Consultations are held at our Downtown Berkeley Medicine Buddha Healing Center clinic at 2210 McKinley Avenue, #4, (1 block west of Martin Luther King at Allston Way) Berkeley, 94703 - a 6 minute, 3 block walk from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART (Allston Avenue Stairs Exit) station.
Director: Ven. Losang Jinpa (formerly Michael Reid Kreuzer), D.Ayur, M.A.H., Ph.D Buddhist Ayurveda (1) 510-292-6696 Call to Book Appointment www.Ayurveda-Berkeley.com Please CALL US, no e-mail available
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D.Ayur,
M.A.H., Ph.D
Master Herbalist,
Ayurvedic Practitioner,
Pastoral Counselor,
Center Co-Founder and Director
(1) 510-292-6696
E-mail: Not Available, please CALL us. To understand why we don't offer e-mail access to us, click here to understand the Buddhist Ayurveda perspective on Computers, Television and Genetic Engineering.
Completed a Six-Year Apprenticeship with Dr. Lad observing over 1900 patient consultations and served on the faculty of Dr. Lad's Ayurvedic Institute and currently serves as the primary faculty of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute in Berkeley. Jinpa has served over 5500 patients since 1998.
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Jinpa is available in Berkeley by appointment only for Ayurveda or Tibetan Medicine consultations and therapies from 10 AM to 7 PM Fridays 7 days per week.
Jinpa is often on Buddhist Shurangama Sutra-Mantra Study Retreat every Tuesday and Wednesday at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas or in the South Bay and may thus be unavailable to see clients or to teach during these times. Other hours may be available upon request.
Please contact us directly to book an appointment. Please no "drop-in" consultations allowed at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center.
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Sheng-wei
Lan, L.Ac., M.S.TCM, Ph. D - Chinese Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist:
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Sheng-wei
Lan, L.Ac, M.S.TCM, M.A.H., D.Ayur, Ph.D
Chinese Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist, Licensed Acupuncturist
Master Herbalist,
Diplomate of Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Practitioner,
Doctor of Philosophy in Buddhist Healing Ayurveda ,
Pastoral Counselor, Center Co-Director
Please
CALL US (No
e-mail available) (1) 510-292-6696
Sheng-wei has completed her 4 years, 3000 hours-long Masters of Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine Degree (M.S.TCM) including Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. She has studied 3 years of Buddhism and has apprenticed in clinical Ayurvedic studies with Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute. As a student of Buddhist Ayurveda and the Chinese healing arts Sheng-wei offers free of charge herbal and dietary consultations to those in need. Her Master Herbalist status is based on the American Herbalist Guild educational guidelines.
Her second graduate degree, upon doctoral committee review of her dissertation, Ph.D - a 4700-hour Doctor of Philosophy diploma in Buddhist Ayurveda with more than 1600 hours of Indo-Tibetan Ayurveda, 1500 hours of Buddhist sutra scriptures, mantra chants, meditation and philosophy, 3280 hours of Chinese Medicine, 700 hours of Western medicine / chiropractic, and 900 hours of Chinese language, culture, poetry, and philosophy. More than 4700 hours were spent over a seven year period earning her Ph.D coursework in Buddhist Ayurveda healing arts.
Ph.D in Buddhist Ayurveda is a post-graduate-level religious healing-arts degree (theological science) conferring the most advanced level of academic and clinical status as a Buddhist Pastoral Counselor (Minister) to already ordained lay ministers with First Amendment Constitutional protections to practice Buddhist Ayurveda as part of a lay ordination program of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center. Her classes, research work and writing involve a Doctoral Dissertation on the integration of Indo-Tibetan Ayurveda with Chinese Medicine. Based primarily on 400 B.C. Vedic-Yogi Monk Charaka's Carak Samhita of the Brihat Trayi Sutras - the most ancient Ayurvedic text - analyzed from a Chinese Medicine perspective. Emphasis was not only on analysis of the Charak Samhita, but also on the the 550 A.D. Sanskrit Indian Buddhist Ayurveda classic Vagbhata's Astanga Hridayam of the Brihat Trayi Sutras, on the 700 A.D. Tibetan Medicine Four Medical Tantras (called rGyud-bzhi in Tibetan, it is based on Astanga Hridayam and on the healing teachings and mantras of the Shurangama Sutra, the Dharani Sutra and the Avatamsaka Sutra.
Click here to download Sheng-wei's Research Paper (466K MS Word Document) on "Manic Depression (Bi-Polar) with Emphasis on Treatment of Manic Aspect with Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda".
Click here to download the PowerPoint Slides (1.1 MB) of her recent presentation at Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences.
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Dr. Subash Rana,
A.M.B.S.
Indian Ayurvedic Physician, Pastoral Counselor
(1) 510-292-6696
Completed in 1959 a Six-Year Full Time Ayurvedic Physician Degree Program in Haridwar, India at the Gurukula Kangri Ayurvedic University. He has since 1959 actively treated over 50,000 patients in India. Dr. Subash Rana is regularly offering advanced seminars on East Indian herbology and Rasa Shastra at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute in Berkeley. Dr. Subash Rana does joint consultations with Jinpa at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center during the mornings.
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Ayurvedic Massage Therapist Partners, C.A.T., C.M.T., P.K.S.
