02/17/2026
Happy Shambhala Day 02-18-2026— Year of the Fire Horse 🐎🔥
From all of us at San Diego Shambhala, we wish you a joyful Shambhala Day.
The Fire Horse symbolizes courage, vitality, and forward movement.
May this year support our community in meeting one another — and the world — with dignity, bravery, and an open heart.
Come celebrate the energetic shift from the Year of the Wood Snake to the Year of the Fire Horse with our community. We will gather with members around the world to listen to a short Shambhala Day broadcast and celebrate our shared love of practice, teachings, and culture.
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Location: Dellefield Home (Address shared with RSVP)
Schedule
9:15 AM — Arrival
9:30–10:00 AM — Sitting meditation
10:00–10:30 AM — Shambhala Day broadcast
10:45–11:30 AM — Community meeting
This will be a breakfast potluck.
Please RSVP and let us know what breakfast dish you will bring (eggs, bagels, cream cheese, lox, fruit, sweets, etc.).
We look forward to being together in practice and celebration.
Warmly,
Pascale Dellefield
As we enter the Year of the Fire Horse, we meet an energy of courage, momentum, and uplifted heart. In the Shambhala tradition, the Horse carries windhorse (lungta)—the confidence and life force that rises when we align body, speech, and mind. Fire brings warmth, visibility, and intensity. Together, they ask us to step forward awake and alive.
This year, our San Diego Shambhala community receives the Fire Horse in the context of the Shambhala Global Assembly—a moment of collective listening, truth-telling, and reorientation across the global sangha. Before action comes attention. Before direction, relationship.
For San Diego Shambhala Meditation Center, the Fire Horse does not mean rushing ahead. It means moving together—with care, honesty, and steadiness—allowing clarity to arise from shared reflection.
Fire Horse energy asks:
Can we be brave without being harsh?
Can we lead without leaving anyone behind?
Can we let warmth guide us more than urgency?
As we gather to reflect on what emerged during the Global Assembly, we do so not to arrive at quick answers, but to cultivate windhorse grounded in heart—energy that lifts rather than scatters.
May this year bring courage tempered by kindness, momentum rooted in listening, and a community willing to stay present together as we take the next steps—one breath, one conversation, one practice at a time.
RSVP: pascaledellefield@gmail.com
