Protector Practice Weekthün
With: Laura Puts, Lennart Krogoll
A programme about meditation and compassion in action - open to all!
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February
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March
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Dathün – A Month of Meditation
With: Peter Nowak, Toni Imfeld, Anne Von der Eltz, Sylvie Deraime
One month of sitting in meditation: Take a radical step out of daily life to deepen your experience of who you are, touch your basic humanity and make friends with the simple reality of just being.
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Dathün – FIRST TWO WEEKS
With: Peter Nowak, Anne Von der Eltz
Register here if you would like to join this month-long meditation retreat for the first two weeks only. Open to all.
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Dathün – LAST TWO WEEKS
With: Peter Nowak, Toni Imfeld, Sylvie Deraime
Register here if you would like to join this month-long meditation retreat for the last two weeks only. Open to all.
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Warrior in the World – Shambhala Training Level 3 – Open to All
With: Tessa Racine
Our greater capacity for gentle self-examination leads us to want to emerge from our cocoon. We become more fearless and desire to approach the world more directly in all our activities. Taught in French (translation upon request).
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The Joy of Fearlessness: Contemporary Approaches to Mudra Space Awareness
With: Lee Worley
Mudra Space Awareness is a group practice developed in the early 1970s by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It challenges us to move beyond unhelpful habits and fears in order to become more aware, courageous and collaborative. Open to all!
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April
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Dharma Art Training: Five-Part Intensive
With: Herbert Elsky, Andràs Hajdu, Cécile Daimez
“Dharma art” is creative work that comes from an awakened state of meditation. According to Chögyam Trungpa, it is also a way to appreciate the nature of things as they are and to express them without striving or struggling to achieve anything.
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Open sky – Shambhala Training Level 5
With: Catherine Eveillard
Communicating with the world gently and fearlessly, our awareness is sharpened and we find the open clear sky of mind—a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy. We trust our nature enough to let go into the present moment.
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Smile at Fear
With: Barbara Märtens, John Rockwell
Ten days to reconnect with your heart and move beyond fear, using ancient Shambhala and Buddhist teachings. Open to all!
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Let us shine Dechen Chöling
Come and join us for a week of volunteer work at Dechen Chöling to help prepare our beautiful center for the season ahead. Together, we’ll celebrate the arrival of spring by rolling up our sleeves and bringing out the best in Dechen Chöling.
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Kado-Ikebana: 5-day course
With: Marcia Shibata
This course includes the Kado-Ikebana two-day programme, adding an extra three days to deepen your practice.
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May
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Kado-Ikebana: A two-day introduction
With: Marcia Shibata
A two-day programme open to all. Discover the Way of Flowers through the contemplative floral practice of Kado-Ikebana! No experience or equipment necessary.
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Traditional Chinese Qigong Retreat • Levels 1 & 2
With: Damien Sauvezie
Cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind through the practice of Qigong as presented by two distinct Taoist schools. Open to all. Taught in French.
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Combined Qigong programme: Exploring Energetic Terrain AND Stoking the Warrior and Scholar Fire
With: Eva Wong
Register here if you would like to attend both programmes!
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Exploring Energetic Terrain
With: Eva Wong
This programme is open to all who have completed Qigong levels 1 & 2. It is also required for graduates of Level 6 before continuing to Level 7.
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Stoking the Scholar and Warrior Fire
With: Eva Wong
This programme is only open to advanced students of Eva Wong (graduates of Level 6) and a pre-requisite to Qi Gong Level 7.
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Diamond Sky Dancer – Vajrayogini Retreat
With: Sarah Coleman, Mark Nowakowski, Lama Brian Hilliard
A 10-day retreat for advanced Vajrayana practitioners (see prerequisites below).
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June
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This Sacred Earth: An Eco-Dharma Gathering
With: Adam Lobel
Among the ancient trees and rolling meadows of rural France, join us for meditation, nature-connection practices, regenerative activism training, and deep inquiry.
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July
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Buddhist Foundational Studies: A Buddhist Studies Retreat
With: Tessa Racine
The mind is the working basis for meditative practice. This one-week retreat introduces fundamental Buddhist teachings on mind, consciousness, and the development of wisdom through meditation and study.
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Festival of the Shambhala Terma
With: Daniele Bollini, Alfonso Taboada, Sabine Rolf, Eve Rosenthal
Join us in a celebration of the precious and profound teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Let us celebrate our profound teachings and strengthen our confidence in contributing to the world in these challenging times.
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Kyudo: The Way of the Bow – Combined
With: Max Baltin, Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Instructor training for Kyudo practitioners combining the advanced and public programs led by Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata XXI, Sensei.
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Kyudo: The Way of the Bow – Advanced
With: Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Instructor training for advanced Kyudo practitioners. The programme will be led by Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata XXI, Sensei.
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Family and Community Camp
For families, single parents, and children aged from 3 to 10. Activities for children are organized in the mornings, giving adults the opportunity to meditate, read or just relax.
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Shambhala Sun Camp
Sun Camp is an outdoor, sleep-away summer camp for children aged 10-16. A whole week of offline fun, it's a chance to make friends from around the world while learning to take responsibility for oneself and one's world in a gentle and playful environment.
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Kyudo: The Way of the Bow – Open to all
With: Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Open to all - a living tradition of contemplative archery.
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August
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Aikido and Mindfulness
With: Ivan Tröscher, Jörg Kretzschmar
In this program we will bring together the living Warrior traditions from the lineage of Aikido practitioners with the Shambhala Warrior culture brought to the west by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Join us for this unique offering.
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September
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The Healing Power of the Mind – How to Transform Suffering into Strength (ONLINE)
With: Alain Beauregard
During this retreat, we will delve into the journey of healing from both a spiritual and emotional viewpoint, drawing on Alain's personal experience of overcoming terminal cancer. How can our mind support our own healing?
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The Healing Power of the Mind – How to Transform Suffering into Strength (ONLAND)
With: Alain Beauregard
During this retreat, we will delve into the journey of healing from both a spiritual and emotional viewpoint, drawing on Alain's personal experience of overcoming terminal cancer. How can our mind support our own healing?
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Traditional Chinese Qigong Retreat • Level 3
With: Ute Schneider
Cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind through the practice of qigong as presented by two distinct Taoist schools. Prerequisite Level 1 & 2
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Kado-Ikebana Instructor Training 2025
With: Marcia Shibata
This teacher’s training continues to cultivate a mind/heart that is always open. The programme is by invitation only.
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October
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Maitri: The Five Wisdoms and interpersonal relationships
With: Tessa Racine
An exploration of how the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the Five Wisdoms can be put into practice in all our interpersonal relationships. Open to all, no meditation experience necessary. Offered in French only.
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Discover Lucid Dreaming
With: Robert Eckstein
In this immersive lucid dreaming retreat join us for the experience how to transform the third of our lives that we spend asleep by learning how to dream lucidly and develop a nocturnal practice. Open to all!
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November
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Anchoring in wakeful presence of body and mind
With: Barbara Märtens, Friederike Tröscher
Join us for an exploration of mindfulness and awareness through simple meditation and movement practices from the traditions of Body-Mind Centering® and Shambhala Buddhism. Open to all.
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