with a revitalizing retreat that explores the wisdom and blessings of the dakini who dances in open space! We spend much of our day trying to keep up, fit in, and get through the daily grind. How do we disrupt the cycle and outgrow the limited view of ourselves as isolated […]
ONLINE – Yeshe Tsogyal: Encountering Vast Open Space as the Dakini
Dr. Holly Gayley and Carla Burns
Start the new year with a revitalizing retreat that explores the wisdom and blessings of the dakini who dances in open space! We spend much of our day trying to keep up, fit in, and get through the daily grind. How do we disrupt the cycle and outgrow the limited view of ourselves as isolated […]
Soundembodiment: Tibetan Bowl & Gong Sound Meditation Evening Retreat
Jonathan De Leon
Check in is from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at our Guest Services cabin. The main program will begin promptly at 4:30 pm and end at 6:00 pm. Dinner is from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Join us for a transformative Evening Retreat at Drala Mountain Center, where the ancient vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls […]
Entrepreneurial Women: Step into 2025 Clear, Empowered, and Refreshed!
Sara Avant Stover
A Yoga, Meditation & Internal Family Systems Retreat The new year is a potent time to pause, vision, and create your life from your depths. Yet, as busy professional women, finding the space we need to do this can be nearly impossible. Within a supportive circle of like-minded women, you’ll: Enjoy the time and space you […]
Yoga for Beginners
Melissa Lago
Have you ever wanted to try yoga, but wondered where to start or felt intimidated by all of the choices out there? Or maybe you’ve had a practice for years, but you would like to better understand the roots of yoga or return to the basics to deepen your alignment and reconnect to your breath? […]
ONLINE – Building a Mindfulness Practice: In Meditation and Daily Life
Matthew Sockolov
Discover the power of mindfulness in your life and build a daily practice. This course will make mindfulness accessible and approachable to anybody interested. Over the six weeks, we will explore mindfulness both in and out of meditation to bring mindfulness to life. Rooted in the Insight Meditation (vipassana) tradition, Matthew will offer practices and […]
Exploring Our Death to Liberate Our Lives
Elysabeth Williamson
The fear of death, our own and our loved ones, is one of our greatest fears. How would we live our lives differently if we contemplated and even practiced this ultimate letting go? This powerful workshop explores both our personal relationship with death and dying and the practice of holding sacred space for others to […]
Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
Loden Nyima and [SMI125] Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
In today’s speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This weekend is spent in silence to offer ourselves space to settle, on the sacred land of Drala Mountain Center and with an experienced instructor. […]
Soundembodiment: Tibetan Bowl & Gong Sound Meditation Evening Retreat
Jonathan De Leon
Check in is from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at our Guest Services cabin. The main program will begin promptly at 4:30 pm and end at 6:00 pm. Dinner is from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Join us for a transformative Evening Retreat at Drala Mountain Center, where the ancient vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls […]
Yoga for Wellbeing
Melissa Lago
Our minds and bodies are naturally awake, whole, complete, healthy, and sacred. Yet in today’s speedy and chaotic world, many of us come to yoga, meditation, and other contemplative practices from feelings of stress, anxiety, heartbreak, despair, loneliness, and pure exhaustion. This is something many of us experience as the modern human condition. Yet within […]
Learn to Meditate: An Introduction and Retreat for Everyone
Loden Nyima and [LTM225] Learn to Meditate: An Introduction and Retreat for Everyone
Why Learn to Meditate? Meditation is a simple, natural, healthy activity that absolutely anyone can do. You do not need to be interested in a religious path in order to learn and benefit from meditation. Meditation has survived for thousands of years because it works. Your own peace of mind is your birthright, and everyone has […]
ONLINE – Course 1: COMING TO YOUR SENSES! Exploring and Discovering Your Innate Wisdom and Intuitive Abilities
Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers
In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going through increasingly turbulent times, you may sense consciousness is accelerating. You may sense your psychic and intuitive capability being more fully activated in response to the energetic quantum shifts. This is […]
Soundembodiment: Tibetan Bowl & Gong Sound Meditation Evening Retreat
Jonathan De Leon
Check in is from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at our Guest Services cabin. The main program will begin promptly at 4:30 pm and end at 6:00 pm. Dinner is from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Join us for a transformative Evening Retreat at Drala Mountain Center, where the ancient vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls […]
ONLINE – Course 1: Introduction to Energy Clearing
Eric Dowsett
Program Description: Discover your true nature which has remained buried beneath layers of conditioning. When we understand how and why the body reacts in certain ways we slowly become empowered to make fundamental changes. Through this program you will gain insights into the conditioned mind and methods to recognize what is happening; and therefore shift away from […]
Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
Loden Nyima
In today’s speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This weekend is spent in silence to offer ourselves space to settle, on the sacred land of Drala Mountain Center and with an experienced instructor. […]
Healing Leaders: A Transformative Leadership Experience
Kelly Campbell, Candis Fox and Kristine Deer
Program Description: Explore how your unhealed trauma is impacting how you lead, live, and love. Whether you’re a leader in your family, community, or organization, your role and relationships can feel more easeful and aligned with your values when you take radical responsibility to heal the emotional pain that has gone untended for so long. […]
Soundembodiment: Tibetan Bowl & Gong Sound Meditation Evening Retreat
Jonathan De Leon
Check in is from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm. The main program will begin promptly at 4:30 pm and end at 6:00 pm. Dinner is from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Join us for a transformative Evening Retreat at Drala Mountain Center, where the ancient vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls and gongs will guide you on a journey of Soundembodiment. Since […]
Heal Your Inner Child & Remember Your Innate Leadership Power
Kelly Campbell, Fereshta Ramsey and Kristine Deer
Program Description: Neuroscience tells us that trauma is stored in the body, and we know that relationships show us where our work is. Whether you’re a leader in your family, community, or organization, your role and relationships can feel more aligned with your values when you take radical responsibility to heal the emotional pain that […]