Michael Carroll is a co-founder of The Wisdom Seat, is a teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism and is the author of Awake at Work (2004), The Mindful Leader (2007), Fearless at Work (2012) & Mindful Leadership Training (2016). Michael began practicing meditation in 1976 after receiving instruction from his first teacher HH Dudjom, Rinpoche, graduated Buddhist Seminary in 1980 under the guidance of his root teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and has studied with other teachers including Traleg Rinpoche; Changling Rinpoche; Osel Tendzin and Khenpo Khatar Rinpoche.
Matt DiRodio has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, since 1973. He graduated from the 1978 Vajradhatu Seminary, and has been a meditation teacher since 1980. He studied with Ajari Jomyo Tanaka of the Shingon Tradition, a Japanese Vajrayana school. Matt lived at Karmê Chöling from 79-81, where he designed and installed the Japanese style Rock Garden upon request of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Matt is a military veteran and retired Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine of 30 yrs. Co- founder of The Wisdom Seat, he is presently in three year retreat at Sopa Chöling Nova Scotia.
