Pema Chodron    is an American bhikshuni, or Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. Since her ordination in 1974, Ane Pema ("Ane" is a Tibetan honorific for a nun) has conducted workshops, seminars, and meditation retreats in Europe, Australia, and throughout North America. She is the director of Gampo Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America. Pema Chödrön is also an acharya (master teacher) in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Pema Chödrön (formerly Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, born 1936) is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. The goal of her work is the ability to apply Buddhist teachings in everyday life. She is one of the most successful interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism for westerners, noted for her approachable and down-to-earth teaching style.
	Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality
	An urge comes up, we succumb to it, and it becomes stronger. We reinforce our cravings, habits, and addictions by giving in to them repeatedly. Pema Chödrön guides us through this "sticky feeling" and offers us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, soften our hearts toward others, and ourselves and live a more peaceful life in the fullness of the present moment.

Reviewer: Mary Bast

Pema Chodron's work had already illuminated my life (When Things Fall Apart, The Wisdom of No Escape, The Places That Scare You), but the title of "Getting Unstuck" seemed especially appropriate to my work (Out of the Box Coaching). I played it all the way through on two succeeding days and again the following day during travel to conduct a corporate team-building session. A reminder of these concepts was the greatest gift I could have given that team - as individuals and as leaders. If I were a millionaire, instead of money I'd give copies of this CD to everyone I meet.

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Pema Chödrön is a prolific author and has conducted workshops, seminars, and meditation retreats in Europe, Australia, and throughout North America. She is resident teacher of Gampo Abbey, a monastery in rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pema Chödrön was born in New York City and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She previously worked as an elementary school teacher before converting to Buddhism.

Chödrön began to study with Lama Chime Rinpoche in the French Alps, and became a Buddhist nun in 1974 while studying with him in London. She first met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972, and at the urging of Lama Chime Rinpoche, she took him as her root guru. She studied with him continuously from 1974 until his death in 1987.

In 1984, Chödrön moved to Gampo Abbey, and became its director. There, she published her first two books to widespread critical acclaim. In late 2005, Pema Chödrön published No Time to Lose, a commentary on Shantideva's Bodhisattva's Way of Life.

Pema has two children and three grandchildren.