Younten joined the Awakened Heart Sangha in 2000. She has been a member of the Shrimalagana, an inner circle of responsibility within the Sangha, since its beginnings.
Currently she offers mentoring for the Discovering the Heart of Buddhism students. With encouragement from Lama Shenpen she has been leading on Body Awareness and Trimandala investigations and facilitates the Body Awareness study group. She runs her Awakened Heart Sangha local group in Southend.
Younten worked in Mental Health for over 30 years and led on delivering Mindfulness groups within the NHS for 10 years up to her retirement in 2015.