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Nancy McBride received her B.A. degree in Oriental
Studies at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on Buddhist studies and
Sanskrit. She has been a practicing Buddhist for more than thirty years,
teaching and counseling students since 1978. She trained extensively under
the guidance of both Chogyam
Trungpa Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu
Rinpoche, her principal teachers, and has been authorized as a teacher by
both. Nancy completed the traditional Tibetan three-year meditation
retreat in 1997. She is one of the original founders of the Shambhala
Center of Philadelphia and served until recently on the Advisory Board. Together with her
husband Scott, she is Co-Director of the Clear Light Meditation Group.
 Scott
McBride, together with his wife Nancy, is the Co-Director of the Clear
Light Meditation Group. He has practiced Buddhist meditation for over
30 years and taught group seminars in Buddhist meditation and study since
1978. Scott has completed the traditional Tibetan three-year
meditation retreat and has been authorized to teach by the late Chogyam
Trungpa and Thrangu
Rinpoche. A founding member and former Director of the
Philadelphia Shambhala Center, he also served for five years as a Director
of the Shambhala Center of Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the largest
urban meditation centers in North America. Scott was ordained as a
Buddhist minister in 1988. He has extensive knowledge of western
psychology and has been teaching mindfulness-based stress management for 10
years, currently through the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. He has a private practice in Spiritual Counseling and
Healing oriented to support those on the path of meditation.
Gabriel
Rocco has studied and practiced Buddhism for over twenty-five years. He
is currently a senior student of Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche of the Bon Buddhist dzogchen tradition. Gabriel received his master’s degree in Contemplative
Psychotherapy from Naropa University and maintains a private practice of
counseling and meditation instruction in Bala Cynwyd. He
is the mind-body health specialist at the Wellness Community in Philadelphia for
people living with cancer, and a staff instructor for the University of
Pennsylvania’s Program for Stress Management.
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