biography
ROB PREECE (BSc. Adv. Dip. Transpersonal Psychology UKCP reg.)
following a 4 year apprenticeship in electronics engineering Rob went to university to study psychology. It was a this time he met both the work of C.G. Jung and Buddhism. In 1973 after a period of travel he met met Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal. Since that time he has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist.
After working as a social worker Rob was part of a small group that founded a Buddhist center in the UK for his Tibetan teachers. For the next four years he studied the the foundations of Tibetan practice in that Buddhist community. In 1980 he returned to India and was in retreat for much of the next five years. This gave him a chance to explore the practices of the Tantric tradition in some depth meditating under the guidance of Lama Yeshe, Zopa Rinpoche and Gen Jhampa Wangdu in particular. While in India he was fortunate enough to receive teachings on many of the important aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, in particular Tantric teachings, from Lamas such as H.H Dalai Lama, Song Rinpoche and many others. It also gave him the opportunity to learn Tangkha (Tantric Icons) painting.
Returning to the west he at first lived as a Tangkha painter and then in 1985 he trained as a psychotherapist principally with the Center for Transpersonal Psychology. This began the process of bringing together the two worlds of Buddhist and Western psychology. He has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1988 gradually developing a style that is a synthesis of Buddhist and Jungian understanding.
Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats following the instruction and guidance of his teachers. Lama Yeshe was particularly influential is this, supporting his integration of a more Western approach. This has meant gradually guiding people through a kind of apprenticeship in the practice of Tantra. Increasingly Rob has become involved in what he now calls spiritual mentoring bringing together his experience of both Eastern and Western approaches. This has also led to writing The psychology of Buddhist Tantra and The Wisdom of Imperfection.
He leads many meditation retreats in the UK some of which incorporate a movement practice facilitated by Anna. As a father of two sons an experienced Tangkha painter and a keen gardener he tries to ground Buddhist practice in a creative practical lifestyle.
ANNA MURRAY PREECE (R.S.hom.)
has been working with movement and healing for over 20 years. What she brings to this work in particular is a combination of her “Healing Movement’ work, her training in Plant Spirit Medicine and her many years of homeopathic practice
She has taught “Healing Movement” since 1996 having trained to teach “Move Into Life’ with Sandra Reeve and studied extensively with Suprapto Suryodarmo, Ruth Noble and other teachers of movement. Since 1997 she has co-facilitated meditation and movement retreats in Vajrayana Buddhism with her husband Rob. Between 2002 – 2004 she facilitated a movement group at Harmony Rehabilitation Centre for adults with addictions.
Anna trained at The School of Homoeopathy, qualifying in 1987 and tutored for the college between 1997 and 2006. She is registered with the Society of Homoeopaths. In 2005 she completed training in Plant Spirit Medicine with Eliot Cowan. This is a healing modality that brings together Shamanism and Classical Chinese Medicine, using Five Element Methodology. Eliot Cowan is a Shaman who has undergone a 12 - year training in the Mexican Huichol Tradition. She completed the Karuna Foundation Course in Psychotherapy in 2000/01.
Anna’s movement teaching is very much informed by her own process of healing, and the growth that this has, and does necessitate. Working with nature has always been a large part of this. Her practice of Buddhist meditation has been a support and source of nourishment for many years. She is mother to two lively and lovely sons.
Rob Preece works as a Contemplative Transpersonal Psychotherapist and Mentor in Bristol, Ashburton, and Exeter. In Ashburton he also uses sand-play therapy alongside conventional psychotherapy.
Anna has a Homoeopathy and Plant Spirit Medicine practice in Devon and offers Healing Movement both in groups and one to one.
If you would like details of the work of either Rob or Anna they can be contacted by e-mail at
Rob.......robpreece@mudra.co.uk
Anna.....murray.preece@virgin.net
Our Patron
Venerable Zazep Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan lama who has lived in Canada for the past 22 years where he has established a number of centres. Originally from Kham in Eastern Tibet, Rinpoche is the 13th incarnation of the founding Abbot of Zuru monastery. His journey to the west has led him to India and then via Thailand to Australia and eventually to Canada. Zazep Rinpoche has an extensive background of both Sutra and Tantra teachings from some of the principle Lamas of the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism. His experience of the west and western students has enabled him to have a particularly good understanding of the need to translate the Dharma into a form that is accessible to westerners. His desire to bring together the understanding of the Dharma and western psychology makes him a valuable resource in relation to the principle behind Mudra and all our activities. We are deeply grateful for Rinpoche's support and patronage. For further information relating to Zazep Tulku Rinpoche and his activities visit: