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Ralph Steele, has degrees in Religious Studies, Marriage and  Family Therapy and Child Therapy. He has in-depth training and experience in Buddhist psychology, family systems, cultural psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and somatic experiencing. He practiced as an ordained monk for one year in the monasteries of Burma and Thailand and has received training from Tibetan meditation masters including Kalu Rinpoche and Lobsang Lhalungpa.

Ralph began teaching meditation retreats in 1987 and was instrumental in establishing people-of-color retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and at the Insight Meditation Society. He founded the first Hospice Care Associates Degree program at Northern New Mexico Community College in the mid 1980’s that is now a Master of Arts program at Southwestern College. He is a board member of Samden Ling, Portland, Oregon, a Tibetan Buddhist center of Adzom Rinpoche. He is the guiding teacher of Life Transition Meditation Center. He is the author of  Tending the Fire.

www.lifetransition.com    ralphmsteele@gmail.com    505-982-4183

For meditation and teaching schedule, to register and donate, go to www.Coppermount.org/Retreat

Or contact David P. Boaz at Copper Mountain Institute, Inc. info@coppermount.org   505-898-9592