Teachers

Suzanne Trahey

Suzanne Trahey is a dedicated practitioner and student of Buddhism, with over 15 years of devoted study. She has imparted her wisdom through teaching a diver...

Peter van der Molen

Peter is an expert advisor on nature monitoring for the 12 provincial governments in the Netherlands. This information is needed for the protection, manageme...

Alex Vlasic

Alex Vlasic has been practicing meditation and studying dharma as a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and the Shambhala Buddhist lineage since 2011. She sta...

Jenny Warwick

Jenny Warwick has been a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition since 1975. She teaches Shambhala Buddhist programs in the North West and West Co...

Emily Weidman

Emily Weidman became a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1979. After a career in human resource management, she served in that role at Karmê Chöling ...

Anna Weinstein

Anna Weinstein serves as the Dorje Kasung Sergeant-Major and is responsible for upholding the forms and protocol of the Dorje Kasung, as well as training cur...

Bernie Weitzman

Bernard Weitzman, Ph.D. trained at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland and has been in private practice since 1963. He became a Professor on the G...

Rhiannon Wells

Growing up in the tradition of Shambhala Buddhism, Rhiannon has been a meditator from a young age. At 17 she spent a month living as a nun at Gampo Abbey, an...

Jade Weston

Jade Weston Kranz is an emerging teacher in Shambhala and has been practicing meditation since 2009. She works for Shambhala Publications, where she helped f...

Ellen White Rook

Shastri Ellen Rook encountered the Shambhala teachings in upstate New York in 1980. She has studied with both Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Ri...

Donna Williams

Donna Williams has taught in the Shambhala tradition for many years. Presently she is developing a Contemplative Ecology program which complements her apprec...

Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson is a student of Eva Wong, a 17th generation lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism and 3rd generation holder of Yi-Quan Taoism. Eric is also a...

Eva Wong

Eva Wong is a 19th generation lineage carrier of the Nei Dan Pai (internal alchemy) tradition of Xiantianwujimen Daoism and the author of over 17 books on Da...

Irene Woodard

Irene Woodard has been a mom for 25 years, Max and Catherine... A long time student of Chogyam Trungpa and The Sakyong she has spent many years studying, pra...

Myra Woodruff

Myra has been teaching Shambhala Training for 25 years - delighting in sharing the profound vision, cheerfulness and societal impact these teachings offer. S...

Lee Worley

Lee Worley is a Professor of Theater and Performance at Naropa University. She is a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner who trained in Mudra Space Awareness with C...

Elaine Yuen

Elaine Yuen is an educator, chaplain and researcher. She has been a student and teacher in the Shambhala community since the early 1970’s. Between 2010 and...

Arthur Zajonc

Arthur Zajonc, Ph.D., is Chair of the Physics Department at Amherst College and is Program Director of the Academic Program of the Center for Contemplative M...

Allison Choying Zangmo

Allison Choying Zangmo   developed an interest in the dharma during high school, and began practicing seriously in the Vipassana tradition when she was 20 y...

Coleman Zeigen

Coleman Zeigen has been practicing meditation for 20 years; 10 years in the Shambhala tradition. He currently resides near Northampton, MA, and teaches theat...