Thomas Minde is a family physician and psychotherapist who spent many years working in the Ottawa area and now makes his home near Montreal. His teaching experience includes the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Palyul Centre, and he currently teaches in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Vaudreuil.

A long-time practitioner in the Palyul lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Thomas has received extensive teachings and empowerments from his root teachers, the late Pema Norbu Rinpoche and Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche. His training includes an eight-year cycle of summer retreats at the Palyul retreat centre in upstate New York, covering all the major teachings of the tradition, as well as numerous solitary retreats.

Bridging Buddhism, medicine, and western psychology, Thomas brings a wide range of approaches to both his therapy and Dharma work. His teaching draws from practices that engage thoughts, emotions, energetic experience, and the body. At the center of his interest is the exploration of Awareness itself, the essence of the Dzogchen view that reminds us that everything is already complete and invites a direct connection with this simple yet elusive truth.

Students and clients appreciate his warm, inclusive presence and his ability to weave together diverse perspectives and methods into a clear and accessible path.