Addressing Fear & Trauma in the Time of Covid-19 w/Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche & More

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With Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo & Dr. Edward Schmookler, PhD & Moderated by Dr. Adam Okerblom, DAOM

We are delighted and honored to welcome a very special panel of guests this week to the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine Webinar Series. Our guests are experts in the theory and practical management of anxiety, fear and trauma. They have all been busy in recent months, working with the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis in their respective communities.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche shares his wisdom and experience, applying Tibetan Bon and Buddhist practice to transform fear and tensions. Dr. Ed Schmookler presents expertise on the Western Psychology view of trauma, its manifestations and treatment. Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo shares the treatment of anxiety and fear in Traditional Tibetan Medicine. All of our guests offer valuable insight, decades of experience, and practical advice for addressing fear and trauma in the time of the COVID-19 global health crisis.

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a respected and beloved teacher and meditation master in the Bön Buddhist tradition of Tibet. He has students in more than 25 countries, teaches around the world and reaches thousands of students through his online programs.

Trained as a Bön monk, Rinpoche now lives as a householder, allowing him to more fully relate to the needs and concerns of his students. Known for the depth of his wisdom and his unshakeable commitment to helping students recognize their true nature, he is the author of many books and online courses.

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo

Khewang (Tibetan for Honored Scholar) Phuntsog Wangmo (Ping Cuowangmu) received her advanced degree from the Lhasa University School of Traditional Medicine in 1988 after completing her five-year training program and two-year residency. During that time she studied with the Khenpos Troru Tsenam and Gyaltsen, two of Tibet’s foremost Tibetan Medicine doctors.

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo had the exceptional opportunity of extensive clinical training under Khenpo Troru Tsenam for four years. Thereafter, she dedicated many years of work as a doctor of Tibetan Medicine in Eastern Tibet where she collaborated with and directed the implementation of A.S.I.A. the non-profit organization founded by Professor Namkhai Norbu. After that, she worked on behalf of A.S.I.A. setting up hospitals and training centers in the remote regions of Sichuan Province and Chamdo Prefecture.

From 1997-2000, she has been the A.S.I.A. project coordinator in Tibet for the development of Gamthog Hospital in collaboration with expatriate personnel as well as the overall health coordinator and practitioner of traditional Tibetan medicine supervising health activities throughout the surrounding region of Chamdo Prefecture.
In 2007 she co-founded the American Tibetan Medical Association (ATMA), a national organization representing the Tibetan medical profession within the United States. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the philosophy, knowledge, science and practice of Tibetan medicine for the benefit of humanity.

In 2012 Menpa Phuntsog Wagmo was appointed the International Director of the School of Tibetan Medicine
She is currently in residence at the Shang Shung Institute of America, the international seat of the School of Tibetan Medicine, where she continues in her leadership as Director and International Director of the Institute’s national and international programs in U.S.A., Russia and Tenerife Spain.

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Dr. Edward Schmookler, PhD

Dr. Edward Schmookler graduated from Harvard in 1964. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980. Practicing Psychotherapy since 1980, he began specializing in trauma in 1990. For 30 years he has treated trauma of adults including accidents, sexual assaults & physical abuse as well as trauma of of children including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, ritual abuse and neglect. Dr. Edward Schmookler wrote an important Trauma Treatment Manual for those treating survivors of trauma from the Bosnian War, which has been used internationally thereafter.