BUDDHISM | | MINDFUL LIVING | MOUNTAIN CENTER SPRING | SUMMER 2019 Connect | Discover | Explore

Dear friend,

It is with joyful and humble hearts that we present this catalog of retreats to you. The Shambhala community has come to a point in our journey where the examination and evaluation of societal integrity, justice, and peace, is critical to our path forward.

The challenges we face in the Shambhala community parallel many of the challenges faced by our global society. Holding this awareness, we have decided to offer a series of programs dedicated to addressing anti-oppression from an individual and societal perspective (see Social Impact, pg. 2-3). At this time, we also feel it is important to return to the timeless wisdom of the Buddha’s core teachings. We are pleased to offer a month-long immersion into Traditional Buddhist practice and study called Summer Seminar (see pg. 16).

In an effort to make our programs more financially accessible, we’ve restructured our Financial Aid and are introducing multi-tiered tuition pricing for some retreats.

We thank you for walking the path toward collective awakening with us. We invite you to join us this retreat season as we explore and engage the brilliant aspects of our humanity for the benefit of all beings.

With love from the mountains, SMC Program Development & Marketing Team

Front cover image: “Universal Meditator” by Nathanael Volckening, volckeningfineart.com 2019 Program Highlights

Retreat Intensives Meditation and

27 Neurodharma Retreat 16 Summer Seminar I: with Dr. Rick Hanson: A 10-day Discovering the Path of Liberation

Experiential Exploration Holly Gayley, Acharya Dan Hessey,

Dr. Rick Hanson, Alisa Dennis, Acharya Susan Chapman

Peter Grossenbacher, Tina Rasmussen & Shastri Loden Nyima

& Terry Vandiver 9 White : A Soothing Practice 19 Insight Meditation Retreat: Grief, Joy, for Difficult Times and Awakening | David Chernikoff Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown 11 5-Day Silent Retreat 17 The Four of Mahâmudrâ Janet Solyntjes B. Alan Wallace 17 Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: 23 Graceful Exit: Preparing for A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat a Good Death | Andrew Holecek Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi 25 From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind 19 Summer Half Dathun Orgyen Chowang Acharya Michael Greenleaf

Yoga and Embodied Living Relationships and Family

21 Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Sacred 16 Adoptive Families Retreat Simplicity | Kelly Lindsey & Brooke Leslie Gossett & Julie Goldstein Binstock 20 Family Camp 20 Women’s Summer Meditation and Kelly Lindsey, Steve Sachs, Yoga Retreat | Katharine Kaufman Rachel Steele & Nicole Wolf 11 Invoking Nature’s Magic: 14 In the Company of Love: Five Element Plant Spirit Healing An Introduction to Family Marlow Brooks Constellations | Suzi Tucker 12 Ayurveda Spring Cleanse Retreat 18 Wired for Love: A Couple’s Workshop Kate O’Donnell & Rich Ray Stan Tatkin and Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin

Creative Expression

23 Writing as a Path to Awakening Albert Flynn DeSilver 26 Art + Life Retreat: Contemplative Creative Practices for an Open Heart Marcia Wang Shibata & Shastri Sandra Ladley 9 Healing and Transforming Consciousness Through Sacred Sound, Music and Dance | Yuval Ron 19 Heart of the Brush |

Spring | Summer 2019 | 1 2019 Social Impact Retreats

We are pleased to offer this series of programs dedicated to our societal awakening. Join us for in-depth explorations concerning social healing, race, gender, power, and anti- oppression work. Visit our website for additional details and to apply for scholarships.

For these retreats you may choose between three tuition prices: Subsidized: $50 / Standard: $100 / Supporting: $200.

April 26 – 28 May 10 – 12 Heart of Recovery Retreat: Looking Deeply: Exploring Higher Power from Meditation and Discovering Diversity a Buddhist Perspective Jeff Scott Dennis Southward & Martha Hildreth Grounded in the profound contemplation of basic Heart of Recovery joins the ancient wisdom of goodness and the gentle stability provided by sitting with the 12-step form in order meditation, over the course of this retreat we will to support our commitment to the path of recovery engage with each other around our own from addictive behaviors. In this retreat, we will of exclusion/inclusion, privilege, difference, learn a new way of understanding the recovery path and strength. and contemplate how to relate to “higher power” Tuition + 2 nights as a non-theistic source of strength and wisdom. Tuition + 2 nights SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS

June 6 – 11

May 3 – 5 Embodied Power and Play: Empowered Communication: Reclaiming the Feminine Healing Social Divides Acharya Holly Gayley, Hannah Kinderlehrer, with Compassionate Strength Geo Logeretta & Kriste Peoples

Basia Solarz The contributions of women to all aspects of life are shaping the future, yet we face ongoing challenges How can we approach others in dialogue about the as individuals and as a collective. Co-creating a most critical social issues from a place of strength safe, inclusive and collaborative environment in and compassion? What makes it hard to be our best this retreat, we will use movement and stillness to selves in difficult conversations? This experiential explore the wisdom and power of the feminine. All program invites us to take a deeper look at what intersex, non-binary, and female-identified people matters to us in conflict and gain clarity about how are warmly welcome. to show up differently in challenging situations. Tuition + 5 nights Tuition + 2 nights

2 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Spring | Summer 2019 | 3 Spring | Summer 2019 lives in an No authentic matter way. how we might Presented by Boulder Queer Group & Allies & Queer Dharma Group by Boulder Presented Rev. angel Kyodo williams & Dr. Jasmine Syedullah Jasmine williams & Dr. angel Kyodo Rev. Please see page 21 for details Rev. angel Kyodo williams & Rod Owens Kyodo angel Rev. Please see page 21 for details identify, simply identify, being ourselves can feel a like with gentleness and in honesty, an environment September 13 – 15 that fosters safety and belonging. radical radical act Join of us bravery. for an exploration Everyday we are challenged to show up in our How Our Queer/Straight Experiences How Our Queer/Straight Inform Our Perception Radical Dharma Camp Radical Dharma Conversation Radical of our sense of self and our place in the world Tuition + 2 nights Tuition August 4 – 8 August 8 – 11

True Becoming: True Myokei Caine-Barrett, Lyn Fine, Jozen Tamori Tamori Jozen Fine, Lyn Caine-Barrett, Myokei for spiritual connection in this join work, us for this special retreat. This retreat This offers this a special unique retreat. toward action for racial justice within our respective If you are already engaged in the challenge Gibson, Acharya Charlene Leung, Kaira Jewel Lingo Jewel Kaira Acharya Charlene Leung, Gibson, Healing Racism June June 6 – 9 Love and Racial Justice: Justice: Racial and Love of racial healing America in and North long opportunity for people from various Buddhist and other wisdom traditions to intentionally create a group composed of approximately 55% people of color and We aspire 45% to white ignite identified. a multi-tradition movement that builds capacity Tuition + 3 nights Tuition and beyond. & Michaela McCormick A Multi-Tradition Movement Movement A Multi-Tradition CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS

APRIL Wisdom of the Body: Yoga and Meditation Retreat In the Company of Love: Katharine Kaufman | Apr 4 – 7 8 An Introduction to Family Constellations Suzi Tucker | May 31 – Jun 2 14 Healing and Transforming Consciousness Through Sacred Sound, Music and Dance Yoga Mindfulness Retreat: Yuval Ron | Apr 5 – 7 9 Living with Cosmic Energy in Life Erica Kaufman | May 31 – Jun 3 15 Open House | Apr 7 6 White Tara: A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times JUNE Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown | Apr 12 – 14 9 Mindfulness Retreat for Educators Retreat and Renewal | Apr 12 – 14 7 Rona Wilensky & Kristin McKeown | Jun 1 – 5 15 The donothing® Leadership Retreat Open House | Jun 2 6 Janet Solyntjes | Apr 15 – 18 10 Love & Racial Justice: Rising Strong Retreat for Women A Multi Tradition Movement Healing Racism Kathy Williams-Tolstrup | Apr 18 – 21 10 Acharya Charlene Leung, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Invoking Nature’s Magic: Michaela McCormick, Jozen Tamori Gibson, Five Element Plant Spirit Healing Lyn Fine & Myokei Caine-Barrett | Jun 6 – 9 2 Marlow Brooks | Apr 19 – 21 11 Embodied Power and Play: The Art of Being Human: I Reclaiming the Feminine Acharya Arawana Hayashi | Apr 19 – 21 11 Acharya Holly Gayley, Hannah Kinderlehrer, Geo Legorreta & Kriste Peoples | Jun 6 – 11 3 5-Day Silent Mindfulness Retreat Janet Solyntjes | Apr 23 – 28 11 Extended Retreat and Renewal | Jun 6 – 9 7 Heart of Recovery Retreat: Exploring Higher Power Retreat and Renewal | Jun 7 – 9 7 from a Buddhist Perspective Awakened Body, Awakened Mind: Non-dualism, Martha Hildreth & Dennis Southward | Apr 26 – 28 2 Yoga, Neuroscience, and Meditation Michael Taft & Nataraja Kallio | Jun 7 – 14 15

SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Relationship as a Spiritual Path Ben Cohen | Apr 26 – 28 12 Summer Seminar I: Summer Set-Up | Apr 29 – May 10 27 Discovering the Path of Liberation Acharya Holly Gayley, Acharya Dan Hessey, Acharya Susan MAY Chapman & Shastri Loden Nyima | Jun 7 – Jul 6 16 Silent Meditation Intensive | May 3 – 5 7 Adoptive Families Retreat Leslie Gossett & Julie Goldstein | Jun 13 – 16 16 Empowered Communication: Healing Social Divides with Compassionate Strength Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: Basia Solarz | May 3 – 5 2 A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi | Jun 14 – 21 17 Touching the Moment with Indelible Presence Acharya Dale Asrael & Cynthia Moku | May 9 – 13 12 The Four Yogas of Mahāmudrā B. Alan Wallace | Jun 14 – 21 17 Looking Deeply: Meditation & Discovering Diversity Jeff Scott | May 10 – 12 2 Inside (and) Out: Yoga and Meditation of Belonging Ayurveda Spring Cleanse Retreat Katharine Kaufman | Jun 20 – 23 17 Kate O’Donnell & Rich Ray | May 11 – 17 12 Mindful Hiking: Waking up to the Wild Taming the Wild Horse Kay Peterson | Jun 21 – 23 18 Jenny Bondurant & Valerie Lorig | May 15 – 19 13 Wired for Love: A Couple’s Workshop Deep Healing: A 5-Night Unconditional Self-Love, Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin | Jun 21 – 23 18 Qi Gong, and Meditation Retreat Blake D. Bauer | May 17 – 22 13 The Origin of Modern Mindfulness: A 4-Day Practicum of Meditation and Buddhism : The Glorious Coemergent Mother Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown & Dr. Amelia Hall Larry Mermelstein | May 17 – 26 13 Jun 25 – 30 18 Lucid Yoga Heart of the Brush Andrew Holecek | May 24 – 26 14 Kazuaki Tanahashi | Jun 27 – 30 19 Retreat and Renewal | May 24 – 26 7 The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Trusting the Wisdom of Direct : Shastri Jon Barbieri | Jun 28 – 30 11 Embodied Listening Hope Martin & David Rome | May 24 – 27 14

4 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 JULY Enlightened Society Assembly | Jul 1 – 11 8 Musical Peace Ceremony at the Great of Extended Retreat and Renewal | Jul 4 – 7 7 Christine Stevens & Jonathan Crowder | Aug 24 24 Retreat and Renewal | Jul 5 – 7 7 Fall Take-Down | Aug 26 – Oct 7 27 Summer Half Dathun From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind: Journeying Into Acharya Michael Greenleaf | Jul 6 – 21 19 Your Natural State of Mind through Meditation Open House | Jul 7 Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche | Aug 30 – Sep 1 25 Scorpion Seal Assembly Silent Meditation Intensive | Aug 30 – 1 7 Garchen II, III, V, VI | Jul 13 – 24 8 Running with the Mind of Meditation and Yoga Living the Full Catastrophe – Denver Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock, Janet Solyntjes | Jul 20 * Nathan Railla & Lara Johnson | Aug 30 – 2 25 Insight Meditation Retreat: Grief, Joy, and Awakening SEPTEMBER David Chernikoff | Jul 24 – 30 19 Open House | Sep 1 6 Family Camp Courageous Women, Fearless Living Kelly Lindsey, Steve Sachs, Nicole Wolf Jemi Steele, Chasse Bailey-Dorton & Rachel Steele | Jul 27 – Aug 3 20 & Ann Braden | Sep 3 – 8 26 Women’s Summer Meditation and Yoga Retreat Art + Life Retreat: Contemplative Creative Katharine Kaufman | Jul 31 – Aug 4 20 Practices for an Open Heart and Mind Shastri Sandra Ladley & Artist to AUGUST the Court Marcia Wang Shibata | Sep 6 – 15 26 AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Open House | Aug 4 6 The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training I Radical Dharma Conversation Acharya Gaylon Ferguson | Sep 6 – 8 11 Rev. angel Kyodo Williams Living the Full Catastrophe – Denver & Lama Rod Owens | Aug 4 – 8 21 Janet Solyntjes | Sep 7 * Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Sacred Simplicity Extended Retreat and Renewal | Sep 12 – 15 7 Kelly Lindsey & Brooke Binstock | Aug 5 – 9 21 Retreat and Renewal | Sep 13 – 15 7 Radical Dharma Camp Wired For Love Rev. angel Kyodo Williams Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin | Sep 13 – 15 18 & Dr. Jasmine Syedullah | Aug 8 – 11 21 True Becoming: How our Queer/Straight Mindful Living Experiences Inform our Perception Janet Solyntjes | Aug 9 – 14 22 Boulder Queer Dharma Group | Sep 13 – 15 3 Befriending Your Body: Neurodharma Retreat with Dr. Rick Hanson: Meeting Your Body as Your Teacher A 10-day Experiential Exploration of Ann Saffi Biasetti | Aug 9 – 11 22 the Deepest Roots of the Highest Happiness Beyond Suffering: Mindfulness, Rick Hanson, Alisa Dennis, Peter Grossenbacher, Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat Tina Rasmussen & Terry Vandiver | Sep 20 – 29 27 Blake D. Bauer | Aug 9 – 11 22 Writing as a Path to Awakening OCTOBER Albert Flynn DeSilver | Aug 14 – 18 23 Rising Strong Retreat for Women Mindful Hiking: Weathering Life’s Storms Kathy Williams-Tolstrup | Oct 3 – 6 * Kay Peterson | Aug 15 – 18 23 Beyond Suffering : Mindfulness, Meditation Retreat and Renewal | Aug 16 – 18 7 and Qi Gong Retreat Blake Bauer | Oct 4 – 6 * Graceful Exit: Preparing for a Good Death Andrew Holecek | Aug 16 – 23 23 Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive Megan Prager & Michelle Becker | Oct 6 – 11 * Radically Happy: Getting to Know Your Mind Retreat Erric Solomon | Aug 23 – 25 24 Red indicates Shambhala Path Programs Healing Sound Retreat: Personal Transformation *Details about programs without page numbers through Sacred Drumming & can be found online. Christine Stevens & Jonathan Crowder | Aug 23 – 25 24 Birth of the Warrior: Shambhala Training II Grey indicates Denver Program Shastri Calryn Aston | Aug 23 – 25 8 Additional information available online

Spring | Summer 2019 | 5 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 Dharmakaya, built in day in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and celebration of our inherent sacredness, choose from a variety of free activities, stands 108 ft. tall and is dedicated to world including touring the Great Stupa of peace. It was constructed – and continues Dharmakaya, receiving meditation to be worked on – by volunteers inspired to instruction, listening to engaging dharma offer the world a big, beautiful proclamation talks, or simply relaxing on this serene and that our nature as human beings is basically powerful land. good, pure, and sane. Encountering Bring a picnic or, for a $10 suggested the Stupa allows one to rediscover this donation, join us for a delicious lunch. For goodness, to experience a state of simplicity updates on our list of Open House speakers and confidence, and to connect with a and topics, please visit our website. of sanity that goes back 2,500 years. Tuition: FREE The Great Stupa welcomes the general public 365 days a year, between the hours Apr 7 | Jun 2 | Jul 7 | Aug 4 | Sep 1 of 9 am and 9 pm, free of charge. Tea and a 25-minute video are offered in the Visitors’ “I love coming to the Center. You are welcome to join us for lunch, which is served daily from 12:30-1:30 Stupa – it fills me with pm in our dining hall for a $10 donation. peace that lasts long Group Stupa Tours after I leave.” Experiential teaching tours of the Stupa can be arranged for groups of 8 or more for $10 — Liz Tuohy per person. To schedule a tour please call 888-788-7221. THE GREAT STUPA

6 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 Recurring Learn to Meditate Weekend Retreats Shambhala Mountain Center is a great place to learn to meditate or refresh your Discover relaxation and wakefulness in practice in a supportive environment with a pristine mountain environment. These a qualified teacher. retreats offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration The Art of Being Human: to career, family, health, relationships, Shambhala Training I and personal endeavors of all kinds. This immersive meditation workshop helps us open to ourselves with gentleness Retreat and Renewal and appreciation as we begin to see our potential as genuine compassionate Meditation (with instruction), yoga, human beings. Recommended for new a guided hike, and evening activities. and experienced meditators, as well as Great for friends, couples, or individuals. those looking to enrich their existing Massage available. spiritual path. Tuition: $100 + 2 nights or $125 + 3 nights Tuition: $150 + 2 nights Apr 12 – 14 | May 24 – 26 | Jun 5 – 9 | Jun 6 – 9 Apr 19 – 21 | Jun 28 – 30 | Sept 6 – 8 Jul 4 – 7 | Jul 5 – 7 | Aug 16 – 18 | Sep 12 – 15 Sep 13 – 15 See p. 11 for more information. AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Silent Meditation Intensive Getaways: This two day practice intensive is designed Self-Guided Retreats for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. Arriving Friday to settle Hike along eight miles of wilderness trails, in, this retreat offers 7 hours of meditation visit the Great Stupa, meditate in one of our on both Saturday and Sunday. Silence is many meditation halls, spend time relaxing, an integral part of this retreat and will journaling, reading, or practicing yoga. Our be practiced throughout the weekend. mountain retreat center offers vastness, Minimal instruction on the practice of sitting stillness, and gentle support that will allow meditation, , and mindful you to unwind, relax, and reconnect to life’s eating will be offered. inherent rhythms. Tuition: $0 + 25% off lodging and meals Not suitable for novice meditators. Dates: Some blackout dates apply, see web for details. Tuition: $100 + 2 nights

