Christine Thompson has had a love of the Buddha Dharma since the 1970’s and in 1975 she attended her first Vipassana retreat in India. She then lived in a dharma community in the U.K. with Christopher Titmuss and Christina Feldman for four years.

In her capacity as a psychotherapist and social worker, she has taught Mindfulness meditation to individuals and groups in the mental health and drug and alcohol fields. Christine was the Senior Buddhist Chaplain for Prisons under the auspices of the Buddhist Council of Victoria and Corrections Victoria. 

As well as long personal retreats in India, Christine sat a three month retreat in the U.S. guided by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg and a two month personal retreat at the Forest Refuge, also in the U.S at IMS. Christine has been an assistant teacher at the Thai Temple, Bodh Gaya with Christopher Titmuss and Radha Nicholson and taught groups at the Dharma Gathering in Sarnath, India. Christine is also a Mindfulness Mentor on Christopher Titmuss’s Mindfulness Training Course (online).