Program
Shambhala Ritual Academy
Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27, 2014, with Suzann Duquette
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- When
- Friday to Sunday April 25 to 27, 2014
- Program fee
- $300.00
- Who can come
- All ages Under 18 with a parent or guardian registered for the same dates
- Places
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About this program
$200 repeater rate. Materials fee is $48. 3 teacher rooms. 3 supporting roles need room-maybe a shared room?? 1 coordinator shared room (2 female coordinators). Acharya DUquette needs to know about the dathun being here (dathun teacher in 108?) Kim is prepping and liaison.
Prerequisites
Shambhala Vajrayana practitioners who are an umdze or chöpön, or wish to make umdze or chöpön training a major part of their ongoing practice path. The next few academies will be held regionally, and attendance at one of these will be a pre-requisite for applying to an international academy with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to be scheduled in the next year or two.
Your teachers

Suzann Duquette
Suzann Duquette began her lifelong exploration of Mudra in 1974 as part of the Berkeley Mudra Space Awareness Group led by Dr. Craig Warren Smith. Suzann views the power of embodied awareness as essential to awakening, and Mudra, as taught by Chögyam Trungpa, as a profound method for tasting direct experience and bringing embodiment into effective action in all aspects of our lives. Among many Mudra gatherings and...
More about Suzann DuquetteWalker Blaine
Walker Blaine has studied and practiced in the Shambhala tradition for 35 years. For the last ten years, his primary focus in the community has been background support of the Shambhala path through composition of practice instructions, program support, transcription coordination, Tibetan translation work, and caring for the texts and instructions of the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Walker’s ebook, The Great River...
More about Walker BlaineAndrea Doukas
Andrea Doukas has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism since 1973, and has served as Director of the Halifax Shambhala Centre and Director of the international Office of Practice and Education. She currently serves as Director of the Shambhala Chöpön Corps and core faculty for the Shambhala Ritual Academy. As well as extensive experience as a chöpön and teacher in the Shambhala Community, she has a Masters degree ...
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