About Dr. Anasuya Weilx

I graduated from the ShangShung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine and the Qinghai University Tibetan Medicine School of Xining as a Doctor of Tibetan Medicine and am also a Licensed Massage Therapist. Previously I received  a Master’s of Science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. From 1991 to 1994 I directed the Tibetan Resettlement Project in New Mexico, where 50 Tibetan men and women were helped to resettle and eventually bring their families.

Buddhist practice has been part of my life since the age of nineteen and I have been blessed with studying with many great teachers. In India where I lived for two years I spent five months in the Tibetan exile community and developed an abiding love and concern for the Tibetan people and their culture. That is also where I first became acquainted with Tibetan medicine and was impressed and intrigued with its efficacy. It is my hope to help acquaint Westerners with Tibetan medicine and its many healing modalities and benefits.

I first saw how effective Tibetan medicine could be when I lived below Amala Lobsang in MacLeod Ganj, India.  She was relaxed, kind and happy. I used to visit her, have tea and ask questions about Tibetan medicine, little realizing that I would one day have the opportunity to study it myself. I also met some of her patients, one of whom stuck in my mind, a young English man that she was treating for a birth trauma resulting in the atrophy of his whole right side. At the time I saw him he had gone from having an almost useless, curled up atrophied arm to an arm with about 80% mobility. He was amazed and extremely grateful with his progress.

When my teacher Gan Phuntsog Wangmo decided to open a school using the traditional Tibetan texts and teaching methods I was incredibly happy that it was so close and I was able to participate. For me, the study of Tibetan medicine is a continuation and extension of my Buddhist practice. There is a strong spiritual and ethical component in Tibetan medicine that is  continually emphasized in doctor’s conduct. It is taught that the right motivation and attitude of compassion are absolutely necessary to practice medicine.

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The bodywork I do is Tibetan Kunye therapy, which is an integral practice in Tibetan medicine, indicated for many imbalances, primarily ‘wind’ or ‘rlung’. Kunye is done on a traditional massage table using different herbal-infused oils that are based on the individual’s constitution. The massage itself can include deep tissue work, gentle, soothing strokes along specific pathways, targeted pressure points for muscles, nerves, tendons, the three humors or specific organs, joint mobilization, gentle stretches, and warming the body. Hot or cool compresses, stones, herbal poultices, and/or sand may also be added/recommended. A Kunye treatment is deeply relaxing, effective, and nourishing. Horme treatments are small bundles of herbs heated in oil and applied to specific points. This treatment is especially effective for nerve problems, anxiety, insomnia, heart-emptiness, feelings of hopelessness, restlessness, and other wind or rlung related symptoms. As with regular Kunye, Horme is very relaxing, grounding, and leaves you feeling wonderful.