Sowa Rigpa Institute Founder
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang is the founder, medical director, and principle teacher of the Sowa Rigpa Institute of Tibetan Medicine.
Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet Dr. Nida began his early studies Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital. Later he was awarded scholarship to enter the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996 with practical training at the Tibetan Medicine hospitals in Lhasa and Lhoka.
Alongside his medical education, Dr. Nida trained in Vajrayana with teachers from every school of Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the Longchen Nyingthig of the Nyingma school from his root teacher Ani Ngawang Gyaltsen and in the Dudjom Tersar lineage from Chönyid Rinpoche and Sremo Dechen Yudron. He received complete teachings in the Yuthok Nyingthig lineage, the unique spiritual tradition of Tibetan Medicine, from his teachers Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen and Khenchen Troru Tsenam, and was requested to continue the lineage by Jamyang Rinpoche of the Rebkong ngakpa/ma (non-monastic yogi and yogini) tradition.
A well-known poet in his youth, Dr. Nida later published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition both in Tibetan and English which have been translated into several languages. He has extensively researched ancient Tibetan healing methods, and has gained high acclaim in the East and West for his revival of little known traditional Tibetan external healing therapies.
Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet Dr. Nida began his early studies Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital. Later he was awarded scholarship to enter the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996 with practical training at the Tibetan Medicine hospitals in Lhasa and Lhoka.
Alongside his medical education, Dr. Nida trained in Vajrayana with teachers from every school of Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the Longchen Nyingthig of the Nyingma school from his root teacher Ani Ngawang Gyaltsen and in the Dudjom Tersar lineage from Chönyid Rinpoche and Sremo Dechen Yudron. He received complete teachings in the Yuthok Nyingthig lineage, the unique spiritual tradition of Tibetan Medicine, from his teachers Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen and Khenchen Troru Tsenam, and was requested to continue the lineage by Jamyang Rinpoche of the Rebkong ngakpa/ma (non-monastic yogi and yogini) tradition.
A well-known poet in his youth, Dr. Nida later published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition both in Tibetan and English which have been translated into several languages. He has extensively researched ancient Tibetan healing methods, and has gained high acclaim in the East and West for his revival of little known traditional Tibetan external healing therapies.
Sowa Rigpa Institute Faculty & Practitioners
Caroline Van Damme, MD
Sowa Rigpa Counseling
Dr. Nyima Tsering
Sowa Rigpa
Dr. Lhakpa Dolma
Sowa Rigpa
Dr. Tenzin Thaye
Sowa Rigpa
Dr. Machig Sogdzon
Sowa Rigpa
Drukmo Gyal
Sowa Rigpa, Mantra Healing, Yuthok Nyingthig
Dr. James Bae
Tibetan Yogas
Donla Tsering
Sowa Rigpa, Mantra Healibg
Yuthok Nyingthig
Yuthok Nyingthig
Christiana Polites
Yuthok Nyingthig
Tibetan Yogas
Tibetan Yogas
Lama Justin Von Bujdoss
Yuthok Nyingthig
Jacqueline Yu
Sowa Rigpa
Dr. Ben Joffe
Texts and Translations
Erik Jampa Anderrson
Sowa Rigpa, Yuthok Nyingthig, Astrology
Bair Manzarkhan
Sowa Rigpa External Therapies
Adelaide Foster
Tibetan Language
Emilio Galotta, MD
Sowa Rigpa
Communication
Christiana Polites
Executive Director
christiana@sowarigpainstitute.org
christiana@sowarigpainstitute.org
Sarah Falkner
Dean of Students
sarah@sowarigpainstitute.org
sarah@sowarigpainstitute.org