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Susan Child began practicing meditation, and engaging in spiritual inquiry in the 1970s. Since 1991, she has been involved extensively in Buddhist  study and practice in Asia, Europe and North America, with respected Dharma teachers, primarily in the Theravadan and Tibetan traditions of Buddhism. She has completed a 3-year Buddhist teacher training program with Ken McLeod. She has professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat Zinn, and has studied Buddhist psychology and Buddhist ministry. Susan is the founder of The Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre― a non-sectarian centre for meditative practice in the Buddhist tradition ― where she is the spiritual coordinator and guiding teacher.
                 Gwen

Gwen Sears began practicing in 1999
at the Phommaviharam Temple in Kitchener. She joined the Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre in 2000 and has been practicing as a student of Susan Child since that time. Gwen has attended retreats offered by Ajahn  Viradammo, Ajahn Kusalo, Tsokyni Rimpoche, Ken McLeod and Susan Child.