Volunteer

Everything at the Edmonton Shambhala Centre is done by volunteers, including our Co-Directors, our Council members, our Shastri and teachers, and everyone who hosts and staffs our courses and regular meditation offerings.

This work is part of “creating enlightened society” and is practice for us, helping us weave our meditation practice into everyday life and society.

Both members and non-members are welcome to volunteer. Whatever your interest, skill, or passion is, we can probably find an outlet for it! Here are some possibilities, but please don’t feel confined by them:

Supporting regular weekly offerings

  • Open to regular practitioners
  • Time required: 1-3 hours monthly (or more often)
  • Sunday Morning Timekeeper & Hosts
  • Wednesday Evening Timekeeper & Hosts
    • Wednesday evenings 6:30-9:15. Training provided.
    • Contact: Shastri David Kahane | [email protected]

 

Flower arranging

  • Open to anyone with some Ikebana or other flower arranging experience
  • Responsibilities include creating and tending flower arrangements that bring both arranger and viewer into the present moment
  • Time required: Flexible—Approximately 2 hours monthly
  • Contact: Susan Boychuk | [email protected]

 

Staffing Shambhala Training weekends, Everyday Life courses, other programs

  • Open to people who have completed a couple of Shambhala Training and/or Everyday Life courses. People generally only staff programs that they’ve already taken themselves.
  • Responsibilities include Centre setup and cleanup, registration, hosting, timekeeping, gatekeeping, sound system operation, kitchen work, and coordination.
  • Time required: Ideally, the duration of a course
  • Contact: Katherine McGeean | [email protected]

 

Centre cleaning

  • You can always pitch in with cleaning and dishes when you’re at the Centre, but we also need folks who can commit to some regular part of Centre cleaning. If you’d be up for this, please contact our Co-Directors: [email protected]

 

Centre maintenance

  • There are often small maintenance and renovation tasks needing doing (patching and painting, carpentry, etc.) If you have skills and willingness please contact Shastri David Kahane | [email protected]

 

Shambhala Centre Council Roles

  • Open to Shambhala Centre Members & Friends
  • Contact our Centre Co-Directors Anita and Phyllis, who can let you know of openings: [email protected]