HOSTED BY SAMAYA
TIBETAN MEDICINE FOR THE SEASON
Winter
Inner Fire
དགུན་ཁའི་མེ་དྲོད།
FRIDAY JANUARY 30
SATURDAY JANUARY 31
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
Los Angeles 9–11am | New York 12–2pm
Rome 6–8pm
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Three-day course tailored for the Winter season with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Edward Coughlin, and Liz Sung.
$200 for all three days
If you’d like to contribute more than $200, please do so here and you will be automatically enrolled. Please be sure to leave your email address in the donation memo for registration.
Participants who registered for our previous seasons series are welcome to use code WINTER to enroll for $120.
Live on Zoom • Recordings will be shared with registered participants only
*All proceeds go towards the Dark Retreat Arce project
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY JANUARY 30
Explore the Winter season through the philosophy of Sowa Rigpa with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. Winter is the season of the water element, linked to the kidneys and bladder—our foundations of endurance, stamina, and emotional grounding. As nature slows, our own physiology follows: metabolism decreases, energy is conserved, and the mind moves into a quieter and introspective state. This shift can make us more vulnerable to fatigue, low mood, and stagnation. Dr. Nida offers practical methods to nourish kidney energy, support emotional balance, build resilience, and maintain inner warmth. Blending traditional medical wisdom with accessible lifestyle guidance, this session brings steadiness and motivation through the darkest months of the year.
SATURDAY JANUARY 31
Join Liz Sung for a Tibetan yoga and meditation session designed to counter Winter fatigue, stagnation, and emotional heaviness. This dynamic practice integrates breathwork, movement, and guided reflection to warm the inner body, refresh the mind, and re-energize during the hibernation season.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
Master herbalist and acupuncturist Dr. Edward Coughlin, AP, DOM introduces Winter’s most effective plant allies. Learn about the seasonal herbs that support warmth, kidney health, and circulation. This workshop includes a demonstration of a medicine formula for Winter ailments.
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang is a renowned Tibetan physician, scholar, and lineage holder of the Yuthok Nyingthig, the unique spiritual healing tradition within Tibetan Medicine. Born in Amdo, northeastern Tibet, he began his medical training at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital before earning his degree from Lhasa Tibetan Medical University in 1996. Alongside his medical studies, Dr. Nida immersed himself in Vajrayana Buddhism, receiving transmissions and training from esteemed masters across all Tibetan Buddhist schools, with a particular focus on the Longchen Nyingthig, Dudjom Tersar, and Yuthok Nyingthig traditions.
A well-known poet in his youth, he has published numerous books and articles on Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig, as well as groundbreaking research on ancient Tibetan healing practices, earning international recognition in both the East and West.
As the Founder and Medical Director of the Sowa Rigpa Institute, Dr. Nida continues to share the wisdom of Tibetan Medicine worldwide, preserving and advancing its profound healing traditions for future generations.
Dr. Edward Coughlin AP, DOM
Edward Coughlin is a licensed acupuncturist, Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and certified Sowa Rigpa practitioner with nearly three decades of experience in Florida, where he runs his private practice, Jade Lotus. He is a Diplomate in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, and herbal medicine through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. As one of the first acupuncturists in Florida to earn hospital staff privileges, he has performed over 50,000 treatments, bringing deep expertise to his clinical work.
In addition to his clinical practice, Edward is a dedicated educator, teaching herbalism and materia medica for the Sowa Rigpa Institute’s certification programs. He has also trained in Eclectic Western Herbal Medicine with the Matthew Wood Institute, blending Eastern and Western healing traditions.
Beyond his work in medicine, Edward is a senior student of Master Kao San Lun and a 35th-generation disciple of the Little Nine Heaven system of martial arts. With over 30 years of training in this rare lineage, he embodies the integration of traditional healing arts and martial discipline.
Liz Sung
Liz Sung is a Yuthok Nyingthig practitioner under the guidance of her main teacher Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, with whom she also studied Tibetan yoga and Sowa Rigpa. Influenced by her Korean heritage and the Mahayana Buddhist traditions of her upbringing, Liz began her dharma education under her first teacher in the Gelug lineage.
As the main yoga teacher for the Sowa Rigpa Institute, Liz helped to the develop the institute’s Sowa Rigpa Yoga curriculum integrating Tibetan medicine with Tibetan yoga. She holds certifications in Sowa Rigpa, Hatha yoga, trauma-informed yoga, and meditation.
Beyond this work, Liz has an extensive and diverse background in visual arts and design with over 18 years of experience in New York City and Los Angeles. Raised in a family of artists and entrepreneurs, she focuses on creativity, practical application, and integration. In 2015, she founded SAMAYA, a meditation lifestyle brand, honoring ancient practices with a contemporary perspective.