This episode will explore how meditation can be seen as an act of loving kindness that helps calm the turmoil and build resilience and emotional balance. We can look into the face of our fear and recognize anxiety-based behaviors that actually increase fear and isolation, and turn instead toward healing and reconnection.
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Joseph Mauricio is a long time student of Shambhala Buddhism as well as an Author, Speaker, Coach, Teacher and Chaplain. As the founder of L I F E W O R K Mindfulness Based Coaching Services, Joe offers Buddhist and Shambhala Training principles to help private and corporate clients manifest lives of dignity, sanity and strength.

The Holidays are a season of joy, gratitude, family and friends … and anxiety, sadness, chaos and conflict. In this episode, we begin to unpack this contradiction, and investigate the role of mindfulness in helping us navigate the holiday season. This talk was recorded in 2017, and is part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice and relevant as we approach this year’s holiday season.
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Filomena Leonardi has been practicing in the Shambhala tradition since 2009 and a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 2016. She is a partner at a global consulting firm, focusing on leadership development. Through her work as an executive coach, she aspires to bring the principles of Shambhala Dharma to the corporate world.  Originally born and raised in Milan, Italy, Filomena has lived in several cities, including London and Sydney. She has made  New York City her home since 2005. In her (limited!) spare time, Filomena is an enthusiastic ceramics student at Greenwich House Pottery, and considers clay and the wheel her very first mindfulness teachers.

Societal pressures may cause us to limit our genuine expression. Together we will explore the benefits of staying true to ourselves, and discuss how to do that in our lives and workplaces.
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Gayle Van Gils is the award-winning author of Happier at Work: The Power of Love to Transform the Workplace, a practical guide for developing the powers of attention, stress reduction, curiosity, collaboration and compassion. She is also the creator of the hugely popular course, Smart Tips: Wellness hosted by Udemy for Business, offering inspiration and guidance to upgrade one’s physical, emotional, social and financial wellbeing.  Her intuitive, direct, and caring process supports greater focus, engagement and connection, and a productive and compassionate workplace.
Gayle has an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, and is a certified instructor of Search Inside Yourself, the mindfulness and emotional intelligence training developed and proven at Google. She is the founder of the consulting, training, and coaching company Transform Your Culture, and is a senior meditation teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. She is a popular mindfulness teacher on the app Simple Habit, and a Goleman EI meta-coach, helping leaders and other coaches to deepen their Emotional Intelligence.  Through her teachings both in person and through online courses, Gayle has helped thousands of people find more peace, energy, inspiration, joy and success in their lives and businesses.

Is there such a thing as inner wealth, a true abundance of spirit deeper and more reliable than material wealth?
This episode is a part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice.
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Joseph Mauricio is a long time student of Shambhala Buddhism as well as an Author, Speaker, Coach, Teacher and Chaplain. As the founder of L I F E W O R K Mindfulness Based Coaching Services, Joe offers Buddhist and Shambhala Training principles to help private and corporate clients manifest lives of dignity, sanity and strength. 

In this episode, we discuss the view and practice of lovingkindness. Meditation gives us more confidence in our compassionate and kind nature. Is this a practical way to live in the modern world?
This episode is a part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice.
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Natalie Baker is a licensed psychotherapist focusing on treating clients with conditions such as PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She has been a student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and Shambhala Buddhism since the 90s.
 
 

The key to living an artful life is to relax into our sense experience and not try to manipulate it or use it for personal gain. Then we realize that the world is an open field of confident experience, constantly refreshing us to face the hassles in our world with genuine grace.
If you enjoy this talk and are an artist based in NYC, we invite you to join us for a four-week Contemplative Arts course led by Bryan Wade, Rachel Faro, Alison Pepper, and Betsy Kenyon beginning tomorrow evening (10/11) at 7 p.m. at the Nalandabodhi Center in NYC. To learn more and register now, click here.
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Bryan Wade is a musician, and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. He has practiced Shambhala Buddhist meditation since 1995 and taught meditation since 2004 in NYC, Vermont and Colorado. Bryan has studied closely with Shambhala teaching artists Jack Niland and Madeline Bruser, co-teaching classes with each of them. He has been a music educator since 1998, focusing on private guitar lessons and has recently created Authentic Musician Performance Training, a course for integrating musical skill with performance confidence. Bryan writes and performs as a singer/songwriter and bandleader, incorporating influences from rock, folk, blues, jazz and world music.

