Jude has degrees in Philosophy and East/West Psychology, and was Director of Merriam Hill Center’s Meditation Studies Program in New Hampshire for several years. In winter 2002, with Pema Chodron at Gampo Abbey Nova Scotia, she took temporary ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. She has also taught classes in Mindfulness and Lovingkindness Meditation and Women in Religion at Maui Community College, The University of Hawaii, and in Tacoma, Washington.
With long experience in both the Theravada and Tibetan traditions of Buddhism, she emphasizes the practice techniques and the healing benefits of Lovingkindness and Mindfulness Meditation, and the Mahayana teachings on developing compassion.
