Letting Go and Letting Come

Eve’s journey with the dharma began in 1973. She met Chögyam Trungpa that same year. Originally from New York City, she was Resident Director of Shambhala Training there in the 1980s and began teaching Shambhala Training and Buddhadharma at that time. Eve moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1990, and began to teach and lead a wide range of Shambhala and Buddhist programs in North America, Europe, and South America. She was an acharya (senior teacher) in the Shambhala community from 2005-2020.

She holds a doctorate in Computer Science and had a career teaching information technology and as a systems analyst for international financial institutions. Combining her technology skills and her aspiration to make dharma more accessible and connect our global community, Eve founded Shambhala Online in 2006. A longtime practitioner and teacher of T’ai Chi, she also enjoys playing the piano. Eve lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her spouse, Basia Solarz.

Basia Solarz is a long-time practitioner and instructor in Shambhala. She helps people working in healthcare, education and the community to engage in empowered dialogue through the practices of Deep Listening and Transformative Mediation, Dialogue & Conflict Coaching (braverpath.com). Her formal education includes voice and choral conducting as well as adult education. Basia practices kyudo and is a co-founder of the Nova Scotia Threshold Singers, a group that sings at the bedside of people who are dying. She lives in Nova Scotia with her spouse, Eve Rosenthal.