Rita Renzi was born in Bologna, Italy. She graduated at the University of Bologna in Oriental History and Philosophy and she spent 5 years in an ashram in South of India.
She has been following Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s teaching since 1994. In 1997 she became involved in the Dzogchen Community’s activities as a secretary for the Shang Shung Institute, where she remained till 2004.
She qualified for teaching the first level of the Dance of the Vajra in 2001, on Margarita Island, Venezuela; second level in 2005, in Merigar West. Since 2001, she has been travelling teaching in Italy, Europe, Singapore and Australia.
She was in the team group that edited Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s book on the Dance of the Vajra, The Precious Light, published by the Shang Shung Editions in 2014 and in the preparation of the tutorial video shooting in 2015 in Dzamling Gar.