"They've always been worried about 'Who's going to get me? Who's going to shoot me?' Now it's, 'Oh my God, there's a place where I can relax. I have a choice.' It slows them down from the constant pounding in their heads."
The Shambhala community draws on a wide variety of contemplative traditions. The core practice is mindfulness-awareness meditation. Instruction follows the tradition of oral transmission from teacher to student