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Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

LGBTQIA2S+ Meditation Group

October 18th—June 18th (2025)

LGBTQIA2S+ Meditation Group at the Shambhala Center of Minneapolis Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee

Open Meditation | In Person and Online

with Alan Anderson

January 3rd—December 18th

Join us Wednesday evenings for group meditation practice, teaching and discussion. All are welcome. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee

Café Shambhala | In Person and Online

January 6th—December 28th

Join us Saturday mornings for meditation, reading, discussion, and social gathering. All are welcome. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee

Morning Meditation & Qigong | Online

with Alan Anderson

March 8th—November 1st

Start each Monday and Friday with 30 minutes of Qigong and meditation practice. All are welcome. Continue »

Matteson Shambhala Meditation Group

Tuesday Evening Meditation (Hybrid)

June 18th—October 22nd

Matteson Shambhala Meditation Group

Friday Morning Meditation (Hybrid)

June 21st—October 18th

Aging as Spiritual Path: Online Book Club

with Alice Dan

August 8th—December 12th

"Old age is not for sissies!" But where do we get to share our experiences and find support to face our aging? Meditation offers a path to a healthy approach. Join our discussions on the 2nd Thursday of every month. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Saturday Morning Book Salon - at the Center

August 31st—October 26th

Take a moment to begin your weekend with a break from chores and dive into a good book. Continue »

Shambhala Chicago

Collective Liberation Online Discussion Group

September 7th—December 7th

It's time for a genuine quest for Collective Liberation. This is not a class but a participatory exploration of our own identities and how we veer away from what really is - our own and others' Basic Goodness. Continue »

Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Center

Weekend retreat: The Art of Being Human

with Barbara Cromer

September 20th—September 22nd

Shambhala Training Level 1: Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuinely kind and compassionate human beings. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Sacred Path: Great Eastern Sun

September 21st—September 22nd

The Great Eastern Sun teachings are the entrance into “sacred world” and continue the warrior’s journey of helping to create an uplifted, kind, and caring society and world. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Harvest of Peace - A Community Celebration of the Fall Equinox with a special celebration of our 20th anniversary in our Center

September 22nd

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Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Exploring Emptiness - Live Class at the Shambhala Center

with Patrick Dallas & Scott Kamilar & Steve Tibbetts

September 24th—November 12th

This course is based on the book "Progressive Stages of Meditation On Emptiness" by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Emptiness - Live Class at the Shambhala Center Continue »

Shambhala Center of Madison

The Way of the Buddha: Understanding the Evolution of the Buddhist Teachings

September 25th—November 6th

Join us for an exploration of the profound and fundamental teachings of Buddhism and how they developed from the teachings of the Buddha. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Qigong 3 - The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong

with David Stone

October 5th—October 6th - Date postponed or cancelled

For those who have completed Qigong 1 and 2. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Milwaukee

be kind, be brave, meditate: a new energy pathway

with Alan Anderson

October 9th—October 30th

Join us for this four-week series exploring the connection between energy and a healthy mind. All are welcome. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Shadow Play: Transforming Our World from Inside Out

with Holly Gayley & Aarti Tejuja

October 19th—October 20th

Join us for an unforgettable contemplative, ritual-based, embodied, playful exploration of the five Buddha Families, an ancient Buddhist elemental teaching. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Sacred Path: Windhorse

October 26th—October 27th

Deepen your meditation practice and continue along the path of the Shambhala teachings on warriorship, in this weekend retreat. Continue »

Shambhala Chicago

Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of The Warrior

with Alice Dan

November 2nd—November 3rd

This is the 2nd course in the Shambhala Training series. Having experienced a taste of basic goodness, we want to go forward. Meditation practice allows us to observe how we create a cocoon of habits to mask our fear. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

November Nyinthun - A Day of Practice and Community

November 3rd

A day long retreat, open to everyone. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Election Night Practice

with Patrick Dallas

November 5th

Amidst the election intensity, relax in space with calm abiding practice. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Shambhala Training Level 1 - The Art of Being Human

with Patrick Dallas

November 9th—November 10th

Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings. Beginners are welcome to this introduction to the Shambhala path. Continue »

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Center closed

November 16th

Shambhala Meditation Center of Minneapolis

Being a Bodhisattva: Exploring the Bodhisattva Vow via Zoom

with Judith Simmer-Brown

November 30th—December 14th

Planting such a seed as the bodhisattva vow undermines ego and leads to a tremendous expansion of perspective. Such heroism, or bigness of mind, fills all of space completely, utterly, absolutely. Within such a vast perspective, nothing is claustrophobic Continue »