This Week in Shambhala: March 2, 2017
Welcome to Maine Shambhala Meditation Centers.
Our 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, March 2, 2017
| 6:30 PM Why Meditate? At the Rockland Public Library |
| 7:00 PM Thursday night ‘Just Sit’ in Brunswick |
Friday, March 3, 2017
| 7:00 PM Friday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland |
Saturday, March 4, 2017
| 8:30 AM SHAMBHALA DAY CELEBRATION in Brunswick |
Sunday, March 5, 2017
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Portland |
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Brunswick |
Monday, March 6, 2017
| 6:30 PM Heart of Recovery. in Portland |
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
| 6:30 PM Wisdom in Everyday Life- in Portland |
| 6:30 PM Contentment in Everyday Life- in Brunswick |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
| 7:00 PM Wednesday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland |
Thursday, March 9, 2017
| 6:30 PM Thursday Dharma Gatherings: Welcome. Sit. Study. Engage.- PORTLAND |
| 7:00 PM Thursday night ‘Just Sit’ in Brunswick |
Friday, March 10, 2017
| 7:00 PM Friday Night ‘Just Sit’ in Portland |
| 7:00 PM The Art of Being Human: Level I in ROCKLAND |
Saturday, March 11, 2017
| 8:30 AM The Art of Being Human: Level I in ROCKLAND |
Sunday, March 12, 2017
| 8:30 AM The Art of Being Human: Level I in ROCKLAND |
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Portland |
| 9:00 AM Sunday Meditation. in Brunswick |
| 5:30 PM SHAMBHALA SADHANA- Community Practice- PORTLAND |
2017 SPRING SCHEDULE
(listed here are the March and April Activities. Please see the website for events running through June)
PRACTICE, STUDY, AND CONVERSATION IN COMMUNITY (Drop-ins Welcomed):
Thursday Dharma Gatherings: Welcome. Sit. Study. Engage.- Portland
March 9th with Barbara Egan
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
SPRING SERIES CLASSES:
Save the Dates 6:30-8:30PM March, April and May.
Wisdom in Everyday Life- in Portland
March 7th—April 11th
with Karen Monahan & Barbara Egan
Contentment in Everyday Life- in Brunswick
March 7th—April 11th
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 Christopher St. John
May 19th—May 21st
COMMUNITY PRACTICES & CELEBRATIONS:
Save the Dates for March and April
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:
Weekthün: A Week of Meditation– March 3 – 11
Mudra Space Awareness- March 17 – 19
Shambhala Training Retreat: Great Eastern Sun, Windhorse and Drala *– March 25 – April 1
Half-Dathün: Two Weeks of Meditation– April 6 – 21
Shambhala Guide Training *– April 20 – 23
