Take your seat in a free “virtual retreat” with Pema Chödrön

If you've already received your July 2012 Shambhala Sun magazine, you may have seen our mention of a "virtual retreat" that Pema Chödrön will leading on July 14, her 76th birthday.

Pema is spending almost the entire year in solitary meditation, and this virtual retreat is a special opportunity for fans and students to connect with and honor her by way of practice. Created by the Pema Chödrön Foundation, the retreat will explore the theme of Practicing Peace, by way of an exclusive Pema teaching specially filmed for the occasion. More on the retreat after the jump.

The Pema Chödrön Foundation explains: "She's invited all of you to take half of that day (or longer) as a retreat. You could do this alone at home, or gather with friends to share in this experience. Pema filmed a teaching just for this occasion, with advice, encouragement and meditation instruction. To have her friends and students, from around the globe, 'practicing peace' on her birthday would be a wonderful offering to Pema.

More information about registering for the retreat is available here, or on the Foundation's Facebook page. There's no cost to doing this, though donations are welcome and will go to the support of a project that is dear to Pema's heart, the building of a retreat center for the threatened Tsoknyi Gebchak Ling lineage of Tibetan nuns.

For more of Pema's teachings, look for "Signs of Spiritual Progress" in our July magazine. Also, an exclusive excerpt from Pema's new book, Living Beautifully, will be featured in our November 2012 magazine.

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