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Did you know that you can turn your everyday experiences into a profound practice of awakening? In this new online retreat, Pema Chödrön illuminates the Buddhist teachings of mind-training—practical teachings that free us from habitual, reactive patterns of the mind and open us to joy and unconditional compassion in each moment. Join us in this new journey of awakening the heart. 

And if your mind is untrained–if you regularly get caught in patterns of fear, discontent, anger, jealousy, or self-aggression–it can cause great suffering for yourself and others. How can you work with these deep patterns and move toward love, freedom, and genuine connection? The Buddhist teachings of lojong (mind-training) are aimed precisely at helping you to loosen self-fixation and open to universal compassion: the innate wisdom of your heart. 

In this immersive online retreat, renowned Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön guides you through the 59 slogans of lojong that you can apply to everyday life—giving this ancient practice a fresh relevance to modern life with her deep wisdom, kindness, and humor. Featuring brand new teachings, this course will help transform the way you respond to everyday struggles and infuse your life with loving-kindness and a profound connection to yourself and others.  

As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, colleague, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up.

Discover profound gratitude, even for difficult emotions and situations. 

Get tools for keeping a consistent practice to deepen your path.  

The Power of Letting Go

Committing to Practice

Transforming Problems into Gifts

Connecting to Compassion

Maintaining a Joyful Mind

Learn how to turn everything you encounter into fuel for your practice.

Awaken the heart of compassion, beginning with yourself. 

Learn to drop habitual patterns and not get swept away by reactivity.

Retail Price: $699

Special Price: $299

Share the gift of these transformative teachings! As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up.

In this 8-hour audio program, Pema Chödrön reminds us of the true essence of a spiritual path and how to practice: it is not a matter of self-improvement but about tapping into the limitless qualities we already have—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—which is our true nature.

Expand your library and deepen your study with 50% off all of Pema’s recommended reading list for this retreat.

Total Retail Value: $110  |  You Save: $55

• Become familiar with the Four Reminders, the foundation of mind-training practice that will inspire and support you in your retreat and beyond

• Learn shamatha, or calm-abiding meditation, to find space to pause and breathe in the midst of anything

• Recognize and connect with bodhichitta, the limitless capacity for wisdom and kindness that resides in you now

• Understand how the storylines of your mind magnify your suffering and how to stop feeding them

• Begin addressing daily obstacles and difficulties with humor, flexibility, and creativity

• Learn the practice of tonglen, and grow in compassion for all beings, including yourself

• Begin to find inner freedom by loosening your fixed ideas and habitual reactions to common triggers 

• Understand how you get stuck in attachment and what antidotes to apply

• Learn techniques for transforming adversity into inspiration and clearing your path to awakening bodhichitta

• Become familiar with the Five Strengths, a set of powerful teachings that can guide you through life… and through the end of life

• Learn to trust yourself and your situation: you have everything you need to awaken

• Befriend yourself and learn to let go of negative stories about who you are

• Expand the circle of compassion to include even people you find difficult

• Learn the 16 “Commitments of Mind Training,” crucial supports for making and keeping healthy commitments in your own life

• Avoid the trap of turning compassion into an “ego project” and establish good mental habits that will actually increase joy and reduce suffering

• Build equanimity and grow towards a steady mind through the midst of life’s changing circumstances

• Learn to recognize and correct misplaced priorities and create the conditions that will continue to support your practice

• Discover how to turn your mind-training practice into a lifelong path to maintain an enriching, meaningful, and compassionate life

Resting in Openness

Reversing the Flow of Ego

Turning Poison into Medicine

Instructions for Living and Dying

Committing to Love

Guidelines for Awakening

Buy One, Gift One

Audio Program from Pema

50% Discount on Books

Share the gift of transformation and insight

Perfect Just as You Are

Receive half off all books from Shambhala Publications on the course reading list.

Beloved Buddhist teacher, author, nun, and mother, Pema Chödrön has inspired millions of people from around the world who have been touched by her example and message of practicing peace in these turbulent times.

She has been teaching and writing extensively for many years, including authoring the best-selling books When Things Fall Apart and The Places That Scare You.

Pema first met her root teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection. At the request of the Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full monastic ordination in the Tibetan lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong.  She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for westerners in North America.

Everything you experience in your life,

YOU EXPERIENCE THROUGH YOUR MIND

About this Retreat

What You Will Learn

In this 6-week online retreat, Pema Chödrön will guide you through the stages of training your mind and opening your heart to loving-kindness. 

Begin the journey of compassion right away!

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Your Retreat Includes

Special Program Bonuses

Buy One, Gift One

Audio Program: Perfect Just As You Are

Coupon Code for 50% Off

All Recommended Readings

11 Hours of 4K Video Teachings

Facilitated Discussion Forums

Daily Slogan Emails

Printable Transcripts

Unlimited Access

Live Calls with Pema Chödrön

Home Practices and Contemplations

Live Meditation Sessions

Downloadable Audio Files

Retreat Summary

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Plus

About Your Teacher

And if your mind is untrained–if you regularly get caught in patterns of fear, discontent, anger, jealousy, or self-aggression–it can cause great suffering for yourself and others. How can you work with these deep patterns and move toward love, freedom, and genuine connection? The Buddhist teachings of lojong (mind-training) are aimed precisely at helping you to loosen self-fixation and open to universal compassion: the innate wisdom of your heart. 

