Bio

Gelong Loden Nyima has been a Buddhist monk for over fifteen years. His training was at Gampo Abbey (2009 - 2017), the monastery of Trungpa Rinpoche and Pema Chodron, where he completed an advanced cycle of traditional studies called shedra, practiced intensively, and was empowered as a senior teacher. He designed and taught residential trainings for four years. Since then he’s lived in the USA, creating and leading residential retreats ranging from open audience meditation, to youth work, Mahayana Buddhism, and ongoing online courses. He’s been blessed to receive teachings from masters of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, to have spent over three years in retreat, and to have supported thousands of people in their practice. He lives in his hometown of San Antonio, TX, where he is working towards a local center of his own, and travels to teach in Colorado. Before his monastic life, he was raised as a musician and worked as a performer and educator for five years.