Meditation in the City: A Shambhala Podcast Shambhala Meditation Center of New York

This episode will explore how meditation can be seen as an act of loving kindness that helps calm the turmoil and build resilience and emotional balance. We can look into the face of our fear and recognize anxiety-based behaviors that actually increase fear and isolation, and turn instead toward healing and reconnection.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

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Joseph Mauricio is a long time student of Shambhala Buddhism as well as an Author, Speaker, Coach, Teacher and Chaplain. As the founder of L I F E W O R K Mindfulness Based Coaching Services, Joe offers Buddhist and Shambhala Training principles to help private and corporate clients manifest lives of dignity, sanity and strength.

The Holidays are a season of joy, gratitude, family and friends … and anxiety, sadness, chaos and conflict. In this episode, we begin to unpack this contradiction, and investigate the role of mindfulness in helping us navigate the holiday season. This talk was recorded in 2017, and is part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice and relevant as we approach this year’s holiday season.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

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Filomena Leonardi has been practicing in the Shambhala tradition since 2009 and a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 2016. She is a partner at a global consulting firm, focusing on leadership development. Through her work as an executive coach, she aspires to bring the principles of Shambhala Dharma to the corporate world.  Originally born and raised in Milan, Italy, Filomena has lived in several cities, including London and Sydney. She has made  New York City her home since 2005. In her (limited!) spare time, Filomena is an enthusiastic ceramics student at Greenwich House Pottery, and considers clay and the wheel her very first mindfulness teachers.

Societal pressures may cause us to limit our genuine expression. Together we will explore the benefits of staying true to ourselves, and discuss how to do that in our lives and workplaces.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

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Gayle Van Gils is the award-winning author of Happier at Work: The Power of Love to Transform the Workplace, a practical guide for developing the powers of attention, stress reduction, curiosity, collaboration and compassion. She is also the creator of the hugely popular course, Smart Tips: Wellness hosted by Udemy for Business, offering inspiration and guidance to upgrade one’s physical, emotional, social and financial wellbeing.  Her intuitive, direct, and caring process supports greater focus, engagement and connection, and a productive and compassionate workplace.

Gayle has an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, and is a certified instructor of Search Inside Yourself, the mindfulness and emotional intelligence training developed and proven at Google. She is the founder of the consulting, training, and coaching company Transform Your Culture, and is a senior meditation teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. She is a popular mindfulness teacher on the app Simple Habit, and a Goleman EI meta-coach, helping leaders and other coaches to deepen their Emotional Intelligence.  Through her teachings both in person and through online courses, Gayle has helped thousands of people find more peace, energy, inspiration, joy and success in their lives and businesses.

Is there such a thing as inner wealth, a true abundance of spirit deeper and more reliable than material wealth?

This episode is a part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

Email us at podcast@shambhalanyc.org. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please leave us a rating and review.

Remember to tell all your friends about the podcast and follow/subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud!

Joseph Mauricio is a long time student of Shambhala Buddhism as well as an Author, Speaker, Coach, Teacher and Chaplain. As the founder of L I F E W O R K Mindfulness Based Coaching Services, Joe offers Buddhist and Shambhala Training principles to help private and corporate clients manifest lives of dignity, sanity and strength. 

In this episode, we discuss the view and practice of lovingkindness. Meditation gives us more confidence in our compassionate and kind nature. Is this a practical way to live in the modern world?

This episode is a part of our podcast series on compassion and tonglen practice.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

Email us at podcast@shambhalanyc.org. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please leave us a rating and review.

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Natalie Baker is a licensed psychotherapist focusing on treating clients with conditions such as PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She has been a student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and Shambhala Buddhism since the 90s.

 

 

The key to living an artful life is to relax into our sense experience and not try to manipulate it or use it for personal gain. Then we realize that the world is an open field of confident experience, constantly refreshing us to face the hassles in our world with genuine grace.

If you enjoy this talk and are an artist based in NYC, we invite you to join us for a four-week Contemplative Arts course led by Bryan Wade, Rachel Faro, Alison Pepper, and Betsy Kenyon beginning tomorrow evening (10/11) at 7 p.m. at the Nalandabodhi Center in NYC. To learn more and register now, click here.

Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast!

Email us at podcast@shambhalanyc.org. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please leave us a rating and review.

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Bryan Wade is a musician, and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. He has practiced Shambhala Buddhist meditation since 1995 and taught meditation since 2004 in NYC, Vermont and Colorado. Bryan has studied closely with Shambhala teaching artists Jack Niland and Madeline Bruser, co-teaching classes with each of them. He has been a music educator since 1998, focusing on private guitar lessons and has recently created Authentic Musician Performance Training, a course for integrating musical skill with performance confidence. Bryan writes and performs as a singer/songwriter and bandleader, incorporating influences from rock, folk, blues, jazz and world music.