FALL | WINTER 2018-2019

BUDDHISM | | MINDFUL LIVING | | MEDITATION

MOUNTAIN CENTERMOUNTAIN SHAMBHALA Connect | Discover | Explore

At this time of year, when Aspen leaves make their journey from vibrant green to shimmering gold, the Shambhala Mountain Center land comes alive in a remarkable way. The change of seasons invites us to lean into the reflective nature of our being. This Fall and Winter, we welcome you to take a moment and visit us for a day or come for one of our weekend retreats, meditation intensives, family programs, or creative explorations. May the time you spend on the land inspire and invigorate you to approach your world with confidence and heartfelt intention. Please enjoy this catalog of our upcoming offerings. We look forward to hosting you on the land.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Program Highlights ...... 2 Program Calendar...... 4 Shambhala Path Programs ...... 6 The Great ...... 7 Open House ...... 7 Relaxing Weekend Retreats ...... 8 Learn to Meditate...... 8 Getaways: Self-Guided Retreats ...... 8 Fall and WInter Programs ...... 9 Support SMC ...... 27 Volunteer Opportunities...... 27 Group Rentals...... 27 Generosity in Action ...... 27 Plan Your Retreat ...... 28 Rates and Registration ...... 28

Cover Photo: Jason Lee Segal

Welcome | 1 Program Highlights

Retreat Intensives Yoga and Embodied Living

18 Week-Long Fall Meditation Retreat: 20 Winter Dathün: 9 Contemplative Running: Merging 15 Fresh Start The Basic Goodness of Being Human A Month-Long Meditation Retreat Exercise and Meditation De West & Brian Spielmann (Weekthün) | Acharya Emily Bower Acharya Daniel Hessey Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock 16 & Wendy Black Stern Counterpose: The Art of Yoga 19 Meditation Retreat: 24 Week-Long Spring Meditation and Meditation A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat Retreat (Weekthün) 11 Meeting Your Power: A Women’s Katharine Kaufman Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi Lodro Rinzler & Susan Piver Self-Defense and Meditation Training 22 Maya Fliegel & Vajra Granelli Precious Knowing: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat for Women 12 Resiliency Practices Katharine Kaufman Meditation and Buddhism of Buddhism and Yoga | Cyndi Lee

17 Awakening From the Daydream 23 Foundations of Buddhism David Nichtern Dr. Amelia Hall Creative Expression 14 Path of the Heart 23 Practicing Simplicity: , Roshi An Introduction to Zen Practice 24 Boundless Playground: Creativity 20 Fearlessly Creative: AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND & Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshi Katharine Kaufman & Michael Wood and the Meditative Mind A Meditation and Writing Retreat 16 Medicine Buddha and the Practice 25 Expansive Nature of Love Nina Rolle & Erin Neff Susan Piver of Compassion Anyen Khenpo Jigme & Nashalla Nyinda & Allison Choying Zangmo Seasonal Retreats

Relationships and Family 8 3-Day Thanksgiving Retreat 21 Taking a Leap into 2019 and Renewal Shastri Jon Barbieri 11 Wired for Love: 25 Family Spring Break Retreat

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 21 Holiday Meditation Retreat: Relationship Workshop Leslie Gossett, Kate Raddock Renewing Body, Mind and Spirit Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Matthew Parkinson Shastri Calryn Aston

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AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER FEBRUARY Women’s Yoga and Meditation Retreat Open House | Sep 2 7 Week-Long Fall Meditation Retreat: Open House | Feb 3 7 Katharine Kaufman | Aug 1 – 5 * Lucid Dream Yoga The Basic Goodness of Being Human (Weekthün) The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Meditation Unplugged | Aug 10 – 12 8 Andrew Holecek | Sep 7 – 9 9 Acharya Emily Bower | Nov 2 – 10 18 Acharya Dale Asrael | Feb 8 – 10 22 Rediscovering Essence Love Retreat and Renewal | Sep 7 – 9 8 Shambhala Vajra Sagha Retreat Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Aug 10 – 12 * Acharya Daniel Hessey, Acharya Melissa Moore, Stress Reduction Contemplative Running: and Acharya Eric Spiegel | Nov 2 – 11 6 Living Radical Merging Exercise and Meditation Janet Solyntjes | Feb 8 – 10 23 Rev. angel Kyodo williams & Rod Owens Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock & Wendy Black Stern Mindfulness Getaway | Nov 16 – 18 8 Retreat and Renewal | Feb 15 – 17 8 Aug 10 – 13 * Sep 7 – 9 9 Birth of The Warrior: Shambhala Level II 9-Day Ashe Mahamudra Retreat Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Living The Full Catastrophe – Denver Acharya Gaylon Ferguson | Nov 16 – 18 6 Acharya Richard John | Feb 15 – 24 6 Stillness, Silence, and Spaciousness Janet Solyntjes | Sep 8 10 3-Day Thanksgiving Retreat and Renewal Meditation Unplugged | Feb 22 – 24 8 Kelly Lindsey, Marissa Knox & Brooke Binstock The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Nov 22 – 25 8 Aug 13 – 17 * Foundations of Buddhism Acharya Holly Gayley | Sep 14 – 16 10 Retreat and Renewal | Nov 23 – 25 8 Dr. Amelia Hall | Feb 22 – 24 23 Compassion in Action Wired for Love: Relationship Workshop Four Karmas Fire Puja | Nov 29 – 9 6 , Acharya Fleet Maull & Rhonda Magee Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin | Sep 14 – 16 11 Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: Aug 15 – 19 * MARCH Meeting Your Power: A Women’s Self-Defense A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat Mindful Hiking: Waking up to the Wild and Meditation Training Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi | Nov 30 – 7 19 Practicing Simplicity: Kay Peterson | Aug 17 – 19 * Maya Fliegel & Vajra Granelli | Sep 14 – 16 11 An Introduction to Zen Practice Katharine Kaufman & Michael Wood | Mar 1 – 3 23 Birth of the Warrior: Shambhala Training II Introduction to Mindfulness-Based DECEMBER Acharya Dale Asrael | Aug 24 – 26 6 Stress Reduction Fresh Start Yoga Retreat and Renewal | Aug 24 – 26 8 Janet Solyntjes | Sep 21 – 23 12 Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, De West & Brian Spielmann | Mar 1 – 3 24

