Adam Lobel, Ph.D, practices at the threshold of ecologies, Buddhist-inspired meditation and philosophy, contemplative education, and psycho-social political change. Adam is a scholar-practitioner of philosophy and religion, focusing on Dzogchen […]
Sophie is a leadership consultant and coach specializing in meditation and the science of human flourishing. In this capacity she works globally with CEOs, senior leadership teams, and policy makers […]
Barbara Märtens has been a Shambhala and Buddhist practitioner for more than 40 years. Being a senior teacher within the Shambhala Community for many years , she is also the […]
Practicing Meditation in Shambhala since 1984. Longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Met Marcia Wang Shibata, Master of Shambhala Kado Rigden School of Ikebana in 1988 in Marburg and […]
Jean-Jacques Mathieu joined the Shambhala centre of Leiden (Netherlands) in 2003 and moved near Dechen Chöling (France) in 2011. He began his buddhist studies following a course offered by a […]
Peter Nowak met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1985 the first time, and attended the last Seminary he was teaching in 1986. Peter studied with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on the Scorpion […]
Mark Nowakowski met the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and has been his student ever since. He currently studies with other Kagyü and Nyingma masters. Mark is particularly inspired […]
James O’Neill is a long term teacher in the Shambhala community. He has been a psychoanalytic psychotherapist since 1990 with a practice in London. He is the author of UNDRESSING, […]
Alex is from Canada where he worked as an actor before moving to London and then Sweden, where he has been living for over 30 years. Alex founded the Shambhala […]
Helena Pellisé is a professional dancer trained in contemporary dance and specialised in improvisation who has been dancing and teaching for the last 20 years. As a dancer, she performs […]
Otto Pichlhöfer is a family physician based in Vienna, Austria. He had the privilege of studying directly under Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. After Rinpoche’s passing, he continued his studies with various […]
Chandali Pietrzykowska grew up in Canada and encountered Buddhism when she was almost 20 years old. She had the chance to become a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, one of […]
Susan Piver is a Buddhist teacher and the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Hard Questions (Tarcher) and the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of […]
Mathias Pongrácz is currently spiritual director of Stiftung Felsentor on mount Rigi, Switzerland, a Zen retreat place in the lineage of the late Kobun Chino Roshi, with whom he practiced […]
Suzanne Prysor-Jones is from Scotland. She began following the Shambhala path in 1997, when based in Washington, D.C. and has been a teacher in Shambhala since 2008. She coordinates the […]
