Medicine & Wellness
Seasonal Influences on Health: Recommendations for the Freeze of Winter
Tawni Tidwell shares some wisdom from the Tibetan Medicine tradition in cultivating balance during the winter months.
December 12, 2019
Tawni Tidwell
Tawni Tidwell, TMD, Ph.D., is a Tibetan medical physician (also known as “menpa” or “amchi”), who studied Tibetan medicine at Men-Tsee-Khang in north India and Sorig Loling Tibetan Medical College of Tso-Ngon (Qinghai) University in eastern Tibet. Tawni did her Ph.D. in biocultural anthropology at Emory University, where she looked at the sensory entrainment processes for diagnostics in Tibetan medical education, graduating in 2017.
Medicine & Wellness
Fourfold Cooling Method
Tibetan medicine calls for specific seasonal behavior. The seasons can be divided either by equinox and solstice, the four seasons as we do in the West or into six seasons: Early Winter (November & December), Late Winter (January & February), Spring (March & April), Early Summer (May & June), Late Summer (Monsoon in some places) (July & August), and Autumn (September & October). The seasons are then described according to what is happening in the climate and the environment. Certain behaviors are recommended for each of the seasons.
August 21, 2019
Medicine & Wellness
Care-Taking rLüng During Long Practice Hours
Tawni Tidwell talks about how we can balance rlüng imbalances in our bodies.
April 29, 2019
Medicine & Wellness
Tibetan Medicine Basics: Units of Distinction
Units of Distinction Tibetan Medicine Basics offers a brief introduction to an alternative way of viewing the human body. Western and Tibetan medicine look at
February 26, 2019