Susan Chapman

Susan Chapman has been a student of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage since 1974. She founded the Juneau Shambhala Center in 1990 and moved to Gampo Abbey in 1997 where she completed the Kagyu three year retreat and then became druppon, or retreat leader, for the next six years. During that time she completed three mahamudra investigation retreats, each of them three months long. She is currently living in Burnaby, BC, with her husband, Jerry, where she runs a business called Green Light Conversations that offers training in mindful communication.