Program Calendar
* Indicates Program with Prerequisites
May
May 1 - 18
The Summer Volunteer Program (SVP) is the perfect way to spend all or part of your summer!
May 11 - 18
with David Sable and Trudy Sable
The Sacred Path brings the principles of warriorship and the practice of mindfulness-awareness into daily life. It is designed to nurture the student's ability to experience the world as sacred and their aspiration to create an enlightened society.
May 15 - 18
May 11 - 18
with Dr. Eva Wong
Daoist qigong is a path of training that cultivates a healthy body, clear mind, and open heart. Its simple and gentle techniques have been practiced for over two thousand years in China.
May 18 - 20
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Join Master Gardener Jan Enthoven in a weekend of exploration, awareness and meditation of our natural world, in and out of the garden.
May 20 - June 24
The Summer Volunteer Program (SVP) is the perfect way to spend all or part of your summer!
May 22 - 27
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Acharya Adam Lobel and Acharya Suzann Duquette, with Shastri Ethan Nichtern
New and experienced meditators are warmly invited to this gathering where we'll discover ways to change the world by changing our minds.
May 28 - June 8
with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
For Students who have completed Scorpion Seal Assemblies Years 1, 2 and 3.
June
June 12 - 23
with Acharya Jenny Warwick
These retreats, to be led by Shambhala acharyas, will focus on intensive practice of the Werma Sadhana and other practices that were received last summer, as well as the reading transmission of the entire Profound volume.
June 23
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Digging Deeper Garden Series: Optimizing Soil Health and Soil Fertility
June 24 - July 1
with Shastri Bill Brauer
Open to all and ideal for beginners on the path of meditation, Simplicity retreats were created to give everyone a flexible, simple way to enjoy the benefits of sitting meditation.
June 24 - July 1
with Irini Rockwell
Open to beginners and those new to meditation. Explore the Shambhala path of warriorship over the course of this week-long retreat, or join us for one or more levels.
June 24 - 26
June 26 - 28
June 28 - July 1
June 25 - July 28
The Summer Volunteer Program (SVP) is the perfect way to spend all or part of your summer!
June 29 - July 1
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Details forthcoming
June 29 - July 29
with Lance Brunner
Open to everyone! Deepen your meditation practice in this intensive month-long retreat. This Dathün fulfills the group practice requirements for the Shambhala Buddhist path.
June 29 - July 7
June 29 - July 14
July
July 14 - 29
July 4 - 8
with Dr. Eva Wong
In this program, qigong postures will be modified to maximize training in tendon strength, elasticity, and flexibility. In addition, the Eight Basic Wudang Qigong forms, which is the fast-track program for strengthening the tendons, will be taught.
July 8 - 22
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Connect with this living earth, deepen your understanding of growing vegetables and flowers organically, and learn to combine this with the practice of meditation.
July 10 - 17
with Charles Trageser
The warrior, having learned to rest in basic goodness, rouses energy to engage with the larger world guided by the teachings of the four dignities (Meek, Perky, Outrageous, and Inscrutable).
July 10 - 12
July 12 - 14
July 15 - 17
July 11 - 15
with Michael Carroll
The workplace presents all of us with tough challenges: resolving difficult personnel conflicts, balancing personal ambition while helping others, recognizing "facts" rather than buying "spin" or making a delicate job transition.
July 14
Run... Stretch....Sit.... Breath.... Ahhh.....
"With a body made joyous through movement, the mind is able to relax. With mind/body balance, we can take the power of feeling good and generate compassion." Sakyong Mipham
July 21 - 25
with Jacqueline Kaufman
For all teachers, counselors and administrators to explore and embody personal inner practices that bring a greater awareness of our inner lives and contribute to a pedagogy based on caring and compassion.
July 21 - 29
with Acharya Emily Bower
All ngöndro and werma practitioners and instructors are warmly invited to this ngöndro/werma practice and study retreat. Students are strongly encouraged to attend at least two consecutive days of practice intensive.
July 29 - August 31
The Summer Volunteer Program (SVP) is the perfect way to spend all or part of your summer!
August
August 4 - 12
with James Drescher
Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with old friends and new in the beautiful rolling green hills of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom at Karmê Chöling.
August 12 - 26
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Connect with this living earth, deepen your understanding of growing vegetables and flowers organically, and learn to combine this with the practice of meditation.
August 16 - 19
with David Nichtern
Drawing wisdom from the Shambhala root text The Letter of the Golden Key, learn the practice of enriching presence.
August 19 - 30
with Lady Diana Mukpo and Lamen Kyi Khyap, Acharya Mitchell Levy
Receive the magical teaching for creating enlightened society in this powerful program.
September
September 5 - 28
The Summer Volunteer Program (SVP) is the perfect way to spend all or part of your summer!
September 6 - 9
with Fay Simpson and Parlan McGaw
In this three-day intensive Fay Simpson and Parlan McGaw will lead actors within - to the source from which all characters emerge.
September 7 - 9
with Acharya Eric Spiegel and Acharya Eve Rosenthal
An opportunity for the LGBTQ community to come together and practice the dharma in a safe, supported and beautifully enriching environment. We will reveal and explore our basic qualities, connecting to naturally wakeful minds and hearts.
September 14 - 16
with Arthur Jennings
For Vajrayana practitioners. Chöd practice represents the Mahayana view by helping us offer what is most precious to us: our body. It is an ancient practice for overcoming clinging and fixation.
September 16 - 30
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Connect with this living earth, deepen your understanding of growing vegetables and flowers organically, and learn to combine this with the practice of meditation.
September 21 - 28
with Shastri Frank Ryan and Susan Ryan
Open to beginners and those new to meditation. Explore the Shambhala path of warriorship over the course of this week-long retreat, or join us for one or more levels.
September 21 - 23
September 23 - 25
September 26 - 28
October
October 12 - November 11
with Acharya Suzann Duquette
Open to everyone! Deepen your meditation practice in this intensive month-long retreat. This dathün fulfills the group practice requirements for the Shambhala Buddhist path.
November
November 8 - 13
with Dr. Eva Wong
The Wudangshan Five Animals Long Forms are designed to deepen tendon-changing and marrow-washing practices using advanced stances and internal martial arts-based postures.
* Indicates Program with Prerequisites
