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SHAMBHALA MOUNTAIN CENTER | | MINDFUL LIVING | SPRING Learn to Meditate Align Body and Mind Deepen Relationships Cultivate Reconnect with Nature Transform Your Life | SUMMER 2016 2016 Program Highlights

Meditation and Mindfulness

8 Week-Long Spring Meditation Retreat 25 Finding Happiness Within: with Lodro Rinzler Reconnecting with Your Natural State through Pristine Mind Meditation 10 Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices with Orgyen Chowang from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Janet Solyntjes 17 Summer Dathun: Month-long Meditation Retreat with 16 Mindfulness Retreat for Educators Emily Bower & Shastri Ben Hines with Rona Wilensky & Linda Wallace

Body and Mind

9 Traditional Chinese with Eva Wong & Dale Asrael 13 Embodied Listening: Uncovering Our Bodies’ Natural Wisdom with David Rome & Hope Martin 10 FLOW: Yoga and Meditation with Katharine Kaufman 24 Running with the Mind of Meditation with Cynthia MacKay, Marty Kibiloski, Michelle & Mike Sandrock Personal and Societal Transformation

18 2nd Annual Wisdom in Action 20 Yoga, Purpose, and Action with Rinpoche, Leadership Intensive with Seane Corne, Venerable Pannavati & Leslie Booker Suzanne Sterling & Hala Khouri

Women’s Retreats

22 2nd Annual Wisdom Rising: An Exploration of the Divine Feminine

in Buddhism with Rev. Angel Kyodo

Williams & Acharya Susan Skjei

9 The Practice of Motherhood with Charlotte Rotterdam 23 10th Annual Courageous Women, Fearless Living: A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer 12 The Way of the Happy Woman Spring Detox and Renewal Retreat with Sara Avant Stover 19 Women’s Summer Meditation and Yoga Retreat with Katharine Kaufman

Relationships and Family

8 Spring Break Family Retreat 19 Family Camp with Steve Sachs & Kelly Lindsey 12 Relationship as a Spiritual Path: Getting the Love You Want, Couples 26 Wired for Love: Relationship Workshop Workshop with Ben Cohen with Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin

Spring | Summer 2016 | 1 COMPLETE CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS*

MARCH MAY Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Open House | May 1 5 Mindfulness, Meditation, and Qigong Retreat Learn to Meditate Blake D. Bauer | Mar 4 – 6 7 Patricia Kelly | May 6 – 8 10 Open House | Mar 6 5 Touching the Moment: Indelible Presence Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Vidan Gonthier & Cynthia Moku | May 6 – 10 11 Stress Reduction Weekthun Retreat Janet Solyntjes | Mar 11 – 13 7 Shastri Pamela Bothwell | May 6 – 14 4 Chakrasamvara Intensive Taming the Wild Horse: Greg Smith | Mar 11 – 19 4 Riding the Energy of Emotions Week-Long Spring Meditation Retreat Jenny Bondurant | May 11 – 15 11 Lodro Rinzler | Mar 19 – 27 8 The Way of the Happy Woman: Spring Break Family Retreat Spring Detox and Renewal Retreat Leslie Gossett, Kate Raddock & Tom Linsley Sara Avant Stover | May 12 – 15 12 Mar 21 – 25 8 Radical Self-Healing Charley Cropley | May 20 – 22 12 APRIL Relationship as a Spiritual Path: Monarch Retreat Getting the Love You Want Jane Arthur | Apr 1 – 9 4 Ben Cohen | May 20 – 22 12 Open Sky: Training V Retreat and Renewal | May 20 – 22 6 Agness Au | Apr 1 – 3 4 Lila Yoga® Mindfulness Retreat Traditional Chinese Qigong: Levels I-II Erica Kaufman | May 26 – 29 13 Dale Asrael | Apr 1 – 3 9 Digital Detox: Weekend Retreat | May 27 – 29 6 Open House | Apr 3 5 Embodied Listening: Retreat and Renewal | Apr 8 – 10 6 Uncovering Our Bodies’ Natural Wisdom and Vow Weekend David Rome & Hope Martin | May 27 – 30 13 Acharya Dan Hessey | Apr 15 – 17 4 The Practice of Motherhood JUNE Charlotte Rotterdam | Apr 15 – 17 9 Qigong Breath Regulation Intensive CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices Eva Wong | Jun 1 – 3 14 from Mindfulness-Based Stress Waking Up to the Wild: Mindful Hiking Reduction (MBSR) Kay Peterson | Jun 2 – 5 14 Janet Solyntjes | Apr 21 – 25 10 Standing Qigong Intensive FLOW: Yoga and Meditation Eva Wong | Jun 3 – 5 14 Katharine Kaufman | Apr 22 – 24 10 The Art of Being Human: I Sacred Path: Jonathan Barbieri | Jun 3 – 5 15 Meek, Perky, Outrageous and Inscrutable Foundations of Chinese Divination: Jonathan & Adana Barbieri | Apr 22 – 29 4 Principles of the I Ching Sacred Path: Meek Eva Wong | Jun 5 – 7 15 Jonathan & Adana Barbieri | Apr 22 – 25 4 Open House | Jun 5 5 Sacred Path: Perky Mindfulness Retreat for Educators Jonathan & Adana Barbieri | Apr 24 – 27 4 Rona Wilensky and Linda Wallace | Jun 6 – 10 16 Summer Set-Up | Apr 24 – Jun 5 27 Walking the Path of the Dragon: Sacred Path: Outrageous and Inscrutable Foundations of Fengshui Jonathan & Adana Barbieri | Apr 26 – 29 4 Eva Wong & Peter van der Molen | Jun 7 – 9 16 Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level III Dale Asreal | Jun 9 – 11 9 Summer Dathun: Month-long Meditation Retreat Acharya Emily Bower & Shastri Ben Hines Jun 11 – Jul 9 17 Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level IV Dale Asrael | Jun 11 – 13 9 Traditional Chinese Qigong: Level V Eva Wong | Jun 13 – 15 9

2 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 JUNE (CON’T) Enlightened Society Assembly Ashe Acharya John Rockwell & Shastri Janet Solyntjes SMC in the City Programs Jun 17 – 26 4 Living the Full Catastrophe: Everything is Workable: Transforming Everyday A Day of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Conflicts into Creative Opportunities Denver Program Diane Musho Hamilton | Jun 17 – 21 17 Janet Solyntjes | Mar 5 Retreat and Renewal | Jun 24 – 26 6 Working with the Elements Though a Tibetan Perspective Boulder Program JULY Nashalla Nyinda | May 13 – 14 Open House | Jul 3 5 Mindfulness Healing Meditation Denver Program Sacred World Assembly Nashalla Nyinda | May 28 Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Acharya Adam Lobel & Acharya Christie Cashman | Jul 4 – 26 4 Living the Full Catastrophe: A Day of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 2nd Annual Wisdom in Action (MBSR) Denver Program Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Ven. Pannavati, Janet Solyntjes | Sep 3 & Leslie Booker | Jul 27 – 31 18

AUGUST Family Camp | Aug 1 – 8 SEPTEMBER Steve Sachs & Kelly Lindsey 19 Big Sky, Big Mind: Contemplative Astronomy Jim Tolstrup & Andrea Schweitzer | Sep 2 – 5 24 Women’s Summer Meditation and Yoga Retreat Katharine Kaufman | Aug 3 – 7 19 Running with the Mind of Meditation AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Cynthia MacKay, Marty Kibiloski, Tara Michelle Open House | Aug 7 5 & Mike Sandrock | Sep 2 – 5 24 Yoga, Purpose, and Action Leadership Intensive Finding Happiness Within: Seane Corn, Suzanne Sterling & Hala Khouri Reconnecting with Your Natural State Aug 7 – 12 20 through Pristine Mind Meditation Healing Sound Retreat: Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche | Sep 2 – 4 25 Rhythm and Chanting as Spiritual Practice Open House | Sep 4 5 Silvia Nakkach & Christine Stevens | Aug 12 – 14 20 Awakening the Wisdom of Emotions: Music for Peace Ceremony at the Great The Five Buddha Families Christine Stevens | Aug 13 20 Jenny Bondurant & Kay Peterson | Sep 7 – 11 25 Learn to Meditate Bridges to Beyond: A Grief Healing Workshop Greg Smith | Aug 12 – 14 21 Sue Frederick | Sep 9 – 11 25 Retreat and Renewal | Aug 12 – 14 6 Retreat and Renewal | Sep 9 – 11 6 Mindful Hiking: Opening to Change Making the Most of What We Have: Kay Peterson | Aug 12 – 14 21 Mind Training 2nd Annual Wisdom Rising: An Exploration Anyen Rinpoche & Allison Choying Zangmo of the Divine Feminine in Buddhism Sep 16 – 18 26 Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams & Acharya Susan Skjei The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Aug 17 – 21 22 Shastri Holly Gayley | Sep 16 – 18 26 10th Annual Courageous Women, Fearless Living: Wired for Love: Relationship Workshop A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin | Sep 16 – 18 26 Victoria Maizes, Judith Lief & Linda Sparrow Aug 23 – 28 23 Compassionate Acceptance: A Mindful Path to Healing Life’s Wounds Writing as a Path to Awakening Thomas Roberts | Sep 22 – 25 27 Albert Flynn DeSilver | Aug 25 – 29 23 Digital Detox | Sep 30 – Oct 2 6 Birth of the Warrior: Shambhala Training II Gary Allen | Aug 26 – 28 4 OCTOBER Fall Take Down | Aug 28 – Oct 2 27 Open House | Oct 2 5 Scorpion Seal Assembly VI Acharya John Rockwell | Oct 5 – 16 4 Scorpion Seal Assembly VII Acharya John Rockwell | Oct 20 – 31 4 *Red indicates Advanced Shambhala Programs