Mindfulness, Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Healing Sound Retreat Resiliency Practices of Buddhism and Yoga Open House | Mar 3 7 Blake D. Bauer | Dec 7 – 9 19 Christine Stevens | Aug 24 – 26 * Cyndi Lee | Sep 21 – 23 12 Mindfulness Getaway | Mar 8 – 10 8 Fearlessly Creative: Peace Ceremony at the Great Stupa | Aug 25 Big Sky, Big Mind: A Meditation and Writing Retreat Chakrasamvara Intensive Contemplative Astronomy Workshop Fall Take-Down | Aug 26 – 30 * Susan Piver | Dec 12 – 16 20 Greg Smith | Mar 8 – 16 6 Andrea Schweitzer & Jim Tolstrup | Sep 21 – 3 13 From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind: Winter Dathün: Boundless Playground: Creativity and the Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Journeying into Your Natural State of Mind A Month-Long Meditation Retreat Meditative Mind Mindfulness, Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat through Meditation Acharya Daniel Hessey | Dec 15 – Jan 13 20 Nina Rolle & Erin Neff | Mar 8 – 10 24 Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche | Aug 31 – Sep 2 * Blake Bauer | Sep 28 – 30 13 FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS Half Dathün 1 | Dec 15 – 29 20 Retreat and Renewal | Mar 15 – 17 8 Learn To Meditate Zen Path of the Heart Weekthün 1 | Dec 15 – 23 20 Week-Long Spring Greg Smith | Aug 31 – Sep 2 6 Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi & Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshi Sep 28 – 30 14 Meditation Retreat (Weekthün) Half Dathün 2 | Dec 29 – 13 20 Lodro Rinzler & Susan Piver | Mar 15 – 23 24 Weekthün 3 | Dec 29 – Jan 6 20 Expansive Nature of Love OCTOBER Holiday Meditation Retreat: Anyen Rinpoche & Allison Choying Zangmo Foundations of Authentic Leadership Renewing Body, Mind and Spirit Mar 22 – 24 25 Susan Skjei & Michael Gayner | Oct 5 – 7 14 Shastri Calryn Aston | Dec 21 – 27 21 Family Spring Break Retreat Fresh Start Taking a Leap into 2019 Leslie Gossett, Kate Raddock & Matthew Parkinson De West & Brian Spielmann | Oct 5 – 7 15 Shastri Jon Barbieri | Dec 29 – Jan 1 21 Mar 25 – 29 25 Open House | Oct 7 7 Deconstructing Yourself Michael Taft | Mar 29 – 31 26 Rising Strong™ Retreat for Women JANUARY Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Kathy Williams-Tolstrup | Oct 12 – 14 15 Learn To Meditate Mindfulness, Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat Steve Seely | Jan 4 – 6 8 Medicine Buddha and the Practice of Compassion Blake D. Bauer | Mar 29 – 31 26 Khenpo Jigme & Nashalla Nyinda | Oct 19 – 21 16 Open House | Jan 6 7 Living the Full Catastrophe – Denver Counterpose: The Art of Yoga and Meditation Warrior In the World: Shambhala Training III Janet Solyntjes | Mar 30 26 Katharine Kaufman | Oct 19 – 21 16 Acharya Susan Skjei | Jan 11 – 13 6 How to Be Decent to Yourself and Others: Precious Knowing: A Loving-Kindness Retreat A Meditation and Yoga Retreat for Women Lodro Rinzler | Oct 19 – 21 17 Katharine Kaufman | Jan 16 – 20 22 Retreat and Renewal | Oct 26 – 28 8 Meditating Beyond the App | Jan 18 – 20 8 Grey indicates Denver Program Awakening from the Daydream Retreat and Renewal | Jan 25 – 27 8 Additional information available online David Nichtern | Oct 26 – 28 17 Beyond Suffering Level 2: Unconditional Self Love, Red indicates Shambhala Path Programs Open Heart Project Retreat Mindfulness, Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat Susan Piver | Oct 26 – 29 18 Blake D. Bauer | Jan 25 – 27 22 *Details about programs without page numbers can be found online.

4 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 5 Shambhala Path Programs Visit the Great Stupa Open House A Monument to Human Kindness Join us the first Sunday of each month for August 24 - 26 December 15 – January 13 our popular Open House series. Enjoy a The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, built in Birth of the Warrior: Winter Dathün: A Month-Long day in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and honor of the Center’s founder, Chögyam choose from a variety of free activities, Shambhala Training II Meditation Retreat Trungpa Rinpoche, stands 108 ft. tall Acharya Dale Asrael Acharya Daniel Hessey including touring the Great Stupa of and is dedicated to world peace. It was Dharmakaya, receiving meditation More info on page 20. constructed and continues to be worked August 31 – September 2 instruction, listening to engaging dharma on by volunteers inspired to offer the world January 4 – 6 talks, or simply relaxing on this serene and Learn to Meditate a big, beautiful, reminder that our nature Greg Smith powerful land.

FALL | WINTER SHAMBHALA PATH PROGRAMS Learn to Meditate as human beings is inherently good, pure More info on page 8. Steve Seely and sane. Encountering the Stupa allows Bring a picnic or for a $10 suggested More info on page 8. one to rediscover this inherent goodness, donation, join us for a delicious lunch. For September 14 – 16 to experience a state of simplicity and updates on our list of Open House speakers The Art of Being Human: January 11 – 13 confidence, and to connect with a and topics, please visit our website. Shambhala Training I Warrior In the World: of sanity that goes back 2,500 years. Tuition: FREE Acharya Holly Gayley Shambhala Training III The Great Stupa welcomes the general Sep 2 | Oct 7 | Jan 6 | Feb 3 | Mar 3 More info on page 10. Acharya Susan Skjei public 365 days a year, between the hours of 9 am and 9 pm, free of charge. November 2 – 11 February 8 – 10 Experiential teaching tours of the Stupa “I love coming to the Shambhala Vajra Retreat The Art of Being Human: can be arranged for groups of 8 or more for Stupa – it fills me with Acharya Daniel Hessey, Acharya Melissa Moore & Shambhala Training I $10 per person. To schedule a tour please call 888-788-7221. Acharya Eric Spiegel Acharya Dale Asrael peace that lasts long More info on page 22. November 2 – 10 after I leave.”

Week-Long Fall Meditation February 15 – 24 — Liz Tuohy Retreat: The Basic Goodness 9-Day Ashe Mahamudra Retreat of Being Human (Weekthün) Acharya Richard John Acharya Emily Bower More info on page 18. March 8 – 16 Chakrasamvara Intensive November 16 – 18 Greg Smith Birth of The Warrior: Shambhala Level II March 15 – 23

Acharya Gaylon Ferguson Week-Long Spring Meditation THE GREAT STUPA Retreat (Weekthün) November 29 – December 9 Lodro Rinzler & Susan Piver “An inspiration for Four Karmas Fire Puja More info on page 24. peace and happiness throughout the world, now, and in the future.” — The XIVth

