- The St. John's Shambhala Group Who are we, and what do we do We are a group of people who meet regularly to practice sitting meditation in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Meditation has been practiced in many forms, in many cultures, for thousands of years. It has been particularly important in Buddhist traditions. According to one Eastern legend, Shambhala was an ancient kingdom where the ...www.ucs.mun.ca/~scarr/sjsg.htm