Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Center

23/02/2026

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18/02/2026

Today is the lunar calendar new year, which is celebrated widely in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as Losar. This year we're entering into the Fire Horse year.

In Tibetan astrology, the Year of the Horse is associated with qualities of energy, independence, optimism, free-spiritedness – and being very active. It is a time where natural leadership qualities can easily emerge and come to the fore. It is also a year during which there is a strong desire for freedom and self-reliance is a primary trait, as horses do not like being constrained by rules, routines, or authority and prefer to follow their own path. The element of Fire in the upcoming Year of the Horse brings us a year that could feel even more intense and dynamic, with great enthusiasm for new projects and activities. It could also mean more impulsivity and volatility, so one should take care to maintain a good seat of steadiness and strength, while still embracing the natural zest and passion of the Fire Horse Year.

Sending all good wishes, and many blessings! 💛 ✨🌟💫

26/01/2026

🧘‍♀️ Sunday Morning Yoga, 11 am to 12 noon at the Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Center

Start your Sunday by slowing down and tuning in. This nourishing morning yoga class offers gentle, mindful movement designed to help you stretch, soften, and reconnect in a calm, welcoming space.

Let go of performance and move at your own pace in a feel-good practice focused on ease, mobility, and relaxation. The class draws on softer styles of yoga, blending the meditative stillness of Yin with the grounding balance of Hatha yoga—perfect for easing into the day with clarity and calm.

✨ Open to all levels
🌿 Supportive, contemplative atmosphere

Led by Flor, a certified yoga teacher originally from Uruguay and raised in Switzerland. Shaped by her studies and travels throughout Europe, India, and Southeast Asia, Flor approaches yoga as a practice of listening—both inwardly and to the world around us.

🗓 Sundays in February, from 11 am to 12 noon
📍 Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Center
🧘 Please bring your own yoga mat
💛 Drop-in class | No registration required
🙏 Suggested donation: 300–500 THB
Come as you are, and leave feeling relaxed, open, and refreshed.

20/12/2025

Ready to slow down before the New Year? ✨
Join us for a three-day meditation retreat in the heart of Bangkok — a peaceful space to reset, deepen your practice, and welcome 2026 with clarity & calm.
🧘‍♂️ No experience needed — all are welcome.
Register & save your spot: bangkok.shambhala.info
📅 Dec 26–28
🕤 9:30am–5:30pm daily
📍 Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Center
👤 Led by resident meditation instructor, Jamie Reinhardt.
☕ Comfortable clothing • Tea breaks included • Meditation instruction provided
✨ Meditate. Reflect. Reconnect.

20/12/2025

The Meditation in Everyday Life course provides students with the introductory tools and teachings for working with meditation in our everyday life while working and managing our responsibilities and connections. With simple instructions and support, mindfulness meditation practice can become part of our lives, bringing great stability, strength and clarity. We experience what happens when we stop avoiding ourselves, and start simply being with whatever is going on in our lives. Through this course, students learn to cultivate courage and stability in the daily complexities of jobs, responsibilities, relationships, and the everyday desires, concerns and uncertainties we all face.

Class description:
Class 1: Introduction to Meditation: Basic Goodness and Becoming Familiar with Equanimity
Class 2: Using Mindfulness and Awareness to Gather the Mind and Work with Emotions
Class 3: Overcoming the Obstacles to Meditation
Class 4: Willing to Open: The Genuine Heart
Class 5: Meditation as a Transformational Tool for Society

In every class there will be periods of group meditation, presentations on the topics listed above, discussions, dialogues and contemplative exercises. There are also readings and study material to support and supplement the curriculum taught in the classes. Students should plan to attend every class, if possible. The first and last class are especially important.

Register on our website at: https://bangkok.shambhala.info/calendar-details/?id=825152
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24/08/2025

In our meditation practice we start from the view of basic goodness, and we're practicing having love and compassion for ourselves as we are.

14/05/2025

Join us for a meditation, reading and discussion class every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm - 8pm. Join by Google Meet or attend the class in person at the Shambhala Center.

This weekly event includes group meditation, followed by reading of a chapter from the current book, followed by group discussion on the material,  plus refreshments and social time at the end.

This is a wonderful opportunity to meditate in a supportive group setting, learn about the principles of meditation, and to meet and mingle with fellow practitioners (bring your friends)! We welcome both newcomers and familiar faces. No previous experience needed. Come to one class, or come every week.

This is a drop-in session. No previous attendance, registration, or fee is required to attend. Suggested Donation 100 Baht (minimum). The Bangkok Shambhala Center (which is a Thai non-profit Association) remains open because of the ongoing generosity of our members and program participants.

04/04/2025

Stop by for meditation at the Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Center, near the BTS Asok station, on Sukhumvit Soi 23. See the listing of programs and classes on our website at https://bangkok.shambhala.info/calendar-view
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28/03/2025

FYI, the meditation intensive scheduled for tomorrow morning has been cancelled. We're planning to resume the regular class schedule for the rest of the weekend, if everything is ok in Bangkok tomorrow.

26/02/2025

"To think that you will be happy by becoming something else is delusion. Becoming something else just exchanges one form of suffering for another form of suffering.

But when you are content with who you are now, junior or senior, married or single, rich or poor, then you are free of suffering."

-Ajahn Brahm

14/02/2025

"In the moment of love the empty essence dawns nakedly." ~ the third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje

12/01/2025

Our Holiday Season Meditation Retreat was a great success. We had 20 people join over the period of the five days, in which we meditated for a total of 30 hours! Thanks to everyone who joined the practice and to the volunteers who helped make it happen!