In this immersive online retreat, renowned Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön guides you through the 59 slogans of lojong that you can apply to everyday life—giving this ancient practice a fresh relevance to modern life with her deep wisdom, kindness, and humor. Featuring brand new teachings, this course will help transform the way you respond to everyday struggles and infuse your life with loving-kindness and a profound connection to yourself and others.  

As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, colleague, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up. 

Everything you experience in your life,

YOU EXPERIENCE THROUGH YOUR MIND

About this Retreat

Begin the journey of compassion right away!

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Registration Open for a Limited Time!

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If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

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Retail Price: $598

Special Price: $299

Registration Open for a Limited Time!

Includes Buy One, Give One

Payment Plans Available

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE 

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course begin?

How long does it take to complete the course?

How long will I have access to the course?

How long will the discussion boards be available?

When are the live calls with Pema?

When are the live meditation sessions?

Can I still take this training without a desktop/laptop computer (for example, if I only have an iPad)?

What if I have technical difficulties with the course?

The course is available as soon as you register, and with the exception of the live elements, it does not have a specific start date. All lessons are available and you may go through the course materials at your own pace. The first live call with Pema will take place Saturday, October 22. The twice-weekly meditation sessions will begin on Sunday, October 23.

There are six lessons in the course and each lesson is designed to last a week. However, the course is flexible and you can work at your own pace, benefiting just as much from the course even if it takes you longer to go through it. We encourage you to download videos as you go through the course for your own personal use in the future. You will continue to have unlimited access to the course materials online as well.

Your access to the course is unlimited. It will not expire.

You will have unlimited access to the discussion boards. However, the facilitators will only be available to respond to questions about the teachings until December 3, 2022.

The live calls will take place on Saturday, October 22, from 2 to 3 p.m. (EDT) and Saturday, November 12, from 2 to 3 p.m. (EST). If you are joining us from outside the U.S., please note that Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) shifts to Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 6th, 2022, so the call time may be different for international participants. Recordings of the calls will be made available in the course for those who are unable to attend the calls or who would like to listen to them again.

The twice-weekly meditation sessions will be thirty minutes long and will take place every Sunday from 2–2:30 p.m. EDT/EST and every Wednesday from 2–2:30 p.m. EDT/EST between October 23 and November 23, 2022. If you are joining us from outside the U.S., please note that Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) shifts to Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 6th, 2022, so the session time may be different for international participants.

Yes, you can access this course using the browser on your device. However, please note that if you’d like to save any of the course materials, you will need to download to a computer first and then transfer the files to your device.

We have a dedicated course support person who can help you with any issues you may encounter in navigating or accessing the course. Please email course-support@shambhala.com if you have any questions.

Pema Chödrön

Course Excerpts

About this Retreat

Everything you experience in your life,

YOU EXPERIENCE THROUGH YOUR MIND

As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, colleague, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up. 

In this 6-week online retreat, Pema Chödrön will guide you through the stages of training your mind and opening your heart to loving-kindness.

What You

Will Learn

The Power of Letting Go

Learn to drop habitual patterns and not get swept away by reactivity. 

Become inspired and know how to keep a consistent practice to deepen your path.  

Discover profound gratitude, even for difficult emotions and situations.

Your Retreat

Includes

Retail Price: $598

Special Price: $299

Join

Retreat

the

Registration Open for a Limited Time!

Includes Buy One, Give One

Payment Plans Available

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE 

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

Special Program Bonuses

Share the gift of these transformative teachings! As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up.

In this 8-hour audio program, Pema Chödrön reminds us of the true essence of a spiritual path and how to practice: it is not a matter of self-improvement but about tapping into the limitless qualities we already have—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—which is our true nature.

Expand your library and deepen your study with 50% off all of Pema’s recommended reading list for this retreat.

Total Retail Value: $110

You Save: $55

Buy One, Gift One

Audio Program: Perfect Just As You Are

Coupon Code for 50% Off All Recommended Readings

Share the gift of these transformative teachings! As a special bonus for this course, you’ll have the option to gift a second enrollment to a friend, loved one, or anyone else at no additional cost right when you sign up.

In this 8-hour audio program, Pema Chödrön reminds us of the true essence of a spiritual path and how to practice: it is not a matter of self-improvement but about tapping into the limitless qualities we already have—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—which is our true nature.

Expand your library and deepen your study with 50% off all of Pema’s recommended reading list for this retreat.

