Listening room
House Concerts
Songwriters and instrumentalists, up close. The vaulted ceiling does something lovely with a voice and a guitar, and people actually listen. Hosted by us or rented for your own show.
- Up to 40 guests
- Hosted or rentable
A gathering room in Ranchlands, NW Calgary
Music,circles,conversation.Thedoor'sopentoeveryone.
Vaulted ceiling, warm light, forty chairs at most. Some nights it's a songwriter and a room that actually listens. Some nights it's just good conversation among friends, over coffee or tea. Come see.
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What this is
You come,
you're part of it,
you drive home.
Journey Center is a gathering hall in Ranchlands, on the northwest edge of Calgary. There's no retreat package and no program to enroll in. Most of what happens here is a single evening: a concert, a gathering, a circle, sometimes just good conversation over tea. We like it that way.
House concertsMusic eveningsGatheringsCeremonial circlesJourney workWorkshopsProductionsDrum nights
House concertsMusic eveningsGatheringsCeremonial circlesJourney workWorkshopsProductionsDrum nights
What we host
A room... for you.
We host our own evenings and rent the hall to facilitators we trust. It's forty seats at the most, usually fewer, and we keep it quiet.
Gatherings
Gatherings & Music Evenings
Potlucks, meetups, listening evenings, the occasional production, and some nights just conversation among friends over coffee or tea. If it fits forty people and a warm room, it fits here.
- Up to 40 guests
- Hosted or rentable
Circle work
Circles & Journey Work
Facilitators we know rent the hall for ceremonial circles, breathwork, and integration evenings. They bring the practice and their people. We make sure the room is warm, quiet, and ready when they arrive.
- By facilitator, year-round
- Up to 24 guests
- Available to rent
Daytime
Workshops
Half and full days for movement, voice, somatic, and creative work. Open floor, mats on hand, catering if you want it.
- Half or full day
- Up to 40 guests
- Catering on request
On the calendar
Upcoming evenings.
Doors open half an hour before we start. If you want a seat at any of these, send a note below and we'll hold one.
- July 31Fri evening
Community Potluck
Bring a dish. Everyone's welcome.
- August 2Sun evening
Hapé Ceremony
A quiet, ceremonial evening. Limited seats.
- August 7Fri evening
Intimacy Night
With Leanne Perrin and Kat Proulx.
- August 8Sat evening
House Concert · Rod MacCormack
An evening of songs. Forty seats.
- August 12Wed evening
Psychedelic Meetup
An evening discussion with Leanne Perrin, together with our sister group, the Psychedelic Social and Networking Group.
- September 4Fri evening
Community Potluck
Same deal: bring a dish, stay for the evening.
Approach
A few things we've learned.
Mostly we learned these by getting them wrong first.
- 01
You don't have to share.
If you'd rather sit at the back with your tea and not say a word all evening, that's fine. Nobody will call on you.
- 02
We start with the body.
Breath, a walk, something warm to drink before the work starts. We're not here to lecture anyone.
- 03
We keep the room simple.
Good light, a warm floor, quiet. We try not to add much on top of that.
- 04
Every evening ends slow.
Tea, a few quiet minutes, nobody rushing for the door. It makes a difference, so we protect it.
The place
A great room in a quiet corner of Calgary.
We sit in Ranchlands on the northwest edge of the city, close to the Rocky Mountains. The room is vaulted, the light is good, and the kettle's usually on.
Close to the Rockies
Who's behind this
Two of us, mostly.
We host most evenings ourselves, so ours are usually the first faces you'll see at the door.
David Harder
Host
David co-founded ATMA Journey Centers, one of the first companies in Canada to offer legal psychedelic-assisted therapy and to train therapists in it. He's spent most of his working life building things, and these days a lot of that energy goes into this room. He opens the doors, sets out the chairs, and makes the tea.
Leanne Perrin
Facilitator · MSW, RSW
Leanne is a registered social worker and trauma therapist with more than fifteen years in practice. She's EMDRIA-certified, one of the first in Alberta and Saskatchewan trained in EMDR 2.0, and her work runs deep alongside First Nations and Indigenous communities. At the Center she co-hosts circles and intimacy evenings, and keeps the deeper work safe.
Leanne's practiceBook the room
Tell us what you have in mind.
We read every note ourselves and write back within two days. For house concerts and bigger evenings we usually want a quick call before saying yes.
- Find us
- Ranchlands, NW Calgary, AB
- Capacity
- Up to 40 guests
- Hours
- Day and evening events