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Ashe Café is a gathering place to share web links and interests, inspired by the Nova Scotia Shambhala community and friends. Choose from topics and links, below, and explore the site. If you would like to share a link or suggestion with us, please reach out. Browse and enjoy!

Arts

Art

Annie Abdalla
Barbara Berry - paintings & drawings
David Sherman Brown - traditional Tibetan thangkas, mobiles and art that uplifts the spirit
Lesly Benditsky - visual sanctuary: drawings, paintings, & prayers
Leya Evelyn
Margaret Jones Callahan - mindfulness based art
Odessa Spore - works with collage, paint, printmaking & film; started Artplay, a facilitated online open studio practice
Paul Hannon
Randy Hester - stained glass

Photography

Andy Karr
Diana Church
Doug van Hemessen
Jim Lindsey
Marvin Moore

Creativity

Ann Shaftel - Tibetan thangka & other painting conservation
Carol Johnstone - painter, calligrapher, & photographer, specializing in Chinese Astrological animals
Dorothee Rosen - designer & goldsmith - handmade jewelry
Front Room Studio - creative pursuits of cooking, baking, & art
Mo Drescher - visual artist & graphic recorder/facilitator

Business

Business:

Alan Sloan - leadership development; coaching, consulting, & facilitation
Anna Weinstein - communications & marketing for nonprofits
Brave Space - visual artist & graphic recorder/facilitator
Crane Stookey - creating conditions in the workplace for your people to thrive
Robert Ziegler - co-creating culture, strategy and innovation
Awareness Golf - Ed Hanczaryk
Big Picture Moving - Michael Frevola
Deborah Young - astrology
Enlightened by Design - intentional space, environmental design
Grace McKnight - feng shui consultant
Deathmatters.ca - offers opportunities to explore, discuss, contemplate, dream, share, and plan
Tall Tale Tours - Robert Young - shuttle service & tours
Tattle Tours - Andy Smith - actor & walking tours

Community

Community

Halifalx Shambhala Centre - community activities & groups
Shambhala - Shambhala community projects
Shambhala Times - international community news
Shambhala Trust - guidance & funding of projects in Shambhala
The Offering Bowl - funding venue for Buddhist practitioners

Children

Iliana, A Winter Solstice Tale - Walter Fordham

Environmental / Economics / Society

GPIAtlantic - genuine progress index - sustainability, wellbeing, quality of life
How We Thrive - to rethink and re-create systems that define our communities,
Mindful - living with wisdom and compassion
Windhorse Farm - ecoforestry, organic gardening, programs, retreats

Residence / Retreats

Dorje Denma Ling - program & retreat centre - Tatamagouche, NS
Gampo Abbey - Shambhala Buddhist monastery - Pleasant Bay, NS
Milk Lake - Shambhala retreat centre
Anne's Retreats - retreat home in Halifax
Buddhayana - forest retreat
Windhorse Farm - ecoforestry, organic gardening, programs, retreats

Schools & Training

Atlantic Contemplative Centre - Applied Mindfulness
Keep Your People in the Boat - Crane Stookey - crew building leadership for organizations
Shambhala Online - interactive video dharma teachings over the internet
Shambhala School - pre-primary through grade 12
Creative Music Workshop - improvising, listening, ensembles
Tango Nova - Margaret Spore - Argentine tango

Dharma

Dorje Denma Ling
Milk Lake Retreat Centre
Gampo Abbey
Karma Changchub Ling
Shambhala International
Sakyong Lineage
Chögyam Trungpa Legacy Project
The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Halifax Shambhala Centre
Nalanda Translation Committee
John Rockwell
Khandro Rinpoche
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Pema Chödrön
Ripa Ladrang Foundation
Satdharma
Siddhartha's Intent - Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Konchok Foundation
Nalandabodhi
Naropa University
Nitartha Institute
Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma
Shambhala Online
Buddhadharma magazine
Lion's Roar magazine
Mindful magazine
Shambhala Publications

Health

Mindfulness

Atlantic Contemplative Centre - Applied Mindfulness
Mary Campbell - Health practitioner & mindfulness instructor
Molly Deshong - Mindfulness-based counselor, facilitator, & consultant
A Different Touch Health Clinic - Anky Aarts - massage & osteopathy
EastWind Health Associates - Peter and Mary Goodman - osteopathy, counselling
The Group Clinic - Paul Cashman - psychotherapist, counsellor, & educator
Halifax Acupuncture - Elizabeth Heffelfinger
Healing and Cancer - Timothy Walker & Rob Rutledge
Therapeutic Approach Health Centre - quality health services & education
Ways to Ease - Craig Mollins - health & wellness coach
Steam Space - outdoor steam bath - relax, connect, energize
Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio - yoga classes, therapy, teacher training

Music

CyberMusic - Howard Harawitz - electronic
David Wimberly Flutes - built to custom order
Eric Slone - guitarist, vocalist
India Yeshe Gailey - cellist, composer, artist
Jeff Miller & Robyn Traill - film scores, composers, arrangers
Jerry Granelli - percussionist-composer
Kirsty Money - nyckelharpa & violin
Mipham - spoken word, music, video
Rhapsody Quintet - Diana Torbert - piano
Steve Mustain - composer, guitar player, & vocalist
Walker Blaine - dharma inspired songs

Outdoors

A World for Bees - natural bee keeping courses
Green Dragon - organic farm and B&B, Tatamagouche
Nova Scotia Sea School - learn sailing, navigation, & boat building
Shambhala Garden Collective - inspired gardening
Windhorse Farm - ecoforestry, organic gardening, programs, retreats

Theatre & Film

Centre East Media - documentary, series, & media - art, society, & culture
Chewyguru - video - Gesar Mukpo
Elizabeth Richardson - actress, writer
Pascale Roger-McKeever - actor, writer, director, producer
Visiting Shambhala - by Walker Blaine - a five-act comedy that takes us to the court of the Rigden

Writing

Broken Leaf - Noel McLellan - a blog exploring education, culture & Shambhala meditation tradition
Crane Stookey - bringing together outer & inner leadership - download books & mini-books
David Whitehorn - mindfulness & healthcare; effective compassion; & poetry books - also, online music & poems
Granite Coast - Jim Lindsey - writing, poetry, & photography
Jim Lowery - Shambhala sangha history & poetry
Ken Munro - poems, stories & podcasts
Seeing Fresh - Andy Karr - author of books on contemplative photography & Buddhism
Windword - Carol Johnstone - writing & graphics

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