Spring | Summer 2016 | 3 Shambhala Path Programs

March 11 – 19 April 22 – 29 July 4 – 26 Chakrasamvara Sacred Path: Sacred World Intensive Meek, Perky, Outrageous Assembly Greg Smith and Inscrutable Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Acharya Adam Lobel Geared toward the accumulation Jonathan & Adana Barbieri & Acharya Christie Cashman of the recitation practices in a group setting. May 6 – 14 This advanced program, Sacred World Assembly (formerly Prerequisite: Chakrasamvara Vajrayana Vajrayana Seminary) is designed Abhisheka Weekthun Retreat to deepen students’ practice and Shastri Pamela Bothwell understanding of the Buddhist March 19 – 27 and Shambhala vajrayana Week-Long Spring All Ngöndro practitioners are teachings and to enter them into warmly invited to attend. Meditation Retreat a sacred relationship with the viracharya , Sakyong Mipham Lodro Rinzler June 3 – 5 Rinpoche – helping him create an Do a deep dive into your The Art of Being enlightened society. meditation practice with this one Human: week intensive. August 26 – 28 Shambhala Training I More info on page 8. Birth of the Warrior: Jonathan Barbieri Shambhala Training II April 1 – 3 More info on page 15. Gary Allen

SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Open Sky: June 11 – July 9 This weekend workshop builds on Shambhala Training V Summer Dathun: the meditation practice introduced Agness Au in The Art of Being Human: Month-long Shambhala Training I and explores Meditation Retreat April 1 – 9 how we create a cocoon of our Acharya Emily Bower habitual ways of thinking, often Monarch Retreat & Shastri Ben Hines obscuring the brilliance of the Jane Arthur Dathun, Tibetan for “moon world we live in. A concentrated opportunity for session,” is an intensive group senior leaders of Shambhala who meditation retreat for new September 16 – 18 hold the transmission for the and experienced meditators The Art of Being Werma to connect with interested in deepening their Human: the mind of the Sakyong. mindfulness-awareness. Shambhala Training I More info on page 17. April 15 – 17 Shastri Holly Gayley Refuge and June 17 – 26 More info on page 26. Enlightened Society October 5 – 16 Weekend Assembly Acharya Dan Hessey Ashe Acharya John Rockwell Scorpion Seal & Shastri Janet Solyntjes An opportunity for those who are Assembly VI ready to commit themselves to the The Enlightened Society Assembly Ashe Acharya John Rockwell Refuge Vow or Bodhisattva Vow is a gathering of Shambhala within the Shambhala . warriors to contemplate, practice, October 20 – 31 and manifest the principles of Both vows are required for Sacred Scorpion Seal basic goodness in order to create World Assembly. They cannot both a good human society. Assembly VII be taken on the same weekend. Ashe Acharya John Rockwell

4 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Visit the Great Stupa Open House A Monument to Human Kindness Join us the first Sunday of each month for our popular Open House series. Enjoy a The Great Stupa of stands 108 day in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and ft. tall and is dedicated to world peace. It choose from a variety of free activities, was constructed and continues to be worked including touring the Great Stupa of on by volunteers inspired to offer the world Dharmakaya, receiving meditation a big, beautiful, reminder that our nature instruction, listening to engaging as human beings is inherently good, pure talks, or simply relaxing on this serene and and sane. Encountering the Stupa allows powerful land. one to rediscover this inherent goodness, Bring a picnic or for a $10 suggested to experience a state of simplicity and donation, join us for a delicious lunch. For confidence, and to connect with a lineage of updates on our list of Open House speakers sanity that goes back 2,500 years. and topics, please visit our website. The Great Stupa welcomes the general Tuition: FREE public 365 days a year, between the Mar 6 | Apr 3 | May 1 | June 5 | July 3 hours of 9 am and 9 pm, free of charge. Aug 7 | Sept 4 | Oct 2 Experiential teaching tours of the Stupa can be arranged for groups of 8 or more for $10 per person. To schedule a tour please

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Spring | Summer 2016 | 5 Retreat and Renewal Learn to Meditate Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine Shambhala Mountain mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs Center offers exceptional offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness retreats for those interested of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to in learning to meditate, career, family, health, relationships, and personal endeavors or those who are in need of all kinds. of a refresher course. Our teachers are highly qualified Enjoy a spacious retreat that allows time to walk the land, to help you establish an visit the Great Stupa, or follow the spontaneous callings of ongoing practice. your spirit. Join in part or for all of the scheduled activities: meditation (with instruction), yoga, a guided hike with Learn to Meditate our land steward, and evening activities. Great for friends, Patricia Kelly | May 6 -8 couples, or individuals. Massage available. The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Tuition: $100 + 2 nights Jonathan Barbieri | June 3 -5 March 21 - 25* | April 8 - 10 | May 20 - 22 June 24 - 26 | Aug 12 -14 | Sept 9 - 11 Learn To Meditate Greg Smith | Aug 12 - 14 *Join us for a special themed Spring Break Family Retreat (page 8) The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Digital Detox: Weekend Retreat Shastri Holly Gayley | Sept 16 -18 Sometimes unplugging is just what you need to truly connect. During this weekend retreat you’ll put your smartphone and computer aside and tune in to the beautiful

SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS forests, streams, and abundant wildlife at Shambhala Mountain Center. You’ll be invited to bring awareness back into your body through yoga and to relax the busyness of your mind in meditation. Choose from optional yoga classes, therapeutic massage, meditation instruction, and peaceful mountain hikes to make the retreat just what you need to truly relax and recharge. Tuition: $200 + 2 Nights May 27 - 29 | Sept 30 - Oct 2

6 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 March 4 – 6 March 11 – 13 Beyond Suffering: Introduction to Mindfulness- Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness, Based Stress Reduction Meditation, and Qigong Retreat Janet Solyntjes Blake D. Bauer Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is Join best-selling author Blake D. Bauer and discover a program of practical, scientifically-supported why suffering, anxiety, insecurity, guilt, depression, teachings to reduce stress, facilitate relaxation, and and illness are simply cries from your soul asking you promote physical health and emotional well-being. to love, accept, forgive, honor, value, and be true to Experience the Power of Mindfulness. yourself now. Inspired by the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, this retreat The weekend will include mindfulness meditation offers tools for engaging the demands of our lives, and qigong healing exercises designed to unlock including illness, chronic pain, personal crisis, or the stuck energy, blood and emotion keeping you the ongoing challenges of a “full catastrophe.” unhappy, sick, or trapped. The weekend will offer a By relating directly with our bodies and emotions, safe environment so you can face your core fears we’ll discover the power of mindfulness to change and move forward in fulfilling your life’s purpose. It our lives. will help you understand how to enjoy your life fully, without regret and without feeling guilty for wanting Through sitting, walking, and body scan meditation to be happy and healthy. practices – as well as – we will return to our lives better equipped to manage stress. This weekend is about giving yourself permission Recommended for stressed-out people from all to take a break from constant stress and anxiety. AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND It’s about allowing yourself to slow down, to stop walks of life. running, and to just to be. The weekend retreat is Tuition: $150 + 2 nights based on Blake D. Bauer’s book You Were Not Born Janet Solyntjes, MA, is a senior teacher in the Shambhala To Suffer, which became the #1 best-selling spiritual Buddhist tradition, and leads meditation classes title in Australia multiple times and remains one of the and retreats for University, The Center for top-selling spiritual and self-help books worldwide. Mindfulness, and the Engaged Mindfulness Institute. Tuition: $195 + 2 nights A practitioner of mind-body disciplines since 1977, she completed a professional training in MBSR with Jon Blake D. Bauer is an internationally recognized author, Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli and an MBSR Teacher counselor, qigong master, and alternative medicine Development Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness at practitioner. His best-selling book You Were Not Born the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Janet is To Suffer and pioneering work focus on unconditional co-founder of the Boulder-based Center for Courageous self-love as the key to self-healing, fulfilling your life’s Living, committed to promoting the inherent goodness of purpose, and awakening spiritually. Bringing together individuals and groups by uncovering their basic health what he’s found to be the most effective spiritual and well-being. practices and holistic approaches to well-being, Blake’s work has successfully guided thousands of people around the world to greater health and freedom in mind and body.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 7 March 19 – 27 March 21 – 25 SHAMBHALA RETREAT AND RENEWAL Week-Long Spring Spring Break Family Retreat

