Chöying Khandro received the transmissions of both the Ganden and Machik Dakini Ear-Whispered Chöd lineages from her root teacher, the Ninth Khalkha Jetsün Dampa. Based in Springfield, Oregon, she is the founder and spiritual leader of Dakini’s Whisper, an international, online community whose mission is to integrate ancient wisdom into the individual and shared journey of dedicated, contemporary practitioners around the world. She has an MA in oriental philosophy from Waseda University in Japan and an MA in Buddhist studies from the University of Michigan and is also trained in body-oriented disciplines
