Vinciane Rycroft has been sharing the meditation, compassion and wisdom of the Buddhist teachings with a public audience for the last ten years. She first met some of the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism when in her early twenties and became a student of Sogyal Rinpoche in 1994. Since then, she studies and practices Mahayana, Vajrayana and Dzogchen in Rigpa under the guidance of many teachers. Her particular passions are the lojong teachings on training the mind in wisdom and compassion, and how the Buddhist view challenges our current world views. She has a master’s degree in the science of education and also trains school teachers in meditation, self-compassion and emotional intelligence for the education charity Mind with Heart.