May 3 – 5 | Aug 30 – Sep 1

Spring | Summer 2019 | 7 Shambhala Path April 4 – 7 Wisdom of the Body: Programs Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Katharine Kaufman Apr 19 – 21 | Jun 28 – 30 | Sep 6 – 8 You’ve experienced joy and health, pain and The Art of Being Human: loss. You’ve tested your physical limits, and have SPRING | SUMMER SHAMBHALA PATH PROGRAMS Shambhala Training I recovered from surgeries. You’ve traveled, shared More details on page 11 insights, and cared for others. Now it’s time to attend to your body as it is today. May 17 – 26 In this retreat, you are invited to practice with Vajrayogini: The Glorious a fresh perspective that acknowledges your mind Coemergent Mother and body’s wisdom. Starting from the ground and Larry Mermelstein building to heart centering postures, we will learn More details on page 13 the Four Ways of Being With Body. Through a variety of sequences – both restorative and flowing – June 7 – Aug 6 we’ll support sitting, walking, standing, and lying Summer Seminar I: meditation postures. We’ll gain strength and coax flexibility. Discovering the Path of Liberation Emerge from the weekend with a new lens on your unique experiences, and a rich understanding of how Acharya Holly Gayley, Acharya Dan Hessey, to practice yoga and meditation safely and wisely, Acharya Susan Chapman & Shastri Loden Nyima whether practicing alone or in a group. More details on page 16 Tuition: $250 + 3 nights

Jul 1 – 11 Katharine Kaufman is a priest ordained in the Soto Enlightened Society Assembly lineage and teaches meditation, writing workshops, yoga, and contemplative dance in Boulder, and See website for details at Shambhala Mountain Center. She taught for many years at The Yoga Workshop and Studio Be in Boulder. July 6 – 21 Katharine is an adjunct professor at University. Summer Half Dathun She holds MFAs in Performance/Choreography and Writing/Poetics. Acharya Michael Greenleaf More details on page 19

Jul 13 – 24 Scorpion Seal Assembly Garchen (II, III, V, VI) See website for details

Jul 27 – Aug 3 Family Camp Steve Sachs, Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele & Nicole Wolf More details on page 20

Aug 23 – 25 Birth of the Warrior: Shambhala Training II Shastri Calryn Aston See website for details

8 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 April 5 – 7 April 12 – 14 Healing and Transforming White Tara: Consciousness Through Sacred A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times

Sound, Music and Dance Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown Yuval Ron This weekend retreat will introduce the short daily Take a journey deep into sacred music, chanting, practice of White Tara, one of the most famous movement, and spiritual mindfulness practices in of compassion in . this unique experiential seminar. Drawing from Emanated from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the hidden wisdom of Eastern traditions, these peaceful White Tara is said to witness the suffering practices are known to open the heart, increase of beings through her seven eyes, soothing their compassion, and deepen one’s inner explorations. fear, calming their anguish, healing their suffering, Having been scientifically proven to impact the and extending their lives. This is a lineage practice structure and function of the brain in ways that particularly relied upon in times of domestic and enhance memory, cognition and awareness, these community turmoil and disharmony. The reading practices also promote healing by lowering stress, transmission of this particular practice composed by anxiety, depression, and anger. The activities Rinpoche will be provided, and the introduced in this program are based on Yuval Ron’s retreat will be comprised of practice sessions and work with master spiritual teachers of the East and talks on compassion practice and the tradition of neuroscientists of the West. White Tara. Prerequisite: one year of meditation. Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., is Distinguished

Yuval Ron is an award-winning world music artist, AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND composer, educator, peace activist, and record producer. Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies at He has collaborated with Sufi leader Pir Zia Inayat Khan, , where she has taught since 1978. She as well as neuroscientists Mark Robert Waldman and has been a Shambhala Acharya, senior dharma teacher, Robert Monroe, and led the Gala Concert for the Dalai since 2000, and is author of ’s Warm Breath: The Lama’s Seeds of Compassion. He has taught at many Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism and editor of colleges and universities including Yale, John Hopkins Meditation in the Classroom. She and her husband have University, UCLA, Middlebury College, and MIT. two adult children and three grandchildren.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 9 April 15 – 18 April 18 – 21 The donothing® Rising Strong™ Retreat for Women

Leadership Retreat Kathy Williams-Tolstrup Janet Solyntjes If we are brave often enough we will fall. Rising Co-sponsored with Shambhala Mountain Center Strong™ is about what it takes to get back up. Based and donothing® (a leadership-focused on the insightful book by renowned storyteller and mindfulness program). researcher, Brené Brown, this 4-day retreat will teach you how owning your stories of struggle can The donothing® Leadership Retreat presents give you the power to write daring new endings. business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, and Struggle can be our greatest call to courage and the business owners with the most rewarding challenge clearest path to a wholehearted life. At the end of you may ever take on – a silent retreat. We invite the weekend, you will have learned how to apply you to join us to learn and practice how meditation the Rising Strong™ process to transform the way you can benefit you as a leader and as a person. As live, love, parent and/or lead. leaders, the greatest gift we can bring to our teams is our full presence and awareness. Tuition: $375 + 3 nights This program also occurs October 3-6. The purpose of this unique experience is to help you cultivate a deeper mindfulness practice. Every Kathy Williams -Tolstrup, M.Ed, LPC is a psychotherapist, detail is tailored to inspire: the majestic environment Certified Daring Way Facilitator, and has a private of Shambhala Mountain Center nestled high in practice in Fort Collins. Kathy’s style can best be described as non judgmental, compassionate, and the Colorado Rockies, senior meditation experts to collaborative. She is also trained in EMDR, an integrative thoughtfully guide your technique, and a supportive psychotherapy approach proven effective for the community of like-minded leaders to connect with. treatment of trauma. Tuition: See website for pricing information.

Janet Solyntjes, M.A. is a senior teacher (Shastri) in SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS the Shambhala-Buddhist tradition and has offered mindfulness courses at Naropa University, Omega Institute, Hollyhock, Shambhala Mountain Center, and in corporate and non-profit workplaces. A practitioner of mind-body disciplines since 1977, she is a Certified MBSR Teacher and faculty member of The Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts. Janet leads MBSR courses in Colorado and offers mindfulness seminars and retreats in the U.S. and internationally. She is the co-founder of the Boulder-based Center for Courageous Living and is a teaching faculty member of the Engaged Mindfulness Institute.

10 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 April 19 – 21 April 19 – 21 April 23 – 28 Invoking The Art of Being 5-Day Silent Nature’s Magic: Human: Mindfulness Retreat

Five Element Shambhala Training I Janet Solyntjes Plant Spirit Healing Acharya Arawana Hayashi All of us have an innate capacity Marlow Brooks Through the practice of to experience well-being, In this challenging and meditation, we glimpse resilience, and unconditional chaotic world we often forget unconditional goodness as the kindness. In order to enhance this that we are not alone. In fact, ground of our existence. This capacity, we will directly explore there is a rich and benevolent immersive weekend workshop the power of mind and heart in a unseen world of spirits that helps us open to ourselves with silent and supportive atmosphere. are willing to support and gentleness and appreciation nourish us if we’d only listen This secular retreat will be and begin to see our potential and receive their wisdom offered in the tradition of Jon as genuine and compassionate and guidance. This retreat Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness- human beings. This program offers a way to bridge our Based Stress Reduction as is recommended for new and ordinary “everyday” world taught through the Center for experienced meditators, as well with a world of magic and Mindfulness at University of sacredness that is always as those looking to enrich their Massachusetts Medical School available to us. existing spiritual path. and in many places around the world. It will include guided Through studying the 5 Tuition: $150 + 2 nights This program also occurs on meditation instruction, talks, Elements – Water, Wood, AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Fire, Earth, and Metal – we June 28 – 30 and Sep 6 – 8. periods of sitting and walking meditation, , will explore what nourishes Acharya Arawana Hayashi is a and an opportunity to discuss and protects us, and what senior teacher in Shambhala. She causes our imbalances. By is a dancer, choreographer and your practice in small group connecting with nature, practitioner of Shambhala Art. She audiences. It can be a profound guided , simple currently works with the Presencing and strengthening opportunity shamanic journeys, and Institute, bringing meditation and to meet oneself in this kind of creative experiential exercises embodiment practice into the supported, extended, compas- we can learn to trust the context of organizational and social sionate silent retreat setting. change. With colleagues, she has wisdom of our bodies, our Tuition: $450 + 5 nights intuition, and the messages created an art form called Social Presencing Theater, an awareness See bio for Janet on page 10. of the phenomenal world. practice for synchronizing the body Tuition: $185 + 2 nights and mind of both individuals and Marlow Brooks is an established the collective. artist, meditation teacher, and healer trained in Five Element Acupuncture and Plant Spirit Healing. She teaches calligraphy, meditation and the Psychology of 5 Elements at Naropa University. Marlow has written three books reflecting her journey and teachings on healing and art.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 11 April 26 – 28 May 9 – 13 May 11 – 17 Relationship as a Touching the Ayurveda Spring Spiritual Path Moment with Cleanse Retreat

