Pema Chödrön Live
How do you want to spend 2025? Where do you want to center your attention? And what do you hope to achieve in the coming year?
Break free from negative patterns and find the courage to face your fears with a special series of four live video calls with Pema Chödrön, respected Buddhist teacher and best-selling author of When Things Fall Apart. This virtual program offers a unique opportunity to engage with Pema’s profound wisdom and compassionate teachings in an intimate setting.
Pema Chödrön’s teachings are celebrated for their compassion, humor, and practical wisdom. In this exclusive program, Pema will discuss universal human challenges like fear, anger, and disappointment. Her style is gentle yet direct, offering encouragement and supportive practices to find ease even in our most vulnerable moments.
This is your opportunity to ask questions of this beloved teacher, to immerse yourself in Pema’s teachings, and to emerge with the tools to navigate life’s ups and downs with an unwavering sense of purpose, confidence, and ease.
How do you want to spend 2025? Where do you want to center your attention? And what do you hope to achieve in the coming year?
Have her warm and wise teachings via live events, audio programs, and online courses helped you grow as a person and get through your most difficult times?
Pema Chödrön’s teachings are celebrated for their compassion, humor, and practical wisdom. In this exclusive program, Pema will discuss universal human challenges like fear, anger, and disappointment. Her style is gentle yet direct, offering encouragement and supportive practices to find ease even in our most vulnerable moments.
This is your opportunity to ask questions of this beloved teacher, to immerse yourself in Pema’s teachings, and to emerge with the tools to navigate life’s ups and downs with an unwavering sense of purpose, confidence, and ease.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
Pema Chödrön Live includes additional weekly inspirational content on four subjects that are integral to her teachings and form the basis of a more mindful and less reactive life. Each subject will culminate in a live Q&A session with Pema, with an introduction and guided meditation session led by her co-teacher, Tim Olmsted. The weekly email content (a selection of quotes, videos, audio pulled from Pema’s work, and journal prompts reflecting on each topic) will help prepare you in the weeks leading up to each live call. Tim will also be leading the community in three additional live Zoom Q&A calls throughout the year.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
Pema Chödrön Live includes additional weekly inspirational content on four subjects that are integral to her teachings and form the basis of a more mindful and less reactive life. Each subject will culminate in a live Q&A session with Pema, with an introduction and guided meditation session led by her co-teacher, Tim Olmsted. The weekly email content (a selection of quotes, videos, audio pulled from Pema’s work, and journal prompts reflecting on each topic) will help prepare you in the weeks leading up to each live call. Tim will also be leading the community in three additional live Zoom Q&A calls throughout the year.
How to Find Common Ground
Forge deeper connections and find common ground in an increasingly divided world.
Pema suggests that by acknowledging our shared human experiences—such as vulnerability, fear, and the desire for happiness—we can foster a sense of connection and empathy. This perspective allows us to move away from judgment, fear, and blame to a position of openness, compassion, and realism about life and relationships. By embracing openness, curiosity, and a willingness to listen, we can create a space where mutual understanding and respect can flourish, paving the way for finding common ground. Live call January 12, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (EST)
How to Live the Bodhisattva Way
Embody the Bodhisattva’s compassion and uplift those around you.
Living the bodhisattva way, as Pema Chödrön teaches, calls us to actively cultivate compassion, wisdom, and selflessness, with the intention of benefitting all beings. By embodying these qualities in our everyday actions, we align ourselves with the bodhisattva path—life becomes a continuous practice of committing to the well-being of others. Live call April 12, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
How to Break Bad Habits
Identify and release the habits that hold you back from your true potential.
Pema offers insightful guidance on breaking bad habits by cultivating mindfulness, self-compassion, and a willingness to embrace discomfort. By integrating these practices into your daily life, you can gradually weaken the hold of bad habits and create space for more intentional and positive behaviors. Live call July 27, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
How to Confront Fear
Embrace your fears and discover the strength and resilience within you.
Pema Chödrön provides compassionate and practical guidance on confronting fear by encouraging us to face it directly and work with it mindfully. By integrating these approaches into your life, you can develop a healthier relationship with fear, transforming it from a barrier into a pathway for personal growth and transformation. Live call October 12, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Can’t join the entire year? While the best deal is to join for the year, you can sign up for individual calls as well. CLICK HERE to purchase an individual call for $49.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Four 75-minute Zoom Q&A sessions spread throughout the year, with Pema herself, delving into her most essential teachings. Each call will begin with a 30-minute intro teaching/guided meditation session led by Tim Olmsted.
