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Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk and bestselling author who specialises in teaching non-religious mindfulness and meditation in a corporate setting as well as at festivals and events.
His debut book тАШA MonkтАЩs Guide to HappinessтАЩ has been a huge success: #1 best-seller on Amazon, Top 10 Sunday Times Best Seller and second bestselling Mind, Body and Spirit book of 2019. It is now published in 13 countries worldwide, including the US.
Gelong Thubten also wrote a book with Ruby Wax and a neuroscientist, and had taught meditation at Google, LinkedIn, and even on the set of the Dr Strange movie.
He has spoken at major festivals such as Womad and BST in Hyde Park. Runs 3 mediation centres in the UK which are open to everyone, regardless of background or religion. Please check out Thubten on ITVтАЩs This Morning here. Media savvy and has appeared on several podcasts including Deliciously Ella (who he has also created content for) and Fearne Cottons тАШHappy PlaceтАЩ here. Thubten was recently asked to design courses for the United Nations and they published a blog post by him, which you can read here. Here is a conversation he had with Annie Lennox on AnnieтАЩs Instagram channel. Between December 2021-January 22, Thubten featured on a BBC Radio 4 short series which can be listened to here.
Currently, Gelong Thubten is finishing up writing his new book тАШHandbook for Hard TimesтАЩ тАУ to be released in June 2023.
HeтАЩs an interesting, funny, inspiring speaker, who really can adapt to offer something really useful tailored to whoever heтАЩs speaking to from doctors, prison inmates, corporate boardrooms to music festival audiences.
Please watch one of his talks in full here тАШA Monks Guide To HappinessтАЩ YouTube this talk has had over a million views.
