Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo - Threads of Awakening

Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is a textile artist and caretaker of a sacred Tibetan tradition of fabric art. She stitches bits of silk into elaborate figurative mosaics that bring the transformative images of Buddhist meditation to life. 

Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo

She calls her work ‘Threads of Awakening’ and encourages people to follow the threads of connection and joy in their own lives. Trained in Dharamsala, India, she participated in the creation of silk appliqué thangkas* for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rinpoche, and numerous Tibetan monasteries and dharma centers. 

In a private audience at the end of her apprenticeship, the Dalai Lama blessed Leslie’s work and encouraged her to use this Tibetan art form to inspire people of other cultures and religions. Leslie’s thangkas have been exhibited internationally and featured in magazines such as FiberArts, Fiber Art Now, and Spirituality & Health. Her story is beautifully told in the 2008 documentary, Creating Buddhas: the Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas. 

Through her Stitching Buddhas Virtual Apprentice Program, she teaches the sacred craft to women around the globe, helping them connect the spiritual and creative threads in their own lives. Her forthcoming book, Threads of Awakening: the Transformative Power of Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art, will be the first book in any language to explore the ancient art of Tibetan appliqué and to reveal its unique stitches. 

Back in California after two decades abroad, Leslie now lives by the beach with two cats and is often asked why she smiles so much.

Return to the Clarence Caldwells True Life Academy Podcast Page
About Clarence


Heart WorldFounder and President of True Life Enterprises – Clarence Caldwell is a Nationally Recognized Business Coach, Life Mentor & Speaker –

As a former Fortune 100 Executive Clarence has built a business around helping leaders create success in their careers while staying connected to their true self.

Being an effective coach in transformation, spirituality, family issues, conflict resolution, visioning, empowerment and personal performance,

Clarence has helped thousands of people realize their gifts and achieve their goals.

Starting life as an inner city kid at risk living in poverty, Clarence knows all too well what it looks like and feels like to have little hope of achieving greatness in this world.

The spiritual and transformational principles he used in his own rise are what his clients receive and use in their own success journeys. Clarence’s company, True Life Enterprises has become a beacon of light illuminating the path to having it all - at work and at home.

Connect with Me


     

  

Clarence Redball Trans


Escape from Average