6 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | WInter 2018 – 2019 | 7 Relaxing Learn to Meditate September 7 – 9 September 7 – 9 Lucid Dream Yoga Contemplative Running: Weekend Retreats Shambhala Mountain Center is a great place to learn to meditate or refresh your Andrew Holecek Merging Exercise and Meditation Discover relaxation and wakefulness in practice in a supportive environment with Discover the remarkable world a pristine mountain environment. These Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock & Wendy Black Stern a qualified teacher. of nocturnal meditation, where retreats offer contemplative approaches for Calling runners, walkers, and hikers of all levels who want to open up a wealth of wisdom awaits you further to the joy that comes from movement in the great outdoors. working with the fullness of daily modern every night. Lucid dreaming and Learn to Meditate This retreat will draw on modern knowledge of running and ancient life, bringing insight and inspiration to dream yoga have boundless Tuition: $150 + 2 nights wisdom of meditation and yoga practice to explore the inner reasons career, family, health, relationships, and potential for rapid psychological Aug 31 – Sep 2 | Jan 4 – 6 why so many of us “overtrain” in running and in life, and to find the personal endeavors of all kinds. Spacious and spiritual growth. During gentle path of the present moment. We will learn how to find our retreat schedules include contemplative this weekend we’ll explore the “Immovable Spot” – the still point within yourself – where you are no practices and plenty of time to walk the The Art of Being Human: science behind lucidity, how longer motivated by the desire to prove something or the fear of failure. land, visit the Great Stupa, and follow the Shambhala Training I to induce lucid dreams, what Tuition: $195 + 2 nights spontaneous callings of your spirit. Tuition: $150 + 2 nights to do with them, and how to Sep 14 – 16 | Feb 8 – 10 transcend any obstacle. Lucid Marty Kibiloski is an accomplished marathoner, successful business leader Tuition: $100 + 2 nights or $125 + 3 nights More details on page 10, 22 dreaming has been developed for and a Hawaii Ironman veteran. Through meditation and yoga, he has thousands of years in the East, discovered a deeper sense of richness that brings fullness to all aspects of Retreat and Renewal and recently augmented with his life. Meditation (with instruction), yoga, a guided Getaways: sophisticated techniques from the Michael Sandrock is an award-winning journalist and author of Running hike with our land steward, and evening West. Learn how lucid dreaming with the Legends and Running Tough. He began running as a teenager in Self-Guided Retreats activities. Great for friends, couples, or leads to lucid living, and how the forest preserves outside Chicago and went on to compete for the

this ancient practice can change University of . He now studies comparative mythology, running, AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND individuals. Massage available. Hike along eight miles of wilderness trails, visit the Great Stupa, meditate in one of our your brain, facilitate healing, yoga, and meditation. Aug 24 – 26 | Sep 7 – 9 | Oct 26 – 28 | Nov 23 – 25 many meditation halls, spend time relax- improve relationships, heighten Wendy Black Stern dedicates her life’s work to supporting people to heal Nov 22 – 25 | Jan 25 – 27 | Feb 15 – 17 | Mar 15 – 17 performance, and wake you up. ing, journaling, reading or practicing yoga. and transform through the process of grief. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Grief Support Network whose mission and programs are Our mountain retreat center offers vastness, Tuition: $185 + 2 nights Meditation Unplugged inspired by Wendy’s personal experience of losing her first child and stillness and gentle support that will allow Andrew Holecek has completed professional background as a certified yoga therapist, yoga instructor, Put your electronics aside and reconnect to you to unwind, relax, and reconnect to life’s the traditional three-year Buddhist teacher trainer, and group facilitator. your body and mind while immersed in the inherent rhythms. meditation retreat and offers natural world. seminars internationally on Tuition: $0 + 25% off lodging and meals meditation, lucid dreaming, and Aug 10 – 12 | Feb 22 – 24 Dates: Some blackout dates apply, see web for details. dream yoga. He is the author of The Power and the Pain; Preparing Mindfulness Getaway to Die; and Meditation in the iGeneration, as well as the audio RETREAT PROGRAMS Take a break from the daily grind and learn learning course, Dream Yoga: The techniques to bring mindfulness into your Tibetan Path of Awakening Through daily life. Lucid Dreaming. His most recent book is Dream Yoga: Illuminating Nov 16 – 18 Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan of Sleep. Meditating Beyond the App Join us for this weekend designed for people who have begun practicing with a meditation app. Meet with meditation instructors to discuss your practice, learn more about the path of meditation, and experience group meditation in a community. Jan 18 – 20

8 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 9 September 8 September 14 – 16 September 14 – 16 September 14 – 16 Living The Full Catastrophe The Art of Being Human: Wired for Love: Meeting Your Power: Denver Program Shambhala Training I Relationship Workshop A Women’s Self-Defense and Meditation Training Janet Solyntjes Acharya Holly Gayley Stan Tatkin, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin Maya Fliegel & Vajra Granelli This experiential workshop will offer user-friendly Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse “People are complex,” says Stan Tatkin, clinician, techniques for dealing with stress and for unconditional goodness as the ground of our teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological During this unique weekend, we will explore cultivating our deepest potential for living a full existence. This immersive weekend workshop Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT). “We don’t methods of increasing our own sense of and satisfying life. helps us open to ourselves with gentleness and come with manuals that automate the process empowerment through environmental awareness. appreciation and begin to see our potential as of getting along.” Even if we did have general Utilizing physical training and internal practices, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a genuine and compassionate human beings. This manuals, we aren’t robots: what works for one participants will come to know and trust the space well-recognized approach which has been shown program is recommended for new and experienced person won’t necessarily work for another. Nor we occupy in this world using the HERA approach: to be effective in reducing stress, depression, and meditators, as well as those looking to enrich does it work to fly blind, as many couples do, and Holistic & Healing, Environmental & Empowering, anxiety; enhancing communication and health; their existing spiritual path.You will receive a copy expect relationships to simply fall into place. This Realistic & Reparative, and Active & Affirming. fostering courage in difficult situations; and of Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by workshop will demonstrate general principles to supporting overall well-being. HERA Method training takes place in a safe, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. help you understand what makes a relationship relaxed environment, and includes wisdom circles, The day will include an introduction to the theory successful, and how to work toward that with your Tuition: $150 + 2 nights fun exercises, and techniques for regulating one’s of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, guided partner. During this weekend of teaching, interacting, This program also occurs February 8 – 10. nervous system under stress. The meditation instruction in the mindfulness practices used in and experimenting, you will come to understand See page 22. practices introduced will focus on being present in MBSR (body scan, sitting and walking meditation, how you and your partner really work and begin to the moment and cultivating kindness and gentleness ), and discussion of the benefits and Acharya Holly Gayley is Associate Professor of Buddhist construct a specific set of guidelines for both of you. towards oneself. applications of mindfulness in daily life. Studies at the Boulder. With a passion for translation, her research focuses on Buddhist This workshop will teach couples about the Tuition: $175 / $250 for two people + 2 nights AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND This program takes place in Denver, CO. literature in contemporary Tibet. She is author of Love fundamental biological realities of human bonding Maya Fliegel holds a blue belt in Jiujitsu, trains Tuition: $125 Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet and the psychobiological particulars of your (Columbia University Press, 2016) and co-editor of A kickboxing, and teaches self-defense with 4 Rings This program also occurs partner. If you are in a relationship, the tools you Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice from the Tactical. Maya holds a Masters Degree in Psychology March 30. See page 26. will be shown will be invaluable, and ready to use and is trained in Nonviolent Communication. She Rimé Masters of Tibet (Wisdom Publications, 2017). As immediately in your relationship. Janet Solyntjes, MA is a senior teacher in the Shambhala a senior teacher (Acharya) in the Shambhala tradition, practices meditation and has been studying Buddhism Buddhist tradition, and leads meditation classes and Holly regularly leads meditation workshops and retreats. This retreat is for couples only. for 15 years. retreats for University, The Center for Mindfulness, Tuition: $375 + 2 nights Vajra Granelli holds several black belts and a BA from FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS and The Engaged Mindfulness Institute. A practitioner the San Francisco Art Institute. He’s been a meditation Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT Clinician, author, PACT developer, of mind-body disciplines since 1977, she completed instructor and has coached professional fighters for and co-founder of the PACT Institute, Dr. Tatkin teaches a professional training in MBSR with Jon Kabat-Zinn decades. Vajra currently teaches martial arts in Boulder at UCLA, maintains a private practice in Southern and Saki Santorelli and an MBSR Teacher Development and Longmont, CO. Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness at the University California, and leads PACT programs in the US of Massachusetts Medical School. Janet is co-founder and internationally. of the Boulder-based Center for Courageous Living, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, PhD has served as the committed to promoting the inherent goodness of director of various philanthropic family foundations individuals and groups by uncovering their basic health over three decades. In addition to her leadership and well-being. roles, she has been involved at the ground level of humanitarian efforts worldwide. Tracey is co-founder of the PACT Institute.

