Healing Buddha Hermitage

“Appreciation [gratitude] isn’t positive thinking. It’s not wishing things to be better than they really are. Appreciation is taking the...

I was preparing a handout for a walk I was leading and decided that I needed a handout on the Tibetan medicinal approach to collecting...

In the Eastern medicine traditions inner energies can be thought of in two classes; Yin-Yang in Chinese Medicine or Sun-Moon, female-male...

I noticed that my friends and acquaintances tended to have one of three approaches to living their lives. The “have” people, wanted to...

Padma Gyancha (Jewel in the Lotus) is a healing technique based on ancient Tibetan healing practices. The purpose is to create balance of...

Do you feel tired and depressed? Are you feeling worn out with no will to go on? Do you suffer from energy vampires; people taking your...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama often says we all want to be happy. Everything we do, say or think is to try to bring ourselves happiness....

A Remarkable Appointment My first visit with a Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM) Doctor was different, unlike any doctor visit in the...

“You will never solve a problem by thinking about it. You feel it and then an answer will arise naturally” – Jeff Rubin When we are on...

“Detox” and “cleansing” diets, regimens and therapies have become very popular lately.  These therapies are often promoted as ways to...

Tibetan Buddhist healing starts at the deepest level of ourselves, moving outward to our subtle energy body then to our physical body....

“In spiritual work there are only 2 rules: awareness and kindness” – Ngakpa Chögyam What is so remarkable about this quote is how Ngakpa...

གནས་སྐོར gnas skor ba, "one who circles a sacred place." In Colorado, USA there is a little known pilgrimage trail in the shape of a...

Whatever Posture Works for You When we think of meditation we often picture someone sitting straight and upright, cross-legged on the...

What I like so much about Vajrayana Buddhism is the emphasis on turning difficulties into awakened energy. It is a profound approach and...

“in our body we have negative air (neun mong lung, absence of clarity air) and positive air (yeshe lung, wisdom air)….. What I’m talking...

Almost 20 years ago, during my seminary, I spent some time apprenticing to Master Tasogare Shunju. Master Tasogare was a Tendai lineage...

To move towards our pain and illness may seem like a strange thing to do. To open to the grief, the anger and the fear may appear to be...

Earth energy is the energy of strength, stability, solidness and connection.  These are important energies to cultivate on the healing...

Author Jamgon Kontrul The Great Path of Awakening is a text written by Jamgon Kontrul in the 19th century. Jamgon Kontrul, known as the...