Jaynine Nelson began studying with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1979.   She attended the Vajrayana Buddhist Seminary in 1983 led by Trungpa Rinpoche.   She studied Japanese Ikebana as a mindfulness practice for 12 years in Seattle and Minneapolis becoming a teacher in 1993. Jaynine and Dean Nelson, her husband of 20 years, were the Shambhala Training Directors of the Minneapolis Shambhala Center for 5 years before moving to Kailua in 1996.   They started the Kailua Shambhala Meditation Group using their home for meditation and weekend Shambhala Training intensives.   Jaynine has been a meditation instructor since 1987.



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