Travis DeTour has been meditating in the Shambhala community since 2011 where he first encountered and fell in love with the teachings of Choygam Trungpa Rinpoche. Travis has held various leadership roles over the years, including leading the 30's and Under group in Boston, teaching meditation in various contexts, and is a former board member of the Boston Shambhala Center. 

Travis currently works for the Buddhist Digital Resource Center as a digital archive engineer and has helped to setup digitization projects for Buddhist manuscripts in Thailand, Mongolia, and Nepal. Travis is passionate about embodiment work, the practice of self-compassion, and non-violent communication.