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Shambhala embraces a variety of contemplative arts and practices. These disciplines bring beauty, vividness, and wisdom into our lives and environment, and each is a vehicle for integrating mindfulness and awareness into everyday life. In early spring each year, the Atlanta Shambhala Center celebrates Shambhala Arts with a weekend of activities. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Shambhala, learned poetry, calligraphy, painting and dance as part of his early lama training and introduced the arts and cultural forms as methods of teaching dharma in the west. The Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta offers programs in various contemplative activities and disciplinesled by accomplished masters and artists in the performing or visual arts Watch our calendar for up coming contemplative culture and arts programs in the following areas. A sampling of the types of contemplative culture and arts programs we offer is listed below. Watch for programs through out the year in our program listings.
Check our program listings. around the first of the year for the exact dates of next year's Shambhala Arts Festival. IkebanaIkebana is the traditional Japanese practice of arranging flowers. Chogyam Trungpa brought Ikebana into the Shambhala tradition in the 1970's, and it remains an integral part of our culture. If you have visited the Center, you probably noticed the unique and uplifting flower arrangements made by our Ikebana Club. For more information on Ikebana at the center, please email Michael Redwine at mredwine@comcast.net. Shambhala Art Training
A five-part Shambhala art program, similar to Shambhala training, is taught by trained teachers authorized by Shambhala International.
For more information about Shambhala Arts training, click here. Mudra Space AwarenessThe practice of mudra space awareness consists of a series of postures and movements adapted from traditional Tibetan monastic dance by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Mudra training heightens sensitivity to the interplay of form and space and is a tool for increasing awareness and improving communication. The practice is designed to help students integrate body, speech, and mind. For more information about mudra space awareness, click here. Calligraphy
See more about Miksang at www.miksang.net and www.miksang.org PoetryPeriodically, we offer poetry workshops and readings. Most recently we held several workshops with John Fox of the Institute for Poetic Medicine in Palo Alto, California. See John Fox's work at www.poeticmedicine.com TheaterWe hosted the playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie in a Healing Power of Theater workshop. For more information on Jean-Claude van Itallie and his classes, click here. Kyudo
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Contemplative Arts comprise a number of secular disciplines and activities, including flower arranging and
photography, that integrate art and culture with everyday life. Each of these disciplines represents a genuine
contemplative path; together they bring beauty, vividness and wisdom to our lives and culture. 
Shambhala Art is an international, nonprofit arts-education program based on the dharma art teachings of the late Chogyam
Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala International, and Naropa Institute. Our founder was an artist,
poet, and author of more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from psychology to iconography. Volume 7 of the Collected Works
of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche focuses specifically on his dharma art teachings.
The dynamic of heaven, earth, and man (an ancient hierarchy of the cosmos) is a core principle of artistic endeavor and
provides the "lens" through which we create, perceive and experience art. Chogyam Trungpa employed this principle in the
art of calligraphy with the specific intention of bringing calligraphy alive in everyday life. The Shambhala Meditation
Center of Atlanta hosted a weekend "Big Brush" workshop with Barbara Bash in 2007.
Miksang is a Tibetan word meaning good eye. This photography practice is based directly on Chogyam Trungpa's dharma art
teachings related to the nature of perception. Through visual exercises and photographic assignments, Miksang naturally
synchronizes the mind to experience seeing in the present moment - undistracted. We plan to offer a Miksang photography
class 2008.
Kyudo means the way of the bow and can be described as a form of standing meditation. Kyudo is traditional Japanese archery
that is practiced as a non-competitive contemplative art, practically unchanged for over 800 years.
The Shambhala Kyudo path is under the direction of
Shibata Kanjuro, Sensei and senior instructors, students learn an ancient form of archery using traditional
Japanese bows. Kyudo is a form of meditation practice, not sport, and hitting the target is not considered
important. The purpose of kyudo is to purify one's heart and mind to awaken the natural dignity of being human,
beyond the obstacles of ambition, aggression or confusion.
Learn more about meditation and buddhism at shambhala.org
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