Ben Cohen Indelible Presence Kate O’Donnell & Rich Ray Every great wisdom tradition Acharya Dale Asrael Spend 5 days in a pristine & Cynthia Moku teaches the importance of love mountain environment learning and compassion. But how do Rediscover Fresh Perception about and living the Ayurvedic we practice this in our daily Uniquely blending meditation, diet and lifestyle. This 5-day lives, especially in our intimate contemplative arts, sensory retreat begins each day with relationships? We will draw on discovery practices, , and gentle yoga for the season, the Buddhist teachings of Thich , we will practice in a breathing exercises, and Nhat Hanh and the works of rich environment to shed habitual meditation. Days include free time Harville Hendrix, PhD, to develop patterns and rediscover the world for being in nature, 3 cleansing our skills in deep listening and with fresh perception. yet nourishing meals, two lectures loving speech. In this experiential daily on the Ayurveda diet and Open to the Fullness of Life Couples Workshop, you will be lifestyle by Kate O’Donnell, and Investigating elements of our guided through processes to awareness-boosting for mindful outer, inner, and innermost help you understand your core daily living with Rich Ray. experience, we will open conflicts and how to transform our selves to the fullness of life. Tuition: $275 + 6 nights them into opportunities for Using meditation practices, Kate O’Donnell is an author, lecturer, connection, healing, and growth. periods of silence, dharma and senior yoga teacher. She has If you wish to have greater talks, discussion, and daily written two books on Ayurvedic intimacy and connection in your contemplative brush-and-ink cooking practices. An Ayurvedic relationship, this promises to be a practice led by artist Cynthia Practitioner and Ashtanga yoga rewarding weekend. Moku, we will touch the teacher, Kate is on faculty for Kripalu SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Tuition: $300 + 2 nights Indelible Presence of our School of Ayurveda and Boston Ayurveda School. Ben Cohen, PhD, has been in private everyday moments. practice in Boulder for over 25 years, Tuition: $225 + 4 nights Rich Ray brings over 20 years of and has led over 90 “Getting the yoga and meditation practice to Love You Want” Couples Workshops. Acharya Dale Asrael has led his workshops assisting students Former Co-Dean of the Faculty of retreats and meditation programs in their search for the expanding Imago Relationships International, internationally for the past thirty experience of freedom. He is a Level and a former adjunct faculty at The years. She studies qigong with, and 2 Authorized Ashtanga Teacher Naropa University, he is a student has been authorized to teach by, and has 4 years of silent monastic of Thich Nhat Hanh, and integrates Daoist lineage-holder Eva Wong. training in the Soto Zen tradition. Eastern and Western approaches in Dale is an Associate Professor his psychotherapy practice. at Naropa University and is the founder and principal teacher of Naropa’s Mindfulness Instructor Training Program.

Cynthia Moku is an accomplished artist in Japanese brushwork and Buddhist scroll painting. A student of Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, she continues her meditation training with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Cynthia is the founder of Naropa University’s Visual Art Degree Program.

12 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 May 15 – 19 May 17 – 22 May 17 – 26 Taming the Deep Healing: Vajrayogini: Wild Horse A 5-Night Unconditional The Glorious Co-Emergent Jenny Bondurant & Valerie Lorig Self-Love, Qi Gong, and Mother: Intensive Meditation Retreat in the Great Stupa Intense emotions such as anger, jealousy and fear can either trap Blake D. Bauer Larry Mermelstein us in struggles or open us to the Join international bestselling Join us as we immerse ourselves direct experience of awakening. author Blake D. Bauer for in the vivid world of Vajrayogini, This retreat presents techniques five days of deep healing and exploring the richness of to expose core belief structures self-care. Explore why suffering, practice. A treasure of the that perpetuate emotional disease and relationship problems lineage, this sadhana holds confusion and meditation are caused by years of hiding powerful transmissions for practices that foster clarity and your true emotions, thinking immediate transformation in our insight. Revealing that even the negatively, and living in fear. lives. Emotional and conceptual most painful emotions offer us Discover how your current obscurations are burned in an opportunity to develop struggles are logical cries from Vajrayogini’s fiery wisdom, and genuine compassion, these your body, soul and subconscious her unblinking gaze awakens our practices also give us a glimpse mind asking you to finally value greatest capacities for limitless of the pure energy that is the yourself and the miracle of your awareness. Special attention essence of emotion. We will have life. Each day you’ll engage in will be placed on coemergent daily contemplative movement meditation and qi gong healing and the practice and dharma art practices to exercises specifically designed of ordinary mind. This sadhana AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND explore what it means to trust to unlock stuck energy, blood, intensive, appropriate for all our emotions. and emotion. This safe gathering levels of Vajrayogini practitioners, Tuition: $225 + 4 nights will help you transform patterns is a celebration of the heart of of self-harm and clarify how to our community and Jenny Bondurant has been a dharma love yourself in practical ways culture. Practicing in the Great teacher for 30 years, both in the Stupa of Dharmakaya can be truly Shambhala Buddhist tradition, and that lead to deep self-worth, in the tradition of Anam Thubten. self-acceptance, self-respect, and transformative. self-confidence. She is an adjunct faculty member (Prerequisite: Vajrayogini in the Contemplative Psychology Tuition: $495 + 5 nights Abhisheka) Department at Naropa University. Blake D. Bauer is the author of Tuition: $150 + 9 nights Valerie Lorig, M.Ed, LPC, has the international best-selling book Larry Mermelstein became a close practiced and taught Buddhism You Were Not Born To Suffer. He student of the Venerable Chögyam for over 30 years. She is a faculty is a sought after wisdom teacher Trungpa Rinpoche in 1971. He member at Naropa University with an extensive background in served as an acharya in the and has a psychotherapy practice psychology, alternative medicine, /Shambhala community using Mindfulness and Awareness, nutrition, traditional healing and for twenty years, and was a member Hakomi, EMDR, Brainspotting, and mindfulness meditation. Based of the board of directors for nearly PACT to help clients connect with on both his personal experience that long. He is a founding member their innate goodness. overcoming deep suffering, and the Executive Director of the addiction and adversity, as well Translation Committee as his professional success with for over forty years, as well as thousands of people worldwide, his a long-time consulting editor to pioneering work integrates what . he’s found to be the most effective approaches to optimal mental, emotional and physical health.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 13 May 24 – 27 May 24 – 26 May 31 – June 2 Trusting the Wisdom Lucid In the Company

of Direct Experience: Andrew Holecek of Love: Embodied Listening® An Introduction Discover the remarkable world David Rome & Hope Martin of nocturnal meditation, where to Family Constellations Our bodies hold our lives. They a wealth of wisdom awaits you Suzi Tucker hold wisdom and energy for liv- every night. Lucid dreaming and Family Constellation is both ing and growing. They also hold dream yoga have boundless philosophy and an experiential our obstacles: anxiety, painful potential for rapid psychological process; its focus is inclusion, emo tions and constricting habitual and spiritual growth. During integration, celebration. Have patterns. The more we are able this weekend we’ll explore the you ever wondered if you might to make loving contact with science behind lucidity, how be carrying burdens that are these places and live deeply from to induce lucid , what not entirely yours? Based in the within our bodies, the more our to do with them, and how to work of Bert Hellinger, we will stuck places transform, allowing transcend any obstacle. Lucid explore the ways in which our for a more authentic, joyous and dreaming has been developed for fruitful life. self-limitations may be entangled thousands of years in the East, in the systemic threads of the During this retreat, we will draw and recently augmented with past, ways in which we may be on three contemplative practices sophisticated techniques from the secretly wedded to the sadness, that cultivate insight, compassion West. Learn how lucid dreaming failure, poverty, anger, illness, or and confidence: Mindfulness leads to lucid living, and how loss of previous generations. And, Meditation to relax mental holding this ancient practice can change together we will begin to imagine patterns; Alexander Technique to your brain, facilitate healing, how to harness the life-force release physical holding patterns; improve relationships, heighten of the deeper ancestry to find and Mindful Focusing to access performance, and wake you up. deeper feelings held in the body. permission and incentive to break SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Tuition: $195 + 2 nights This workshop is highly experiential free from our destructive loyalties. and includes periods of meditation, Andrew Holecek has completed Tuition: $200 + 2 nights exploration of the felt sense, gentle the traditional three-year Buddhist Suzi Tucker worked as an editor hands-on bodywork, sharing meditation retreat and offers and publisher in the field of together and humor. seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and psychology for over 30 years. Tuition: $300 + 3 nights dream yoga. He is the author of In 1998, she began a 15-year David I. Rome is the developer of several books, including Preparing to collaboration with Bert Hellinger, Mindful Focusing and author of Your Die, Meditation in the iGeneration, curator of Family Constellation, to Body Knows the Answer: Using Your and Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your bring his work to the United States. Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Life Through Lucid Dreaming and She maintains a private practice and Change, and Liberate Creativity. the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep. has served as guest faculty at many Previously, David served as private retreat centers. secretary for Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche for many years. Hope Martin has taught the Alexander Technique for 30 years, trains Alexander teachers at the American Center for the Alexander Technique and operates Hope Martin Studio in New York City. She is a meditation instructor and a Focusing trainer.