Sometimes we get depressed. Heartbroken. How can meditation help us when we’re down?
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Joseph Mauricio is a teacher, speaker and Life Coach who works with private clients, couples, and groups. He offers motivational and meditation workshops in academic, business, and private sectors. Joseph began teaching twenty years ago at Karme Choling Meditation Center in Vermont and has subsequently taught in schools, businesses, nightclubs, and correctional facilities as well as meditation, wellness and community centers throughout North America. He has served as the Director of Public Programs and Outreach at the Shambhala Meditation Center of NY.  He is the principal teacher of Dharmajunkies, an engaged meditation community and is the founder of LIFEWORK, a meditation based coaching service that combines mindfulness practice with modern and ancient leadership principles in order to guide clients towards an authentic direction in their lives.

Mindfulness meditation helps us see and accept ourselves as we are. Through synchronicity of body and mind, we can experience total ease with ourselves, and a mind that is stable, strong and clear.
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Elizabeth Reid has been with the New York Shambhala community since the mid 80s. With a background in theatre, dance, and photography, she was inspired by the Dharma Art teachings of Shambhala, and for several years led contemplative photography workshops at the center. Realizing the importance of embodiment on the path, she became an Alexander Technique teacher and offers AT based exercises in most of her teaching.

In these uncertain times, this episode presents a foundational talk by Eric Spiegel about the essential teachings of the Shambhala tradition.
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Eric Spiegel has been a student and teacher in the Shambhala tradition since his teens.  His teachings are filled with warmth, humor and precision.

On the path of meditation, everything we feel is important. The more accepting we are of these feelings, the more we can relax and appreciate others. In this episode, Elizabeth Reid illuminates the way emotions can connect us more and more with our reality.
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Elizabeth Reid has been with the New York Shambhala community since the mid 80s, having been a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and later becoming a student of Sakyong Mipham. With a background in theatre, dance, and photography, she was inspired by the Dharma Art teachings of Shambhala, and for several years led contemplative photography workshops at the center. Realizing the importance of embodiment on the path, she became an Alexander Technique teacher and offers AT based exercises in most of her teaching. She is eternally grateful to have happened upon this lineage, these teachings and teachers, knowing that the incredible wisdom we hold is ours to call forth in these tumultuous times.

Life is fundamentally unpredictable. Unexpected changes can be a major source of anxiety, stress, fear, frustration and suffering. How can we learn to perceive uncertainty with a confident and open mind?
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Vegan Aharonian, Ph.D., began studying Shambhala Buddhism in 1996 and started teaching in 2007. He is a member of the Governing Council for the NY Shambhala Center and a co-director of the Practice and Education committee.

In both our homes and in our everyday lives, we already have everything we need. In this episode, we discuss how meditation, mindfulness, and feng shui can help us clear up misperceptions and learn to appreciate and value the present moment. Through this practice, we can begin to see things the way they truly are.
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Anjie Cho is a creator of holistic spaces, specifically focused on designing interiors, and teaching feng shui and meditation. She is the author of Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. Since 1999, she has been designing beautiful and nourishing spaces (inner and outer) with balance and harmony, informed by the ancient practice of feng shui and meditation. Her focus is to create nurturing and supportive environments, tailoring her practice to each individual’s specific needs.
Anjie is the owner of Anjie Cho Architect, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School, and founder of Holistic Spaces which hosts a blog, podcast and online store. She is also a teacher of dharma arts and meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and for Dharma Moon. 

We live in times of great challenge, and this episode discusses ways to meet these challenges without aggression. With daily commitment to meditation practice, our good posture helps to develop physical stability. By taking a posture of confidence, we naturally develop the strength to open our heart to our world.
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Joseph Mauricio is a teacher, speaker and Life Coach who works with private clients, couples, and groups. He offers motivational and meditation workshops in academic, business, and private sectors. Joseph began teaching twenty years ago at Karme Choling Meditation Center in Vermont and has subsequently taught in schools, businesses, nightclubs, and correctional facilities as well as meditation, wellness and community centers throughout North America. He has served as the Director of Public Programs and Outreach at the Shambhala Meditation Center of NY.  He is the principal teacher of Dharmajunkies, an engaged meditation community and is the founder of LIFEWORK, a meditation based coaching service that combines mindfulness practice with modern and ancient leadership principles in order to guide clients towards an authentic direction in their lives.