Meditation Retreat Leslie Gossett, Kate Raddock & Tom Linsley Lodro Rinzler Spend your spring break connecting, breathing, Do a deep dive into your meditation practice with and relaxing with your whole family. Spacious this one-week intensive. Appropriate for newbies days with optional activities such as yoga classes, and experienced meditators, this is a chance to meditation sessions, nature exploration, children’s deepen your understanding of meditation as well programming, and family fun (such as hikes, art, as your own mind and heart. games, dialogues, evenings by the fire), provide many opportunities to nourish your body, mind, We will practice shamatha – peaceful-abiding and relationships. Parents are offered a chance meditation – under the guidance of Shambhala to practice together and children can be part of a teacher and best-selling Buddhist author Lodro rich program of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga Rinzler. Each day will include a mix of meditation, taught through stories, songs, and play. Spending guided contemplation, fresh teachings, and time as a family is encouraged. discussion around how to apply our practice to our work, family, and romantic worlds. Please see our website for special family pricing. Leslie Gossett is the founder of Be You Yoga and This retreat is a way to recharge our intention to Mindfulness for Families and Children. As a meditation be kind to ourselves and others. We will balance guide, certified yoga teacher, and nanny, Leslie creates our meditation practice with celebration. space for humans (especially small ones) to connect with Now free tuition. the strength and wisdom of their own hearts. Tuition: $0 + 8 nights Kate Raddock has been a heartfelt body-mind educator since 2009. As a yoga teacher, massage therapist, and Lodro Rinzler is a Shambhala Buddhist teacher and the meditation guide, Kate fosters a restorative space that SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS author of five books on meditation including the best- allows innate health to arise. selling The Buddha Walks into a Bar… Tom Linsley is an experienced Shambhala Buddhist Over the last 15 years he has taught numerous meditation teacher who has staffed nearly 20 month- workshops at meditation centers, businesses, and long retreats and dozens of shorter programs across the college campuses. Lodro’s columns appear regularly on globe. He has been practicing since the 1980s and has the Huffington Post and Elephant Journal, and he has studied , Thailand, India, Europe, and been featured on WNYC, WBUR, FOX, and the CBC. He North America. founded the Institute for Compassionate Leadership and lives in New York City.

8 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 April 1 – 3 and June 9 – 15 April 15 – 17 Traditional Chinese Qigong: The Practice of Motherhood

Levels I-V Charlotte Rotterdam Dale Asrael (Levels I-IV) and Eva Wong (Level V) Tantric Buddhist teachings invite us to regard all Levels I-II: April 1 – 3 | Level III: June 9 – 11 aspects of our world as sacred and all activities Level IV: June 11 – 13 | Level V: June 13 – 15 as integral to our spiritual path. How then does motherhood with its profound joys, lifelong Cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind commitment, and inevitable challenges become through the healing Taoist practice of qigong. This a spiritual practice? In this weekend, we draw on intensive program is a rare opportunity to receive key teachings and meditative practices from the instruction in two unique qigong lineages – the Pre- Tibetan Buddhist tradition to reveal the profound Celestial Limitless Gate School (Xiantianwujimen) practice of motherhood. We will encounter the and the Yiquan School. divine Mother in both her peaceful and wrathful In Level I, we will practice techniques to strengthen manifestations and gain insight and inspiration for the musculoskeletal systems, nourish internal working with the broad spectrum of emotions we organs, circulate energy, and still the mind. In Level traverse as mothers. Through teachings, meditation, II, we will delve more deeply into postures that and discussion we will weave together a supportive cultivate flexibility, strength, and softness in the and generative community and develop tools joints, muscles, and tendons. We will also learn self- to take back into daily life. All are welcome; no massage techniques to support our internal organs previous meditation experience is necessary. and circulate qi—or life energy—through our Tuition: $185 + 2 nights

meridians. In Levels III, IV, and V, we will learn animal AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Charlotte Rotterdam teaches Buddhism and meditation in forms for balance and strength as well as practices the US and abroad, and was authorized to teach by Lama for removing blockages. Talks on qigong, Chinese . She is an Instructor and Director of the medicine, and Taoism will be included. Levels I-II Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education must be taken together. Levels III-V may be taken at . The mother of two boys, she has separately but sequentially. published essays on the intersection of spiritual practice Tuition: Levels I-II: $195 + 2 nights and motherhood in and in an anthology, Fearless Levels III, IV, or V: $195 for each level Nest. Charlotte received her Masters in Theological Studies + 2 nights per level from Harvard Divinity School. Register for a bundle of three or more levels for a 10% tuition discount. See our website for registration details. Eva Wong, author and translator of 13 books on the Taoist arts of health, meditation, and qigong, is the 19th generation lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism and 3rd generation student of Wang Xiangzhai, founder of the Yiquan martial arts and Zhangshuan (standing qigong).

Acharya Dale Asrael leads retreats and meditation programs internationally. She was appointed Dean of Meditation Instructors for Shambhala International by Sakyong Mipham, Rinpoche. Dale studies qigong with, and has been authorized to teach by, Daoist lineage- holder Eva Wong. Dale is an Associate Professor at Naropa University, in the Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and Master of Divinity programs. She is the founder and teacher of Naropa’s Mindfulness Instructor Training program.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 9 April 21 – 25 April 22 – 24 May 6 – 8 Mindful Living: FLOW: SHAMBHALA Teachings and Practices Yoga and Meditation Learn to Meditate from Mindfulness- Katharine Kaufman Patricia Kelly Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) We have all had moments or It seems we all agree that days that flow well. This delightful training the body through Janet Solyntjes motion may begin in what the exercise, diet, and relaxation Inspired by the work of Jon call “nadis”, or energetic is a good idea. So why don’t Kabat-Zinn, this extended channels, which run throughout we think about training our retreat offers an in-depth our bodies. Our individual rhythms minds? This weekend retreat will look at mindfulness tools for are unique and in “flow,” we are give accessible and powerful engaging the demands of free of striving, finding lightness meditation practice techniques our lives and for deepening and ease while inhabiting our to help us find peace within our inquiry into fundamental body. We discover that stillness, ourselves while developing a health and wholeness. small movements, and simply being strong and flexible mind. We will Through sitting, walking, present with our breath allow us to draw from Turning the Mind Into and body scan meditation unearth our quiet wisdom, as well an Ally, the best-selling book practices, mindful yoga, and as prepare us for more spectacular by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, extended periods of silence, sequences of postures. When we as we explore this question we will return to our lives return to stillness, we are different together in a contemplative and better equipped to manage for having moved. In this retreat, nurturing environment. stress and to confidently we will investigate this interplay You will receive a copy of integrate mindfulness into of movement and stillness by Turning the Mind Into an Ally at daily life. Recommended for partnering sitting meditation with the retreat. both newcomers and people yoga. We will practice a variety SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS with prior experience in of creative sequences, Tuition: $150 + 2 nights mindfulness disciplines. deepening and refreshing our Patricia was introduced to meditation in 1986 by an Tuition: $285 + 4 nights practice. By listening to our body’s natural flow rather than Episcopal priest, who was also a See Janet’s bio on page 7. demanding a certain performance, practitioner. This, along with we may experience a practice that reading Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, influenced her to attend Naropa is rich, refreshing, nourishing, and University, where she received supports our well-being. her masters in Contemplative Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Psychotherapy. In 1995, she met Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Katharine Kaufman, MFA, is ordained became his student within the as a priest in the Soto Zen lineage. Shambhala tradition. She lives in She studied Yoga in India and Louisville, Colorado where she has practiced and taught for many years a private psychotherapy practice at Richard Freeman’s Yoga Workshop specializing in treating trauma. and Wendy Bramlett’s Studio Be. Katharine is an adjunct professor at Naropa University where she teaches Contemplative Movement Arts and is a student of poetry.

