Erika Wilton has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1971, when her travels brought her to a Buddhist monastery in Scotland. Returning to the States she sought and met Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, becoming his student. She attended the three-month Vajradhatu Buddhist Seminary in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado in 1985, and many Buddhist seminars, training programs and retreats. In recent years she has been studying with Dzongsar Khyentse, Rinpoche, Kilung Rinpoche, and others.
She has taught classes on various aspects of Buddhism, and is an authorized meditation instructor. Erika met her husband Jim while both were living and working at Karme Choling Buddhist Meditation Center in Vermont, and are the parents of an adult son.
Erika is a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, writing and officiating one-of-a-kind ceremonies, primarily for weddings and memorials. She is also a writer and an artist in various media.