Gelong Thubten

Buddhist monk, meditation trainer and author Gelong Thubten offers young people advice on retaining an independent mind and avoiding some of the stresses and dangers of social media and daily life.

Thubten was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1993 and is a pioneer in mindfulness meditation teaching. He has recently been involved in a project with Welsh schools to develop an app that helps children to learn mindfulness and combat rising mental health issues among the young.

Thubten was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1993 at Kagyu Samye Ling in the Borders of Scotland, Europe’s oldest and largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and is a pioneer in mindfulness meditation teaching. He has more than 20 years’ experience teaching in businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and counselling centres and works with the likes of Google and LinkedIn. He worked with Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton as the meditation consultant on the movie, Dr Strange and with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on How to be Human: the Manual.

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