About us
On the 28th of February 2025, Samadhi took over the operations of what was formerly known as the Contemplative Consciousness Network. (You can read more about this development here.) The CCN and Samadhi were being run by the same people, with the same vision, and we felt it made sense to come together as one community rather than dilute our work.
Through Samadhi, we now have the task of honouring and continuing the legacies of the great work the CCN has done for the dharma and the teachings of Lama Alan Wallace over the past 14 years. Figuring out how best to do that will take some time. We are working away in the background, carefully planning our next steps in how we will further our shared visions.
In the meantime,
To join upcoming events: we invite you to visit the Samadhi website. All events and bookings are happening through there.
To make use of the archive of recordings and resources the CCN has collected over the years, we invite you to visit the Resources tab of this website and our YouTube channel.
In time, we will work to integrate all our activities and resources into one place and create an easy-to-navigate pathway through our precious archive.
Courses & Retreats
Upcoming Events
Discovering Chi Kung Programme – Shibashi 18 Steps Set 2 with Dan Brierley (Part Two)Weekly
Online
Annual 6 Day Retreat – The Way of Shamatha with David Oromith
Centre for Alternative Technology, Centre for Alternative Technology, Pantperthog, Machynlleth
Meet the CCN Teachers
Dr. B. Alan Wallace
Lama Alan Wallace is a prominent voice in the emerging discussion between contemporary Buddhist thinkers and scientists who question the materialist presumptions of their 20th-century paradigms.
He left his college studies in 1971 and moved to Dharamsala, India to study Tibetan Buddhism, medicine and language.
He was ordained by H.H. the Dalai Lama, and over fourteen years as a monk, he studied with and translated for many of the generation’s greatest lamas. In 1984 he resumed his Western education at Amherst College, where he studied physics and the philosophy of science.
Dr. Eva Natanya
Eva Natanya is a scholar of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, an academic lecturer, writer, translator, and retreat leader.
Following a nine-year career as a professional ballet dancer with both the New York City Ballet and the Royal Ballet of England, she earned an MA in Christian Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia.
For over twenty years, she has studied meditation, yoga, and philosophy in both the Christian and Buddhist traditions with master teachers in the United States, England, and India.
Glen Svensson
Glen has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism since 1995 and graduated from the seven-year Masters Program in Advanced Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (Pomaia, Italy) in 2004.
Since 2005 he has taught and led meditation retreats in India, Europe, North America and Australia with a clear and structured teaching style emphasizing the integration of philosophical view, meditation and daily life conduct.
David Oromith
David is a Buddhist contemplative, author, meditation guide and retreat leader. He began practising meditation at 18 and has been a student of Lama Alan’s since 2017, deeply rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It was during his time working in mental health services that he first trained as a meditation teacher.
David contributes to the CCN as one of our teachers and our Operations Manager, and serves as a meditation guide and retreat leader through his organisation, Samadhi. He has been leading classes and workshops since 2015. David also devoted two years in Spain for personal retreat and study, returning to teaching at the request of close friends.
On Demand Teachings
Online courses for gradually mastering different aspects of contemplative practice.
Shamatha: Meditation for Balanced Living
with David Oromith
Joyful Heart: Exploring The Four Immeasurables
with David Oromith
Perception and Imagination in Tantric Buddhism
with Vesna A. Wallace
Immersing Ourselves in Loving-Kindness
with Michael Lobsang Tenpa
The Vajra Path: Evolution of Tantric Buddhism
with Ian Baker
An Introduction to Buddhism
with David Oromith
Free Talks & Interviews
Talks and interviews with guest speakers freely available on our YouTube channel.
David Oromith - An Introduction to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
David Oromith - Compassion vs Despair: A Buddhist Approach to Witnessing Suffering
B. Alan Wallace – What Can Buddhism Offer During an Eco-Crisis
Venerable Thubten Chodron – Embodying the Qualities of Tara
Matthieu Ricard — Memoirs of a Buddhist Monk
Eve Ekman – Ecological Distress, Awe, and Emotional Wellbeing
Donations
Samadhi’s General Fund covers the annual costs of running the organisation, developing digital content and keeping our community afloat. We are grateful for your generosity!
