Choose from any one of the classes offered by Sonam Targee during his 6 month course beginning October 2014

Oct 13th - Introduction to Ayurveda:

Topics include:

benefits of choosing Ayurveda for care rather than allopathic (Western) medicine

determining your individual constitution (prakriti)

determining current imbalances

applying uinversal properties of the the three gunas

learning the 5 elements (ether, air, water, fire and earth)

learning the 3 doshas - vata, pita, kapha

principles of 'attributes' and 'opposites'

learning daily cycles, seasonal cyles, climate change, life cycles

Ama - what it is, how it affects your health, how much you have, reversing it

Nov 10th - Digestion - agni (fire), ama (4th dosha), 5 forms of Pitta, 5 forms of Kapha, 5 movements of Vata

Dec 1st - Samprapti - the disease process, spiritual attitudes towards disease, pain management

Jan 12th - Diagnostics - Listening to the Voice; seeing the tongue, face, skin. Interpretation of smells, and palpation.

Feb 9th - Seven Tissue Groups (Dhatus) - how the body distills essence from food and fluids through the refinement in each dhatu.

Mar 9th - Marma, Nadi, and Srotamsi - the anatomy of the energy body...similar to acupressure points and channels in TCM.

Apr 13th - Healing with Food - an introduction to Ayurvedic Dietetics

May 11th - Spiritual Considerations - how prayer, meditation, mantra and levels of consciousness affect overall health and internal organ function.

Sonam has been successfully treating patients in a clinical setting for over 30 years. His training has been in ancient Asian medical modalities including Ayurveda, Tai Chi (traditional Chinese medicine), Chi Gung, and Yoga. In addition, his expertise in sacred music, sound healing and the spiritual arts gives him a diverse palate of healing modalities from which to choose and to impart. Sonam performs regularly as a musician and leads groups in Kirtan (sacred chanting).

Sonam was born in Kodaikanal, India to Christian Missionary parents. His early years in India acted as a springboard for his future studies, immersing himself in the study of meditation, sacred music and the healing arts since youth. He has had the good fortune to study with many well-known spiritual teachers as well as renowned teachers of Asian styles of medicine including; Dr. Lad, Dr. Svoboda, Dr. Mahadevan, His Holiness The 16^th Karmapa, Master Mantak Chia, Baba Muktananda, Dr. Hawkins, and Yeshe Donden (personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Sonam has studied the Medicine Buddha ritual with Trangu Rinpoche. He has also studied mridangum with Guru N.V. Venkatraman in Chennai and New Delhi, India.

Sonam holds a degree in Ethno-Musicology from Empire State College. He has a Master’s degree in Chinese Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture, and is a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

In addition to his clinical practice, Sonam offers classes in Ayurvedic healing techniques and various other Asian healing systems. His intention is simply to pass along the profound information that has been taught to him to help alleviate suffering and bring about healing in all living beings.