Teachers

Larry Mermelstein

Larry Mermelstein will act as preceptor for the end-of-life ceremonies. His history with Shambhala began in 1971, when he became a close student of Chögyam ...

Heidi Meyer-Bothling

Heidi Meyer-Bothling has been studying and practicing Qigong with Dr. Eva Wong since 2012 and is authorized to instruct Taoist Qigong Levels 1 -3. Prior to b...

Emily Miller

Emily Miller has been practicing and studying meditation for over 10 years and running for 20.  She has finished two marathons and continually balances runn...

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala lineage. An incarnation of Mipham the Great, he is the dharma heir and son of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, ...

Melissa Moore

Melissa Moore is the Executive Director of Karuna North America. Melissa has her MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and her PhD. in Psy...

Vicky Moyle

Since 2012, Vicky Moyle has studied the discipline of Mudra Space Awareness with 1st and 2nd generation teachers Craig Warren Smith, Lee Worley, Suzann Duque...

Zoey Moyle

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Diana Mukpo

Lady Diana Mukpo was married to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche for seventeen years. She has been a teacher in the Shambhala community for 30+ years, and has helped...

Daniel Naistadt

Daniel Naistadt has been a teacher in Shambhala tradition for nearly 40 years. He began his study of Buddhism and far eastern religion as an undergraduate ...

Jason Newman

John C. Newman, member of the Rutland, VT, firm of Kenlan, Schwiebert Facey & Goss, P.C., chairs the tax, estate planning and probate department of his firm....

David Nichtern

David Nichtern is a senior meditation teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. David is al...

Ethan Nichtern

Ethan Nichtern  is a senior teacher in residence for the NY Shambhala community. He is the author of several books. His most recent, The Dharma of the Princ...

Mark Nowakowski

Mark Nowakowski met the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and has been his student ever since. He also studies and translates with many other Kagy...

Roshi Enkyo O'Hara

Zen Teacher Roshi Enkyo O'Hara founded the Village Zendo in downtown Manhattan. A Soto Zen Priest, her teaching certification is through the Maezumi Roshi - ...

Joseph Pascutazz

Joseph Pascutazz has practiced and taught the Taoist Internal Arts of Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Gong for over thirty years. Joseph lives at Karmê Chöling, a Bu...

Adam Pattantyus

Adam Pattantyus has worked on environmental issues since the early 1990s, first in industry and then with "green building" initiatives, implementing renewabl...

Alison Pepper

Alison has been studying and practicing meditation and Buddhism for over a decade. She has studied Dharma Art and Mudra Space Awareness for the past 12 years...

Scott Perkins

Scott Perkins has been practicing and studying Buddhism since 1988. He received his Master’s degree in Buddhist Studies from Naropa University in 1992 and ...

Julia Persch

Julia became a Shambhala student in 1998, when she was still living in Germany. She was a long-time staff member at Dechen Choling in France and is now enjoy...

Shelley Pierce

Shelley is a senior teacher of Shambhala Training, Dharma Art, and Sogetsu ikebana (a school of Japanese flower arrangement). She was co-director of Shambhal...

Tai Pimputkar

Tai has been practicing Buddhist Meditation and learning Mudra Space Awareness teachings for about 15 years, and has spent years training with Alison as a Mu...

Susan Piver

Susan Piver is an authorized meditation instructor in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions series, and...