10 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 11 September 21 – 23 September 21 – 23 September 21 – 23 September 28 – 30 Introduction to Mindfulness- Resiliency Practices Big Sky, Big Mind: Beyond Suffering: Based Stress Reduction of Buddhism and Yoga Contemplative Astronomy Workshop Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness, Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat Janet Solyntjes Cyndi Lee Andrea Schweitzer & Jim Tolstrup Blake D. Bauer Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is By engaging in just one activity at a time, yoga Come and experience a personal connection with a program of practical, scientifically-supported and Buddhist practices teach us how to be fully the universe under the sparkling, starry skies of the Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer teachings to reduce stress, facilitate relaxation, present. However, our body tells us that it gets Rocky Mountains. Throughout history, human beings to discover why suffering, anxiety, depression, and promote physical health and emotional well- strong, clear, and nimble when we alternate our have looked to the skies to follow the rhythm of the addiction, and illness are logical cries from your being. Inspired by the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, this activity on a regular basis. Each session of this seasons and to ponder life’s mysteries. body, soul, and subconscious mind asking you to retreat offers tools for engaging the demands of retreat will integrate single-tasking focus with our finally value, accept, forgive, honor, and be true to This workshop will coincide with the fall equinox, our lives, including illness, chronic pain, personal innate need for variety by toggling between yourself now. which is an ideal time to find balance and to crisis, and even the ongoing challenges of a practice, , meditation, contemplative reignite our passion for the beauty of the universe. The weekend will include mindfulness meditation “full catastrophe.” By relating directly with our writing, and walking. and Qi Gong healing exercises designed to unlock bodies and emotions, we’ll discover the power of Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Return home with a fresh sense of confidence and the stuck energy, blood, and emotion keeping you mindfulness to change our lives. Through sitting, Jim Tolstrup, a director of Shambhala Training, has been relaxation by learning to expand your comfort zone, unhappy, sick, or trapped. This retreat will offer a walking, and body scan meditation practices – as a practitioner of indigenous wisdom traditions since mentally, physically, and spiritually. You will gain the safe environment to face your core fears, transform well as – we will return to our lives 1977. Jim is the past president of Cankatola Ti Ospaye, tools to integrate yoga “snacks” into your daily life, negative thinking, and move forward with your life better equipped to manage stress. a non-profit that supports Native American elders. As use meditation to transform negativity to positivity, the Executive Director of the High Plains Environmental purpose. It will help you understand how to trust Recommended for stressed out people from all and find deep relaxation and renewal. Center in Loveland, Colorado, he works with land yourself, feel worthy, stop hurting yourself, and walks of life. Tuition: $300 + 2 nights developers to “restore nature where we live, work finally enjoy your life without regret and without Tuition: $195 + 2 nights and play.” feeling guilty for wanting to be happy, well, Cyndi Lee is the first female Western yoga teacher AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND and loved. This program also occurs February 8 – 10. to fully integrate yoga asana and Buddhism in her Andrea Schweitzer, PhD, is an astronomer with the Little See page 23. teaching. Author of the yoga classic, Buddha Thompson Observatory in Berthoud, Colorado. Having Tuition: $300 + 2 nights Mind and May I Be Happy, a memoir about body image collaborated with NASA on programs such as the Hubble Janet Solyntjes, M.A. is a senior teacher (Shastri) in This program also occurs December 7 – 9, 2018 and meditation, she also writes for Real Simple, Space Telescope and the Voyager missions, she balances the Shambhala-Buddhist tradition and has offered and March 29 – 31, 2019. Lion’s Roar and . She is an ordained lay her work with her personal practices of stargazing, yoga, mindfulness courses at , Omega See pages 19 and 26. Buddhist Chaplain. and meditation. Institute, Hollyhock, Shambhala Mountain Center, and in Blake D. Bauer is the author of the international corporate and non-profit workplaces. A practitioner of best-selling book, You Were Not Born To Suffer.

FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS mind-body disciplines since 1977, she is a Certified MBSR He is a sought after wisdom teacher and Qi Gong Teacher and faculty member of The Center for Mindfulness master with an extensive background in psychology, at the University of Massachusetts. Janet leads MBSR alternative medicine, nutrition, traditional healing courses in Colorado and offers mindfulness seminars and mindfulness meditation. Based on both his and retreats in the U.S. and internationally. She is the deep personal experience as well as his significant co-founder of the Boulder-based Center for Courageous professional success, his work integrates what he’s Living and is a teaching faculty member of the Engaged found to be the most effective approaches to optimal Mindfulness Institute. mental, emotional and physical health.

12 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 13 September 28 – 30 October 5 – 7 October 5 – 7 October 12 – 14 Zen Path of the Heart Foundations of Authentic Fresh Start Rising Strong™ Retreat

Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi & Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshi Leadership De West & Brian Spielmann for Women Spiritual awakening and emotional healing are Susan Skjei & Michael Gayner Yoga and meditation provide an ideal practice Kathy Williams-Tolstrup inseparable. The Zen Path of the Heart develops Authentic Leadership is a powerful approach to combo to bring us back to beginner’s mind – If we are brave often enough we will fall. Rising nonjudgmental presence through traditional Zen leadership that encourages us to bring the best a sense of relaxation, effortlessness, and Strong™ is about what it takes to get back up. and adds heart- and body- of who we are into how we lead. Anchored in unconditional cheerfulness. We will alternate Based on the insightful book by renowned storyteller centered meditation techniques to delve further self-awareness and the courage to genuinely show between meditation practices and yoga sequences and researcher, Brené Brown, this 4-day retreat will into the emotional karma that holds us back from up for the moments that matter, you can effectively to work with our mind and body that can naturally teach you how owning your stories of struggle can realizing our innate True Being. When this underlying lead the changes you want to see in your life and bring us back to fresh start. give you the power to write daring new endings. emotional baggage is released, the mind and heart work. This experiential workshop provides practical You will receive tools and techniques so you will Struggle can be our greatest call to courage and the are freed and our relationships become healthier, methods for fostering self-awareness, inspiring be able to bring what you learn in this retreat into clearest path to a wholehearted life. At the end of our life direction becomes more clear, and our and engaging others, and taking wise action with your daily life. Yoga and meditation provide a dual the weekend, you will have learned how to apply capacity to serve those around us is expanded. confidence and compassion. Drawing on principles approach for mental clarity and calmness, increased the Rising Strong™ process to transform the way Please join us for an engaging weekend of and practices from contemplative traditions as body awareness and reduced stress. you live, love, parent and/or lead. well as contemporary approaches to leadership meditation, teachings, sharing circles, and 1:1 Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Tuition: $295 + 2 nights and organizational learning, we will create a sessions with the course instructors. Let’s come Kathy Williams -Tolstrup, M.Ed, LPC is a psychotherapist collaborative learning lab to foster deep personal De West is a leader in the Boulder yoga community and together to awaken the wisdom and compassion and Certified Daring Way Facilitator and has a private insights, enhance interpersonal skills, and increase is a co-owner of Studio Be Yoga. Her teaching combines that naturally reside within. practice in Fort Collins, CO. Kathy’s style can best overall leadership effectiveness. principles from Iyengar alignment and therapeutic yoga. Tuition: $150 + 2 nights As a teacher, De is insightful, intuitive, and attentive. be described as non judgmental, compassionate, and Tuition: $395 + 2 nights Her years of work with osteopathic doctors allow her collaborative. She is also trained in EMDR, an integrative Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi, PhD received transmission psychotherapy approach proven effective for the AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Susan Skjei, PhD, PCC, has been an international to apply yoga to many different people and conditions. in the Zen tradition from Roshi in treatment of trauma. 1990 and is president and co-spiritual leader of Great educator, coach, and consultant specializing in Brian Spielmann has been a Buddhist practitioner Mountain Zen Center, based in Berthoud, Colorado. He leadership and transformative change for over 25 years. for over 30 years and has studied extensively with a is author of The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Formerly a Vice-President and Chief Learning Officer in variety of teachers including , Khandro Zen , My American Zen Life, and co-author of The the technology industry, she is currently the Director of Rinpoche, and Thondup. He is Founder of Authentic Great Heart Way. the Authentic Leadership Center at Naropa University in Presence, Inc, a digital marketing firm in Boulder, CO. Boulder, Colorado. Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshi, MA received transmission

FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS in the Zen tradition from Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi Dr. Michael Gayner has lived at Shambhala Mountain in 2000. She is the co-spiritual leader of the Great Center since 2010, serving as the Executive Director Mountain Zen Center and abbess of Abbey since 2012. In his previous incarnations, Michael owned in Berthoud, Colorado. Roshi Shinko is co-author of The a benefits management company, taught and studied Great Heart Way. in Japan for four years, and served as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. He earned a PhD in Education from the University of Toronto.

14 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 15 October 19 – 21 October 19 – 21 October 19 – 21 October 26 – 28 Medicine Buddha and the Counterpose: How to Be Decent to Yourself Awakening from the Daydream

Practice of Compassion The Art of Yoga and Meditation and Others: David Nichtern A Loving-Kindness Retreat Khenpo Jigme & Nashalla Nyinda Katharine Kaufman The Wheel of Life is a Buddhist allegorical is a practice of giving and receiving, Hidden within every yoga posture is a secret – the Lodro Rinzler painting dating back to ancient India. The painting describes how our sense of self and our perfectly manifesting the embodiment of Medicine counter pose. It protects, nurtures, and allows us to Join Buddhist author and teacher Lodro Rinzler life in this world take shape, portraying how we Buddha. Intermingling these practices helps those deepen our practice. The job of a counter pose is to for the only weekend he is teaching on his brand think, how we act, how we feel, and how we experiencing pain of any kind, illness, as well as create equanimity, and agreement in the body/mind. new book, How To Be Decent. The book and the manifest our own personal reality. The Wheel those dying or already passed. Formal meditation In this autumn weekend retreat we will immerse accompanying weekend provide students with a of Life also illustrates how karma works in our practice, Medicine Buddha manifestation, and ourselves in the playful exploration of the counter- roadmap for being a kind, compassionate, and lives – how we get trapped in confusing, painful Tonglen work together to alleviate suffering and pose within the yoga and meditation practice, as decent person in a world where common decency and repetitive patterns (such as craving, jealousy, provide tools to transform poisonous emotions and well as practice aimless wandering and the four can often feel in short supply. The main focus of this aggression, dullness, stress and anxiety) and how illness into healing energy for self and others. In postures of meditation to help balance our active retreat will be cultivating true love, utilizing the four we can liberate ourselves from those patterns. this weekend we practice ultimate compassion and lives! Expect to emerge from the weekend with sublime attitudes the Buddha taught 2,600 years dedicate this beyond our own benefit; so all beings a rich understanding of the counterpose through ago, with a special focus on loving-kindness practice. Workshop includes meditation instruction and may be touched by the same goodness we have stillness and movement. By practicing this way we Learn to cultivate deeper love for yourself, those you practice, lecture and discussion. Open to all rediscovered. Those new to meditation and healing can then discover the relevance of the counter pose care about, those you don’t know very well, and levels of experience. practices, as well as those seeking deeper Medicine in all areas and postures of our lives. even those individuals you have a hard time with, in Tuition: $250 + 2 nights Buddha and Tonglen practice, will benefit. Tuition: $195 + 2 nights order to live a life that is defined by your open heart. David Nichtern is a senior meditation teacher in the Tuition: $185 + 2 nights Katharine Kaufman is a priest ordained in the Soto Zen Tuition: $250 + 2 nights Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Venerable Khenpo Jigme was born in Bhutan and lineage and teaches meditation, writing workshops, Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He is

Lodro Rinzler has taught meditation for seventeen AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND joined the Monastery at age twelve. Having completed Yoga, and contemplative dance in Boulder County and years in the Shambhala lineage and is the award- also an Emmy award-winning/Grammy-nominated three-year retreat, appointed him at Shambhala Mountain Center. She taught for many winning author of six books including the best-selling composer, guitarist and producer. to teach in Nepal and India, gave him the title years at The Yoga Workshop and Studio Be in Boulder. The Buddha Walks into a Bar and Love Hurts: Buddhist of “Khenpo” (PhD mastery level) in 1997, and sent Katharine is an adjunct professor at Naropa University. Advice for the Heartbroken. He has spoken across him to the USA in 2005. Khenpo is known for his vast She holds MFAs in Performance/Choreography and the world at conferences, universities, and businesses skills in all aspects of , rituals Writing/Poetics. as diverse as Google, Harvard University, and the and meditation, down-to-earth kindness, honesty White House. and constant example of loving kindness. FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS Dr. Nashalla Gwyn Nyinda began the study of Tibetan Medicine in 1999. She studied in India and earned her Menpa degree (Doctor of Tibetan Medicine) from Qinghai Tibetan Medical College and The Shang Shung Institute of Tibetan Medicine. Nashalla teaches Tibetan and Western students, practitioners, and doctors around the world. She operates the Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing Clinic in Boulder, Colorado.