14 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 May 31 – June 3 June 1 – 5 June 7 – 14 Lila Yoga Mindfulness Retreat Awakened Body, Mindfulness Retreat: for Educators Awakened Mind:

Living with Cosmic Energy Rona Wilensky Non-dualism, Yoga, Neuro- in Life & Kristin McKeown science, and Meditation Erica Kaufman Take time to cultivate your Michael Taft & Nataraja Kallio capacity for attention, emotional Discover the power of Join us for a deep dive into the balance and compassion in and compassionate awareness natural wisdom, aliveness, and out of the classroom. Designed to by bringing mindfulness into your awakening found within our support you in bringing a mindful daily life. During this nourishing bodies and minds. Conjoining presence to your personal life and retreat, we will embrace our somatic practices and meditation professional work in schools, this vulnerabilities and allow them drawn from the contemplative retreat includes daily periods of to safely guide us into expansive traditions of Yoga and Buddhism, silent meditation practice, one full ease. By practicing the art of we will explore ways of day of silence, mindful movement, open attention, Mindfulness Lila rediscovering awakening through solitary reflection, time in the Yoga provides a complete holistic an integrated practice. Modern natural world, and opportunities approach to a healthy, balanced neuroscience and these ancient to share perspectives and body and mind. Through the teachings both point to the experiences with other educators. ancient Indian practices of constructed nature of selfhood, the This program is not focused on (yogic postures), delusion that the ego is our true bringing mindfulness practices (yogic breathing), chanting, nature. When we “deconstruct

to students. AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND satsang gathering, meditation, ourselves” through meditative and quiet-present time, we are Mindfulness for educators is inquiry and connecting with the able to open to our greatest part of a global movement to wisdom of the body, it is possible awareness and learn the keys bring research-based practices to touch the truth of our nondual to joy, patience, peace, and and mindsets to individuals nature directly and powerfully. eternal wisdom. and organizations interested in Tuition: $350 + 7 nights Tuition: $300 + 3 nights transformation. Michael W. Taft is a meditation Yogacharya Erica Kaufman is Tuition: $300 + 4 nights teacher and bestselling author. As a the founder of Lila Yoga® and Rona Wilensky is Director of mindfulness coach, he specializes in the owner of Lila Yoga Studios. Mindfulness Programs and a senior secular, science-based mindfulness Her teaching expertise and faculty member for SMART in training in groups, corporate settings, sophisticated gutsy openness Education. She has served on the and one-on-one sessions. Michael awarded her ’s Leadership Council of the Initiative is the author of several books, Credit and features in publications on Contemplative Teaching and including the bestselling The Mindful such as The Times of India. As a Learning at Garrison Institute. Rona Geek, and , as well as mentor to yoga teachers, aspirants, served as founding principal of New the founding editor of the popular and community members alike, Vista High School in Boulder, CO blog Deconstructing Yourself. Erica tours the USA, Europe, Israel, from 1992 – 2009. Nataraja Kallio is a professor of and India teaching seminars on Lila Kristen McKeown is a teacher Yoga Studies at Naropa University Yoga® and Contact Improvisation. advocate and personal coach. As and has been a student of yoga the founder of Teaching Balance, since 1989. While studying in India Kristin integrates her experience as for 7 years, he immersed himself a meditation teacher with her 22 in the contemplative traditions of years in public education to offer , Vedanta, Sri Aurobindo, mindfulness-based strategies for Buddhism, and the Hatha Yoga wellness and self-care. lineages. He has advanced degrees in Religious Studies and Psychology.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 15 June 7 – July 6 June 13 – 16 Adoptive Families Summer Seminar I: Retreat Discovering the Path of Liberation Leslie Gossett & Julie Goldstein Acharya Susan Chapman, Acharya Holly Gayley, Inherent in all families is their Acharya Daniel Hessey & Shastri Loden Nyima unique formation and story. Together with other adoptive A Month-Long Immersion families, we will celebrate your in Traditional Buddhist Practice and Study family’s unique journey on the The single focus of the Buddha’s teachings was showing humanity path of adoption. We will explore the path to ending suffering and reconnecting with our natural and engage in mindfulness and state of freedom. compassion practices, as well as discussions and activities that Over this month-long retreat we will live with the intention support this uniquely chosen of mixing our minds with the teachings and directly experiencing journey. Our time will be spent our inherent wisdom. We’ll spend this time practicing the disciplines separately as parents and of the complete path taught by the Buddha. tweens/teens, and together in We will co-create a community and environment to support family units in both structured your journey in deepening your understanding of the Buddha’s and unstructured environments teachings, developing your meditation practice, and relaxing that aim to foster connection, the speed and habitual patterns that characterize so many understanding, and healthy of our daily lives. communication. This program is suitable for middle and high This retreat is appropriate for beginning to advanced meditation school aged youth and their practitioners, including those on the teaching path. parents or guardians.

SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS Tuition: See pricing information on our website. Tuition: See website for special Acharya Susan Chapman, author of The Five Keys To Mindful pricing information. Communication, is a retired family therapist, contemplative psychologist Leslie Gossett is the Chair and meditation teacher. She completed Gampo Abbey’s three year of the Leadership Council for retreat and served as Druppon, retreat leader, for six years. the Shambhala Office of Families Acharya Holly Gayley is Associate Professor of and Children and founder of Be You at the Boulder. Her research focuses on Buddhist Yoga and Mindfulness for Families literature in contemporary Tibet with special attention to gender and Children. She has worked and ethics. with children for over 20 years, is a certified yoga teacher for Acharya Daniel Hessey became a student of Shambhala Buddhism in children and adults, and is a 1973. He has translated and written a commentary of the I Ching as Meditation Instructor in the a map of social development. He is currently the resident Acharya at Shambhala tradition. Shambhala Mountain Center. Julie Goldstein holds MA degrees Shastri Loden Nyima is a fully ordained Buddhist monk. He lived at from Naropa University and the Gampo Abbey from 2009 – 2017 where he completed shedra studies, University of Colorado, as well as practiced intensively, and served in various roles including as Shastri a Coaching Certification from the d u r i n g t h e f o r m a t i v e y e a r s o f t h e S h a m b h a l a M o n a s t i c O r d e r. University of Santa Monica School of Spiritual Psychology. She has worked in the non-profit arena for over 25 years. Julie has one adopted daughter from China.

16 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 June 14 – 21 June 14 – 21 June 20 – 23 The Four Yogas Mindfulness Inside (and) Out: of Mahâmudrâ Meditation Retreat: Yoga and Meditation B. Alan Wallace A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, of Belonging Silent Retreat This retreat will focus on the Katharine Kaufman four yogas of Mahāmudrā as Janet Solyntjes & Jim Colosi Our unique sensibilities are explained in Karma Chagme All of us have an innate capacity sustained by personal practices Rinpoche’s Practical Instructions to experience well-being, that integrate our whole being. In on the Union of Mahāmudrā resilience, and unconditional this 4-day retreat, you will explore and Atiyoga, for which the care and kindness. In order to ways to bring every aspect of main body of his text has been enhance this capacity, we explore yourself into the practice and translated under the titles A the power of mindfulness and expand that acceptance to others, Spacious Path to Freedom and mindfulness related practices creating a true environment Naked Awareness. These four such as loving-kindness and of belonging. Through the yogas constitute a complete compassion for self and other. simple and spacious practices path to achieving the perfect This Mindfulness Meditation of meditation and yoga we will enlightenment of a buddha in Retreat emphasizes the direct work together to design new one lifetime by providing practical experience of mind and heart playful and personal rituals you methods for fully realizing the in a powerful, silent container, can carry into your life. Periods luminous and empty nature of supported by the indescribable of silence will nourish intimacy. consciousness itself, which is and vivid beauty of the Rocky We will cultivate community by our own buddha-nature. Oral Mountains that surrounds the sharing our Way-Seeking Mind AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND commentaries on these four retreat center. stories, the tender under-world of yogas will be complemented with our being. We will practice alone Tuition: $665 + 7 nights guided meditations on Śamatha, and together, inside and out, in Vipaśyanā, and Mahāmudrā, See bio for Janet page 10. the fields, forests and groves of also based of Karma Chagme Jim Colosi is a Certified Teacher this sacred land. Rinpoche’s classic text. in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Tuition: $250 + 3 nights Tuition: $400 + 7 nights Reduction (MBSR) program and has taught meditation for 30 years in See bio for Katharine on page 8. B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. is a dynamic the Shambhala tradition. He was the lecturer, progressive scholar, and Director of the Prison Meditation one of the most prolific writers and Program, North Central Correctional translators of Tibetan Buddhism Institution, Gardner, MA, from in the West. Wallace continually 1995-2000. Prior to becoming an seeks innovative ways to integrate adjunct teacher at the Center for Buddhist contemplative practices Mindfulness at the University of with Western science to advance the Massachusetts in 2006, Jim had a study of the mind. He has devoted 25-year career in strategic marketing fourteen years to training as a and communications. Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H.H. the , and is the author of many titles published by Wisdom Publications, including Stilling the Mind and The Attention Revolution.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 17 June 21 – 23 June 21 – 23 June 25 – 30 Mindful Hiking: Wired for Love: The Origin of Modern Waking up to the Wild A Couple’s Workshop Mindfulness:

