What if you set out to travel the world and got sidetracked in a Himalayan sewing workshop? What if that sidetrack became your life’s path? Threads of Awakening—the first book to explore the Tibetan art of silk thangkas—is the inspiring story of a California woman who found her heart’s home on the other side of the globe, stitching sacred Buddhist wall hangings next door to the Dalai Lama. Learn more at threadsofawakening.com/book by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo.
After two decades abroad, Leslie returned to southern California where she now lives with three cats and enough fabric to last several lifetimes, but never enough for the next project.