Acharya Eric Spiegel has been teaching in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition for nearly 30 years. Based in New York, Eric had a 22 year career on Wall Street. He is known for his pastoral work with people dealing with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses. His clear, direct and warm teaching style brings the exploration of mind and meditation, not separate from the hard complexities of “real life”: work, relationships, health, aging into perspective for students to meditation as well as long time practitioners.