Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation trainer and author. Atthe age of 21 he ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, 25 years ago, at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. He has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years. Thubten specialises in teaching non-religious mindfulness meditation internationally, in businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and addiction counselling centres. He works with major clients such as Google, Accenture and LinkedIn, he teaches mindfulness to medical students, and he collaborated with Ruby Wax on her latest book. Thubten has also created a meditation app called Samten, and is currently working on his own book to be published in 2019. Thubten will deliver two events. The first will be a solo talk about remaining mindful and human in a busy world. The second will be a bespoke talk to pupils of the senior years at school.