Changes Due to COVID-19

The Austin Shambhala Center is currently closed. All on-site events are indefinitely suspended in order to mitigate the spread of the virus.  We will be monitoring reports from local, state and national health advisors to determine when it is safe for us to resume programming.

Please check our website regularly in order to learn about meetings and programs we are offering online.

It’s easy to feel disoriented, fearful and lonely in times such as this. Please use technology (phones, Zoom, Skype) to reach out to one another. This is also a good time to practice, read, do home retreats, garden, cook, take walks, clean that closet, and all those things we always said we wish we had more time to do. It is a good time to invoke the essence of the teachings we have received and give them a good test run: equanimity, lovingkindness, patience, generosity, discipline and skillful actions toward ourselves and others.

If you need special support, please contact David Maynard, head of Societal Health & Wellbeing, at [email protected]  This will likely be a very challenging time, especially as the weeks proceed. Please reach out for support!

Lauren Newton, center director