He has served as Resident Senior Teacher for the Shambhala Centers in New Zealand and as Resident Director of Shambhala Training in Boulder Colorado. Mr. Cohen has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism since 1972 under the great meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and continues to study under Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He has taught as adjunct faculty at Naropa University and throughout the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.