Charles Genoud has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism since 1970. For several years he was a student of the Venerable Geshe Rabten and then of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. His unique approach, Gesture of Awareness, is the result of the Buddhist Madhyamika point of view applied to meditation techniques and complementary work in the field of sensory awareness under the guidance of Michael Tophoff. Charles Genoud teaches Buddhist meditation and leads workshops in France, the USA, England, and Switzerland. Patricia e Charles have founded the Vimalakirti Meditation Centre in Geneva, Switzerland