10 | Phone: (888) 788-7221 AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Spring | Summer 2016 | 11 Spring | Summer 2016 Tuition: $205 + 4 nights Tuition: Jenny Bondurant has been a dharma teacher for 30 and in Buddhist tradition, both in the Shambhala years, from whom she received Thubten Anam the tradition of inAn adjunct faculty member ordination as a teacher. the Contemplative Psychology Department at Naropa Awareness she leads retreats on Maitri Space University, and working with the energy of the emotions. Taming the Wild Horse: Horse: Wild the Taming Emotions of Energy Riding the Bondurant Jenny Experience Awakening. and fear jealousy, such as anger, Intense emotions open us to the us in struggles or can either trap direct experience of awakening. Develop Compassion. techniques to expose core retreat presents This emotional belief structures that perpetuate that foster practices meditation confusion, classes. Yoga daily Hatha and clarity and insight, most painful emotions Revealing that even the to develop genuine offer us an opportunity also give us a glimpse these practices compassion, of the pure energy that is the essence of emotion. May 11 – 15 May 11 Tuition: $205 + 4 nights Tuition: LMFT is a Naropa University Gonthier PhD, Vidan Mindfulness Instructor and teaches meditation and counseling at the Graduate School for Counseling his retreat experiences over From and Psychology. has found of traditions,he many years in a variety that the container of a silent retreat is an invaluable experience to develop the capacity to be with oneself Skills no matter what may arise. compassionately, our developed in retreat become directly applicable to as a psychotherapy His passion busy modern lives. teacher is helping students develop skills and confidence in using the power of mindfulness to effect lasting therapeutic change. Cynthia Moku is an accomplished artist in Japanese A student of brushwork and Buddhist Scroll painting. she continues her meditation Kalu Rinpoche, Kyabje Cynthia is the training with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Art Degree Program. Visual founder of Naropa University’s Vidan Gonthier & Cynthia Moku Gonthier & Vidan arts, contemplative meditation, Uniquely blending we and , practices, sensory awareness to shed habitual in a rich environment will practice the world with fresh patterns and rediscover the four elements of As we investigate perception. we will open ourselves our inner and outer worlds, Using meditation practices, to the fullness of life. and discussion, dharma talks, periods of silence, led by practice daily contemplative brush-and-ink we will touch the Indelible artist Cynthia Moku, moments. Presence of our everyday May 6 – 10 May 6 Moment: the Touching Indelible Presence May 12 – 15 May 20 – 22 May 20 – 22 The Way of the Radical Self-Healing Relationship as a

Happy Woman: Charley Cropley Spiritual Path: Spring Detox and Getting the Love You Want Bodily sickness, like all suffering, Renewal Retreat has real, discoverable causes. Ben Cohen Sara Avant Stover The cause is not cancer, colitis, Intimate relationships challenge weak adrenals, or a lowered Calling all women who do too us to deepen our understanding immune system. The cause of our much! This self-care retreat puts and compassion for ourselves health problems is the innocent us back into alignment with and for our partner. Once past misuse of our own body and the seasons, starting with the the “Romantic Love Stage,” we mind. During this empowering flowering and growth of spring. often find ourselves caught in retreat, we will discover how As women, we are far more repeated patterns—usually the we connect with our ability to deeply tied to the seasons than same few issues, coming up over eat, think, move, and relate. most of us realize. This retreat and over again. Drawing from the Through our exploration of these will show us how to access and works of Harville Hendrix, PhD, four essential activities, we will rejuvenate simply, through our as well as Thich Nhat Hanh, this learn how to skillfully imbue own inner cycles. Based on Sara experiential workshop will explore our daily lives with care and Avant Stover’s best-selling books, the principles and practices of free ourselves from habits that this program teaches powerful conscious relationship to equip repeatedly cause harm. After our women’s yoga, meditation, and you for both the challenges of weekend together, you will see lifestyle practices. Let go of relationship, and to deepen your unmistakably the healing power old, debilitating baggage and love and connection. You will be you have and how to wield it to embrace your greatest source of guided through processes that revitalize your body and mind. power: your feminine essence. will help you better understand Come rest, rejuvenate, and Tuition: $190 + 2 nights your core conflicts and how to SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS revitalize! For all women; no Charley Cropley, ND, is a transform these into opportunities yoga experience is necessary. Naturopathic physician who, after 35 for connection, healing, and Tuition: $210 + 3 nights years of practice, uses no medicines. growth. You will learn how He teaches his clients that they are to create safety and increase Sara Avant Stover is a yoga and endowed with self-healing capacities your capacity for giving and meditation teacher, best-selling exactly equal to their condition. receiving love. Join us for this author of The Way of the Happy They learn that illness itself is what Woman and The Book of SHE, and powerful weekend, and take your heals them. It awakens their love of relationship to a higher level. an inspirational leader to tens of themselves and guides them in the thousands of women worldwide. The heroic work of healing their own self- Tuition: $300 + 2 nights creator of The SHE School and the harming ways. Ben Cohen, PhD, has been in private Women’s , Sara practice in Boulder and Denver for has been featured in , over 20 years, and has led over the Huffington Post, and on ABC, 80 Getting the Love You Want NBC, and CBS. Couples Workshops in Colorado and nationally. He is Co-Dean of the Faculty of Imago Relationships International, and a former adjunct faculty at The Naropa University. He has also had an active meditation practice for over 25 years and integrates Eastern and Western traditions in his teaching and practice. He is endlessly fascinated by both the process of opening to the nature of mind in retreat settings and how that opening translates to daily life.

12 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 May 26 – 29 May 27 – 30 Lila Yoga® Embodied Listening: Mindfulness Retreat Uncovering Our Bodies’ Natural Wisdom

Erica Kaufman David Rome & Hope Martin Discover the power of Embodied Listening is an intensive but gentle body, mind, and heart compassionate awareness by training for releasing habitual patterns that constrict our living and bringing mindfulness into your relationships. When we learn to listen deeply to ourselves, we also daily life. During this nourishing become more open and sensitive to the feelings and needs of others. retreat, we will embrace our During this retreat, we will draw on several powerful modalities, vulnerabilities and allow them including: to safely guide us into expansive · Mindfulness Meditation to relax mental holding patterns ease. By practicing the art of open attention, Mindfulness Lila · Alexander Technique to release physical holding patterns Yoga provides a complete holistic · Mindful Focusing to access deeper feelings held in the body approach to a healthy, balanced body and mind. Through the This workshop is highly experiential and includes periods of meditation, ancient Indian practices of asana exploration of the felt sense, and gentle hands-on bodywork. (yogic postures), (yogic Tuition: $300 + 3 nights breathing), chanting, satsang David I. Rome is the developer of Mindful Focusing, an integration of gathering, meditation, and quiet- Eugene Gendlin’s Felt-Sense Focusing and Buddhist mindfulness-awareness present time, we are able to open practices. He is the author of Your Body Knows the Answer; Using Your Felt to our greatest awareness and Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity (Shambhala AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND learn the keys to joy, patience, Publications, 2014). Earlier, David studied Buddhism with Chogyam Trungpa peace, and eternal wisdom. Rinpoche, for whom he served as private secretary for many years. Tuition: $300 + 3 nights Hope Martin has taught the Alexander Technique for 30 years, trains Alexander teachers at the American Center for the Alexander Technique and operates Yogacharya Erica Kaufman is Hope Martin Studio in New York City. She is a meditation instructor and a the founder of Lila Yoga® and Focusing trainer. Her particular passion is in helping her students discover how the owner of Lila Yoga Studios. easeful, upright posture is an expression of their human dignity, confidence, She began daily devoted yoga and innate wakefulness. practice at age 9. Influenced by Jiddu Krishnamurti’s philosophy and Krishnamacharya’s teachings, she spends three months a year in India. Since 1984, Erica has taught ancient wisdom as a daily practice and holds the highest level of Registry with . Her teaching expertise and sophisticated gutsy openness awarded her Yoga Journal’s Credit and features in publications such as The Times of India. As a mentor to yoga teachers, aspirants, and community members alike, Erica tours the USA, Europe, Israel, and India teaching seminars on Lila Yoga® and Contact Improvisation.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 13 June 1 – 3 June 2 – 5 June 3 – 5 Qigong Breath Waking Up Standing Qigong Regulation Intensive to the Wild: Intensive

Eva Wong Mindful Hiking Eva Wong The regulation and control of Kay Peterson Standing qigong is one of the the breath is the foundation Like the snow melting to reveal most powerful and challenging for preserving, cultivating, vast meadows ripe with the practices for storing internal transforming, and circulating promise of wildflowers, we too energy. In this program, students vital energy, or qi. In this can shed the layers of past will learn the 12 Wudang program, students will learn both seasons and old habits to make Standing Qigong Forms, receive the Fish and Fetal Breathing way for new possibilities in our individualized instruction on the techniques to enhance the lives. By tuning into our senses 8 postures of Wang Xiangzhai’s circulation of qi. When qi is and mindfully moving through Yiquan Zhangzhuan, and learn plentiful and its movement is nature, we can cultivate the how to combine the standing unhindered, the body will be ability to discern opportunities qigong techniques of the revitalized and the mind will for growth as they arise moment Xiantianwujimen into a unified be clear. to moment. Join us for a method for circulation of internal energy. Prerequisites: Qigong Levels I-V rejuvenating weekend of sitting and Tendon Changing/Marrow and hiking meditation (moderate Prerequisites: Qigong Levels I-V Washing Intensive. difficulty at 7,000’- 9,000’ and Tendon Changing/Marrow elevation), , Washing Intensive. Attend this program with the group exercises and discussion, Standing Qigong Intensive to Attend this program with the and solo time in nature. Return receive a 10% tuition discount Qigong Breath Regulation home with a renewed sense of on both. Both intensives are Intensive to receive a 10% tuition purpose and fresh start. Wake up

SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS prerequisites for Traditional discount on both. Both intensives to the wild both inside and out! Chinese Qigong Level VI. are prerequisites for Traditional Tuition: $195 + 3 nights Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Chinese Qigong Level VI. Kay Peterson, MA, MFT, is a Tuition: $195 + 2 nights See Eva’s Qigong bio on page 9. psychotherapist, wilderness guide, and Shambhala meditation See Eva’s Qigong bio on page 9. Instructor. She has been facilitating nature-inspired programs that integrate mindfulness, individual transformation, and creative group process since 1996. Kay also teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and is adjunct faculty at Naropa University.

