Your Guide to Mindfulness and Meditation
Meditation Resources
Discover Mindfulness Meditation
How to Meditate
Meditation works with the natural state of the human mind—at rest, open, and alert. Practiced regularly, meditation helps the mind to relax and settle, and encourages our inherent qualities of stability, clarity, and mental strength to emerge.
This introductory video gives you the basic instruction you need to begin your meditation practice.
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Join our Meditation Community
Meditate with Us
We’re here to support your meditation journey! Starting and maintaining a meditation practice is difficult to accomplish on your own. Join us for group meditation practice and access to our experienced meditation instructors.
Group Meditation Practice Opportunities
We hold regular introductory events and open houses where we offer meditation instruction, as well as periods of sitting and walking meditation. Many gatherings also include short talks, discussion groups, and time to socialize with other meditators.
Join a “Learn Basic Meditation Technique” workshop
We hold monthly Saturday morning workshops. Get practical, individiualized instruction about breathing, posture, and working with your thoughts from seasoned teachers. Try it out and ask questions about your experience. Deal with the noise/storyline in your head!
Connect with a Meditation Instructor
Meeting regularly with a meditation instructor is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your meditation practice. Our experienced meditation instructors provide ongoing, one-to-one meditation instruction, free of charge to our members. Get connected here. [link to active MI mug shots]
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expand your practice and study WITH ONLINE RESOURCES
Access a World of Wisdom
The Shambhala community offers a wealth of opportunities to grow, including a wide variety of online resources, including blogs, Shambhala Online, which is host to regular live-streamed classes and events as well as a growing library of courses to explore at your own pace, and our community retreat centres. Whether you are taking a course in your home or joining as a group at the Shambhala Centre, centuries of wisdom from around the world is available with just a few clicks.
Discover Our Community
The Portland Shambhala Meditation Center
Proudly serving meditation practitioners in Portland since 1982, the Portland Shambhala Center offers public meditation, spiritual teachings in the Shambhala and Buddhist traditions, and a vibrant community of fellow meditators.
Everyone is welcome in our community. Our purpose is to help people of all traditions discover their innate wisdom by offering teachings on meditation in accord with our view that human beings are basically good.
