Mission & Vision - Yoga, Meditation & Integtrative Medicine in Boulder, Colorado
The marriage of the Awareness Arts to Integrative Medicine is already present in many people's lives in Boulder, but we held the vision that it could happen under one roof. The Mandala Community Center is our implementation of that vision. Founded in August of 2005, we are a collective of talented healers and teachers, offering Meditation, Yoga, and Integrative Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. Our mission is to support the Boulder community by providing holistic health care for the mind, body and spirit. Our vision is to create a loving community where people can come together to practice, share, celebrate and grow.
Boulder Services
Yoga Classes
Daily yoga classes are available to yogis of all ages and styles. Our experienced staff teaches many styles and forms of yoga, including Anusara, Astanga, Iyengar and Hatha yoga, which are blended in eclectic fashion to create a true Mandala. The yoga studio is designed with eco-friendly awarness in both the yoga props and actual building materials used to build the yoga/meditation room.
Boulder Yoga class schedule
Meditation Classes
Boulder Mandala offers group meditation practice with instruction on a daily basis. At Boulder Mandala, many meditation traditions make up the Mandala of our understanding. We are influenced by Buddhist traditions, Vipassana, Dzogchen, Thai Forest, Burmese Theravaden, Zen, Tibetan, Hindu traditions, and Yoga traditions.
Boulder Meditation class schedule
Yoga Workshops
We occasionally offer special yoga workshops on hot topics and brings specialized teachers for deeper training in both the yoga style and philosophy of deep yoga practice. We are dedicated to the higher good of the Kula (community). Look for upcoming workshops where your friends and community share in the beauty and magic with local practitioners in many traditions and modalidies related to yoga and meditation.
Kirtan
The Yoga and Meditation Studio also hosts weekly kirtan sessions! Come and join us for beautiful, heart-opening chanting. This is a great time to come and share with the community and melt away into the one voice and one love that we are. Every Friday night, we offer a different kirtan leader. Visit the Special Events page to find out who is the kirtan leader this week. Also, read the kirtan leaders' biographies on our Kirtan page.
Boulder Kirtan schedule
Integrative Medicine
Our holistic health practitioners offer a diverse selection of healing modalities to our community. We heal ourselves and our patients using the following healing modalities:
- Acupuncture is an essential part of traditional Oriental medicine which also includes Chinese herbology, bodywork, dietary therapy, and exercise, based on traditional Oriental medical principles.
- Nutritional Therapy is an in-depth inquiry into diet and how it relates to your health concerns. Educational sessions will help you design your meals, treat deficiencies/weakness in the body and determine food allergies or sensitivities, while in some cases strengthening the digestive tract and maximizing on nutrient absorption.
- Massage Therapy is a term for a vast array of techniques that are used to release tension in the mind and body. Massage releases the mental stress and physical stress, and realigns the structure of the body and energy field in a harmonious way. Miracles happen in massage sessions by keeping the client feeling safe, secure, and supported so that deep tensions can be released and soothed.
- The Rolf method of Structural Integration is deep bodywork that brings one into their body with a higher awareness and experience. It is an effective way to relieve pain, chronic stress, and improve performance in day-to-day activities, and improve postural and spinal issues.
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) predates western medicine by thousands of years, and as a system stands on its own as a primary care modality. It is grounded in ancient Daoist philosophies concerning universal patterns of movement and balance, and unlike the predominant "localized" approach, it views health holistically as interrelated spheres of influence: mind, body and spirit; individuals and their environments; and a constantly interactive web of experience, awareness, and intention.
- Yoga Therapy is a holistic system of addressing health concerns by looking at the many levels of a person. Each prescribed course for restoration of balance is different. Based on classical yoga philosophy by Patanjali and the medical system called ayurveda, yoga therapy may prescribe treatments such as yoga breathing and postures, body work, diet, prayer, lifestyle changes, exercise, etc.
Boulder, Colorado Location
Our Boulder, Colorado facility consists of a Yoga and Meditation Center on the North side of the building and an Integrative Medicine Clinic on the South side. We are centrally located on North Broadway just 2 blocks South of the Boulder Community Hospital and one half mile North of the Pearl Street Mall. Walk, bike, or take the local bus and you are dropped off right in front of our building. We offer free parking on all sides of the building which are all very accessible to the Yoga Center and Medical Clinic.
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Our Beginnings
The inspiration for the Mandala Center began with our playful goofing off while I was teaching Judson the basics of how to telemark ski in the local mountains. The word Mandala comes from the Sanskrit root and alternatively means circle, community and connection. Sue, Judson and I have held this space for our Center from the very beginning. The marriage of the Awareness arts to Integrative Medicine is already present in many people's lives in Boulder, but we held the vision that it could happen under one roof. We owe this roof to the generous Sister Max whose space we share on Broadway with her Asian antiques. Sister Max was looking for creative solutions to help with her retirement and her numerous charitable endeavors working with the people of India. Sister Max's guru picked out the Kalachakra Mandala to be the symbol for our new center. The Kalachakra Mandala is a symbol of Initiation in the Tibetan tradition and it is fitting for these times as it is dedicated to both peace and physical balance, both for the individual and our planet as a whole. We invite you to join us on the journey to finding peace and balance both within ourselves, our community and for our planet. The only time to start is now.
~ Marco Lam
June 2005
