Community

Our Kingston Shambhala community has all ages and backgrounds, and we all bring meditation into our lives in different ways.  Our group serves as a place where we connect around areas of interest: bringing more peace and space into our daily lives, social action, Buddhist teachings, or just sharing experience and warmth with others.  Our group is also a source of support and encouragement for everyone exploring the richness and challenge of meditation practice.

The Shambhala group in Kingston is part of an international community of over 220 meditation centers.

Upcoming sessions:

Shambhala Meditation Weekthun at Juniper Hill

                    Sat May 23rd to Sat May 30th 2015 
         
             Directed by Janet Romaine                                                                                
        
This group meditation retreat is specially designed to introduce meditation practitioners to the meaning and experience of “Shambhala Meditation.” Sakyong Mipham has been carefully introducing this new approach to meditation to the Shambhala community.

This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to dedicate one week of meditation practice to begin to learn this very beneficial approach to meditation. Mindfulness and awareness meditation will be practiced within an atmosphere infused with the qualities of Shambhala Meditation.

Each day consists of periods of sitting and walking meditation, body-mind exercises, study and contemplation, chanting, and a short work session. Meals are taken in silence in the shrineroom. Each participant receives individual meditation instruction during the retreat. Talks and group guidance are offered regularly. The study component covers basic teachings on calm abiding and insight meditation as well as the new teachings of Shambhala Meditation. All this study and discussion is done within the context of the Shambhala Buddhist view of warriorship and enlightened society.
 

Janet Romaine is a senior teacher and meditation instructor in the Shambhala community.  She has been practicing and studying Shambhala
Buddhism since the 1970s, and has taught Shambhala Training for over 30 years.  She is also an Associate Professor of Management at Saint
Anselm College in New Hampshire, with research interests in the area of gender in the workplace. She is trying hard to become a proficient gardener.

Prerequisite: Open to new and seasoned meditation practitioners.    

Arrival: Sat May 23rd between 4pm-6pm. Dinner at 6pm. Departure: Sat May 30th after breakfast. 

Where: Juniper Hill Retreat Centre, 7 km north of Warkworth, Ontario. Two hours east of Toronto. 3 hours south west of Ottawa.
Cost: $450 (Includes meals & shared accommodations – double occupancy). Generosity policy applies.
Further details (what to bring, how to get here, carpooling, accommodations etc) when you register.                                                                                                                               To register contact Madeline at 705-632-0793 or [email protected]