16 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 17 October 26 – 29 November 2 – 10 November 30 – December 7 December 7 – 9 Open Heart Week-Long Fall Meditation Retreat: Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: Beyond Suffering: Project Retreat The Basic Goodness of Being Human (Weekthün) A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness, Susan Piver Acharya Emily Bower Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi Meditation and Practice meditation to recover In this week-long retreat, we will explore what it means to be an All of us have an innate capacity to experience well-being, Qi Gong Retreat a sense of balance, cultivate individual and what it means to be a part of a society through the resilience, and unconditional care and kindness. In order to enhance fearlessness, sharpen your mind, lens of the meditative traditions. In contemplating the question, this capacity, we explore the power of mindfulness and mindfulness Blake D. Bauer and soften your heart. This 3-day “Who am I?”, meditation practice provides us with the tools related practices such as loving-kindness and compassion for self Join international bestselling retreat is a gathering for the needed to reflect directly on our own experience and connect to and other. This Mindfulness Meditation Retreat emphasizes the author Blake D. Bauer to Open Heart Project, a 20,000 our hearts, body, and sense perceptions as the ways through which direct experience of mind and heart in a powerful, silent container, discover why suffering, member online meditation we connect to our world. We will explore the Buddhist teachings supported by the indescribable and vivid beauty of the Rocky anxiety, depression, addiction, community, and anyone who on how our sense of self arises moment by moment and use Mountains that surround the retreat center. and illness are logical cries is committed to living with a meditation practice as a way to contact and express the inherent Tuition: $665 + 7 nights from your body, soul, and clear mind and an open heart nature of mind, our basic goodness. subconscious mind asking in order to bring more sanity, See Janet’s bio on page 12. Tuition: $0 + 8 nights you to finally value, accept, love, and joy into the world. Jim Colosi is a Certified Teacher in the Mindfulness-Based Stress forgive, honor, and be true to Each day will include guided Acharya Emily Bower has been practicing with the Shambhala Reduction (MBSR) program and has taught meditation for 30 years in yourself now. practices and talks from Susan community since 1987. She teaches with a particular interest in the the Shambhala tradition. He was the Director of the Prison Meditation Piver as well as participant led culture and practices of Weekthün and Dathün, and serves on the Program, North Central Correctional Institution, Gardner, MA, from 1995- The weekend will include breakout sessions that arise from Shambhala Forms and Ritual Committee She is an editor and a member 2000. Prior to becoming an adjunct teacher at the Center for Mindfulness mindfulness meditation and of a translation team for the 84,000 Project. the group’s collective wisdom. at the University of Massachusetts in 2006, Jim had a 25-year career in Qi Gong healing exercises strategic marketing and communications, with Hewlett-Packard and other Days will be spent in practice, designed to unlock the stuck AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND technology companies. dialog, and learning from each energy, blood, and emotion other. Evenings are for gathering keeping you unhappy, sick, socially to get to know each other or trapped. This retreat will and deepen connections. offer a safe environment to face your core fears, transform Tuition: $350 + 3 nights negative thinking, and move Susan Piver is a Buddhist teacher forward with your life purpose.

FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS and the New York Times bestselling It will help you understand author of nine books, including The how to trust yourself, feel Wisdom of a Broken Heart, and worthy, stop hurting yourself, Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted and finally enjoy your life Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation. Her latest book is The without regret and without of Love: Buddhist feeling guilty for wanting to Wisdom for Modern Relationships. be happy, well, and loved. Tuition: $300 + 2 nights This program also occurs September 28 – 30, 2018 and March 29 – 31, 2019. See pages 13 and 26.

See bio for Blake on page 13.

