Best Meditation Center Scottsdale 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:
Tired of being grumpy at work and at home, and don’t like who you’re becoming?


Frustrated about dealing with health issues and medications that can’t seem to fix them?


Paul Sugar is a certified MBSR Instructor in Phoenix, Arizona Metro Area with over 45 years of Mindfulness and Meditation Instruction experience.


The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program (MBSR) was pioneered by Jon Kabat Zinn, PhD at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center’s Center for Mindfulness over 40 years ago. Since then over 6000 studies have been published worldwide attesting to the effectiveness of the program. The effects of stress can be felt physically, mentally and emotionally and the studies delve into all of these categories and more. We define mindfulness as paying attention moment by moment on purpose and without judgement.

The practice of mindfulness has been around for thousands of years and the far reaching benefits have been attested to by practitioners over the centuries. Mindfulness can now be found in practically every segment of our lives including, but not limited to, healthcare, academics, the arts, sports, business and peak performance. It has spawned other related programs such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy(MBCT), Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Program for Depression, Mindful Eating Programs and Mindfulness in the Schools just to name a few.

Along with all the other benefits, as the practice of mindfulness unfolds in your life it can be recognized by a sense of experiencing life more fully along with a deeper sense of peace, compassion and feeling of well being. There is a renewed sense of being connected to yourself and the world around you….a renewed sense of curiosity, resilience and the adventure of life. So become a Phoenix mindfulness enthusiast, begin the adventure now!

You will be guided step-by-step through the mindfulness experience that allows you to reduce stress, experience inner peace, and focus on peak performance.

The program gives you access to the personal guidance of Paul Sugar, who has guided over a thousand people through this life-transforming Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction process. He completed the advanced MBSR teacher training at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1994. The program was pioneered by Jon Kabat Zinn. Paul is a Certified MBSR instructor through The Center for Mindfulness at the UCSD Medical School and is a Mentor there for candidates for MBSR Certification. Paul has been practicing and teaching mindfulness for over 40 years. The typical class size is 15- 25 people. Many of the participants bond through the transformational experience and they look forward to reunions!

We offer a variety of services, including classes, retreats, and videos

Live online classes available! MBSR Class includes Mindfulness Meditation, Mindful Movement, and Mindfulness in everyday life.

Going on retreat is a gift to yourself. It’s not often we give ourselves the time and space to simply be our true selves…

Videos and podcasts are available to help you experience a deeper sense of peace and well being.

The program gives you access to the personal guidance of Paul Sugar, who has guided over a thousand people through this Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction process.

What are the benefits of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program?

Many participants notice their physical, mental, and emotional pain issues decrease; strained family relationships find new paths to healing; conflicts at work become more manageable. After only 8 weeks they realize that this is just the beginning and that more opportunities for healing and beyond lie before them.

Paul’s class was wonderful. I have taken the class twice and each time was great. I learned about myself and how to relax my mind and body, and that this takes practice for everyone. Paul made this class simple and easy to practice! Thank you Paul!

4worldlovers: We are the premiere yoga studio in North Scottsdale, offering yoga classes, meditation, holistic healing therapies, wellness workshops, and retreats.

We welcome all races, religions, countries of origin, sexual orientations, genders, body types, and shapes!

In-studio and Zoom classes are now available. Register now for the class that suits your needs and schedule.

Harumi founded the HarumiYoga+ Holistic Healing and Meditation Center in 2012 in North Scottsdale, Arizona. Her mission is to focus on the body-mind connection, promote healthy living and inspire students.

Harumi integrates her intensive experience in the traditions of the Kripalu School of Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prana Flow, Yin Yoga and various styles of Meditation into her teaching. In her classes, Harumi combines these practices with further insights gained during world-wide trainings. She studied meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh, Bhante Sujatha, Joan Halifax, Roshi, Jokai Blackwell Sensei and Tenshin Roshi (both of the Yokoji Meditation Center).

We believe strongly in supporting our community. Room rentals are available for workshops, individual therapy sessions and group lessons.

Our community arts gallery is located in our reception area and is open to the public. The gallery promotes, consigns and exhibits the work of local artists and artisans. The gallery programming provides a range of services, exhibitions and activities that engage the public as well as support the efforts of our local artists/artisans.

We also offer private Japanese tea ceremonies (Cha No Yu) and private Japanese flower arrangement lessons (Ikebana).

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.

4worldlovers: Attend a group info session (in person or online) to learn more about TM from a certified TM instructor, including why it’s unique, how it works, and what makes it so effective. Duration: 1 hour

To ensure the success of each student, the TM technique is taught exclusively by certified TM instructors.

These personalized and comprehensive sessions will give you a solid foundation for a lifetime of benefits from your TM practice.

Visit a TM Center for 2 hrs on 4 consecutive days to learn TM

Visit a TM Center once, then continue at home and online

Though the TM course sets you up to practice TM self-sufficiently, we’re here to offer support and guidance whenever you need it.

Enjoy access to personal one-on-one "tune-ups" of your TM practice, group meditation sessions, TM refresher courses, and online resources.

Get in touch with certified TM instructors all across the U.S. to ask your questions and receive additional support and guidance.

With videos, key takeaways, and tips, the TM app is filled with resources to be confident and consistent with your new TM practice.

Online and in-person group meditations help you stay on track with your meditation goals and build connections with your local and global TM community.

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 4 installments. We use an honor system and trust in your integrity.

We also offer partial scholarships to deserving individuals in need. Contact your local TM instructor for details.

The authentic TM technique can only be learned from a certified TM instructor in a course carefully personalized for each individual.

All certified TM instructors have successfully completed an intensive in-residence TM Teacher Training Course, and they maintain their certification through ongoing professional courses.

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.