Susan Chapman

Susan Chapman has been on the Buddhist path since 1974, when she began studying with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She has a BA in Philosophy and Literature from University of British Columbia and an MA in Buddhist and Western Psychology from Naropa University. She is a retired family therapist. Susan also spent nine years practicing and staffing the three-year retreat center at Gampo Abbey, under the mentorship of Ani Pema Chödrön.  She and her husband, Jerry, returned to Vancouver in 2008.  In 2020 she retired from her role as an acharya and as faculty for Karuna Training after being diagnosed with breast cancer.   Her first book, The Five Keys to Mindful Communication, was published in 2012. Her new book, Which Way is Up? will be published in 2024.