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About
The Gradual Path

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Gradual Path supports both inner and outer journeys of transformation through coaching, courses, pilgrimages, and service projects grounded in Tibetan Buddhist wisdom integrated with clinical psychology.

Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist, author, and teacher whose work bridges Tibetan Buddhist wisdom and modern psychology.

The origins of Gradual Path began in 2018 after a transformative pilgrimage to Nepal led by Tibetan master Geshe Tenzin Zopa, where Dr. Neale launched his book Gradual Awakening at Kopan Nunnery in Kathmandu.

Inspired by the momentum of that journey, a small community formed to continue studying the lam rim, or “gradual path” of Tibetan Buddhism, the most comprehensive and systematic presentation of spiritual awakening ever devised.

That initiative evolved into Gradual Path, an international learning community offering courses, pilgrimages, coaching, and service projects designed to support outer and inner journeys of transformation.

Dr. Miles Neale and Geshe Tenzin Zopa in prayer with a fellow pilgrim inside a Buddhist temple

The Gradual Path is rooted in the thousand-year-old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of lam rim, the “stages of the path,” which views transformation as a lifelong process of study, reflection, practice, and life-application. By integrating Buddhist principles and techniques with modern psychology and neuroscience, Gradual Path offers seekers a comprehensive approach for inner development while encouraging meaningful engagement with our modern world.

At the heart of this work is the belief that genuine change unfolds gradually based on a systematic process of preparation, initiation, and integration. Rather than seeking quick fixes or spectacular results that decline over time, we emphasize a gradual unfoldment of repatterining outlook, attitude, and lifestyle based on wise mentorship, rigorous study, contemplative practice, and the application of age-old insights and skills into everyday life.

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Our Team

Gradual Path is led by two psychologists, Dr. Miles Neale and Dr. Emily Wolf, who have studied with and served their master, Geshe Tenzin Zopa, for over twenty years.

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Dr Miles Neale

Founder and Instructor

Dr. Miles Neale is a psychotherapist, author, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose work bridges contemplative wisdom with modern psychology. Over the past twenty-five years he has taught meditation and contemplative psychology internationally, including at Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell. He is the author of Return with Elixir and Gradual Awakening, and founder of Gradual Path.

Dr Emily Jane Wolf

Director, Gradual Path Indonesia

Dr. Emily Wolf is a clinical psychologist specialising in contemplative psychotherapy that integrates Buddhist wisdom with modern therapeutic approaches. Alongside her private practice and work in therapist training, she serves as Director of Gradual Path Indonesia, helping guide the organisation's programs, community, and initiatives supporting the integration of psychology, contemplative practice, and service.

Geshe Tenzin Zopa

Spiritual Advisor

Geshe Tenzin Zopa is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher ordained at Kopan Monastery in Nepal and a graduate of Sera Jey Monastic University in South India, where he received the Geshe degree. A longtime teacher within the FPMT tradition, he shares Buddhist teachings internationally and serves as the spiritual mentor guiding the vision and pilgrimages of Gradual Path.

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How We Work With You

The Gradual Path brings a living lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, with its time-tested methods, into a fresh dialogue with contemporary psychology and science, while fostering an intimate group of earnest seekers who value a shared ethos of humility and integrity. Whether through online courses, pilgrimage to the Tsum Valley, Nepal, and other sacred destinations, private coaching, and service projects that support Tibetan nuns in remote Himalayan regions, we offer a holistic ecosystem for inner development while cultivating compassion and responsibility for our world. No bells, no whistles, just pure hearts and hard work.

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Life is a pilgrimage; pilgrimage is life. Let Gradual Path guide you through outer and inner journeys of transformation.

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