14 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 June 3 – 5 June 5 – 7 SHAMBHALA Foundations of The Art of Being Human: Chinese Divination: Shambhala Training I Principles of the I Ching

Jonathan Barbieri Eva Wong Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse Chinese divination is the art of reading the unconditional goodness as the ground of our energetic patterns of the universe so that we can existence. This immersive weekend workshop live harmoniously in the world, appreciate the helps us open to ourselves with gentleness and flux and permanence of the Tao, and intuit the appreciation and begin to see our potential as interdependency of all things. In this program, genuine and compassionate human beings. This participants will learn the foundations and tools of program is recommended for new and experienced divination: the trigrams of the bagua, the celestial meditators, as well as those looking to enrich their stems, terrestrial branches, the Chinese calendar existing spiritual path. system, and principles of hexagram transformations that form the heart of all I Ching- based systems You will receive a copy of Shambhala: The Sacred of divination. All Chinese forms of divination have Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. a strong component of omen reading. A diviner Tuition: $150 + 2 nights first reads omens before deciding whether it is Jonathan Barbieri has taught Buddhist and Shambhala auspicious to perform the divination. Participants trainings extensively throughout North America for will also be given basic instructions on how to read over 30 years. Each year he presents a New Year’s omens from the natural and social world that can

Resolution program at Shambhala Mountain Center impact the divination process. The program features AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND that explores how to bring our aspirations into focus an omen-reading walk around Shambhala Mountain by slowing down and seeing more clearly through Center to observe and interpret happenings in the Mindfulness meditation. Jon has consulted with cities phenomenal world, presentations, and work groups. and counties on workforce development, created Participants will receive a booklet that summarizes contemplative co-housing communities and, most recently, taught Mindfulness programs to public materials presented in the course. agencies and businesses. He was formerly the Executive This program is a requirement for all subsequent Director of Shambhala Mountain Center. Chinese Divination programs offered by Eva Wong. Tuition: $300 + 2 nights

Eva Wong is a lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism, a lineage that specializes in qigong as well as divination and the study of the I Ching. She has written and translated over 13 books on Taoism.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 15 June 6 – 10 June 7 – 9 Mindfulness Retreat Walking the Path of the Dragon: for Educators Foundations of Fengshui

Rona Wilensky & Linda Wallace Eva Wong & Peter van der Molen Take time this summer to cultivate your capacity For thousands of years, the cultures of Asia have for attention, emotional balance and compassion used their knowledge and understanding of energies both in and out of the classroom. Designed to in the land to situate towns, build homes, locate support you in bringing mindful presence to your spiritual centers, and bury the dead. In China, this personal life and professional work in schools, discipline of knowledge is known as Fengshui. Deeply this retreat includes periods of silent meditation rooted in Taoist philosophy and the that our practice, mindful movement, solitary reflection, place in the universe is not to dominate but to live experiences in and with the natural world, and in harmony with nature, Fengshui inspires us to see opportunities to share perspectives and experiences and experience the flow of energy in the land. At the with other educators. heart of Fengshui is the belief that land is filled with Mindfulness for educators is part of a global qi, or energy, and this energy is carried in mountains, movement to bring research-based practices to valleys, rocks, and waterways. The oldest form of professionals in sectors such as human services, Fengshui is called Kanyu, which is the observation physical and mental health care, military, and interpretation of landforms. Kan means mountain, legal services, and business. Person by person, and yu means valley. In this program, participants organization by organization, the practices and will learn how to identify benevolent, wrathful, and view of mindfulness are helping to transform malevolent energy, evaluate types of mountain, valley, individual lives and social structures across society. and water energies, as well as recognize geographic features that regulate, amplify, and channel energy in This program is open to those with any level the land. of experience (or no experience) with The program features Fengshui walks around the SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS mindfulness practices. spectacular landforms of Shamabhala Mountain Please see our website for scholarship opportunities. Center as well as presentations. Participants Tuition: $300 + 4 nights will receive a booklet that summarizes materials presented in the course. Rona Wilensky is Director of Mindfulness Programs and a senior faculty member for SMART in Education – a This program is a requirement for all subsequent research-based mindfulness program for educators Fengshui programs offered by Eva Wong and/or at PassageWorks Institute. She has served on the Peter van der Molen. Leadership Council of the Initiative on Contemplative Teaching and Learning at Garrison Institute and has Tuition: $300 + 2 nights helped plan and facilitate convenings on contemplative Eva Wong is a practitioner of several systems of practice and social justice. She served as founding traditional Chinese Fengshui, including Kanyu (land principal of New Vista High School in Boulder, Colorado form), Xuankong (Flying Stars), Sanyuan (Three Periods), from 1992 to 2009. and Sanhe (Three Combinations). She consults in the Linda Wallace draws upon her 35 year career as an Fengshui of residences, commercial enterprises, and elementary school teacher, trainer, and coach to bring spiritual practice centers worldwide. She is also the mindfulness to educators and students in the United author of over 13 books on Taoism. Her Fengshui books States and Canada. As a senior faculty member for SMART are: Fengshui: The Ancient Wisdom of Harmonious Living in Education, she assists in writing curriculum, teaching for Modern Times and A Master Course in Fengshui. mindfulness classes to educators and students, and Dr. Peter C. van der Molen is a senior advisor on nature training facilitators. She has also led mindfulness-based policies for the 12 Dutch Provincial governments and wellness programs online for eMindful. the Dutch Government, as well as a senior landscape ecologist. He is a long-term student of the Shambhala teachings and a senior member of the Dorje Kasung where he holds the rank of Rupön. Peter studies Fengshui and is a member of the Sakyong’s Panel for Shambhala Environments, devoted to creating sacred space.

16 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 June 11 – July 9 June 17 – 21 Summer Dathun: Everything is Workable: Month-long Meditation Retreat Transforming Everyday Conflicts into Creative Opportunities Acharya Emily Bower & Shastri Ben Hines Diane Musho Hamilton Dathun, Tibetan for “moon session,” is an intensive group meditation retreat for new and As long as you have relatives, a job, or simple experienced meditators interested in deepening preferences, conflict is going to be a part of life. their mindfulness-awareness. Composed of four Bracing yourself against it won’t make it go away, week-long segments, this month-long retreat but you can learn to navigate it in a way that honors allows participants to attend one, two, three, everyone involved—and even make it a source of or four full weeks. In this immersive experience, deep insight and creativity. In this 4-day workshop mindfulness practice goes beyond the meditation with Diane Musho Hamilton, you will learn hall, with every aspect of daily life becoming and practice: a practice of wakefulness and an opportunity · Mindfulness-Awareness as the ground from to make better friends with ourselves and our which you engage conflict world. Practices include: sitting meditation, , daily , silence, · Exploring personal conflict styles, and expanding contemplative silent meals, and light chores your response repertoire supporting the retreat. · Cultivating presence when working with the Now offering free tuition. intensity of high emotions Tuition: $0 + 28 nights

· Inhabiting multiple perspectives and AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Acharya Emily Bower has been a member of privileging perspectives Shambhala since 1987, and a member of five · Basic negotiation skills and creative outcomes Shambhala Centers on the East and West coasts. Over the years, she has held various positions in the · Trusting the intelligence of conflict in context community in addition to teaching, including Center of growth and change Rusung, kyudo instructor, and publicity manager. In Tuition: $365 + 4 nights her other career, she is a professional book editor. Her editorial work includes: editing books for Diane Musho Hamilton is an author, professional publishers, writing and editing for Dharma Spring, mediator, and master facilitator. She has been a and editing for the 84000 Project. She lives and meditator for more than 30 years, and is a Zen priest enjoys walking in Los Angeles with her husband, and teacher in the White Plum Lineage. Diane lives in Peter Alan Roberts. Utah, where she is the Executive Director of Two Arrows Zen, a center for Zen study and practice. She is the Lead Shastri Ben Hines first encountered Shambhala in Trainer for Integral Facilitator®, certifying practitioners in 1981 in a series of 4 talks called Awakened Heart. a developmental approach to group facilitation. Diane is Ben’s life has been deeply marked by meditation, the author of Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to the Shambhala teachings and by the example of Conflict Resolution (Shambhala Publications). the Sakyongs, who present the highest possibilities of society as a path for the expression of dignity, nobility, and sacred outlook. Ben mixed meditation practice with a career in construction and retired from Habitat for Humanity in 2010. He was appointed Shastri in 2010. He is married with three grandchildren.

www.shambhalamountain.org Spring | Summer 2016 | 17 July 27 – 31 FEATURED PROGRAM

2nd Annual WISDOM IN ACTION A 4-Day Retreat Unlike Any Other

Given the speed and busyness of modern life it’s more important than ever to make time to connect with your body, mind, and environment. It’s in these moments of simple and direct connection that you can discover your deepest intentions to be of benefit to your friends, family, and society. Now imagine adding an assembly of wise and inspiring teachers, a community of like-minded individuals and the breathtaking beauty of Shambhala Mountain Center in the peak of summer.

