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Boulder

Also known as: Boulder, CO, Boulder, Colorado

A city of ~110,000 at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, ~30 miles NW of Denver. Home of the University of Colorado, Naropa University (founded 1974 by Chögyam Trungpa — the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America), and one of the densest concentrations of independent natural-foods, contemplative-practice, and outdoor-education institutions in the inland U.S. The Boulder–Eldorado Springs–Rollinsville corridor anchors the directory's Front Range knowledge-care presence.

What this is

Boulder sits at the eastern base of the Front Range, where the short-grass prairie meets the Flatirons. The city‘s identity formed through the University of Colorado (1876), the post-1960s in-migration of contemplative practitioners and back-to-the-landers, the founding of Naropa University by Chögyam Trungpa in 1974 (the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America), and the Shambhala Mountain Center / Shambhala International network that radiated from the city through the 1980s and 1990s. The contemporary city holds dense independent natural-foods retail, a long-running farmers’ market culture, and one of the most concentrated yoga / meditation / Ayurvedic-practice ecosystems in the U.S. interior.

Listings in Boulder

  • naropa-university — first Buddhist-inspired university in North America, founded 1974 by Chögyam Trungpa

Bioregional context

Files under front-range. Pairs with rollinsville (Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in the mountains above town) for the Boulder corridor’s contemplative density.

See also

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Practical

contained by

  • Crystal Joys Gallery Pearl Street Mall — Boulder's longest-standing rock and mineral shop since 1980
  • Naropa University Naropa is Boulder's defining contemplative-education institution and the seedbed of the Shambhala network
  • Open Light Energy downtown Boulder — a contemporary heart-centered metaphysical shop next to the Pearl Street Mall corridor

General

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