Miksang Instructor - Maxine Evans

One afternoon I was hunting around online for a photography workshop that would update and improve my photography skills for projects I was doing at work. I happened upon the Miksang website and was shocked and delighted to come face to face with the world I had always lived in, but to see it with an entirely fresh perspective. I immediately signed up for the next Level 1 Miksang class and have been on an enthralling visual journey ever since.

The direct way of seeing from Miksang training has opened my day to day world to see what is really there. This pure perception brings joy, and appreciation for what surrounds me at work, in my home, walking my dog around the block and when traveling. By being present I find a world that is rich, humourous, intimate and awe inspiring.

Miksang is more than a visual experience. Chogyam Trungpa, the author of True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art describes it this way:

“There is a kind of exuberant energy that goes along with perception. You actually experience something as though you were it. You and the experience become almost indivisible when you experience something in that way. It’s that kind of direct communication without anything in between.”

The exuberant energy that Trungpa mentions is like a child’s excitement on Christmas morning. When I pick up my camera to shoot, I feel a sense of discovery, wonder and a curiosity about what perceptions are around the corner or right under my nose. More importantly, this experience cuts through the discursive chatter that most of us experience during our waking hours. To be free from this internal noise allows this exuberant energy to bubble to the surface in day to day life. The result is uplifting since it brings a deep appreciation for the world.

Please contact me, if you are interested in the Miksang workshop, “Opening the Good Eye”. This is the first workshop of Miksang Training. I am available to teach anywhere in Canada, but would consider doing a workshop anywhere warm!

Email: ltendrol@hotmail.com

Maxine's Miksang Gallery

Maxine Evans has completed the entire course of study developed by the Miksang Institute, and and also attended a six-day Teacher Training workshop offered by the Insititute in Novermber, 2010. Maxine is certified to teach, 'Opening the Good Eye', on behalf of the Miksang Institute.