Sunday Gatherings are LIVE every week at 3:00 p.m. ET

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Sometimes the spiritual path takes us in an unexpected direction. Such was the case for Ellen who, after 30+ years of meditating, realized she was being asked to help heal a much larger collective trauma. During our time together, Ellen will share insights from her personal journey of joining Shambhala teachings, especially the teachings on basic goodness, with her family’s Holocaust legacy.

In our guided meditation and contemplation, we’ll start by finding ground and safety in our own embodied presence and the larger space that supports us. From this strengthened foundation, we may notice possibilities for sensing into the inherited karmic patterns we carry, or perhaps resistance.

Our discussion will address whatever arises from our practice. How interconnected with our lineages and ancestors do we feel? Which Shambhala teachings can best support and encourage us in acknowledging and integrating the past, and healing on this level? And can this actually have an impact in the world?

About Ellen

Ellen Korman Mains is certified as an Inner Relationship Focusing Guide, helping people cultivate their own deep listening and compassionate self-awareness. She became a close student of the founder of Shambhala (Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche) in 1971 and has been a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage for over 4 decades. A close student of Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XX, she also taught Kyudo, ‘the Way of the Bow’ for many years at Naropa University and internationally. In 2006, Ellen first began traveling to Poland. Her memoir, Buried Rivers: A Spiritual Journey into the Holocaust documents an amazing journey to reconcile her family history with the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings. She plans to release the audiobook later this year.