Kay Peterson Stan Tatkin A 4-Day Practicum of & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin Meditation and Buddhism Like the snow melting to reveal “People are complex,” says Stan Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown vast meadows ripe with the & Dr. Amelia Hall promise of wildflowers, we too Tatkin. “We don’t come with The impressive health benefits can shed the layers of past manuals that automate the of mindfulness meditation have seasons and old habits to make process of getting along.” Even if led to its implementation in way for new possibilities in our we did have general manuals, we sig nificant secular settings; from lives. By tuning into our senses aren’t robots: what works for one education, medicine, non-profits, and mindfully moving through person won’t necessarily work business, the government and nature, we can cultivate the for another. Nor does it work to even to the military. But long ability to discern opportunities expect relationships to simply fall before the healthy effects of for growth as they arise moment into place, as many couples do. meditation were recognized, it to moment. Join us for a This workshop will demonstrate was being used as a method principles to help you understand rejuvenating weekend of sitting to directly experience one’s what makes a relationship and hiking meditation (moderate intrinsic wakefulness and the successful, and how to work difficulty at 7,000’–9,000’ habitual patterns of mind that toward that with your partner. elevation), , group generate and reinforce suffering. During this weekend of teaching, exercises and discussion, and solo In this immersive retreat you’ll interacting, and experimenting, time in nature. Return home with be introduced to the central you will come to understand how a renewed sense of purpose and practices of fresh start. Wake up to the wild you and your partner really work with guidance from Theravāda, both inside and out! and begin to construct a specific Zen and Tibetan Buddhist textual SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS set of guidelines for both of you. Tuition: $195 + 2 nights traditions. You’ll learn the stages of meditation, the techniques Kay Peterson, MA, LMFT, is a This retreat is for couples only. that enable you to quickly psychotherapist in private practice in Tuition: $375 + 2 nights stabilize your meditation practice, the San Francisco Bay Area as well This program also occurs applications for daily life and the as a seasoned wilderness guide who Sep 13 – 15. has been facilitating nature-inspired workplace, and the recent find- programs that integrate meditation, Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT Clinician, ings of mindfulness neuroscience. self-reflection, and creative group author, PACT developer, and Tuition: $200 + 5 nights process since 1996. Kay also teaches co-founder of the PACT Institute, Dr. See bio for Acharya Simmer-Brown Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Tatkin teaches at UCLA, maintains on page 9. (MBSR) and is adjunct faculty at a private practice in Southern Naropa University. California, and leads PACT programs Dr. Amelia Hall is an assistant pro- in the US and internationally. fessor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism in the Wisdom Traditions Department Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, PhD has at Naropa University. She gained served as the director of various her PhD in Tibetan and Himalayan philanthropic family foundations Studies from the University of over three decades. In addition to Oxford in 2012. She has taught and her leadership roles, she has been developed courses on Buddhism at involved at the ground level of Central Michigan University and humanitarian efforts worldwide. Antioch University Buddhist Studies Tracey is co-founder of the Abroad Program. She has practiced PACT Institute. Dharma for 20 years.

18 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Spring | Summer 2019 | 19 Spring | Summer 2019 been teaching Insight Meditation in Boulder, Colorado. in Boulder, David Chernikoff David has Chernikoff been a student David Chernikoff David Chernikoff in accordance with the traditional University for many years and workshops and retreats throughout will be invited to support to the with a financial of your will be the practice of sitting process of spiritual awakening. the U.S. David taught meditation the U.S. talks, meditation and instruction, talks, In we’ll addition, the teacher. movement practices (qigong) that are designed to deepen our role of grief and joy in the teacher and the assistant teacher Buddhist practice of you dāna, understanding of the powerful Please note: In lieu of tuition and July July 24 – 30 Grief, Joy, and Awakening Grief, Joy, Retreat: Retreat: do some interactive exercises, do some interactive exercises, and mindful guided meditations, choice at the end of the retreat. and walking meditation in Noble Insight Meditation Meditation Insight since 1988 and now teaches and psycholo gy at Naropa currently has a private practice as a spiritual counselor and life coach of meditation since He 1971. has Tuition: $0 + 6 nights Tuition: Silence. There will There be dharma Silence. small group interviews with The primary The focus of this retreat his dharma practice as a teenager in 1974. in In Sakyong 1974. 2005, Mipham in He the is Shambhala lineage. life by allowing us to get to Rinpoche appointed Michael His University. work York New know our mind and patterns. focus is nonprofit marketing friends with ourselves and retreat for new and experienced meditators interested in transforms how we relate to ourselves and everyday meditation, daily , silence, silence, daily meditation, chants, the retreat. mindfulness practice goes beyond with every the meditation hall, In this immersive experience, In this immersive experience, July July 6 – 21 of intensive group meditation deepening their mindfulness- Doing this practice awareness. contemplative silent meals, contemplative silent meals, and light chores supporting aspect of daily life becoming a and practice of wakefulness an opportunity to better make our Practices include: world. as an Acharya, or Senior Teacher, Teacher, or Acharya, as Senior an and development. Tuition: $0 + 15 nights Tuition: sitting meditation, sitting walking meditation, Acharya Michael Greenleaf Greenleaf Acharya Michael Acharya Greenleaf began A half-dathün is two weeks Summer Summer Half Dathun a and CPA holds a MBA from Brush Mind, Brush Mind, Painting Peace: Art in a Peace: Painting he is known for creating a genre his brushwork has been featured in life. Experiment with artistic life. Kazuaki Tanahashi is a painter, is a painter, Tanahashi Kazuaki both in our art and in everyday Kazuaki Tanahashi Tanahashi Kazuaki ideographs ideographs in the different styles interpretation and spontaneous improvisation using a variety of joy and serene excitement, hearts in learning and creativity. worker. Born and trained in Japan, worker. Art Academy and of Science, World we will notice how our inner While practicing basic aesthetics We We will faithfully copy selected publications include papers and brushes. retreat, we retreat, will explore the During this contemplative Become a brush step and, by many solo exhibitions. He many teaches solo exhibitions. June June 27 – 30 Heart of the Brush Brush the of Heart and Guide, criticism keeps criticism us keeps from fully enjoying each moment. and techniques of brushwork, of ancient Chinese masterpieces. of ancient Chinese masterpieces. calligrapher, writer and peace calligrapher, of paintings one-stroke and multi- A fellow of colored the Zen circles. and performs worldwide. His and performs worldwide. Tuition: $250 + 3 nights Tuition: step, we will find step, ways to foster Asian calligraphy and engage our Time of Global Crisis. Time The Heart : A Comprehensive Heart The Sutra: 1,700-year-old wisdom 1,700-year-old of East July 27 – August 3 July 31 – August 4 Family Camp Women’s Summer

Kelly Lindsey, Steve Sachs, Rachel Steele & Nicole Wolf Meditation and Yoga Retreat Nurture family connections while rejuvenating your spirit in the beautiful terrain of Shambhala Mountain Center. Family Camp is a Katharine Kaufman creative and contemplative retreat the whole family can enjoy. Take Our bodies hold emotions, time for yourself in the mornings to practice meditation or yoga while images, patterns, and stories. your children participate in enriching group activities. The afternoons When we inhabit our bodies and evenings offer fun family activities like hiking, family yoga, dance, through mindfulness practices, contemplative arts and crafts, games, storytelling, song night, and a we come to know ourselves as talent show. complete and wakeful beings. Children are in a morning program grouped by age. Experiential During this rejuvenating program, activities include craft projects, stories, songs, hikes in the woods, we will play with the 4 postures and group games. Children are introduced to sitting meditation and of meditation, practice nourishing meditative arts as ways to work with their hearts and minds. They yoga, and retreat in the forests, are also introduced to the notion of basic goodness as a way to fields, and groves of Shambhala instill confidence, bravery, and compassion – all while having fun and Mountain Center. Through sitting developing friendships! meditation, we will contemplate the nature of Way-Seeking Mind, Rites of Passage (for children age 9-10) the tender under-world of our This special program marks the transition children begin to make from being. Our practice and insight being dependent on their parents to taking on greater responsibility will deepen through silent within the family and the community. Through sitting meditation, kyudo periods, and our community (Zen archery), ikebana (flower arranging), haiku, calligraphy, and other will develop understanding and meditative arts, Rites of Passage gives children powerful tools to help trust through conversation. SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS them care for their own mind and emotions. At the week’s end, this Women, including trans women, transformative program is sealed with a powerful ceremony in which genderqueer women, and female- the children take a vow of kindness towards themselves and others. identified non-binary people Tuition: Please see our website for special Family Camp are welcome. pricing options. Tuition: $285 + 4 nights

Kelly Lindsey is a meditation teacher, mind-body therapist, co-founder of See bio for Katharine on page 8. Dakini Meditative, and mother of three. She is passionate about serving children and families in the Shambhala Community of which she has been a part for over 20 years.

Steve Sachs has been an educator for 35 years and a member of the Shambhala community since 1982. He has taught in Montessori schools, co-founded the Eastern Sun Academy, and is a teacher and co-director of Alaya Preschool. He also teaches at Naropa University.

Rachel Steele holds an MA in Contemplative Education from Naropa University and taught at Alaya Preschool for over 15 years. She has been involved in Shambhala Family Programming since 2002.

Nicole Wolf is a freelance editor, a long-time practicing buddhist, and the director of Family and Children Programming at the Boulder Shambhala Center. She serves on the council of the Shambhala Office of Family and Children.

