Mindy Newman, MA, MTS, LMHC, is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. She has an MA in counseling psychology from Lesley University and an MTS in world religion from Harvard University. She is a graduate of Nalanda Institute’s Contemplative Psychotherapy Program and taught meditation as part of the institute’s Introduction to Meditation series at Tibet House. Newman was recently one of Tricycle’s online dharma talk leaders and has written several pieces for Tricycle as a contributor. She is a student of Geshe Tenzin Zopa, whom Mindy met on pilgrimage in Nepal in 2018.

For more information about Mindy and her work with Tricycle, please see the following links:

https://www.mindynewman.com/

https://tricycle.org/author/mindy-newman/

Please also see the following link for Geshe Tenzin Zopa's website:

http://www.tenzinzopa.com/

We talked about preparing for a pilgrimage to Bhutan and how sharing reflections with others can strengthen the pilgrimage experience, Geshe Tenzin Zopa and being drawn towards Vajrayana practice, grief and exploring Māyādevī through both inner and outer journeys, and the importance of remembering that the Buddhist journey can be messy.