Lama Julia Tenzin. At the age of 20, Lama Julia Tenzin became a student of Lama Gendun Rinpoché. A Tibetan master of the Karma Kagyu Lineage, Gendun Rinpoché spent half of his life in meditation retreats and attained the highest level of realization.

For ten years Julia received Buddhist meditation training in his retreat centers in France, accomplishing three cycles of the traditional three-year retreat where she received the transmissions of the Karma Kagyu Lineage.

After several years of teaching activity in Europe, she is presently a MA student for Buddhist Studies at the University of the West in Los Angeles, California.