Lodro Rinzler

Lodro Rinzler is a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage.

He began meditating as a child and participated in retreats as a teenager.

Rinzler became a Vajrayana student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in college, where he established a Buddhist dorm.

He later served as Executive Director of the Boston Shambhala Center and Head of Development for Shambhala internationally.

Rinzler founded the Institute for Compassionate Leadership and writes regularly for various publications, including the Huffington Post.

His background combines traditional Buddhist practice with a modern approach, making him well-suited to write about applying Buddhist principles to contemporary life.