Beate Kirchhof-Schlage
Acharya Beate Kirchhof-Schlage started meditating in the Shambhala Center of Hamburg Germany after her first child was born. She is now mother of 3 sons, a former theater worker and university teacher, and served as a Shambhala Center Director in Hamburg for 5 years. In 2010 she was appointed by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche as Shastri for Hamburg and Berlin together with her colleague Friedrich Spengelin.