Peter Nowak

Peter Nowak first met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1985, attended the last three-month seminar Trungpa taught in 1986 and studied with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on the Scorpion Seal Path. He has three adult children and two stepchildren, worked for 35 years in the reform of the health care system and was teaching at several universities in Austria. He is at the Council of his home Shambhala Centre in Vienna, has been a meditation teacher since 1986, was on the Board of Shambhala Global from 2020 to 2024 and during this time also part of the Shambhala Europe Advisory Board. Since his retirement in 2024 he started to teach in Shambhala with a focus on Maitri Space Awareness, has been in the steering groups for the Shambhala Global Assembly and the European Leadership Gathering in 2026 and is again member on the Board of Shambhala Global since February 2026.