Lama Shenpen Hookham has nearly 50 years of training in the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and has translated for, studied with, and received transmissions from the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. She spends most of her time in semi-retreat at her home, The Hermitage of the Awakened Heart, in Wales, UK.