Lama Shenpen is the founder and principal teacher of the Awakened Heart Sangha, and lives at the Hermitage of the Awakened Heart in North Wales.
She has trained for almost 50 years in the Mahamudra & Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Shenpen has spent 12 years in retreat and for the past 30 years has been a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.