Shambhala London Operational Structure

As of January 2022, the London Shambhala Meditation Centre as a Board of Trustees and a Practice and Education Team. All LSMC members, as well as attendees, are welcome to volunteer either for active roles within the centre or for specific projects that we would love to people join, actively participate in and contribute to. We see the Centre as having an open, horizontal, transparent and democratic organisational structure.

Examples of such roles within the centre are social media, finance, health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion.

Practice and Education Team [email protected]
(contact: Katrina Woolley)
This team organises and co-ordinates LSMC teaching and practice programmes. Existing well functioning roles continue under the new structure. These are: P&E Assistant (paid employment); Teachers; MI Co-Ordinator; Shrine Keeper; Open House Talks Curator; Open Evening Staff Co-ordinator.

 

The teams are supported by:

Jez Taylor – Centre Administrator

Jez first discovered Shambhala in 2004 and has been an active member of the community since 2008, holding numerous volunteer roles within the organisation, including Way of Shambhala Coordinator and Meditation Instructor. He has also held the part-time paid role of Centre Manager since 2014. He first became interested in Buddhism and Daoism in 1996 while working at a market research placement year in London as part of his degree in maths, finance, and management at the University of Portsmouth. His varied work life includes database administration, hypnotherapy, various management positions, clothing import, design, and merchandising. He is currently studying a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.

You can get in touch with Jez for general information, membership and payment queries at [email protected]

Katrina Woolley – Event Coordinator

Katrina considers herself very lucky to have been coming to the London Shambhala Meditation Centre since she was a child. She started properly attending meditation programmes in London and France as a teenager, joined the Edinburgh Shambhala group whilst she was at University there, and is a part of the Ziji Young People’s group. Outside of Shambhala she works in theatre, as a producer and programmer, and with various mental health organisations. Last year she founded Sightlines Performance and Wellbeing Festival.

You can get in touch with Katrina with any questions about programmes, concessions or volunteering at [email protected]