20 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 August 4 – 8 August 8 – 11 August 5 – 9 Radical Dharma Radical Dharma Camp Quiet Mind,

Conversation Rev. angel Kyodo williams Open Heart: Rev. angel Kyodo williams & Dr. Jasmine Syedullah Sacred Simplicity & Lama Rod Owens Going beyond race training Brooke Binstock & Kelly Lindsey It’s time to create the conditions 101, Radical Dharma Camp that reimagine a path of healing, Come home to yourself. Say is an immersive experience reconnect with authentic com- YES to a spacious, 5-day retreat designed to gather and connect munity, and manifest true justice. designed to nurture your body, peoples already committed to Radical Dharma (“complete heart, and mind. Connect with implementing racial justice and truth”) is a way to enter the your heartfelt knowing through anti-oppression interventions critical conversation about how embodied practices inspired in their circles of community, the legacy of racial injustice and by sacred wisdom traditions. A identity, faith and vocation. white supremacy plays out and nourishing daily schedule will prevents our collective awakening. Together we’ll take a deep include , yoga, We can only accom-plish shifts dive into the framework and bodywork, time in nature, and in awareness by creat-ing practices of a radical dharma meaningful connection with conditions for radical honesty, approach to confronting white others. You will leave this retreat where we drop our need for supremacy, racial injustice and feeling open, inspired, and ready perfection to speak and act from the intersections of dominance to meet your everyday life with a place of deep vulnerability and and isolation that keep us from greater clarity and compassion. authentic presence. This deep personal and collective liberation. Tuition: $270 + 4 nights dive Conversation offers the AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Tiered Tuition + 3 Nights, see critical guidance, practices, and See bio for Kelly on page 20. website for pricing. experiences we need, but were Brooke Binstock is a licensed social See bio for Rev. angel Kyodo never taught. worker, writer, massage therapist, williams this page. Tiered Tuition + 4 Nights, see and founder of Open Circle Healing, website for pricing. Jasmine Syedullah is a black feminist a wellness initiative rooted in political theorist of abolition, and body based self-care practices. Rev. angel Kyodo williams, co-author of Radical Dharma: Through her work, she is dedicated is a maverick dharma teacher, Talking Race, Love, and Liberation. to cultivating a non-judgmental author, and founder of Center for Dr. Syedullah holds a PhD in Politics approach to being human. Her Transformative Change. She applies with a designated emphasis in teaching style is warm, grounded, wisdom teaching to social issues at Feminist Studies and History of compassionate, intuitive and the intersections of racial, economic Consciousness from University of body-centered. She encourages her and climate justice. Rev. angel notes, California Santa Cruz and a B.A. clients and students to come home “Love and justice are not two. from Brown University in Religious to themselves in a gentle, spacious Without inner change, there can be Studies with a focus in Buddhist and loving way. no outer change. Without collective Philosophy. She is currently Visiting change, no change matters.” Assistant Professor of Sociology Lama Rod Owens is an activist, poet, at Vassar College. and authorized Lama in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is a core teacher with Natural Dharma Fellowship in Cambridge, MA and will complete a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School in May where he has been focusing on the intersection of social change, identity, and spiritual practice.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 21 August 9 – 11 August 9 – 11 August 9 – 14 Befriending Beyond Suffering: Mindful Living: Your Body: Mindfulness, Meditation Teachings and Practices Meeting Your Body and Qi Gong Retreat from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as Your Teacher Blake D. Bauer Janet Solyntjes Ann Saffi Biasetti Join international bestselling The spiritual traditions respect author Blake D. Bauer to discover Inspired by the work of Jon the body as the foundation why suffering, anxiety, depression, Kabat-Zinn, this 4-day retreat of awareness and connection addiction, and illness are logical offers an in-depth look at to self and other. Your body is cries from your body, soul, mindfulness tools for engaging full of wisdom and is your and subconscious mind asking the demands of our lives and greatest teacher. you to finally value, accept, for deepening our inquiry forgive, honor, and be true into fundamental health and Join together with other women to yourself now. wholeness. Through sitting, in this powerful retreat where walking, and body scan we will explore the lost, but not The weekend will include meditation practices, mindful forgotten, relationship with our mindfulness meditation and yoga, and extended periods bodies through understanding qigong healing exercises designed of silence, we will return to our the history of the mind/body to unlock the stuck energy, lives better equipped to manage divide, and the cultural influences blood, and emotion keeping stress and to confidently integrate that have left us all in states of you unhappy, sick, or trapped. mindfulness into daily life. disconnection, disempowerment, This retreat will offer a safe and disillusion. Together, we will environment to face your core Recommended for both explore embodiment through fears, transform negative thinking, newcomers and people self-reflection, meditation, and move forward with your with prior experience in life purpose. mindfulness disciplines. SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS and self-compassion practices. Come to cultivate connection, Tuition: $335 + 2 nights Tuition: $350 + 5 nights empowerment, self-compassion This program also occurs See bio for Janet on page 10. and the return to your October 4 -6. Buddhanature to live fully alive. See bio for Blake on page 13. Women, including trans women, genderqueer women, and female- identified non-binary people are welcome. Tuition: $195 + 2 nights

Dr. Saffi Biasetti is a private psychotherapist in Saratoga Springs, NY, specializing in somatic psychotherapy and embodiment. She has been a practicing clinician for 27 years, holds a certificate in mindfulness, is a Mindful Self- Compassion (MSC) teacher, Certified Yoga Therapist, and Yoga Teacher.

22 | shambhalamountain.org August 14 – 18 August 15 – 18 August 16 – 23 Writing as a Path Mindful Hiking: Graceful Exit: to Awakening Weathering Life’s Storms Preparing for a Good Death Albert Flynn DeSilver Kay Peterson Andrew Holecek Are you ready to experience A passing rainstorm doesn’t and write forth the truth of have to ruin a hike if we This retreat will explore The who you really are? The practice remember to bring a raincoat Painful of Dying, and all of writing is an exploration of or don’t mind temporarily getting the ancillary topics that surround consciousness, a practice toward a little wet! The clouds are certain letting go of this life. Guided deeper self-awareness that moves to pass and we may even be meditations and contemplations us along the path of awakening left feeling stronger and more for each stage of the dissolution to our true nature. Many of our rejuvenated than we expected. process will be offered, giving greatest spiritual teachers from Our emotional landscape is you the inner strength to handle around the world were, and are, much like the weather – we may anything that occurs. By the end writers. From Sappho in the 7th not be able to control it, but we of this program you will learn century BCE to Pema Chödrön, do have power over our reactions everything you need to know to from Rumi in the 13th century to to it. In this program we learn let go gracefully, and to guide Thomas Merton, , to ride the waves of intensity others facing the end of life. You and the Dalai Lama – the written by tapping into the indestructible will penetrate the mysteries of word has the power not only to calm within. Join us for death and learn how to transform inspire, but also to awaken the a weekend of meditation, the greatest obstacle into the very best in the human heart. Join mindful hiking, restorative yoga, greatest opportunity. Learn why AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND us for this exciting week exploring and silence as well as group meditation masters look forward your inner and outer creativity. activities leaving you feeling to this transition as a once-in-a- The days will include periods of refreshed and empowered for lifetime opportunity. meditation, innovative and fun the weather ahead! Tuition: $400 + 7 nights writing exercises, readings, Tuition: $225 + 3 nights and more. See bio for Andrew page 14. See bio for Kay page 18. Tuition: $495 + 4 nights

Albert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published poet, author, teacher, and speaker. Albert served as Marin County, California’s very first Poet Laureate from 2008- 2010. He is the author of several books including his latest book, Writing as a Path to Awakening, based on his workshops of the same name. Albert has been practicing meditation, writing, and teaching for 20 years.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 23 August 23 – 25 August 23 – 25 Radically Happy: Healing Sound Retreat: Getting to Know your Mind Retreat Personal Transformation through Sacred Drumming and Chant Erric Solomon Christine Stevens & Jonathan Crowder Can we really find contentment and meaning in this crazy, hectic, always on, wired world? Yes! By Explore music and rhythm as gateways to spiritual understanding our mind and our heart, we can consciousness. Learn specific tools for using sound make a slight change in our perspective which in healing, spiritual practice, and ceremony. Learn creates a radical shift in our life. Discover the path to the 4 elements on the frame drum, chanting to greet Radical Happiness – a sense of well-being is always the day, and radiant poetry in group experience. Take accessible, even when life is really challenging. a deep dive into the 4 elements of music medicine; rhythm for the body, silence for the mind, harmony This program, presented by author Erric Solomon, for the soul, and melody for the heart. was developed in collaboration with Phakchok Rinpoche. Based on the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Participate in a multicultural musical peace ceremony Buddhism, Radically Happy has been especially inside the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya on Saturday adapted to the challenges of modern life. Using evening after dinner. We will join in a processional meditations and contemplations, participants will carrying the heartbeat of human kindness into the get an authentic taste of the natural source of Stupa, dressed in white. Co-facilitated with Jonathan happiness, well-being and contentment that we Crowder, founder of Peak Rhythms and member of already possess. African Chant Boulder. Tuition: $215 + 2 nights Tuition: $255 + 2 nights

Erric Solomon is co-author, with Phakchok Rinpoche, of Musical Peace Ceremony at the Great Stupa of the book Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind. Dharmakaya A former Silicon Valley technologist, he has studied August 24 | Ceremony Time: 7pm SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS with some of the world’s greatest spiritual masters and, in 2009, he completed a traditional three year retreat. $30 Tuition, includes dinner He has been an invited speaker leading seminars and Christine Stevens holds master’s degrees in music retreats in corporate settings, as well as in prisons, and therapy and social work. She is the founder of UpBeat Buddhist centers across the US and Europe. Drum Circles and author of Music Medicine and the Healing Drum Learning Program. She has studied with Lakota elders for over a decade, taught drumming for peace making in Iraq, and traveled internationally training facilitators in more than 25 countries.

Jonathan M. Crowder, JD, is the founder of Peak Rhythms. A multi-instrumentalist, he facilitates programs and keynotes for spiritual growth and group development. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, the University of Texas football team, the University of Colorado hospital and Boulder area recovery groups. He is a trained Health Rhythms and Remo drum company facilitator.

