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. He then lived at Drala Mountain Center in Colorado (2017 - 2023) where he served as Resident Teacher. He offers frequent retreats ranging from open audience meditation, to youth work, to Mahayana Buddhism, and teaches online in an ongoing way. 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 divides his time between his hometown of San Antonio, TX, and teaching trips to Colorado. Before his monastic life, he was raised as a musician and worked as a performer and educator for five years.