18 | shambhalamountain.org Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 19 AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Fall | Winter 2018 - 2019 | 21 - 2019 | Winter 2018 Fall December December 29 – January 1 2019 into Leap a Taking Barbieri Shastri Jon Join us for this special program and allow your as you to become aspirations for clear, Year the New become confident and committed through reflection Our gathering will include and guided renewal. contemplative mindfulness-awareness meditation, and open time practices, to rest and On reflect. Eve we will celebrate with a Year’s delicious New full-course dinner. $255 + 3 nights Tuition: Shastri Jonathan Barbieri has taught Buddhist and Shambhala trainings extensively throughout North America for Jon over has 30 been years. engaged in several livelihood pursuits including consulting with cities and counties on workforce creating development, and contemplative most co-housing communities, teaching recently, mindfulness programs to public agencies and businesses. December December 21 – 27 Retreat: Meditation Holiday Mind and Spirit Body, Renewing Aston Shastri Calryn time This of year can leave many of us feeling stressed-out and Celebrate the disconnected. magic of genuine others connection and – with yourself, our world – in this naturally reflective time of year. Settle into presence and stillness in a peaceful winter landscape through the practice of Peaceful Abiding and meditation, engage your heart through contemplative practices of loving-kindness and A perfect way and to reconnect, compassion. renew, genuinely celebrate! $185 + 6 nights Tuition: Aston Shastri has Calryn been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since She 1997. has been active in training Shambhala Guides across the Range Front since She 2007. serves as a senior teacher in Boulder and other Range Front centers and also teaches mindfulness in corporate She and is educational the settings. Director of Lunacare LLC. with Eva Wong, a Taoist Qigong Taoist a Wong, with Eva Pricing: $0 Tuition + Please discounted see lodging. website Tuition for $0 Pricing: weekly entry dates and pricing information. Acharya Daniel Hessey has been a student of since 1971 and America. and has South taught extensively throughout the U.S. Since he 2004, has studied the I Ching lineage holder and translator of Dan classical is Chinese also texts. a former Executive Director of Shambhala Mountain Center. Winter Dathün: Dathün: Winter Meditation Retreat A Month-Long Hessey Acharya Daniel is an “moon for intensive session,” Tibetan group Dathün, meditation retreat for new and experienced meditators interested in Composed deepening of their four mindfulness-awareness. this month-long week-long retreat segments, allows participants to or 3, attend In 4 2, 1, this full immersive weeks. experience, mindfulness practice goes with beyond every the meditation hall, aspect of daily life becoming a and practice of an wakefulness opportunity to better make friends with ourselves and our world. sitting daily Practices walking include: meditation, meditation, and contemplative light silent chores meals, silence, chants, supporting the retreat. December December 15 – January 13 like. Open to writers of like. fiction be found, it’s not be always easy it’s found, December December 12 – 16 include meditation instruction home. Evenings provide the home. See bio for Susan on page 18. who would to like spend time work with others, if work you with would others, What do writers want more Susan Piver Susan Piver process. This program focuses This process. followed by plenty of writing time in the supportive quiet, than anything? Time to write. Yet Yet to Time than write. anything? to settle into the writing groove. mind and body in a way that truly supports the creative Meditation can help synchronize unpublished, and unpublished, to anyone Retreat Retreat (but non-intrusive!) presence of Fearlessly Fearlessly Creative: exploring the path of writing. and nonfiction, and published nonfiction, and option to share and discuss your and discussion of how to create and maintain a practice at other writers. This retreat This will other writers. on short meditation sessions even if such precious time could Tuition: $350 + 4 nights Tuition: | shambhalamountain.org 20 | shambhalamountain.org A Meditation and Writing A Meditation FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS January 16 – 20 January 25 – 27 February 8 – 10 February 8 – 10 February 22 – 24 March 1 – 3 Precious Knowing: Beyond Suffering The Art of Introduction to Foundations Practicing Simplicity: Level 2: A Meditation and Yoga Being Human: Mindfulness-Based of Buddhism An Introduction to Zen Practice Retreat for Women Unconditional Self Love, Shambhala Training I Stress Reduction Dr. Amelia Hall Katharine Kaufman Mindfulness, Meditation Acharya Dale Asrael Janet Solyntjes This weekend will explore the Katharine Kaufman & Michael Wood and Qi Gong Retreat core tenets of Buddhism for those Our bodies hold emotions, Through the practice of Mindfulness-Based Stress who are interested in establishing Settle into your own nature by images, patterns and stories. Blake D. Bauer meditation, we glimpse Reduction (MBSR) is a program of practical, scientifically-supported a meditation practice as well as simply sitting. The emphasis When we learn to fully inhabit This retreat is for those who unconditional goodness as the teachings to reduce stress, those who have a current practice during this weekend retreat will our bodies through mindfulness would like to go deeper into ground of our existence. This facilitate relaxation, and promote but want to learn more about be the practice of “”, sitting practices, we can know ourselves the practical application and immersive weekend workshop physical health and emotional the foundational philosophy and meditation. In the style of Zen as complete and wakeful embodiment of unconditional helps us open to ourselves with well-being. Inspired by the work view of this tradition. What did Sesshin, we will rise early and beings. During this retreat, we self-love. It will offer a safe gentleness and appreciation of Jon Kabat-Zinn, this retreat the Buddha teach about walking bring every aspect of our day into will practice sitting meditation, space to go deeper into the and begin to see our potential offers tools for engaging the a spiritual path? About the nature our practice, including walking flowing and , practice of thinking, speaking, as genuine and compassionate demands of our lives, including of our thoughts and emotions? meditation and afternoon chores. playful improvisational movement, and acting with loving kindness human beings. This program illness, chronic pain, personal How do we apply this wisdom in We will introduce the practices and a little writing. We will and self-worth in every moment. is recommended for new and crisis, and even the ongoing our everyday lives? This weekend of silence and chanting, delight deepen our practice and insight This follow-up retreat arose experienced meditators, as well challenges of a “full catastrophe.” will be a combination of talks on in the practice of haiku poetry, through periods of silence; and naturally out of strong demand as those looking to enrich their By relating directly with our foundational Buddhist teachings, hear dharma teachings and have our community will develop from participants to reconnect existing spiritual path.You will bodies and emotions, we’ll periods of meditation instruction, the opportunity to discuss our understanding and trust through with like-minded people and the receive a copy of Shambhala: discover the power of mindfulness and group discussion. All are experience over afternoon tea discussion and dialogue. Previous teachings from the first intimate The Sacred Path of the Warrior to change our lives. Through welcome, but this is especially for together. AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND yoga or meditation experience weekend together. by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. beginners. recommended but not required. Tuition: $150 + 2 nights sitting, walking, and body scan This weekend retreat is in If you have attended any retreat meditation practices – as well Tuition: $150 + 2 nights the Soto Zen lineage, which Tuition: $285 + 4 nights This program also occurs with Blake in the past, you are as mindful yoga – we will return September 14 – 16. See page 10. Dr. Amelia Hall is an assistant emphasizes sitting meditation, See bio for Katharine on page 16. welcome to join Beyond Suffering to our lives better equipped to professor of Indo-Tibetan and is open to beginners as well Level II. Acharya Dale Asrael was appointed manage stress. Buddhism in the Wisdom Traditions as those with experience. Dean of Meditation Instructors Tuition: $300 + 2 nights Department at Naropa University. for Shambhala International by Recommended for stressed out Tu i t i o n : $ 1 9 5 + 2 n i g h t s She gained her PhD in Tibetan FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS See bio for Blake on page 13. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. She people from all walks of life. and Himalayan Studies from the Michael Wood is a writer, translator, studies qigong with, and has been Tuition: $195 + 2 nights University of Oxford in 2012. She and professor of World Languages authorized to teach by, Daoist has taught and developed courses and Cultures. His doctoral training lineage-holder Eva Wong. Dale See bio for Janet on page 12. on Buddhism at Central Michigan is in early modern Japanese is an Associate Professor at University and Antioch University literary and visual culture and he Naropa University. Abroad Program. has published poetry, interviews, She has practiced Dharma for and other shorter works. Living 20 years. between Japan and the US for the past 25 years, he has taught at many universities and serves as the Director of the Japanese Studies Program at Chapman University.

See bio for Katharine Kaufman on page 16.

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De West & Brian Spielmann Playground: Meditation Retreat of Love Leslie Gossett, Kate Raddock & Matthew Parkinson Creativity and the (Weekthün) Yoga and meditation provide an Anyen Rinpoche Family Spring Break Retreat offers nourishing connection with Meditative Mind & Allison Choying Zangmo ideal practice combo to bring Lodro Rinzler & Susan Piver yourself, your family and community. Together we explore and create a us back to beginner’s mind – a Nina Rolle & Erin Neff Take a deep dive into your Practicing the genuine dharma culture of kindness – caring deeply for ourselves and each other. sense of relaxation, effortlessness, expands our wealth: our We practice movement and meditation, join together in creative We are all creative – whether meditation practice with this and unconditional cheerfulness. happiness, our generosity, our activities, and most importantly, play together. In the mornings, that is expressed through the week-long intensive. Appropriate We will alternate between warmth, our community, and parents and children will have separate programs designed just for arts, how we get dressed in for newbies and experienced meditation practices and yoga our overall sense of wellbeing. them. Everyone will be exploring the same themes and topics at an the morning, or how we pack meditators, this is a chance to sequences to work with our mind When we are contained within age-appropriate level. Afternoons and evenings include activities and lunches. During this retreat, we deepen your understanding and body that can naturally bring ourselves, unable to connect with celebrations together. Come enter a world of ordinary magic and will examine the connection of meditation as well as your us back to fresh start. others and feel the warmth of a kindness with your whole family. between the meditative mind connection to your own mind loving heart, we prolong our own You will receive tools and and the creative process. Through and heart. We will practice Tuition: Please see our website for family pricing options. feelings of isolation, unhappiness, techniques so you will be able the practices of meditation and peaceful-abiding meditation and Leslie Gossett is the Chair of the Leadership Council for the Shambhala and loneliness. In this retreat, we to bring what you learn in this contemplation, we connect to Shambhala meditation under the Office of Families and Children and founder of Be You Yoga and Mindfulness will focus on the teachings of the retreat into your daily life. Yoga the present moment, giving us guidance of Shambhala teachers for Families and Children. She has worked with children for over 20 years, is lojong (mind training) masters and meditation provide a dual access to the vast playground and best-selling Buddhist a certified yoga teacher for children and adults, and is a meditation instructor of , and learn approach for mental clarity of our inherent creativity. Fresh authors Susan Piver and Lodro in the Shambhala tradition. methods and techniques for and calmness, increased body inspirations come from a settled Rinzler. Each day will include Kate Raddock has been working as a body educator since 2009. A certified expanding our heart outwards. awareness and reduced stress. mind and an open heart. Learn a mix of meditation, guided yoga teacher, massage therapist and meditation guide, her teachings point

