Mentorship
Individualised mentorship and tutoring for students, scholars, and practitioners
Personalised Training and Support with Erik Jampa
Are you a Tibetan Medicine student looking to support your studies with individualised guidance? A meditator in search of context, guidance, or (non-intimidating) support on your spiritual path? A seeker looking to deepen your engagement with myth, ritual, and animistic engagement with the more-than-human world? A researcher working with relevant topics or materials that might benefit from specialised input?
It’s common for seekers and students of all kinds to feel a bit overwhelmed by the vast amount of information out there, and even with the incredible resources we have available to us in this day and age, it’s perfectly reasonable to feel a bit ungrounded and overloaded by it all. Traditionally, mentorship and tutoring was an absolutely essential component of education. It’s important to have a space to refine your understanding, deepen your knowledge, and explore areas of key interest outside the classroom.
Please note: these sessions are specifically designed for students, scholars, and practitioners and are educationally and spiritually-oriented. If you are seeking medical, astrological, or specific ritual services as a client, please book a private consultation instead.
Sample of Topics:
Spiritual guidance and support in Buddhist and animistic traditions.
In-depth study of key concepts and techniques in Traditional Tibetan Medicine.
Review of textual foundations and historical developments in Sowa Rigpa and Tibetan Buddhism.
Establishing and accomplishing achievable learning goals in your studies, especially with challenging topics.
Clinical guidance and resources, including apothecary building and practical Tibetan pharmacology.
Elementary Tibetan language, including support in reading, writing, and comprehending basic classical Tibetan.
Deconstruction support, and guidance in pragmatic spirituality.
Support in integrating western Alchemical Herbalism into your practice, including home production of spagyric tinctures.
Enhancing your understanding and practical engagement with classical astrology and chart analysis.
Engagement with Unseen Beings and ‘myth as practice.’
And much, much more!
These single 60-minute online tutoring sessions are tailored to your own individual interests and needs. These sessions can be booked whenever you need, and are perfect for a quick brush-up on certain skills, deeper exploration of a particular topic, exam preparation, or practice guidance.
Q&A
Do I need to be enrolled in an existing Tibetan Medicine program in order to get tutoring in Tibetan Medical studies?
Not necessarily, but it’s highly recommended that you have some prior exposure or related experience (i.e. with Tibetan Buddhism). Newbies are still heartily welcomed, but the sessions will be more introductory in nature, and would ideally be supplemented by participation in some of our group classes and public workshops.
I practice another form of traditional medicine, but am interested in learning more about Sowa Rigpa - would a tutoring session be suitable for me?
Absolutely! This is a great resource for people with existing training who don’t necessarily want to start from the ground up. We will explore how your own practice lineage may naturally weave into the Sowa Rigpa landscape, and practical recommendations for tailoring your ongoing education to meet your individual interests and needs.
Is this only for people who are interested in medicine?
Definitely not - these sessions are completely personalised, so if you want to focus on the history of medicine, Tibetan language, Buddhist practice, astrology, animism, etc., then we can focus primarily on those topics. Though there’s always bound to be intersections, but this is part of why an interdisciplinary approach is so valuable.
Have Other Questions?
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