This Week in Shambhala: January 19, 2017
Welcome to Maine Shambhala Meditation Centers.
Our Winter Spring Season Schedule is up online. We invite you to check out our classes and retreats in Brunswick, Portland and Rockland.
Our website offers a lot of information regarding local offerings, information about meditation, Shambhala International, our structure, contacts and more.
However, if you would be more comfortable connecting with a person directly, please contact us as [email protected]. We will be in touch shortly after receiving your inquiry.
HIGHLIGHTS:
(Registration is highly recommended for all.)
SERVICE AS PATH
The Winter/ Spring Season schedule has been posted online.
There are a number of wonderful weekend retreats scheduled. If you have completed Level III training, we invite you to consider staffing one of the weekends. You would also need to have already completed the Level that you are interested in staffing. Please contact the coordinator of the program as listed on each of the Event Pages directly.
Thank you for your willingness to service our sangha through this very rewarding opportunity.
THIS WEEK (Brunswick, Portland, Rockland):
Thursday, January 19, 2017
| 7:00 PM Thursday night ‘Just Sit’ in Brunswick
Umdze: Kathy Meade |
Friday, January 20, 2017
| 7:00 PM Friday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland
Umdze: Seth Hunsicker |
| 7:00 PM Outrageous and Inscrutable Weekend Retreat in Brunswick |
Saturday, January 21, 2017
| 8:00 AM Outrageous and Inscrutable Weekend Retreat in Brunswick |
Sunday, January 22, 2017
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Portland
Umdze: Tim Fuller |
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Brunswick- CANCELLED |
| 8:00 PM Outrageous and Inscrutable Weekend Retreat in Brunswick |
Monday, January 23, 2017
| 6:30 PM Heart of Recovery. in Portland |
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
| 6:00 PM Intro to Shamatha Meditation- in Rockland |
| 6:30 PM Awakened Heart in Brunswick |
| 6:30 PM Who Am I?: Basic Goodness I- in Portland |
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
| 7:00 PM Wednesday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland
Umdze: Mary Jo Steckevicz |
Thursday, January 26, 2017
| 7:00 PM Thursday night ‘Just Sit’ in Brunswick
Umdze: TBD |
Friday, January 27, 2017
| 7:00 PM Friday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland
Umdze: Seth Hunsicker |
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Portland
Umdze: Liz Korabek-Emerson |
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Brunswick
Umdze: Rick Nelson |
2016 WINTER/SPRING SCHEDULE
(listed here are the February, March and April Activities. Please see the website for events running through June)
PRACTICE, STUDY, AND CONVERSATION IN COMMUNITY (Drop-ins Welcomed):
INTRO TO SHAMATHA MEDITATION- in Rockland
with Rachel Nixon- January 24th (2017)
LEARN TO MEDITATE- Group Meditation Instruction in Brunswick
with Shastri Christopher St John- February 2nd (2017)
SHASTRI HOURS by Appointment in Brunswick
with Shastri Christopher St John February 2nd (2017)
NYINTHUN: A Day of Meditation in Rockland
with Shastri Christopher St John & Eunice St John- February 5th (2017)
Thursday Dharma Gatherings: Welcome. Sit. Study. Engage.- Portland
March 9th
Learn to Meditate- Group Meditation Instruction in Brunswick
with Shastri Christopher St John
April 6th
Shastri Hours by Appointment in Brunswick
April 6th
Thursday Dharma Gatherings: Welcome. Sit. Study. Engage.- Portland
April 13th
WINTER/SPRING SERIES CLASSES:
Save the Dates 6:30-8:30PM March, April and May.
Wisdom in Everyday Life- in Portland
March 7th—April 4th
with Karen Monahan & Eunice St John
Contentment in Everyday Life- in Brunswick
March 7th—April 4th
with Toby Sifton
No Time to Lose: Book Study in Brunswick
with Shastri Christopher St John
March 15th—April 19th
Meditation in Everyday Life in Rockland
March 21st—April 18th
Joy in Everyday Life in Brunswick
with Shastri Angela Lutzenberger
April 25th—May 23rd
SPRING RETREATS
for March, April and May
The Art of Being Human: Level I in Rockland
March 10th—March 12th
The Birth of a Warrior: Shambhala Level II in Brunswick
with Shastri Andrea Darby
April 21st—April 23rd
IKEBANA: The Art of Flowers in Brunswick
with Shastri Ellen Rook
April 28th—April 29th
Warrior in the World: Shambhala Level III in Brunswick
with Shastri Angela Lutzenberger
May 19th—May 21st
COMMUNITY PRACTICES & CELEBRATIONS:
Save the Dates for February, March and April
MEMBERS ASPIRATION DAY- in Brunswick
February 11th (2017)
SHAMBHALA SADHANA- Community Practice- Brunswick
February 11th (2017)
PACIFYING THE TURMOIL OF THE MAMOS- in Brunswick
February 16th—February 25th (2017)
SHAMBHALA DAY CELEBRATION in Brunswick
March 4th
SHAMBHALA SADHANA- Community Practice- Portland
March 12th
PARINIRVANA OF CTR in Brunswick
April 4th
SHAMBHALA SADHANA- Community Practice- Brunswick
April 15th
MI, TEACHER and GUIDE TRAINING:
TBD
UPCOMING REGIONAL PROGRAMS of INTEREST:
At Karme Choling:
Ngöndro Retreat *– January 20 – 28, 2017
Golden Key-February 4 – 7, 2017
Drawing wisdom from the Shambhala root text The Letter of the Golden Key, learn the practice of enriching presence.
Warriors Assembly- February 11-22, 2017
Warrior Assembly is the culmination of the Shambhala Training Sacred Path program.
