Shambhala Day

Shambhala Day is a time for us to express the wealth and richness of our spiritual and cultural heritage through feasting, conviviality, elegance and pomp. More information About Shambhala Day

Shambhala Buddhist Teachers Training *

with Acharya Mathias Pongracz and Acharya Arawana Hayashi

This program is the first formal training program on the Shambhala Buddhist teacher training path and will authorized qualified new teachers as directors for Shambhala Training levels II and III, and as co-directors for the first three courses of the Way of Shambhala I program: Meditation in Everyday Life, Contentment in Everyday Life (formerly calledTiger), and Joy in Everyday Life (formerly called Lion). This program replaces the Shambhala Training new director training and Buddhist teacher training programs. More information About Shambhala Buddhist Teachers Training *

* "Prerequisites apply

Spring Dathün *

with Ellen Mains and Wolf Van Lieshout

Dathün is a one-month group meditation retreat. Participants are introduced to and guided in mindfulness-awareness meditation. This programme is suitable for relative newcomers as well as experienced students who wish to engage in a period of intensive practice, away from the distractions and business of their everyday lives. More information About Spring Dathün *

* "Prerequisites apply

Post Scorpion Seal Assembly

with Ashe Acharya John Rockwell

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Level D: Outrageous / Inscrutable with Golden Key

with Acharya Mathias Pongracz and Sabine Rolf

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Warrior Assembly *

with Acharya Robert Puts and Acharya Barbara Bärbel Marga Märtens

The Warrior Assembly, jewel of Shambhala Training and the culmination of the Sacred Path programmes, is a living teaching in creating enlightened society. Participants receive the transmission of advanced Shambhala warriorship practices. More information About Warrior Assembly *

* "Prerequisites apply

Summer Kado Dathün

with Acharya Mathias Pongracz and Marcia Shibata-blundell

Dathün is a one-month group meditation retreat. Participants are introduced to and guided in mindfulness-awareness meditation. This programme is suitable for relative newcomers as well as experienced students who wish to engage in a period of intensive practice, away from the distractions and business of their everyday lives. More information About Summer Kado Dathün

Maitri Space Awareness

with Paul Cashman and Anne Emmanuelle Roche

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Youth Leadership

Youth Leadership is an opportunity for young people, ages 16-30 to spend the summer at a meditation retreat center with their peers, make new friends from around the world, help out the local community, and explore the many riches of the Shambhala Path, Dechen Choling and the surrounding French countryside. More information About Youth Leadership

Family Camp

Blazing camp fires, muddy shoes, nature walks, ease, joyful children, great friends, story telling, laughter, simplicity, child-friendly food, meditation practice, art, song, swimming, rolling in the grass, and more. This programme is a Dechen Chöling tradition, and an opportunity to enjoy both play and practice within the mandala of family life. More information About Family Camp

Kyudo Advanced Training

with Kanjuro Shibata Sensei

This programme is for students who are experienced in long-distance shooting and who are willing to help other students on the path of Kyudo. More information About Kyudo Advanced Training

Sun Camp *

A presentation of the philosophy and experience of basic goodness, for children aged 10-16, in a culture of Shambhala Warriorship. More information About Sun Camp *

* "Prerequisites apply

Kyudo: the Way of the Bow

with Kanjuro Shibata Sensei

Kyudo, "the way of the bow", is a living tradition of meditative archery, rooted in the warrior traditions of Japan. The Samuraï considered Kyudo the perfect mastery of the bow, and an art form with no other goal than the highest experience of here and now - beyond any strategies of thought and concept. More information About Kyudo: the Way of the Bow

Vajra Garchen

August 8 - 23. More information About Vajra Garchen

Scorpion Seal Assembly 2 *

The Sakyong has asked participants who have completed the first Scorpion Seal Assemblies in 2009 to gather at practice centers for a second year program. More information About Scorpion Seal Assembly 2 *

* "Prerequisites apply

Gesar Trakpo - the wratful form of Enlightened Rulership *

with His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche

Gesar Trakpo is the wrathful form of King Gesar of Ling, the manifestation of enlightened rulership whose energy cuts powerfully through obstacles of extreme materialism and aggression that are so characteristic of the dark age. More information About Gesar Trakpo - the wratful form of Enlightened Rulership *

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Chigong (Levels 3,4,5) *

with Eva Wong

Cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind through the healing Taoist practice of qigong. Take this rare opportunity to receive instruction in two unique lineages, The Pre-celestial Limitless Gate School (Xiantianwujimen) and the Yiquan School, neither of which have previously been fully transmitted to students in the West. More information About Chigong (Levels 3,4,5) *

* "Prerequisites apply

Sutrayana Seminary *

with Acharya David Schneider and Acharya Mathias Pongracz

The Sutryana Seminary offers an opportunity to immerse oneself in the teachings of Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism, as taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. More information About Sutrayana Seminary *

* "Prerequisites apply