Ken currently teaches integrative Dharma drawing upon the 3 main streams (yanas) of Buddhist wisdom, intertwining the core practices of shamatha-vipassana, tonglen & dzogchen, informed by existentially-keyed psychology. Previously, he was in the vanguard intertwining Buddhist psychology, meditation and nondual presence in the service of psychotherapy. 

He began a dedicated practice of insight meditation in 1975, counting Joseph Goldstein and Ruth Denison as heart teachers. In 1979, he entered the M.A. Buddhist Studies program at the Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, where he met Tarthang Tulku and Vajrayana Buddhism. 

The following year he met his root master, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, from whom he received direct introduction to dzogchen followed by numerous clarifying instructions and transmissions over the years. He received further guidance from other Dzogchen teachers, being most indebted to Tsoknyi Rinpoche and through text and dream, Chogyam Trungpa. Incorporating the practice of tonglen in 1995, Ken bows to Pema Chodron as a Dharma treasure.

Regarding psychology, after earning a PhD at Saybrook University, he trained in Focusing with Eugene Gendlin followed by a decade-long apprenticeship in Existential Psychotherapy with James Bugental. Beginning in 1992, Jim invited Ken to co-teach with him, which they did for several years.  

In 2015, Ken closed his therapy practice and retired as Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and California Institute of Integral Studies, devoting himself to personal retreat, Dharma teaching and wilderness immersion. His teaching primarily occurs at Mountain Stream Meditation, in Nevada City, California, as a member of the Mountain Stream Teachers Council.

Ken can be contacted at ken.bradford@icloud.com.