Sowa Rigpa Practitioner
Foundations + 3 Years | 800+ Hours

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSE
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PRE-REQUISITE: FOUNDATIONS OF SOWA RIGPA

A four-year (including Foundations year) professional training in Sowa Rigpa based on the Gyud Zhi རྒྱུད་བཞི། (Four Medical Tantras):
- Approximately 200 hours of class time each year.
- Combination of pre-recorded video content with select live online modules and weekly summary, discussion, and question and answer sessions with group mentors and guest teachers.
- 8 weeks in-person hands on practical intensives (herbal medicine making, external therapies, and student clinics) offered regularly at different locations around the world (California, Tuscany, Kathmandu) to be completed from year 2 on (can be completed individually or combined in one trip to Nepal)
- Opportunities for supplemental clinical internship and study abroad in Nepal. (Can be combined with required intensives.)

To begin your course of study, enroll in Foundations of Sowa Rigpa.
Application for Year 2 takes place at the conclusion of Foundations year

YEAR 1: FOUNDATIONS

View Foundations Page for Information

YEAR 2

  • Body Formation with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
  • Base of Pathology with Dr. Lhakpa Dolma
  • Base of Diagnosis with Dr. Nyima Tsering 
  • Base of Treatment with Dr. Tenzin Thayé 
  • Diseases of the 3 Nyepa with Jacqueline Yu 
  • Cold-Natured Disorders (Mashoopa) with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang 
  • Hot-Natured Disorders (Tsawa) with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang 
  • Women's and Children's Disorders with Dr. Lhakpa Dolma
  • Chulen with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang 
  • Geriatrics and Infertility with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang 
  • Ethics of a Physician with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang 
  • Professional Development
  • Small online group diagnosis practice classes

YEAR 3

  • Disorders of Hollow, Solid and Sense Organs (Upper body/head) with Dr. Tenzin Thayé
  • Miscellaneous Disorders with Dr. Nyima Tsering
  • Neoplastic Disorders with Dr. Nyima Tsering
  • Herbal Studies
  • Small online group diagnosis practice classes


YEAR 4


  • Pulse analysis with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and Dr. Lhakpa
  • Urinalysis with Dr. Nyima Tsering
  • Provocation Diseases with Dr. Machik
  • Liquid Medicines with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
  • Powdered Medicines with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
  • Medicinal Pastes with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
  • Herbal medicine studies with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and Dr. Dolma Tsering
  • Intro to External Therapies with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
  • Moxibustion with Dr. Sangay Tenzin
  • Venesection with Dr. Sangay Tenzin
  • Kunye with Donla Tsering
  • External Therapies conclusion with Drukmo Gyal
  • Small online group diagnosis practice classes
  • Thesis Presentations

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