24 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 August 30 – September 1 August 30 – September 2 From Mindfulness Running with the Mind to Pristine Mind: of Meditation and Yoga

Journeying Into Your Natural Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock, State of Mind Through Meditation Lara Johnson & Nathan Railla Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche Distance running or walking is often the exercise of choice for reducing stress, bringing us greater Join renowned meditation master Orgyen Chowang perspective, and connecting us directly to the Rinpoche for this special meditation retreat designed wisdom of the body.The practices of meditation to take us through a progression of the true human and yoga offer similar benefits, helping us cultivate experience of happiness and a sense of well-being stillness and non-judgemental awareness of the to the total transformation of our world. We will mind’s activities. Join us for an extraordinary Labor focus on practical meditation instructions and will Day weekend of exploration, as we run on beautiful experientially introduce the way these methods fit mountain trails and discover a deeper experience together to reconnect us with the unconditional of peace through meditation and yoga. The program happiness that lies within us all. Orgyen Chowang will include meditation instruction and practice, Rinpoche will present methods from ancient masters yoga specifically for runners, group discussion of Tibet and India to bring this experience into our and contemplative group runs. Experienced teachers lives today. These methods are deeply relevant of the three disciplines will lead us on this whether you are just seeking a happier life or are delightful journey. pursuing the spiritual journey all the way to enlightenment. Tuition: $195 + 3 nights AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND Tuition: $195 + 2 nights Marty Kibiloski is an accomplished marathoner, successful business leader and a Hawaii Ironman Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a meditation master veteran. Through meditation and yoga, he has discovered in the lineage of the Buddhist tradition. a deeper sense of richness that brings fullness to all He studied for nine years at Larung Gar in Serta, aspects of his life. eastern Tibet, with his teacher, Jigmed Phuntsok Rinpoche, who is widely acknowledged as one of the Michael Sandrock is an award-winning journalist and greatest meditation masters of the twentieth author. He began running as a teenager outside Chicago century. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche lives in the San and went on to compete for the University of Colorado. Francisco Bay Area and is the founder and spiritual He now studies comparative mythology, running, yoga, director of Pristine Mind Foundation. and meditation. Lara Johnson was a competitive runner before earning her PhD in Physical Therapy. She now owns Lara Johnson Health & Wellness, combining her knowledge of neuro-muscular body mechanics with yoga and other modalities to foster inner and outer vitality.

Nathan Railla was first inspired by Shambhala in 2008 and is now a counselor for teens in Denver, CO. An avid runner, cyclist and meditator, Nathan lives with his lovely wife, Betsy and cat, Ember.

Spring | Summer 2019 | 25 September 3 – 8 September 6 – 15 Courageous Women, Art + Life Retreat: Fearless Living Contemplative Creative Practices Chasse Bailey-Dorton, Ann Braden & Jemi Steele for an Open Heart and Mind Cancer is one of life’s greatest challenges. In this Artist to the Court Marcia Wang Shibata & Shastri Sandra Ladley retreat, we learn how to navigate this potentially confusing, treacherous, and heartbreaking terrain. Contemplative creative practices that cut through Our extraordinary team of experts will share their concept and draw on nonverbal wisdom are wisdom in integrative medicine, Tibetan Buddhist especially potent in times like now. This retreat is for healing, meditation, yoga, art, ritual, and community artists and non-artists alike to reconnect deeply with building, providing a multi-dimensional roadmap for the space of creativity as a resource for our lives. a transformative journey. When gently and skillfully We will have the opportunity to settle deeply into embraced, facing our mortality or that of someone ourselves, nature and sacred community so that we we love can be a vehicle for profound healing and can return home refreshed with creative methods awakening – physically, mentally, emotionally, and rooted in meditative awareness to help us in these spiritually. Integrating body, mind, heart, and soul, difficult times. The retreat will include Dharma we will discover ways to meet the totality of this Art teachings, meditation, and creative processes experience directly and courageously. Whether you including movement, sound, writing, drawing, have a current or past diagnosis or are the caregiver calligraphy and work with natural materials and the or loved one of a woman on the cancer journey, join five elements. It will include Shambhala Art Parts 1-5 us and receive the tools you need to transform the and Maitri Space Awareness practice. way you relate to the challenges you face. Tuition: $350 + 9 nights

Tuition: $375 + 5 nights Marcia Wang Shibata is a Master Shambhala Kado/ Chasse Bailey-Dorton, MD, MSPH was an Integrative Ikebana Instructor within the Shambhala community Medicine fellow at the University of Arizona and trained and founder of the Shambhala Kado Ridgen School of SPRING | SUMMER PROGRAMS at the Benson-Henry Mind-Body Institute and the Center Ikebana. Ms Shibata was further bestowed the title of for Mind-Body Medicine. She is the Chief of Integrative “Artist to the Kalapa Court” in the autumn of 2013. Oncology at the Levine Cancer Institute. She is a 16-year Sandra Ladley is the Program Director and core cancer survivor. faculty for the Karuna Training program in Contemplative Ann Braden, CYT, E-RYT500, holds certifications in yoga Psychology. She is a senior Shambhala Buddhist therapy from Loyola Marymount University, Yoga of the resident teacher for the SF Bay Area. She teaches Heart and the yoga4cancer program. Her teaching style Buddhist, Contemplative Psychology and Dharma Art invites students to relax and connect with their inner programs internationally. healing resources. She is a 5-year cancer survivor.

Jemi Steele began meditating in the 70’s, has lived in Nepal, and completed a traditional 3-year Buddhist retreat. She received an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, and has been an elementary teacher for 20 years. She is also a cancer survivor.

September 13 – 15 Wired for Love: A Couple’s Workshop

Stan Tatkin & Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin See page 18 for details.

26 | shambhalamountain.org | (888) 788-7221 September 20 – 29 Volunteer and Neurodharma Retreat Core Staff Opportunities with Dr. Rick Hanson: We are seeking committed individuals A 10-day Experiential Exploration of the who aspire to create an enlightened Deepest Roots of the Highest Happiness society through working in a Rick Hanson, Alisa Dennis, Peter Grossenbacher, contemplative practice community – Tina Rasmussen & Terry Vandiver serving and inspiring the thousands of The combination of modern brain science and guests who visit Shambhala Mountain ancient Buddhist wisdom is illuminating the Center each year. embodied basis of present moment awareness, contentment and love, and the sense of being one Summer Set-Up | Apr 29 – Jun 10 with everything. Fall Take-Down | Aug 26 – Oct 7

Join New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson, Visit shambhalamountain.org/staff to PhD, and learn experiential methods for relaxing the learn more about current opportunities! contracted sense of self and resting in resilient well- being at the front edge of now. This mainly silent Group Rentals retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, guided practices, talks, movement, small group Shambhala Mountain Center is available meetings, and Q&A sessions. to groups for exclusive and non-exclusive Prerequisite: Since this is a sustained, experientially rental use. Bring your business, family,

intense program, all participants must have non-profit, spiritual, or educational AWAKEN YOUR HEART AND MIND previously attended one 7+ day meditation retreat. group for a retreat in our beautiful Additionally, this is not appropriate for anyone contemplative environment. Let us host vulnerable to psychotic or dissociative experiences. you as you enjoy time to practice, meet, Tuition: $450 + 9 nights deepen, and relax together.

Rick Hanson, PhD, is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the For more details about rental Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New facilities, including square footage York Times best-selling author. and capacity, and date availability, Alisa Dennis, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Los please visit our website or email Angeles, has practiced meditation in the Vipassana and Soto Zen traditions, and is trained in MBSR. [email protected]. Peter Grossenbacher, PhD, teaches at Naropa University Help Sustain SMC for in Boulder, Colorado, where he serves as Professor and Department Chair of Contemplative Psychology. Generations to Come Tina Rasmussen, PhD, has practiced in the Your generosity plays a pivotal role in and Tibetan Buddhist traditions for 30+ years. She is an Shambhala Mountain Center’s ability author and ordained Buddhist nun. to provide extensive programs for Terry Vandiver has led mindful movement and gentle personal and societal transformation, yoga and practiced Buddhist meditation for 35 years. both now and for generations to come. She has taught Iyengar style classes internationally. As a 501(c)3 educational non-profit, devotional chanting. SMC depends on your support. Help sustain SMC by becoming a monthly donor, (even $1/month helps). Sign up online, send a check in care of the Development Department, or contact us at [email protected]

Spring | Summer 2019 | 27 Plan Your Retreat

1 | CHOOSE A PROGRAM 3 | SEE WHAT’S INCLUDED

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 Peak season rates may apply Jun 1 – Sep 1. (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free available) LODGE OR SEASONAL DORM · Hiking trails, walking paths 7–15 people per same-gender room · Access to the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya with shared same-gender bathrooms. · Coffee, tea, and fruit $90 – 126 per night per person

LODGE DOUBLE Two full-size beds, private bathroom. Roommate assigned or selected. $169 per night per person

LODGE SINGLE Full or queen-size bed and private or shared bath. $189 – 235, per night 1st person $89 per night for 2nd person

LODGE SUITE Queen-size bed, closet, private bath with tub, and sitting area. $299 per night 1st person $89 per night for 2nd person Lodge Double RED FEATHER DOUBLE CABIN Two twin-size beds, shared same- gender bathhouse. $126 per night per person

TENT SINGLE (Avail. Jun – Sep) 12’x14’ tent with two twin beds, shared same-gender bathhouse. $126 per night per person

TENT DOUBLE (Avail. Jun – Sep) 12’x14’ tent with two twin beds, Retreat Intensives shared same-gender bathhouse. Roommate assigned or selected. For longer retreats lodging rates may be $90 per night per person significantly reduced. See web for details.

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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 7 pm | Orientation: Program Begins 50% balance is processed 30 days prior to arrival. Payment can be made by credit card, TYPICAL DAY check, 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 $70 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 meditation-based retreats and our social impact programming on an as-needed 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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