Lodro Rinzler

Lodro Rinzler is a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and the author of five books on meditation including the best-selling "The Buddha Walks into a Bar..." and the award-winning "Walk Like a Buddha." Over the last fourteen years he has taught numerous workshops at meditation centers, businesses, and college campuses throughout North America. Lodro’s columns appear regularly on the Huffington Post, Marie Claire, and elephant journal and he has been featured on WNYC, WBUR, FOX, the CBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and Fast Company. He is the founder of the Institute for Compassionate Leadership , an authentic leadership training organization, and lives in Brooklyn with his dog Tillie and his cat Justin Bieber.