Gaylon Ferguson, PhD, is a senior teacher in the Shambhala and Buddhist traditions who has been leading meditation retreats since 1976. He was a member of Naropa University’s core faculty and is the author of Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With. Additionally, his article, “Making Friends with Ourselves,” was selected for inclusion in The Best Buddhist Writing 2005 and his essay “No Color, All Colors” appears in the book, Mindful Politics.
Events with Gaylon Ferguson
2023 Snow Lion Winter RetreatDecember 27, 2023 - January 2, 2024
This hybrid retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake, with a Zoom option available. It is open to all beginning and experienced meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. We live in challenging times. Practicing mindfulness together invites steadiness and stability, a settled confident openness to the personal and societal struggles of daily life. Awareness rises like the full moon of insight into compassion-emptiness, limitless loving-kindness for all living beings. In addition to daily meditation practice, participants hear talks, have lively group conversations about practice and meditation in action, engage in…
2023 Snow Lion - Zoom OptionDecember 27, 2023 - January 2, 2024
This hybrid retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake, with a Zoom option available. It is open to all beginning and experienced meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. We live in challenging times. Practicing mindfulness together invites steadiness and stability, a settled confident openness to the personal and societal struggles of daily life. Awareness rises like the full moon of insight into compassion-emptiness, limitless loving-kindness for all living beings. In addition to daily meditation practice, participants hear talks, have lively group conversations about practice and meditation in action, engage in…
