Cydney started meditating in 1998 and formerly stepped on to the Buddhist path in 2000. She meditated on Chenrezi at the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in Seattle for 7 years before becoming a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. She completed a 3 year retreat at the Vajradhara Gonpa in Australia in 2012 and has been a Siddhartha’s Intent instructor for the Ngondro Gar since 2017.