Take a leap and immerse yourself in a culture of purpose, compassion, and celebration. Connect with your deepest aspiration. Envision an awakened world, and cultivate the skills to put practice into action in your personal, social, and professional life.

Teachers from a variety of​ contemplative traditions will be leading the way in support of one common mission: putting wisdom in action. Join Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Venerable Pannavati, Leslie Booker, and many more for a 4-Day retreat unlike any other.

Visit shambhalamountain.org/wisdom to see prices and register. Lodging options sell out early, please register soon to guarantee your spot.

18 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 August 1 – 8 August 3 – 7 Family Camp Women’s Summer

Steve Sachs & Kelly Lindsey Meditation and Yoga Retreat Looking to get away to nature with your family this summer? Come nurture bonds while rejuvenating your spirit in the beautiful Katharine Kaufman terrain of Shambhala Mountain Center. Family Camp is a creative Our bodies hold emotions, and contemplative retreat the whole family can enjoy. Take time images, patterns, and stories. for yourself in the mornings with meditation, yoga, workshops, or When we inhabit our bodies just relaxing in nature while your children participate in enriching through mindfulness practices, group activities. The afternoons and evenings offer fun family we come to know ourselves activities like guided hiking, yoga, dharma art, storytelling, talent as complete and wakeful show, singing, and dancing. beings. During this rejuvenating Children are in a morning program from 9:15-12:15, grouped program, we will play with the by age: Tigers (3-5), Lions (6-7), /Rights of Passage four postures of meditation, Children (8-10), and Dragons (11-14). Activities are varied and practice nourishing yoga, and experiential including craft projects, time outdoors, stories, songs, retreat in the forests, fields, hikes in the woods, and group games. Children are introduced to and groves of Shambhala sitting meditation and meditative arts as ways to work with their Mountain Center. Through sitting hearts and minds. They are also introduced to the notion of basic meditation, we will contemplate goodness as a way to instill confidence, bravery, and compassion the nature of Way-Seeking Mind, – all while having fun and developing friendships! the tender under-world of our

being. Our practice and insight AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Rites of Passage (for children age 8-10) will deepen through silent This special program, led by Kelly Lindsey, marks the transition periods, and our community will children begin to make from being solely family-centered to develop understanding and trust becoming important individual members of their community. through talking circles. Through sitting meditation, kyudo (Zen archery), haiku, ikebana, This retreat takes place in a calligraphy, and other meditative arts, Rites of Passage gives scenic pavilion among the pine children powerful tools to help them care for their own mind trees – an indoor/outdoor space and emotions. These tools also empower them to relate to their – and is limited to 15 women. internal and external worlds with confidence and gentleness. At the week’s end, this transformative program is sealed with a powerful Tuition: $285 + 4 nights ceremony in which the children take a vow of mindfulness and See Katharine’s bio on page 10. kindness towards themselves and others. This program is open to those with any level of experience (or no experience) with mindfulness practices. Please see our website for special Family Camp pricing options.

Steve Sachs has been an educator for the past 30 years. He taught in Montessori schools for 22 years before co-founding Eastern Sun Academy, a private school in contemplative education. He is now co-director of Alaya, a contemplative preschool and the lab school for Naropa University’s Early Childhood Education program. Steve has been a member of the Shambhala Buddhist community since 1982.

Kelly Lindsey has been serving children and families in the Shambhala community for 13 years, leading Shambhala Children’s programs and events, assisting Family Meditative Art classes, and directing Rites of Passage programs and Family Camp.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 19 August 7 – 12 August 12 – 14 Yoga, Purpose, and Action Healing Sound Retreat: Leadership Intensive Rhythm and Chanting as Seane Corn, Suzanne Sterling & Hala Khouri Spiritual Practice Embark on a transformational journey of Silvia Nakkach & Christine Stevens provocative self-inquiry, social justice education Explore music and rhythm as a gateway for and creative exploration to uncover your deepest therapeutic process and honest communication. passion and motivation for service that leads In its sixth year, this annual program approaches to embodied, effective, and conscious action. music as medicine, weaving together a powerful Combining the tools of yoga, meditation, self- experience in cross-cultural rhythms, chants, and investigation, voice, and ritual with the practical sacred silence. Using the voice and the drum, we tools of communication, organization, and will discover ancient and modern practices for collaboration, you learn to become more effective spirituality, healing, and joy! This is a celebration of leaders and agents of change in the world. the music of your soul. The weekend will include a For yoga teachers, community leaders, activists, and Music for Peace Ceremony on Saturday evening at interested students. the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya. Please see our website for tuition and lodging No prior musical experience necessary. Drums price information. provided – or bring your own. Seane Corn is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher Tuition: $255 + 2 nights known for her impassioned activism and inspirational style of teaching. She trains leaders of activism through Music for Peace Ceremony at the Great Stupa her cofounded organization, Off the Mat, Into the World®. (Included in retreat) A strong and articulate voice for personal transformation Saturday Aug 13, 5:00 pm and social change, she has utilized her platform to inspire and mobilize the yoga community in activating grassroots $30 to attend Saturday evening only SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS projects worldwide. Corn also has released seven DVDs, (includes dinner) including Vinyasa Flow Yoga, as well as the audiobook, Christine Stevens, MA, MSW, MT-BC is author of Music Detox Flow Yoga. Medicine, The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart Hala Khouri, MA, E-RYT, co-founder of Off The Mat, Into of Drum Circles. The founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, she The World®, is a yoga teacher and somatic counselor has appeared on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and the DVD Discover specializing in trauma. Her roots are in Ashtanga and the Gift. A world percussion artist for Remo, the world’s , dance, Somatic Psychology, and the juicy largest drum company, she has trained drum circle mystery of Life itself. She leads trainings nationally and facilitators from more than 25 countries. Christine has has a private practice in Venice, California. worked with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, students at Ground Zero and led the first drum circle training in the Suzanne Sterling, co-founder of Off The Mat, Into The war-zone of Iraq. World®, is a dedicated musician, , activist, and social innovator who has been performing and teaching Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is a Grammy-nominated transformational workshops for more than 20 years. An musician, a renowned vocal artist, and a leading voice award-winning musician and founder of Voice of Change, in the field of music in consciousness and shamanic she has released five solo albums and numerous DVD practices. She is the creator of the Sound, Voice, and soundtracks. Her life work is dedicated to inspiring others Music in the Healing Arts certificate program at the to find their unique voice and to use self-expression as a California Institute for Integrative Studies, founder of tool for community building and conscious evolution. the international Vox Mundi School, and author of Free Your Voice.

20 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 www.facebook.com/shambhalamountaincenter August 12 – 14 August 12 – 14 SHAMBHALA Mindful Hiking: Learn to Meditate Opening to Change

Greg Smith Kay Peterson It seems we all agree that training the body Sometimes we welcome change in our lives; other through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good times it comes unexpectedly. It may feel like our idea. So why don’t we think about training our life adventure has brought us to the banks of a minds? This weekend retreat will teach accessible swollen river and we’re not sure how to proceed – and powerful meditation practice techniques do we turn back or take a leap of faith? to help us find peace within ourselves while developing a strong and flexible mind. We will Through engaging mindfulness/awareness practices, draw from Turning the Mind Into an Ally, the best- we can delve deeply into our connection with the selling book by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, as we natural world, turn our attention toward the subtle explore this question together in a contemplative interplay of our thoughts and feelings, tune into and nurturing environment. our sense perceptions, and rediscover our innate ability to weather in our lives with You will receive a copy of Turning the Mind Into grace and strength. Join us for a weekend that will an Ally at the retreat. include sitting and hiking meditation (moderate Tuition: $150 + 2 nights difficulty at 7,000’- 9,000’ elevation), restorative Greg Smith, a well known artist and yoga, group discussions, and lots of time for solo painter, has lived and painted at Shambhala Mountain reflection in nature.

