Ongoing Offerings
BSMC offers a rich array of weekly ongoing offerings free to the public. No prior meditation experience required to attend. Most programs offer meditation instruction upon request. All are welcome. Click on the individual offerings for more information.
Open Public Sitting Hours
Learn to Meditate Classes
Introductory
Resilient Parenting
with Phyllis Mark
May 16th—October 10th
Ten lessons based on the Parami - qualities to practice that keep us from acting from the place of "me first." Working with these paramis, we learn to interact with others more authentically. Therefore... we can use these paramis to become more connected Continue »
Foundations for Freedom: The Hinayana Course III - The Second Noble Truth: The Origins of Suffering, Part II - The Wheel of Life, Karma and the Twelve Nidanas
with Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown & Loden Nyima
September 6th—October 25th
The Birmingham Shambhala Center is excited to present the third in a series of five courses from Shambhala Online exploring the profundity of the Hinayana teachings of the Buddha. Continue »
Introduction to Shambhala: Buddhadharma as the Mountain, Shambhala as the Rivers and Trees
with Shastri Janet Bronstein
October 3rd
We are invited to this program that Shastri Janet Bronstein is presenting on Zoom for the Hoosier Heartland Shambhala Group in Bloomington, Indiana. Continue »
Learn to Meditate
November 14th
In this introductory class you will receive the technique, guidance and experience necessary to start a mindfulness-awareness or "peaceful abiding" meditation practice. Continue »
