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Entering the Wood Snake Year! – HIGHLIGHT
A February 2025 Newsletter Message from Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Newsletter Sign Up This month we enter the Wood Snake Year. The tail end of the Wood Dragon whipped up massive fires in Los Angeles, California. The temperatures on Earth reached record levels. How do we proceed? Looking at ... continuePosted February 21, 2025 by Jillian_Johnson
Eco-Dharma Talk Series: Exploring Where a Mindful Life and Ecology Meet – HIGHLIGHT
A Shambhala Online Interview with Touching the Earth Collective Shambhala Online spoke with Gregory Webster and Irene Woodard from Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective and asked them several questions about the upcoming Eco-Dharma Series being held July 16-20, 2024. The Eco-Dharma Talk Series: Exploring Where a Mindful ... continuePosted June 11, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Meditation and the Amygdala: Mediating Emotions in the Brain – HIGHLIGHT
By John Light An Excerpt from the Shambhala Online Blog, posted April 29, 2024 How does meditation affect the amygdala? Much has been written about meditation and the amygdala, but almost all of it was written from the perspective of 20th century understanding of the brain. The advent ... continuePosted May 20, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Meeting Chenrezig in Sound: Understanding Chenrezig’s Name and the Meaning of the Chenrezig Mantra – HIGHLIGHT
by Frederick Meyer An excerpt from the Shambhala Online Blog posted April 12, 2024 In recent years, Chenrezig—the Tibetan name for the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion—has become an important part of my spiritual practice. I have a strong affinity for sound, and much of my ... continuePosted April 23, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
EFT Tapping and Mindful Eating: New Partners at the Table – HIGHLIGHT
Mindful Eating – Joining Heaven and Earth at the Meal Table Review by Lynn Rossy, Ph.D. and Reposted from Tasting Mindfulness As many of you know, I have taught mindful eating through a class called Eat for Life for 15 years, so I am familiar with the topic. ... continuePosted January 6, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Social Action Work in Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
Social Action Work in Shambhala The Shambhala Global Services Communications Team would like to share some of the social action initiatives of Shambhala members, Groups, Centers, Shambhala Online, and Shambhala Global Services. As the Shambhala community continues to move in the direction of “social action as dharma ... continuePosted November 22, 2022 by Jillian_Johnson
Sunday Gatherings – November 2021 – HIGHLIGHT
Each Sunday, Shambhala offers “Sunday Gatherings”, a series of free weekly online gatherings for the worldwide Shambhala community where we can come together to connect with our hearts and with each other. Weekly gatherings will feature a guest presenter and include a meditation or contemplation practice, as ... continuePosted November 2, 2021 by Natasha West
Dön Season Teachings and Gathering – HIGHLIGHT
Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash Dön season is the period that falls on the eleven days before before the lunar new year. In Shambhala, the tradition is to perform special practices, including mamo chants, each day of this period in response to the increased obstacles that ... continuePosted February 1, 2021 by archives-staff
Virtual Cushion in January: featuring Jeff Scott – HIGHLIGHT
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash By Camren Von Davis Welcome back to Virtual Cushion – a space for open meditation sessions and meditation instruction happening throughout Shambhala’s global community. The goal of Virtual Cushion is to offer a space where meditators at any level can see and tune ... continuePosted January 12, 2021 by archives-staff
We are now at the fork of this road – HIGHLIGHT
By Richard Reoch “We are now at the fork of this road. We now have an ultimatum or an alternative,” warns Albert Marshall, the Elder who speaks for the Mi’kmaw Nation on the environment. “Is it going to be business as usual? Or are we going to ... continuePosted December 15, 2020 by archives-staff
Farewell to the Marvelous Dhi Good
Eve Rosenthal, Dhi Good, and Heather Scott In 2012, after six years at the helm of our established, yet still fledgling, Shambhala Online, I was ready to retire and hand over the reins to the next generation of techno-savants, those visionaries who would play in the “big ... continuePosted November 8, 2018 by Mark_Whaley
Shambhala Technology Update – HIGHLIGHT
a summary of recent work and goals from the Kalapa Information Technology Group by John Smith Having just prepared a follow-up summary report to the Kalapa IT Group’s report for the Sakyong in 2016, it seemed like a good idea to share some of this information with readers ... continuePosted July 4, 2017 by CGH
Shambhala Day Video – HIGHLIGHT
Thanks to all who have waited patiently for the posting of this video — hope you enjoy sharing this joyful celebration! Sakyong and Family in Boulder on Shambhala Day, 2017 We are delighted to share with you these three video segments showing events from Shambhala Day 2017: Welcome, Roll ... continuePosted March 7, 2017 by CGH
Can Home Cooking Restore Enlightened Society? – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: In Everyday Life by Marcella Friel, Crestone, Colorado “Internal drala also comes out of making a proper relationship to food…. You can take the time to plan good, nutritious meals, and you can enjoy cooking your food, eating it, and then cleaning up and putting the leftovers ... continuePosted August 26, 2015 by
Live Address with the Sakyong
The global Shambhala community will mark the enthronement anniversary of Kongma Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on July 5th. Hosted by the Boulder Shambhala Center, the live broadcast begins at 11am Mountain / 1pm Eastern / 7pm Central Europe. The celebration will include remarks by Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown ... continuePosted July 4, 2015 by