Calgary Shambhala Meditation Group	Est. 2005
Centre description
Meditation Instruction from Chogyam Trungpa In the practice of meditation, mindfulness of the body is the sense of being right there on your meditation cushion, which is partly influenced by bodily sensation and partly influenced by audiovisual sensations and consciousness. At this point, it is not so much meditating on anything particular at all, but just being with one's body fully and completely. As much as we can, we are right there, sitting there. And that kind of sense of being there is also a very penetrating experience. That sense of being transcends the ordinary level of self-consciousness even. September 16 Update: As some of you may know by now, my email address was hijacked last weekend. I have changed to a different service provider so please send your enquiries to my new address: fpjohns@gmail.com. If you have sent me enquires before, pelase do soa gain so I can rebuild by contact list for people who wish to be contacted when we restart our programs. August 26, 2008 update: A number of people have asked if our situation has changed and, unfortunately, it has not. So the below notice is still accurate. if you have any leads that I can personally followup on regarding the suitability of a location, please contact me. OUR SITUATION Thank you for linking to this spot. We are not active at the moment--however, that inactivity is not from lack of will but from lack of location. Up until last April we had been operating out of two locations, both of which we lost because either the tenant we were renting from lost a rent bidding war or because the owner of the facility decided to sell. For shambhala buddhist practice, we require a rather special place to practice from: clean, bright and uncluttered (so that we can easily setup and take down our temporary space decorations), rental by the hour (around $25 per) and near a major traffic route (for ease of access). It is curious that the most restrictive of these constraints if the first (clean and uncluttered!) When we find such a space, we are operational and having programs within two weeks (shambhala buddhist practice arose out of a nomadic spiritual tradition and so we maintain the same spirit). If you wish, please email me and I will place you on our contact list for notifying when we find such a space. Frank Johns

Founder	Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1940-1987)
Lineage	Tibetan: Shambhala, Kagyu, Nyingma
Affiliation	Shambhala
Lineage holder / Director	Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Centre teacher(s)	Frank Johns
Active membership	8
Language(s)	English
Address	NA Calgary Alberta Canada
Contact:	Calgary Shambhala Meditation Group
Tel:	403-809-1655
Email:	fpjohns@gmail.com
	2008-09-17
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