All Courses, Events, Programmes and Workshops
Learn to Meditate
with Jez Taylor
January 7th—January 28th
Our four-week Learn to Meditate foundation course provides a complete introduction to mindfulness meditation. Continue »
Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Adam Hart
January 23rd
This powerful monthly practice is open to everyone. We recite a meditation text composed by Shambhala's founder, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, as a means of overcoming the obstacle of spiritual materialism in our practice & our lives. Continue »
Awakening Joy and Equanimity
with Peter Conradi
January 25th—January 26th
This weekend we will explore how we can open up fully to our own experience and to our interconnection with others. We will work with the practice of the 'Four Limitless Ones' and in particular with the last two: joy and equanimity. Continue »
Open Weekend Meditation Sessions
February 8th—February 9th
This weekend of sitting practice offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the simple yet profound practice of shamatha meditation. Continue »
Shambhala Sadhana Gathering
with Shastri Merlin Cox
February 9th
All community members are welcome to gather to practise the Shambhala Sadhana. Continue »
Mamo Chants - Dön Season
February 13th—February 22nd
The Mamo Chant is an elaborate protector offering traditionally recited from the twentieth through the twenty-ninth days of the last lunar month of the Tibetan year. Continue »
Shambhala Oxford Group - 21 st Century Warrior Series: Making Enlightened Society Possible
February 13th—March 5th
In these sessions we will explore how the wisdom tradition can inform and empower us to contribute positively to our society, starting at home, in our workplace, and in our wider community. Continue »
Neutral Day - Inviting the Dralas
February 23rd
The day before Shambhala Day, we will gather together as a community for the traditional Neutral Day activity: cleaning! Continue »
Sadhana of Mahamudra
with Adam Hart
February 23rd
This powerful monthly practice is open to everyone. We recite a meditation text composed by Shambhala's founder, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, as a means of overcoming the obstacle of spiritual materialism in our practice & our lives. Continue »
Shambhala Day 2020 - Year of the Iron Mouse
February 29th
All are warmly invited to meet as a community offering appreciation and light to each other. Continue »
Coming to our Senses: A Lamledra Retreat
with Shastri Tessa Watt
March 15th—March 21st
We will explore how our senses act as an antidote to the discursive chatter of the mind and wake us up to the richness and sacredness of the world. Continue »
SAVE the DATE: Arts Programme
with David Schneider
March 21st—March 22nd
Save the date for an arts programme with David Schneider from Cologne! Continue »
Absolute Bodhicitta: Emptiness and Compassion
with Jim O'Neill
April 25th—April 26th
To glimpse ‘Shunyata’ or ‘Absolute Bodhicitta’, is to simultaneously experience freedom, confidence and a sense of relaxed completeness. Continue »
Joy In Everyday Life
with Shastri Tessa Watt & Jez Taylor
May 12th—June 9th
This perspective-shifting course opens our minds to possibilities that the life we have here and now could be lived with more joy than we ever anticipated. Continue »
Shambhala Training Level 2: 'Birth of the Warrior'
with Peter Conradi
May 30th—May 31st
When we open up to our own genuineness through meditation, we can begin to work directly with our fears. We can meet life's challenging moments, not with distractions and self-aggression, but with courage and confidence. Continue »
Learn to Meditate
with Jez Taylor
June 4th—June 25th
Our four-week Learn to Meditate foundation course provides a complete introduction to mindfulness meditation. Continue »
Open Weekend Meditation Sessions
June 20th—June 21st
This weekend of sitting practice offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the simple yet profound practice of shamatha meditation. Continue »
Bleddfa Retreat: Bravery and Compassion
with David Schneider, Peter Conradi, Diederik Prakke, Jim O'Neill
July 24th—August 2nd
The focus of retreat practice is to work directly with awakening the mind, and opening the heart. This year we will offer teachings on bravery and compassion, and the connection of both of these with shamatha meditation Continue »