Tuition: $215 + 2 nights AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Tuition: $195 + 2 nights how to open your senses, delight contemplation, fresh teachings, people to an embodied discovery of their own natural well-being, uncovering in curiosity, and play within and discussion of how to apply Anyen Rinpoche was born in more about themselves through movement, feeling and touch. See bio for De on page 15. the practices to experience the our practice to the rest of our Amdo,Tibet. His lineage can be Matthew Parkinson, MA, LPC has been practicing meditation in the See bio for Brian on page 15. richness that is always available world. If you have been seeking traced directly back to the renowned Shambhala tradition since 2005. Matthew is the Director of the Shambhala to us. a way to build a bridge between master, Patrul Rinpoche. Center in Asheville, NC, where he lives with his wife and son. Matthew is your spiritual life and your secular Anyen Rinpoche is a heart son of Tuition: $150 + 2 nights a psychotherapist, practicing in the field for eight years. He specializes in life, this is the retreat for you. Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche. After mindfulness-based therapy with young men and adolescents. Nina Rolle is a voiceover artist, remaining with his root lama for

FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS Tuition: $0 + 8 nights storyteller, and avid thrower of 18 years, Anyen Rinpoche came to holiday dinner parties. She was first See bio for Susan on page 18. America, where he established the introduced to Shambhala meditation Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma Center See bio for Lodro on page 17. at the Naropa Institute, and her in Denver. practice path has been intertwined Allison Choying Zangmo is a with her artistic career ever since. In longtime student of both Anyen addition to meditation, Nina teaches Rinpoche and his root lama, Dharma Art for the Chapman Tsara Dharmakirti. She has been University program at SMC. his personal translator for years, Erin Neff has been singing at the collaborated on all of his books, and San Francisco Opera for 22 years. As is now teaching with Rinpoche and an opera Director, she has appeared adding her valuable insights about with the San Francisco Opera Center, practicing the dharma in the West. Mendocino Music Festival, Telluride Chamber Music Festival, and Opera Parallèle, most recently directing the World Premiere of Harriet’s Spirit. Her installation art has been seen at SJICA, Culver Center for the Arts and Joshua Tree National Park.

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In order wastewater collection must be this project continue operations, of November 2018. completed by the end need your help to get there. We of Shambhala is more the mission Today world needs a The important than ever. their minds, people can train place where and learncultivate compassion, to be At this critical of service to the world. hinges on the future moment, SMC’s of its patrons. generosity Shambhala Mountain Center is a and all 501(c)3 educational non-profit tax deductible. Please donations are consider making a contribution online at shambhalamountain.org/donate, of the or send a check in care development department. Questions? Contact us at [email protected] information. for more Tuition: $125 Tuition: This program also occurs September 2018. 8, See page 10. See bio for Janet on page 10. March March 30 Full The Living Catastrophe Denver Program Solyntjes Janet experiential This workshop will offer techniques user-friendly for dealing with stress and for cultivating our deepest potential for living a full and satisfying life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well- recognized approach which has been shown to be effective depression, in reducing stress, and enhancing anxiety; communication and health; fostering courage in difficult and situations; supporting overall well-being. day The will include an introduction to the theory of Mindfulness-Based Stress guided Reduction, instruction in the mindfulness practices used in MBSR (body sitting scan, and hatha walking meditation, yoga), and discussion of the benefits and applications of mindfulness in daily life. place program takes This in CO. Denver, Tuition: $300 + 2 nights Tuition: This program also occurs September 28 – 2018 30, and December 7 – 2018. 9, See pages 13 and 19. See bio for on Blake page 13. Beyond Suffering: Suffering: Beyond Self Love, Unconditional Meditation Mindfulness, Retreat and Qi Gong Bauer D. Blake Join international bestselling Bauer to author D. Blake discover why anxiety, suffering, and addiction, illness depression, are logical cries from your body, and subconscious mind soul, asking you to finally value, and be honor, forgive, accept, true to yourself now. will weekend include The mindfulness meditation and Qi Gong healing exercises designed to unlock the stuck and blood, emotion energy, or you sick, keeping unhappy, retreat This will offer a trapped. safe environment to face your transform negative core fears, and thinking, move forward with It your will life help purpose. you understand how to trust yourself, feel stop worthy, hurting yourself, and finally enjoy your life without regret and without feeling guilty for wanting to be well, happy, and loved. March March 29 – 31 The Mindful Geek, The Nondualism, as well as the bestselling Deconstructing Yourself. Deconstructing Michael Taft Taft Michael March March 29 – 31 Michael W. Taft is a meditation Taft W. Michael | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 | (888) 788-7221 26 | shambhalamountain.org will have the opportunity to well – an insight which is the When we release belief in the founding editor of the popular blog from neuroscience, psychology from neuroscience, teacher and bestselling author. teacher and bestselling author. the method of what Michael calls traditional traditional practices with insights techniques for carefully revealing this constructed nature of Michael. Backing up these Michael. mindfulness training in groups, mindfulness training in groups, Deconstructing Deconstructing and nondualism, and you nondualism, will learn discuss their practice 1:1 with consists of guided , consists of guided meditations, and Q&A dharma sessions, talks, as well as time for silent practice and Each reflection. retreatant essence of liberation. essence Explore of and liberation. experience the wisdom of this truth W. as Michael ego, we release our ego, suffering as sessions. Michael is the sessions. author specializes in secular, science-based specializes in secular, of several books, including of the several books, and corporate settings, and one-on-one corporate settings, Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Tuition: selfhood. This peaceful This retreat selfhood. As a mindfulness he coach, Taft guides you in Taft meditation Yourself Yourself “deconstructing yourself.” FALL | WINTER PROGRAMS Plan Your Retreat

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