Center for many years. He has been a student of Tuition: $175 + 2 nights AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND meditation since 1976, first with Chögyam Trungpa and later with his son Sakyong Mipham. Greg has taught See Kay’s bio on page 14. meditation and since 1982.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 21 August 17 – 21 FEATURED PROGRAM

2nd Annual WISDOM An exploration of the divine feminine in Buddhism RISING

Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams, Acharya Susan Skjei, and more to be announced!

Join an inspiring group of Buddhist teachers, scholars, and practitioners for this unique and dynamic retreat exploring the Feminine within Buddhism.

This is a precious opportunity to dive into open questions, experience the feminine approach to Buddhist teachings and practices, and honor the importance of the feminine principle in approaching our world’s challenges. While cultivating gentleness and compassion we recognize the inspiring strength and power of the feminine to provide a space of wisdom in the face of passion, aggression, and ignorance.

Participants will be offered a variety of teachings and workshops that include meditation, body awareness, expression, and community building. All genders welcome!

Visit shambhalamountain.org/wisdom-rising to see prices and register. Lodging options sell out early, please register soon to guarantee your spot.

22 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 August 23 – 28 August 25 – 29 10th Annual Courageous Women, Writing as a Path to Awakening

Fearless Living: Albert Flynn DeSilver A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer Are you ready to experience and write forth the Victoria Maizes, Judith Lief & Linda Sparrow truth of who you really are? The practice of writing is an exploration of consciousness, a practice Cancer is one of life’s greatest challenges. In this toward deeper self-awareness that moves us along retreat, we learn how to navigate this potentially the path of awakening to our true nature. Many confusing, treacherous, and heartbreaking terrain. of our greatest spiritual teachers from around the Our extraordinary team of experts will share world were, and are, writers. From Sappho in the their wisdom in integrative medicine, Tibetan 7th century BC to Pema Chödrön, from Rumi in the Buddhist healing, meditation, yoga, art, ritual, and 13th century to Thomas Merton, Jack Kornfield, and community building, providing a multi-dimensional the – the written word has the power roadmap for a transformative journey. When gently not only to inspire, but also to awaken the very and skillfully embraced, facing our mortality or best in the human heart. Join us for this exciting that of someone we love can be a vehicle for week exploring your inner and outer creativity. The profound healing and awakening – physically, days will include periods of meditation, innovative mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Integrating and fun writing exercises, readings, and more! body, mind, heart, and soul, we will discover ways Tuition: $525 + 4 nights to meet the totality of this experience directly and courageously. Whether you have a current or past Albert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published diagnosis or are the caregiver or loved one of a poet, author, teacher, and speaker. He is the author of AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND woman on the cancer journey, join us and receive several books of poetry, and the memoir, Beamish Boy (I the tools you need to transform the way you relate Am Not My Story): A Memoir of Recovery & Awakening. His latest book is a novel titled Brooklyn, Wyoming, to the challenges you face. due out in 2016. Albert has been practicing meditation, Scholarships are available for this program on writing, and teaching for 20 years. a first-come basis. Please see the Courageous Women website: cwfl.org for information and an application specific to this retreat. Tuition: $375 + 5 nights

Victoria Maizes, MD, is executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, founded by Dr. Andrew Weil and Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona. She is an internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine.

Linda Sparrowe is a writer and teacher with deep roots in the ancient practice of yoga and its connection to women’s health. She is the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and author of several books, including The Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health and Yoga At Home.

Judith Lief is a respected Buddhist teacher who has taught for many years on the power of awareness, kindness, and openness to change the way we relate to sickness and death, both personally and as caregivers. She is the author of Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 23 September 2 – 5 September 2 – 5 Big Sky, Big Mind: Running with the Mind of Meditation Contemplative Astronomy Cynthia MacKay, Marty Kibiloski, Tara Michelle & Mike Sandrock

Jim Tolstrup & Andrea Schweitzer This popular retreat is based on Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s best- selling book Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Come experience a personal the Body and the Mind. Geared for runners, walkers, and other athletes, connection with the universe, the book offers fresh insights into the activities of meditation and under the sparkling, starry skies movement, and the ways our running experience can be dramatically of the Rocky Mountains. We will enhanced by working with the principles of meditation. combine interactive astronomy activities with periods of Our retreat will bring these teachings to life through direct contemplation; presentations of instructions in the practices of sitting, walking and running the astronomical lore from Celtic, meditation, yoga, and discussion groups. We feel our way into the Tibetan, and Native American mindfulness of the Tiger, discover the pure appreciation and joy of traditions; and a guided walk to the Lion, and see our basic goodness in the strength and gentleness observe the interplay of the sun of Windhorse. Designed for runners and walkers of all levels, as well and seasons with the land. No as other athletes wishing to experience the joy of synchronizing mind astronomy background is required. and body. Tuition: $185 + 3 nights Tuition: $255 + 3 nights

Jim Tolstrup, a director of Shambhala Cynthia MacKay has been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche for over Training, has been a practitioner of 25 years. Inspired by her teacher’s running, Cynthia has completed over a indigenous wisdom traditions since dozen marathons of her own, from Casablanca to San Francisco. Cynthia is 1977. He is president of Cankatola also the Director of the Los Angeles Shambhala Center. Ti Ospaye, a non-profit that supports Marty Kibiloski is an accomplished marathoner, successful business leader Native American elders. As the and a Hawaii Ironman veteran. Through meditation and yoga, he has Executive Director of the High Plains SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS discovered a deeper sense of richness that brings fullness to all aspects of Environmental Center in Loveland, his life. Colorado, he works with land developers to “restore nature where Dr. Tara Michelle, ND is a Natural Physician and Wellness Empowerment we live, work and play.”’ Educator. Her personal practice, Nanihoku Naturals, is located on the exquisite Island of Maui, Hawai’i. She has run 15 marathons and received All- Andrea Schweitzer, PhD, is an American honors in track events. astronomer with the Little Thompson Observatory in Berthoud, Colorado. Michael Sandrock is an award-winning journalist and author of Running Having collaborated with NASA on with the Legends and Running Tough. He began running as a teenager programs such as the Hubble Space in the forest preserves outside Chicago and went on to compete for the Telescope and the Voyager missions, University of Colorado. He now studies comparative mythology, running, she balances her work with her yoga, and meditation. personal practices of stargazing, yoga, and meditation.

24 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 www.facebook.com/shambhalamountaincenter September 2 – 4 September 7 – 11 September 9 – 11 Finding Awakening the Bridges to Beyond: Happiness Within: Wisdom of Emotions: A Grief Healing Workshop Reconnecting with Your The Five Buddha Families Sue Frederick Natural State Through Jenny Bondurant & Kay Peterson Pristine Mind Meditation If you’ve ever lost someone you Sometimes our emotions love, this transformative grief- Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche bring joy, ease, and clarity. At shifting workshop will rock your In this retreat, meditation master other times they can color our world. You’ll learn Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will perception and lead to habits of and sacred practices that give provide instructions and guided aggression, grasping, ignoring, you a direct conversation with meditations on the unique type pride, and jealousy. Derived from your departed and a deep of meditation called Pristine Buddhist , this practice understanding of your soul Mind meditation presented in recognizes five archetypal agreements – even painful ones. his book Our Pristine Mind. This patterns of innate intelligence You’ll feel the relief that comes is an approach to meditation that can arise in a sane or from a heart-opening meditation that helps us find happiness neurotic way. By cultivating technique and you’ll understand within, dispel distortions of mind, deeper awareness and loving why you’re here and what your and bring about greater health kindness for our diverse soul’s great mission is. Your loss and a deep sense of well-being. cognitive and emotional styles, is meant to fuel your greatest our neuroses are transformed work and Sue Frederick is a During the weekend we will into boundless wisdom and master at illuminating that path meditate as a group and AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND compassion resulting in for you. experience for ourselves how clarity, calm, discernment, this meditation is not something Tuition: $205 + 2 nights confidence, and skillful action in only for “spiritual” people; rather, Sue Frederick is the author of relationships. it is a way of cleaning the mind, Bridges to Heaven: True Stories experiencing unconditional Tuition: $205 + 4 nights of Loved Ones on the Other Side, I See Your Soul Mate, and I See happiness, transforming every See Jenny’s bio on page 11. area of our lives, and journeying Your Dream Job (St.Martin’s Press). See Kay’s bio on page 14. Through Sue’s work with thousands toward enlightenment. of clients, she’s learned that No background with meditation everyone is capable of lifting the is necessary. veil and feeling the direct healing experience of their departed loved Tuition: $195 + 2 nights one’s presence. Sue believes that Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a seeing and talking to your departed meditation master in the loved ones is not only possible but lineage of the Buddhist tradition. necessary in order to heal your pain He studied for ten years at Larung and live your most meaningful life. Gar in Serta, eastern Tibet, with his Her work reveals the gift of loss teacher, Jigmed Phuntsok Rinpoche, and how it’s designed to fuel your who is widely acknowledged as greatest work. one of the greatest meditation masters of the twentieth century. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Pristine Mind Foundation.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 25 September 16 – 18 September 16 – 18 September 16 – 18 Making the Most of The Art of Wired for Love: What We Have: Being Human: Relationship Workshop

