I co-taught a Shambhala Training Level II recently at the Madison Shambhala Center. This is the first time I have taught this material, and I was nervous as hell. The main teachings in Level II relate to "cocoon" - Trungpa Rinpoche's image for the solid sense of self we build with our habits and avoidance of life.
As you can see in this post, I've been working personally with doubt and choice, agency and hiding out a lot lately.
So I know it is important. Really, really important. But it is so, so hard. Why?
