Beyond design, visual art remains an essential life passion, especially within the fields of drawing, painting, and textile art, and with an increasing focus on the role of Dharma art in her creative process. Professionally, Emily works as a fashion designer, with a recent shift in emphasis toward harnessing the power of design to make the apparel industry more sustainable, inclusive, and ethical. Spiegel says the relocation is largely due to a lack of funds. She has been a volunteer staff member at WMC since 2020, and is thrilled to have begun her teaching journey, assisting with classes at WMC and Profound Treasury Retreat in 2023. According to interim director Eric Spiegel, Shambhala Meditation Center of New York will close on December 8, eventually reopening in a smaller, more affordable location. After many years of trying out different meditation techniques on her own, she discovered Westchester Meditation Center in 2019, and has been practicing and studying within the lineage of Chögyam Trunpga Rinpoche ever since. Emily Waters became enamored with Buddhism in college, majoring in Buddhist Studies at Middlebury College with a particular focus on Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist Iconography (complemented by a second major in Studio Art).
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