Lojong Mind Training Shambhala Training I Stan Tatkin Anyen Rinpoche Shastri Holly Gayley & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Allison Choying Zangmo Through the practice of “People are complex,” says Stan Join Anyen Rinpoche as he meditation, we glimpse Tatkin, clinician, teacher, and gives an introduction to Lojong unconditional goodness as the developer of A Psychobiological ® teachings, which are a set of ground of our existence. This Approach to Couple Therapy . antidotes to the mental habits immersive weekend workshop “We don’t come with manuals that cause us suffering. These helps us open to ourselves with that automate the process of teachings help us connect with gentleness and appreciation getting along.” Even if we did the world in an unconditionally and begin to see our potential have general manuals, we aren’t positive way while encouraging as genuine and compassionate robots: what works for one us to take full responsibility human beings. This program person won’t necessarily work for for our experience in it. This is recommended for new and another. Nor does it work to fly practical teaching can be used experienced meditators, as well blind, as many couples do, and every day in our lives, especially as those looking to enrich their expect relationships to simply with those situations that existing spiritual path. fall into place. This workshop will challenge us the most! demonstrate general principles You will receive a copy of to help you understand what Tuition: $250 + 2 nights Shambhala: The Sacred Path of makes a relationship successful, Anyen Rinpoche was born in the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa and how to work toward that with Amdo,Tibet. His lineage can be Rinpoche. your partner. traced back directly to the renowned Tuition: $150 + 2 nights Tuition: $225 + 2 nights SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Dzogchen master Patrul Rinpoche. Anyen Rinpoche is a heart son of Shastri Holly Gayley is an Assistant Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT Clinician, Tsara Rinpoche. After Professor of Buddhist Studies at the author, PACT developer, and remaining with his root lama for University of Colorado in Boulder. co-founder of the PACT Institute, 18 years, Anyen Rinpoche came She has been practicing meditation teaches at UCLA, maintains a to America, where he established in the Shambhala tradition for private practice in Southern the Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma more than 20 years and regularly California, and leads PACT Center in Denver. Rinpoche’s leads meditation retreats and programs in the US and dharma activity focuses on helping workshops. Holly frequently travels internationally. Buddhist practitioners prepare for to Eastern Tibet for her research on the moment of death through the contemporary Buddhist movements Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, PhD has Dying with Confidence Program and enjoys trekking in the served as the director of various and the Foundation. He Himalayas and Rocky Mountains. philanthropic family foundations also teachings a traditional shedra, over three decades. In addition to or intensive Vajrayana study, for her leadership roles, she has been westerners at Orgyen Khamdroling. involved at the ground level of humanitarian efforts worldwide. Allison Choying Zangmo is a student Tracey is co-founder of the of Anyen Rinpoche and his root PACT Institute. master, Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche. She has been studying the Tibetan language and Buddhism under Anyen Rinpoche’s personal guidance for the past sixteen years, and acts as his personal translator. She lives in Denver.

26 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 September 22 – 25 Volunteer and Compassionate Acceptance: Core Staff Opportunities A Mindful Path to Healing We are seeking committed individuals who Life’s Wounds aspire to create an enlightened society Thomas Roberts through working in a contemplative We all carry with us a store of life’s hurts, practice community—serving and inspiring betrayals, and traumas. Much of the impact of the thousands of guests who come to these experiences resides deeply in the nerves Shambhala Mountain Center each year. and cells of our bodies, to be re-lived repeatedly Visit shambhalamountain.org/staff to learn throughout our lives. Too often, we develop a type of aversion to these hurts – a kind of wishing they more about current opportunities! would go away. Deep healing occurs only when Summer Set-Up | Apr 24 – Jun 5 we soften our self-aversion and begin to accept and relate wisely with deep compassion to that Fall Take Down | Aug 28 – Oct 2 part of ourselves that needs healing. This will be a dynamic and refreshing Group Rentals opportunity for you to explore how the practice Shambhala Mountain Center is available to of mindfulness meditation will deepen your understanding of how your body and mind groups for exclusive and non-exclusive rental work together to generate lasting healing and use. Bring your business, family, non-profit, spiritual, or educational group for a retreat well-being. AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND in our beautiful contemplative environment. This retreat will provide a spacious and Let us host you as you enjoy time to practice, safe place to work on bringing mindful and compassionate acceptance to these difficulties. meet, deepen, and relax together. Through contemplative, Taoist, and Buddhist For more details about rental facilities, teachings and healing practices you will explore including square footage and capacity, and a kind of emotional, spiritual, and physical date availability, please visit our website or healing based on acceptance and compassion email [email protected]. that is often overlooked. This depth of healing is integral to deepening the spiritual path. You will leave this retreat with a lasting Generosity in Action foundation to help you tap into the healing Your generosity plays a pivotal role in wisdom of your body. furthering Shambhala Mountain Center’s Tuition: $185 + 3 nights mission to provide extensive programs for Thomas Roberts, a Zen Buddhist and psychotherapist, personal and societal transformation, both has led dynamic, refreshing, and practical retreats now and for generations to come. on mind-body healing and meditation practices for over 30 years. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. Donate on our website, send a check, or contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Spring | Summer 2016 | 27 Plan Your Retreat

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Use this catalog or visit LODGING, MEALS, AND AMENITIES www.shambhalamountain.org Cost per night includes: · Lodging selection 2 | SELECT YOUR LODGING · Three meals per day LODGE OR SEASONAL DORM (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free available) 7-15 people per same-gender room · Hiking trails, walking paths with shared same-gender bathrooms. · Access to the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya $79-$109 per night per person · Coffee, tea, and fruit LODGE DOUBLE Two full-size beds, private bathroom. Roommate assigned or selected. $147 per night per person

LODGE SINGLE Full or queen-size bed and private or shared bath. $167-$209, per night 1st person $84 per night for 2nd person

LODGE SUITE Queen-size bed, closet, private bath with tub, and sitting area. $263 per night 1st person $84 per night for 2nd person

RED FEATHER DOUBLE CABIN Lodge Double Two twin-size beds, shared same-gender bathhouse. $109 per night per person

TENT SINGLE 12’x14’ tent with two twin beds, shared same-gender bathhouse. $109 per night per person

TENT DOUBLE 12’x14’ tent with two twin beds, shared same-gender bathhouse. Roommate assigned or selected. $79 per night per person

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Payment ARRIVAL DAY Full payment is required for stays of three 2 – 5 pm | Registration nights or less. A 50% deposit is required 6:30 – 7 pm | Dinner for stays of four nights or more. The final 50% 7 pm | Orientation: Program Begins balance is processed 30 days prior to arrival. Payment can be made by credit card, check, TYPICAL DAY or money order. 7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast Cancellation Policy 9 am – 12:30 pm | Program Session 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch If you cancel your reservation more than 1:30 – 3 pm | Free Time 14 days prior to arrival, you will receive a 3 – 6:30 pm | Program Session full refund less a credit card processing fee 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Dinner of 5% of payment. If you cancel 2-14 days 8 pm | Program Session prior to arrival, you will receive program credit to be used toward another program DEPARTURE DAY at Shambhala Mountain Center. No refunds or credits are issued for cancellations received 7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast fewer than 48-hours prior to arrival. 9 am – 12:30 pm | Program Activities 12:30 pm | Lunch and Departure Discounts Shambhala Mountain Center offers a Transportation 10% discount off our lodging and meals to full-time students and senior citizens For travel information including shuttle (60 years or older). If you qualify, please use providers from Denver International the coupon code indicated on the registration Airport, directions from surrounding page or mention it over the phone. areas, and the Shambhala Mountain Shuttle to and from Fort Collins, Subsidized Rate/Financial Aid please visit our website or email Our subsidized rate offers a $60 per night [email protected]. rate for Tent Double or Seasonal Dorm Stay an Extra Night accommodations, depending on the season. Tuition is still paid in full. Take the stress out of your travel plans by adding an extra night before or after your This option is available on the program retreat for 25% off. registration page. It cannot be combined with other discounts or financial aid. We also offer financial aid to individuals for Shambhala Path programs on a by-needs basis. If financial aid is available for the program you are interested in, a notice will appear on the registration page.

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