Bruce resides in Issaquah, Washington. He is a father and grandfather. He continues to maintain a contracting business he founded in the mid-eighties.  Bruce began his studies of Buddhism in the mid-seventies under the Tibetan North American Master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Under his guidance Bruce was trained as an instructor in both shamatha/vipassana, and ngöndro practice. He also completed training as a Buddhist and Shambhala educator.  In the early nineties he was accepted as a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. In 2010 Bruce was named an instructor within Siddharthas Intent under the direction of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.