Teachers

Lopön Ellen Booth Church

Lopön Ellen Booth Church (Yeshe Choepel) has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism for 35 years. She is a Buddhist teacher, meditation coach, former member on the Tara Mandala Board of Trustees, and an accomplished educator and author of many educational books and articles for parents and teachers. Formerly a professor of Education at the State University of New York, she is currently an adjunct Professor of Education at Nova Southeastern University. Ellen has assisted in creating three satellite Tara Mandala Sanghas (Key West, FL; Ithaca, NY; and Marathon, FL) for her teacher, Lama Tsultrim Allione. Lopön Ellen teaches widely across the United States and in Europe and is especially known for her deep knowledge and skillful transmission of the Dakini Mandala and Simhamukha.

Authorized to teach:
Five Buddha Mandala Practice
Five Dakini Mandala Practice
Five Yab/Yum Mandala Practice
Prajña Paramita Meditation
Three Yanas: Mahayana Retreat
Three Yanas: Sutrayana Retreat
Three Yanas: Vajrayana Retreat

Email: kwtaramandala@aol.com
Website: www.keywesttaramandala.org
Location:
Key West/Marathon, Florida
Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina

Events with Lopön Ellen Booth Church

Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine
January 31 - March 1, 2025

“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione   Venture into  the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we…