Richard John

Richard John has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1975, and he served as acharya to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche for 20 years. He completed the first three-year group retreat at Gampo Abbey, and has led Buddhist and Shambhala meditation retreats in the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile and New Zealand. Richard and his wife Liz reside in Halifax, Nova Scotia.