Tibetan Medicine Series: Learning Your Constitution to Achieve Better Health

According to Tibetan Medicine, one of the world's oldest healing traditions, the human body is composed of three forces (nyepas) that are responsible for mental and physical well-being. Everyone is born with a predominance of one or more of these forces or energies, referred to as the person's constitution. Knowing your constitution and achieving a balance of the three nyepas ensures good health. Yangdron Kalzang, Doctor of Tibetan Medicine, will introduce the fundamental principles of Tibetan Medicine and the energies which determine our state of health. She will assist students in determining their constitution and discuss the different factors which determine it. Finally, she will discuss diet and behavioral guidelines to achieve more balance and a better state of health.