All Northern California Shambhala program and practice sessions are currently online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Online Programs
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
Weekday Mornings plus Saturday Meditation
with Shastri Joanne Martin Braun
March 16th—August 31st
Join us for weekday morning virtual online meditation during this time of center closure due to the COVID 19 virus. Continue »
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
Sunday Morning Meditation
with Chris Bacon
April 5th—August 30th
Join us for ONLINE Sunday Morning Meditation. Everyone is welcome! Continue »
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
Sadhana of Kindness Practice—Third Saturday of the Month
with Irv Kirschbaum & Susie Cook
April 18th—September 19th
Community Sadhana Practice is a time to come together in community to celebrate and strengthen our understanding of basic goodness and enlightened society. Continue »
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center
Smile at Fear Part Two: The Path Of Fearlessness—Online Book Study Group
with Jesse Miller & Cynthia Morin
July 7th—August 11th
Please join us for a mutual contemplation and discussion of Chogyam Trungpa's profound teachings on working with fear and fearlessness. We will be reading from Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of San Francisco
White Fragility: A Book Study Class
with Janet Ryvlin, Denise Blanc, Susan Arnesen
July 9th—August 27th
With directness and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people'. White Fragility provides important antiracist understanding and essential strategies for white people who truly endeavor to be a part of Continue »
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
What Does It Mean To Be White?
with Denise Blanc & Janet Ryvlin
July 11th—August 15th
Join us for this series of classes on "what it means to be white". Continue »
Tamalpais Shambhala Meditation Group
The Heart of the Buddha Book Study Class
with Jesse Miller
August 6th—October 8th
The Heart of the Buddha book study class. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of San Francisco
Shambhala Cheerful Hour
August 7th
Join us for the Shambhala version of Happy Hour. No schedule, no program, no staff. Just BYO cocktail/mocktail and snacks to enjoy each other's company. Continue »
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center
Creating Good Human Society within the Racism Pandemic
with Charlene Leung
August 15th
How can we create good human society given the systemic racism that has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic? Join us for talk, guided meditation, and speaking from the heart in small groups. Continue »
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center
How We Talk to Ourselves: the Basic Goodness of Mindful Speech, the Mindlessness of Losing Our Confidence, and How it Can Affect Others
with Greg Heffron
August 22nd
Using simple metaphors and exercises, this talk aims to root us in the good connection we have with our own experience, and to uncover how, if ignored, our self-aggression can end up harming others. Continue »
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
Deepening in Compassion Series IV: Lojong and Compassionate Engagement
August 23rd—September 27th
Join us online as we look deeper into lojong and compassionate engagement in this fourth part of the Compassiona Series. Continue »
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center
Smile at Fear Part Three: Riding the Energy of Windhorse—Online Book Study Group
with Jesse Miller & Cynthia Morin
August 25th—September 29th
Please join us for a mutual contemplation and discussion of Chogyam Trungpa's profound teachings on working with fear and fearlessness. We will be reading from Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery. Continue »
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
The Drala Lineage of Mukpo
with Jesse Miller & Irv Kirschbaum
August 29th
Join us for practice, teachings and conversation about the Drala Lineage of Mukpo within Shambhala Buddhism. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of San Francisco
Glimpses of Abhidharma: A Book Study Class
with Bruce Dal Santo & Valentin Ghiur
September 1st—October 13th
Join us for a quick and precise glimpse into the inner workings of prajna and the skandhas in shaping our personal experiences. Continue »
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center
The Early Writings of Chogyam Trungpa
with Rob Ward
September 14th—October 5th
A four-week survey of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's earliest Western writings from Meditation in Action, Mudra, and the Garuda series among others. Continue »
