Best Vipassana Meditation Centers In Phoenix Near Me

4worldlovers:
Shambhala is a global community. There are more than 170 centers and groups around the world, as well as thousands of individual members. Shambhala Meditation Centers offer courses in meditation and other contemplative arts and disciplines, and also host community gatherings, celebrations, and family events. In community life, we endeavor to put into practice the principles of courage and compassion. This helps us to experience daily life as a constant opportunity for spiritual practice and social service.

You are invited to join the meditation sessions on this site via Zoom. The event and the relevant Zoom link can be found on the Center’s monthly calendar. Occasionally a separate link is required as listed on the class details.

Shambhala is an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. More →

4worldlovers:
When I read the title of the Global Shaktipat Intensive, “The Heart Is the Haven: Behold the Light of Joy and Experience Calm,” the first thing I realized was that offering seva is what always connects me with “the light of joy” that is in my heart, and which is reflected in my life in general.


Recently, I had the opportunity to offer seva once again after a long period of not doing so. When I was serving in my community, I experienced a long blissful state of tranquility that reminded me how blessed I am to have access to this state and to emerge from it toward my life, even in the most challenging moments.


I am so grateful to my beloved Guru, whose teachings are my life force.

As I read the title of the Shaktipat Intensive for October, my entire body and mind relaxed and became very serene and centered. Any cares or stresses, conscious or unconscious, dissipated into peaceful contentment.

For me this is the beauty of the Shaktipat Intensive. It embraces me with the experience of the theme of the Intensive, and then I make the effort to embrace the experience. The Intensive is another form that the grace of the Guru takes.

It is such divine news that we will receive shaktipat diksha from Shri Guru during the Shaktipat Intensive. I feel so blessed and fortunate that in today’s era Gurumayi herself is going to bestow divine initiation. I am always grateful to Shri Guru for this.

It thrills my heart to even imagine once again attending a Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Intensive! I can hardly wait for October!

A mentor of mine introduced me to the Siddha Yoga path when I was a young adult. I attended some satsangs and enjoyed the community, the music, and the fellowship. I also remember chanting at a Siddha Yoga satsang on one New Year’s Day and being mystified by the glow of enlightened energy that was generated. I remember thinking, “That’s how the world can heal.” It was very beautiful to experience.

Recently I’ve been guided back to this path, and I am so grateful for the timing of this Shaktipat Intensive and the perfection of its theme. I’m excited and honored to be able to look forward to participating in it.

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As a non-profit organization, we’re committed to making the TM technique and its benefits accessible to as many people as possible. To honor this mission, the TM course fee is income-based and can be paid in four installments.

Imagine trying to learn a musical instrument or sport. You know how valuable it is for a good teacher to show you the proper technique.

Similarly, individualized instruction by certified TM instructors ensures a personal and intuitive learning experience, allowing students to learn the technique with ease & precision and establish a lasting TM practice.

There is no other way to learn the authentic TM technique — and there is no evidence that anything else provides the full range of benefits documented in the published research on TM.

The TM technique allows your mind to naturally transcend, or easily settle inward, to quieter and quieter levels of thought, until you experience the most silent and peaceful level of your own awareness.

No problem at all. Unlike other forms of meditation, the TM technique involves no concentration, no control of the mind, no contemplation, no monitoring of thoughts. It is completely effortless.

The TM technique's effectiveness is the same whether you believe it will work or are completely skeptical. That's because it automatically and effortlessly allows your active thinking mind to settle down to a state of deep inner calm.

In mindfulness meditation you monitor your thoughts, feelings, breathing, and bodily sensations, without judging them. This keeps your mind engaged on the active level of thinking, as do many other forms of meditation.

What we don’t often realize is that, beneath the active surface, the mind already has a deep level of calm, like the settled depth of the ocean beneath the waves. The Transcendental Meditation technique facilitates transcending –effortlessly opening our awareness to this deeper, peaceful level of the mind.