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Casa Werma Seeks Director – HIGHLIGHT
México’s Shambhala practice and retreat center searches for a new Executive Director Casa Werma is a designated lineage site protected within the Shambhala International land-center mandala. Located in the center of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México, it is here, in 1980, that the Druk Sakyong, Trungpa Rinpoche composed the ... continuePosted August 3, 2018 by CGH
Local Harvest at Casa Werma – HIGHLIGHT
A day of practice and celebration brings together expatriates with Mexican nationals by Reina/Ryn Armstrong Kai and I hosted our second Harvest of Peace here at Casa Werma this year; it was a delightful evening with wonderful people, full of open-heartedness, humor, mutual appreciation, good food, and shared practice. And ... continuePosted November 14, 2015 by CGH
Living with Ziji – HIGHLIGHT
Leadership Retreat at Casa Werma by Corey Adkins This is a companion article to “The Vibrancy of Ziji” by Rianne Pelleboer about the Ziji Summit in Mexico City. Vulnerability, dralas, Auspicious coincidence. These are a few words that could describe the recently completed Ziji Collective Leadership Retreat at Casa ... continuePosted June 5, 2015 by
Deepen Your Practice at Casa Werma
We take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Going to programs at Casa Werma, for me, is like renewing the refuge vows. For the last 3 years I have been attending the Mahamudra programs with Acharya Richard John. Each year the experience is different. ... continuePosted May 4, 2015 by
The Sakyong Returns to Casa Werma – HIGHLIGHT
The first Sakyong composing the Werma Sadhana in 1981; The Kongma Sakyong composing in that same spot 33 years later. Click photo to view largerSakyong Mipham Rinpoche traveled recently to visit Casa Werma in Patzcuaro, Mexico Pablo Coddou reports on the visit for the Shambhala Times photos by ... continuePosted February 9, 2014 by
Ordinary and Extra-ordinary Magic – HIGHLIGHT
Casa de El Gigante statueMeeting Gesar at Casa Werma by Gabriela Cordova In the spring of 2008, a group of friends from the Mexican sangha from Shambhalacalli went to Dechen Choling, France, to the Gesar Festival and to Rigden Abhisheka. We were very excited about our brand new ... continuePosted June 2, 2013 by
Midsummer: Casa Werma
from Craig Morman and Faith Killough, Co-Directors of Casa Werma in Patzcuaro, Mexico Here at Casa Werma in Pátzcuaro, Mexico, we invited neighbors and friends from Pátzcuaro and nearby villages to a potluck in celebration of the first day of summer. The day was a bit rainy ... continuePosted June 28, 2012 by
Taste Casa Werma – HIGHLIGHT
Celebrating Casa Werma’s 30th Anniversary! In the gardens of Casa Werma in 1980 the Druk Sakyong, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche composed the Werma Sadhana, an advanced Shambhala practice. Now Casa Werma operates as a retreat center and bed & breakfast. Gerard Poortinga shares his experience of a ... continuePosted May 11, 2010 by
A Weethun at Casa Werma – HIGHLIGHT
By Brus Westby Jean and I have just returned to our home in Bucerias in Nayarit, Mexico, from a magical tour of San Miguel de Allende, in the state of Guanajuato, and Patzcuaro, in Michoacan. First we were invited to give talks at the Shambhala Center ... continuePosted November 20, 2009 by Brus Westby
Inspiring Retreat at Casa Werma – HIGHLIGHT
My wife, Jean, and I drove in to Patzcuaro at sunset on September 30th, 2008. We’d made previous arrangements with Acharya Allyn Lyon and Eve Halpern to staff the upcoming Werma Retreat at Casa Werma from October 3-10, on our way back from Boulder, Colorado, to ... continuePosted April 25, 2009 by Brus Westby