She said her efforts to get help from leadership in extracting herself from an abusive relationship at the center fell on deaf ears.īut after Hall in 2008 moved to the Shambhala Mountain Center - the international Buddhist organization’s sweeping 600-acre meditation grounds in the foothills west of Fort Collins - she faced a challenge that going to her cushion couldn’t solve. Ariel Hall formerly lived at the Shambhala Mountain Center. She began meditating as a curious New York University undergraduate, her intrigue eventually drawing her to Colorado, the birthplace and a present-day hub of her chosen strain of Buddhism. Ariel Hall loved her Tibetan meditation cushion, a maroon-and-saffron pillow that helped melt away the strains of daily life during visits to her local Shambhala center.
