Hosted by Shambhala Online

Please join us at the Albuquerque Shambhala Center for 3 weekend trainings for Meditation Instructors and those interested in developing a Meditation Instructors. The weekends are being offered through Shambhala Online, but we will be participating in as a group in person at the Albuquerque Shambhala Center. If you are interested in joining us in person please contact Leslie Bailly.

Weekend One is part of a series of 3 weekend trainings that are designed as continuing education for already authorized Meditation Instructors, as well as meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors. Each weekend is designed to support those interested in sharing the practice of meditation with others to cultivate the understanding and skills to assist others along their meditation path. 

You do not need to attend all three weekends.

Weekend One includes discussion on how to give initial meditation instruction and will include time for questions, answers and insights by participants. Presenters will also address the following topics that are a part of current culture:  

• Meditation instruction online
• How meditation apps can fit in 
• Reclaiming attention from social media
• Working with anxiety and depression 

Sunday will focus on unpacking Shamatha-Vipashyana, including: 

• The difference between mindfulness (Shamatha) and awareness (Vipashyana)
• How awareness develops over time
• The fruition of meditation practice (authentic presence)

NOTE: This course is being offered through Shambhala Online. In order for Shambhala Albuquerque to receive a portion of the course price, please select “Albuquerque” as your center upon registration and use the course code: 2024CONTINUING50. If you have any questions about how to register or should you run into any issues, please contact Eric Zechman.

About the Teachers:

Dale Asrael has been a practitioner of meditation, Buddhism, and the Shambhala teachings for over 45 years. She became a student of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche in 1973 and, after his death, continued to study with other teachers of Tibetan Buddhism. She also trained with the Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck during the last twelve years of her life.

Dale teaches dharma programs and leads meditation retreats internationally, and served as an Acharya (senior teacher) for twenty years. She is an authorized teacher of traditional Daoist qigong in the Xiantianwujimen lineage of Eva Wong.   

Dale is a Professor at Naropa University, where she founded and is the lead teacher for Naropa University Mindfulness Instructor Training, which just completed its twentieth annual cycle of training programs.

Her writing is published as chapters in three anthologies: “Love of Wisdom Puts You on the Spot” in Meditation in the Classroom, “No Hidden Corners” in Shadows and Light and “Compassionate Abiding” in Brilliant Sanity.

Gaylon Ferguson, PhD, has led group meditation retreats since 1976. He taught at Stanford, the University of Washington, and Naropa University, where he was a Core Faculty Member for fifteen years. The author of two books, Natural Wakefulness (on the four foundations of mindfulness) and Natural Bravery (on fear and fearlessness as path to manifesting bravery), his articles have appeared in Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, and Buddhadharma magazine. He contributed the foreword to the pioneering collection Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation and Freedom (Shambhala, 2020).