David Sable, an early student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, began teaching Shambhala Training in 1980. Director of the Shambhala Meditation Center in Washington, DC, for eight years, he is now a senior teacher at the Shambhala Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. David is also a part-time faculty member in the Religious Studies Department of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, working as an education and training consultant to universities, government and the private sector, and studying the impact of contemplative practices on critical thinking.