Patty Livingston

Patty Livingston is a longstanding student of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and was part of the team that developed Entering the Vajra World: A Three Yanas Retreat, an annual event first held in 2024 at Drala Mountain Center in Colorado. During that retreat, she was a meditation instructor, a tutorial teacher and the program coordinator. Patty is retired from clinical practice in anesthesia and chronic pain management but currently works in global medical education, including wellbeing and mindfulness training in low-resource settings. She was appointed to the Order of Canada for her international work. Patty lives in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia and helps run the Mahone Bay Meditation Centre.