Ongoing Offerings
Ongoing Public Offerings
The Asheville Center offers group sitting and walking mindfulness meditation several times each week. No affiliation with Shambhala or meditation experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome. By donation. Meditation instruction is offered and available.
Weekly Mindfulness Meditation Practice Times
- Sunday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
- Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.
from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. enjoy tea and conversation, followed by a Dharma reading or talk with more conversation.
Introductory
Who Am I? The Basic Goodness of Being Human
with Josephine Spilka & Charlotte Bernard
February 13th—March 20th
"Who Am I? The Basic Goodness of Being Human" focuses on the sense of self and includes teachings on basic goodness, selflessness, the arising of ego, the 5 skandhas, cocoon, buddha nature, and the confidence of warriorship. Continue »
Change & The Power of Choice
with Josephine Spilka
March 2nd
During this day together, you will investigate change through the lens of Buddhist meditation practice. You will contemplate change from every angle, from the very personal to the global, bringing together your experience of both yourself and your world. Continue »
Book Club Study
April 1st—May 20th
Book Club Study of "Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change" by Pema Chodron. Great opportunity to read together and exchange and appreciate each other's insight. Continue »
Learn to Meditate
with Norman Bray
April 6th—December 7th
This class highlights the Shambhala community core practice of mindfulness-awareness meditation and includes a gift of the book ''Turning the Mind Into An Ally'' Continue »
