Getting Started

Welcome to the Boulder Shambhala Center!

We look forward to getting to know you. Please feel welcome to explore our website and stop by the center for a visit.

The Boulder Shambhala Center is part of Shambhala, an international community of more than 200 meditation centers and groups founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.  You can learn much more about us in the “Shambhala“ section of this website. 

We offer extensive training in meditation through introductory classes, curriculum-based programs and individual meditation instruction.

Shambhala is not just about meditation; it is also about culture. Meditation helps us to synchronize our body and our mind in order to be present, awake, and complete. We apply the sanity, clarity, and presence developed in meditation to our everyday life. Relating to our life in this way creates a dignified human culture, with qualities of kindness, love, and compassion.

All Shambhala Centers welcome anyone interested in the practice of meditation and anyone who aspires to expand the experience of gentleness and nonaggression into all areas of life.

How to begin

You are invited to attend any of these activities and gatherings so you can learn more about the Boulder Shambhala Center and its community:

  • Visit an Open House any Sunday morning from 10:30 am – 12 noon.
  • Register for a half-day Beginning to Meditate course. They’re offered on the last Saturday of each month from 9 am – 12 noon.

Please feel welcome to explore and participate! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the center.

Introductory

PROCLAIMING BASIC GOODNESS: An Introduction to Shambhala Meditation

with Acharya Dale Asrael

July 1st—July 2nd

Shambhala Meditation reveals the unconditional quality of our own innate nature to relieve the stress, suffering, and aggression of our times. Open to people with all levels of experience. Continue »

Miksang Contemplative Photography: Level 1

with Michael Levy

July 7th—July 9th

Miksang is a form of contemplative photography in which we see our world in a new and fresh way. Continue »

Traditional Chinese Qigong: Levels 1 - 2

with Acharya Dale Asrael

July 22nd—July 23rd

Qigong is a form of gentle, relaxing exercises to strengthen joints, muscles, tendons, and bones, and to increase flexibility, stimulate the circulation of energy in our body, and enhance mental clarity. Continue »

Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human

with Shastri Andrew Sacamano

August 25th—August 27th

Shambhala Training is a sequence of programs suitable for anyone interested in exploring meditation as a means to develop fearlessness, confidence, openness and gentleness toward ourselves and our world. Continue »

Meditation in Everyday Life

September 7th—October 5th

Meditation in Everyday Life introduces mindfulness meditation practice and teachings for working with meditation in everyday life. This program accompanies Shambhala Training Level I, but it can be taken on its own. Continue »