Total Retail Value: $110  

You Save: $55

Buy One, Gift One

Audio Program: Perfect Just As You Are

Coupon Code for 50% Off All Recommended Readings

• Become familiar with the Four Reminders, the foundation of mind-training practice that will inspire and support you in your retreat and beyond

• Learn shamatha, or calm-abiding meditation, to find space to pause and breathe in the midst of anything

• Recognize and connect with bodhichitta, the limitless capacity for wisdom and kindness that resides in you now

• Understand how the storylines of your mind magnify your suffering and how to stop feeding them

• Begin addressing daily obstacles and difficulties with humor, flexibility, and creativity

• Learn the practice of tonglen, and grow in compassion for all beings, including yourself

• Begin to find inner freedom by loosening your fixed ideas and habitual reactions to common triggers 

• Understand how you get stuck in attachment and what antidotes to apply

• Learn techniques for transforming adversity into inspiration and clearing your path to awakening bodhichitta

• Become familiar with the Five Strengths, a set of powerful teachings that can guide you through life… and through the end of life

• Learn to trust yourself and your situation: you have everything you need to awaken

• Befriend yourself and learn to let go of negative stories about who you are 

• Expand the circle of compassion to include even people you find difficult

• Learn the 16 “Commitments of Mind Training,” crucial supports for making and keeping healthy commitments in your own life

• Avoid the trap of turning compassion into an “ego project” and establish good mental habits that will actually increase joy and reduce suffering

• Build equanimity and grow towards a steady mind through the midst of life’s changing circumstances

• Learn to recognize and correct misplaced priorities and create the conditions that will continue to support your practice

• Discover how to turn your mind-training practice into a lifelong path to maintain an enriching, meaningful, and compassionate life

Resting in Openness

Reversing the Flow of Ego

Turning Poison into Medicine

Instructions for Living and Dying

Committing to Love

Guidelines for Awakening

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Retreat Curriculum

Course Excerpts

11 Hours of 4K Video Teachings

Facilitated Discussion Forums

Daily Slogan Emails

Printable Transcripts

Unlimited Access

Live Calls with Pema Chödrön

Home Practices and Contemplations

Live Meditation Sessions

Downloadable Audio Files

Retreat Summary

Buy One, Gift One

Audio Program from Pema

50% Discount on Books

Share the gift of transformation and insight

Perfect Just as You Are

Receive half off all books from Shambhala Publications on the course reading list.

Plus

Everything you experience in your life,

YOU EXPERIENCE THROUGH YOUR MIND

Retail Price: $598

Special Price: $299

Join

Retreat

the

Registration Open for a Limited Time!

Includes Buy One, Give One

Payment Plans Available

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE 

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

Beloved Buddhist teacher, author, nun, and mother, Pema Chödrön has inspired millions of people from around the world who have been touched by her example and message of practicing peace in these turbulent times.

She has been teaching and writing extensively for many years, including authoring the best-selling books When Things Fall Apart and The Places That Scare You.

Pema first met her root teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection. At the request of the Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full monastic ordination in the Tibetan lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong.  She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for westerners in North America.

About Your Teacher

Testimonials

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course begin?

How long does it take to complete the course?

How long will I have access to the course?

How long will the discussion boards be available?

When are the live calls with Pema?

When are the live meditation sessions?

Can I still take this training without a desktop/laptop computer (for example, if I only have an iPad)?

What if I have technical difficulties with the course?

The course is available as soon as you register, and with the exception of the live elements, it does not have a specific start date. All lessons are available and you may go through the course materials at your own pace. The first live call with Pema will take place Saturday, October 22. The twice-weekly meditation sessions will begin on Sunday, October 23.

There are six lessons in the course and each lesson is designed to last a week. However, the course is flexible and you can work at your own pace, benefiting just as much from the course even if it takes you longer to go through it. We encourage you to download videos as you go through the course for your own personal use in the future. You will continue to have unlimited access to the course materials online as well.

Your access to the course is unlimited. It will not expire.

You will have unlimited access to the discussion boards. However, the facilitators will only be available to respond to questions about the teachings until December 3, 2022.

The live calls will take place on Saturday, October 22, from 2 to 3 p.m. (EDT) and Saturday, November 12, from 2 to 3 p.m. (EST). If you are joining us from outside the U.S., please note that Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) shifts to Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 6th, 2022, so the call time may be different for international participants. Recordings of the calls will be made available in the course for those who are unable to attend the calls or who would like to listen to them again.

The twice-weekly meditation sessions will be thirty minutes long and will take place every Sunday from 2–2:30 p.m. EDT/EST and every Wednesday from 2–2:30 p.m. EDT/EST between October 23 and November 23, 2022. If you are joining us from outside the U.S., please note that Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) shifts to Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 6th, 2022, so the session time may be different for international participants.

Yes, you can access this course using the browser on your device. However, please note that if you’d like to save any of the course materials, you will need to download to a computer first and then transfer the files to your device.

We have a dedicated course support person who can help you with any issues you may encounter in navigating or accessing the course. Please email course-support@shambhala.com if you have any questions.

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

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Bodhicitta

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Vibes

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How Strong Is Your Commitment

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Excerpt #2: How Strong Is Your Commitment?