As we come earnestly to meditate, we can often try too hard and find ourselves tightening up in knots rather than relaxing. It is good to recognize the grip we can have on our body and mind. In this episode, we will explore some exercises to gently open our hand, physically and mentally, finding that it is possible to do less and therefore feel more. We can step back and let our world speak and unfold.
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Elizabeth Reid has been with the New York Shambhala community since the mid-80s. With a background in theatre, dance, and photography, she was inspired by the Dharma Art teachings of Shambhala, and for several years led contemplative photography workshops at the center. Realizing the importance of embodiment on the path, she became an Alexander Technique teacher and offers AT based exercises in most of her teaching.

The I-Ching, or the book of changes, is an ancient study of yin and yang energies. The ancient Chinese looked to the I-Ching to study the cycles in nature and human lives. In this episode, we learn how to ask questions, throw coins, and receive wisdom from the I-Ching.
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Anjie Cho is a creator of holistic spaces, specifically focused on designing interiors, and teaching feng shui and meditation. She is the author of Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. Since 1999, she has been designing beautiful and nourishing spaces (inner and outer) with balance and harmony, informed by the ancient practice of feng shui and meditation. Her focus is to create nurturing and supportive environments, tailoring her practice to each individual’s specific needs. Anjie is the owner of Anjie Cho Architect, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School, and founder of Holistic Spaces which hosts a blog, podcast and online store. She is also a teacher of dharma arts and meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and for Dharma Moon. 

We generally know what to do if we suffer a physical wound. But what constitutes good spiritual hygiene? How can we effectively take care of ourselves and each other? What teachings and practices do we turn to?  How might we combat compassion fatigue and loneliness, isolation and despair, reactive emotions and repetitive triggering, resentment, guilt, shame and so on? What does real liberation look like in this context? 
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Roger Guest is a former Executive Director of Karme-Choling, teacher and author. He currently works in a plant-medicine-based clinic treating addictions, mood disorders, and psycho-spiritual crises in Tepoztlan, Mexico. (Spoiler Alert-He does not claim to have all the answers!)

In both small and large ways, pain becomes a feature of everyone’s meditation practice. So what do we do about this? Should we move, stay still, take time off, or practice more? In this episode, we will explore different ways of relating with pain and discomfort, and what the path to healing may look like.
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Dan Cayer is a Westchester-based teacher and writer who is committed to helping others change habitual patterns, find freedom from pain, and create a sane relationship with their body. He is a longtime meditator and trained instructor. After a serious injury left Dan unable to work or take care of himself, he began training in the Alexander Technique. His return to health, as well as his deep experience with the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of pain and illness, inspired him to help others. Dan now teaches an integration of mindfulness and the Alexander Technique as a method of recovering balance and well-being.

Given the reality of suffering in our current world, there is a great need to cultivate a sense of contentment. In this episode, we will explore meditation-based practices to begin to invite more appreciation and gratitude into our daily lives.
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David Greenan is a psychologist and professor of psychology, teaching family therapy at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has a particular interest in the intersection of mindfulness practice, the practice of psychotherapy and how we activate resiliency and basic goodness in systems. He has studied Shambhala Buddhism for the past twenty years and has been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 2010. He teaches regularly for Queer Dharma and in The Way of Shambhala curriculum at SMCNY. The Meditation in the City podcast is hosted by the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York.

When we employ mindfulness and awareness in our lives, our actions become effective. Then we have the opportunity to engage with awareness and heal rather than harm, connect rather than dissociate, and love rather than hate.
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Joseph Mauricio is a teacher, speaker and Life Coach who works with private clients, couples, and groups. He offers motivational and meditation workshops in academic, business, and private sectors. Joseph began teaching twenty years ago at Karme Choling Meditation Center in Vermont and has subsequently taught in schools, businesses, nightclubs, and correctional facilities as well as meditation, wellness and community centers throughout North America. He has served as the Director of Public Programs and Outreach at the Shambhala Meditation Center of NY.  He is the principal teacher of Dharmajunkies, an engaged meditation community and is the founder of LIFEWORK, a meditation based coaching service that combines mindfulness practice with modern and ancient leadership principles in order to guide clients towards an authentic direction in their lives.

This very moment is really all we have, and yet we constantly avoid meeting it in the middle. In this episode, we will not only discuss ‘nowness’ and how our cultivation of ‘nowness’ can transform our lives and state of mind, but we will also receive an opportunity to experience ‘nowness’ together.
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Rachel Faro is a senior meditation teacher and practitioner within the Shambhala and Tibetan Buddhist traditions who has taught and led meditation retreats, classes and workshops in Europe, Latin America, South Africa and throughout the United States. A personal student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she has been training, practicing and teaching since the early 1970’s. She is also an accomplished and well-known singer/songwriter, Grammy-nominated record producer, and president of a world music record label.