UPDATED:
May 14, 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Way of Nature Workshop in Plymouth MI

Absolute Eye in Chicago IL

Level I in Toronto ON

Level I Teacher Training in Atlanta GA

Level II in Amsterdam NL

Absolute Eye in London, England

Miksang instructor
Jake Lorfing (Austin TX) has been working with incarcerated youth: Miksang with Incarcerated Youth

WAY OF NATURE

LEVEL I TEACHER TRAINING

LOOKING AND SEEING:
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

When eye and mind are in the same place one sees clearly and the visual world manifests directly. At ease and joyful, there is no struggle in making images that are strong and vivid.

This introductory training includes instruction, assignments and image reviews. No previous photography experience necessary but you will need to bring your digital camera.

Toronto ON
Vintage Grounds Centre
760 Bathurst St.
(half-block south of Bloor)
Saturday/Sunday
May 26/27, 2012
9am to 5pm
Cost: $95.00
Registration: Toronto Shambhala Centre
Instructor/Contact:
John McQuade

Chicago IL
Chicago Shambhala Center
Saturday/Sunday
June 9/10, 2012
9am to 5pm
Cost: $100 Members ($125 Non-Members; $75 Students)
Instructors: Julie Einstein and Lennie Birkett
More info and registration
Contact: Julie Einstein

FIELDS OF PERCEPTION AND THE INNER CONTEMPLATIVE TEACHINGS

Miksang Level II

Amsterdam NL

ORDERLY CHAOS and ABSOLUTE/EYE

Miksang Level III

The visual world manifests as it is: nothing added; nothing subtracted. In this course we will let go and enter the freefall of pure perception. This opens an exploration of the visual as the visual. Modern American Artists have explored this Aboriginal perception. We will explore it with them. You will see what they see.

London, England

Toronto Shambhala Centre

Miksang students and practitioners showcase some of their recent slides. Open to the public. Time for all dates: 8pm (note: if you are planning on showing some of your images, please arrive by 7:30pm to load up).

Next Date:
TBA

CONTEMPLATIVE ART AND EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT

TORONTO ON

Next: TBA

Contemplative Art can express and embody the "awake" state of being discovered in meditation practice. This course will engage contemplative art practices such as haiku, visual dharma, Miksang photography and Space Awareness as ways to connect with everyday enlightenment.

Instructor: John McQuade: Meditation Instructor, Shambhala Training Teacher, Miksang/AbsoluteEye Contemplative Photography; Sun and Moon Haiku Group; former Coordinator of Nalanda Arts in Toronto.