Güzin was born and raised in Istanbul, where she obtained her BA in Psychology and Comparative Literature and an MA in Cultural Studies (thesis on the construction of the self in Tibetan Buddhist and Western psychological traditions). Working as a psychotherapist in Turkey and pursuing a second MA degree in Forensic Sciences and Psychology, she continued her training in various psychotherapy techniques. She then worked as a psychotherapist and mental healthcare expert in Turkey, India, and Egypt, collaborating with government and NGO projects.
Living in different regions of India for nearly a decade, Güzin became interested in the experiential aspects of Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist yogic traditions, as well as their philosophical and ritual practices. After attending a Tibetan Translator Training programme in Dharamsala, Güzin collaborated in translation projects with Dr Alexander Berzin, becoming a translator for the Turkish section of his online Buddhist archives. She continued to live in Dharamsala, where she concentrated on studying Tibetan Buddhist meditation and ritual. In 2014-2015, Güzin pursued an MSt degree in Oriental Studies (Tibetan Studies) at the University of Oxford, focusing on the early historical roots of the Tibetan State Oracle tradition and its protector deity Pehar. She completed her DPhil in Tibetan Buddhism (Faculty of Theology and Religion) at the University of Oxford, concentrating on the ritual practices of the Tantric deity Kurukullā, associated with transcendent wisdom and activities of magnetising. She continues to lead weekly university-wide sessions in Oxford on the methods of mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist meditation.
Güzin leads a weekly university-wide session in the methods of Mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist meditation at Lady Margaret Hall.
For more information: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/guzin-yener
https://khyentsefoundation.org/team/guzin-a-yener-2/