Three one-hour live Zoom Q&A calls with Tim Olmsted, Pema’s longtime trusted co-teacher for many events.
Bonus weekly quotes, video excerpts, audio teachings, and writing prompts, direct to your inbox for all of 2025, except on weeks with a live call.
Can’t make it live or want to rewatch a session? You’ll have lifetime access to video and audio recordings.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Four 75-minute Zoom Q&A sessions spread throughout the year, with Pema herself, delving into her most essential teachings. Each call will begin with a 30-minute intro teaching/guided meditation session led by Tim Olmsted.
Three one-hour live Zoom Q&A calls with Tim Olmsted, Pema’s longtime trusted co-teacher for many events.
Bonus weekly quotes, video excerpts, audio teachings, and writing prompts, direct to your inbox for all of 2025, except on weeks with a live call.
Can’t make it live or want to rewatch a session years? You’ll have lifetime access to video and audio recordings.
Featuring live video calls, guided meditation sessions, and weekly inspiration for all of 2025
SLIDING SCALE
I’m not in a place financially to pay the standard rate.
$99
STANDARD PRICE
I can support the standard event price.
$149
PATRON PRICE
I can afford to contribute more and want to support fellowships.
$199
SLIDING SCALE
I’m not in a place financially to pay the standard rate.
$99
STANDARD PRICE
I can support the standard event price.
$149
PATRON PRICE
I can afford to contribute more and want to support fellowships.
$199
Registration open for a limited time. Refunds available until January 3rd.
50% of all proceeds go to the Pema Chödrön Foundation, which supports and encourages Buddhist monasticism and the Buddhist tradition worldwide, and manifest the Buddhist vision by providing support and assistance to community-based organizations that serve marginalized populations such as distressed families (especially children and teens), abused individuals, the incarcerated, and people in recovery.
We want anyone who is able to benefit from the wisdom expressed in this series to be able to join it. For anyone who cannot afford the series, a fellowship rate is available. Apply here.
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Pema Chödrön is a beloved Buddhist teacher, author, nun, and mother. She has inspired millions of people from around the world who have been touched by her example and message of practicing peace in these turbulent times.
She has been teaching and writing extensively for many years, including authoring the best-selling books When Things Fall Apart and The Places That Scare You.
Pema first met her root teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection. At the request of the Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full monastic ordination in the Tibetan lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for Westerners in North America.
Tim Olmsted has been a student of meditation for the past 50 years. For twelve of those years, Tim lived in Nepal, working as a psychotherapist serving the international community. There he studied with many of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, principally the renowned meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. After returning to the United States, Tim and his wife, Glenna, moved to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where he served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey. They now live in Colorado where Tim spends his time teaching in his role as a Senior Instructor for Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s Tergar Meditation Community. He is also the founder and president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation and resident teacher to the local Buddhist community. And for the past 25 years, Glenna has been Pema’s personal assistant.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long will I have access to the content?
Your access to the live recordings and other content is unlimited. It will not expire.
Can I sign up for an individual call?
Yes, you can click here to register for a particular call.
Will I have access to the weekly content if I only signed up for an individual call?
No, this additional content is exclusive to those who purchased all four calls.
When are the calls with Pema Chödrön?
The dates and times for the live calls are below:
How to Find Common Ground: Sunday, January 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. (EST) How to Live the Bodhisattva Way: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. (EDT) How to Break Bad Habits: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. (EDT) How to Confront Fear: Sunday, October 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. (EDT)
Recordings of the calls will be made available for those who are unable to attend live.
When are the calls with Tim Olmsted?
The dates and times for the live calls are below:
Sunday, February 2, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (EST) Sunday, May 18, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT) Sunday, August 24, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Recordings of the calls will be made available for those who are unable to attend live.
What is the refund policy?
Please email course-support@shambhala.com to request a refund. Refunds will not be granted on or after January 3.
If any live sessions cannot be conducted as planned due to unforeseen circumstances, you will be refunded 25% of the purchase price per call that does not take place.
What if I have technical difficulties?
We have a dedicated support person who can help you with any issues you may encounter. Please email course-support@shambhala.com if you have any questions.