Ayurvedic Massage Practitioner
(1) 510-292-6696 - For Ayurvedic Massage only, not for Ayurvedic Herbal
Consultations
We work with certified Oriental Bodyworkers (O.B.T.), Massage Therapists (C.M.T.), Clinical Ayurveda Specialists (C.A.S), Pancha Karma Specialists (P.K.S.) who have been trained in Panchakarma and Ayurvedic cleansing and rejuvenation therapies. These kindred practitioners continue their advanced clinical Ayurvedic studies in Buddhist Ayurveda with Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.A.S. of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute. They specializes in all forms of Ayurvedic hands-on therapies: 2 hour combination sessions consists of Abhyanga (herbal oil massage), Nasya, Shirodhara and Svedana (steam therapy), Marma Chikitsa (Ayurvedic acupressure) and lymphatic drainage. Warm herbalized or essential oils, hot compresses and hot rocks are applied to clear blocks and congestion. Also offers Netra Basti, Karna Purana, Ear-candling, Ayurvedic Facial, and full Panchakarma in concert with Jinpa. 510-292-6696
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Please call for more information on Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine, Acupuncture, or Chinese herbal consultations, therapies, and educational classes.
E-mail: Not Available, please CALL us at 510-292-6696. To understand why we don't offer e-mail access to us, click here to understand the Buddhist Ayurveda perspective on Computers, Television and Genetic Engineering.
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Consultations are held at our Downtown Berkeley Medicine Buddha Healing Center clinic at 2210 McKinley Avenue, #4, (1 block west of Martin Luther King at Allston Way) Berkeley, 94703 - a 6 minute, 3 block walk from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART (Allston Avenue Stairs Exit) station.
Director: Ven. Losang Jinpa (formerly Michael Reid Kreuzer), D.Ayur, M.A.H., Ph.D Buddhist Ayurveda (1) 510-292-6696 Call to Book Appointment www.Ayurveda-Berkeley.com Please CALL US, no e-mail available
Here is the map to our Center Street Clinic:
Here are directions from I-80 Freeway at
University Avenue Exit:
http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?newaddr=I-80+at+University+Avenue&taddr=2210+McKinley+Avenue&csz=Berkeley%2C+CA&country=us&tcsz=94704&tcountry=us
Here are directions coming from the South Bay
and Oakland - Hayward area along
I-880 Freeway (junction with I-980 freeway) in Oakland:
http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?newaddr=I-880+and+I-980+Junction&taddr=2150+Center+Street&csz=Oakland%2C+CA&country=us&tcsz=94703&tcountry=us
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Elephant keeps in stock over 400 high-quality, fresh, often organic, individual bulk East Indian Ayurvedic, Tibetan, Chinese and Western herbs, not to mention hundreds of over-the-counter herbal remedies. Jinpa has at his disposal this amazing "treasure-trove" of healing remedies to help you with your health concerns. This is the largest stock of remedies Planetary herbal available in one location in California.
Since there is ample free parking at Elephant Pharmacy,
one may also drive to Berkeley (get off at University Avenue exit off of Interstate-80, head east toward UC Campus, turn left (north) on Shattuck Avenue, then head seven blocks (north) to Cedar. We are at the corner of Shattuck and Cedar on the right hand-side (eastern side) of Shattuck Avenue.<top>
Click here for driving directions from University Avenue at I-80 freeway to Elephant Pharmacy.
Click here for walking directions to our clinical space at the Elephant Pharmacy location from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART station which is located on the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street.
Here is the Bay Area Transit Planner with "to and from" BUS/BART directions.
Please call for more information on Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine, Acupuncture, or Chinese herbal consultations, therapies, and educational classes.
E-mail: Not Available, please CALL us. To understand why we don't offer e-mail access to us, click here to understand the Buddhist Ayurveda perspective on Computers, Television and Genetic Engineering.
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Our monthly 12-hour weekend
Northern California Ayurvedic Medicine Seminars / Intensives are located in
North Berkeley
(address to be given upon registration),
5 blocks east of the North Berkeley BART Station and 9 blocks due north of the
Downtown Berkeley BART Station (Shattuck Station)
(1) 510-292-6696 - Please let us know you are attending the weekend seminar by
prepaying the sliding scale donation of $175 to $220 as your R.S.V.P. All are welcome.
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We are located on Josephine Street between Cedar and Vine. Please call 510-292-6696 to confirm the specific address after you have prepaid for the seminar. 1 block due west of Martin Luther King, approximately 9 Blocks walk (10 minutes) from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART station. Click here for driving directions from I-80 freeway at University Avenue to our Medicine Buddha Healing Center.
Since there is ample parking in the neighborhood, one may also drive to Berkeley (get off at University Avenue exit off of Interstate-80, head east toward UC Campus, turn right on Martin Luther King, then head four blocks south to Bancroft Way, turn right (heading west) onto Bancroft Way, then immediately on the left corner (south-west corner) is the Monastery on McKinley Avenue.
Click here for walking directions to our location from the North Berkeley BART station which is located at 1750 Sacramento Street, 94702, on the corner of Sacramento Street and at Virginia Street.
Here is the Bay Area Transit Planner with "to and from" BUS/BART directions.
Please call for more information on Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine, Acupuncture, or Chinese herbal consultations, therapies, and educational classes.
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Our free-of-charge monthly Northern California Ayurvedic Medicine classes are located at
2304 McKinley Avenue,
5 blocks from downtown Berkeley BART station (Shattuck Station) 94703
(1) 510-292-6696 - Please let us know you are coming to class by R.S.V.P. phone
call and to confirm the class dates. All are welcome.
Our monthly weeknight Bay Area weekly Ayurveda classes (7:30 PM to 9:30 PM) are hosted at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery at 2304 McKinley at Bancroft. McKinley Avenue is one block west of Martin Luther King, 5 Blocks walk (8 minutes) from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART station. Click here for driving directions from I-80 freeway at University Avenue to the Monastery.
Since there is ample parking in the neighborhood, one may also drive to Berkeley (get off at University Avenue exit off of Interstate-80, head east toward UC Campus, turn right on Martin Luther King, then head four blocks south to Bancroft Way, turn right (heading west) onto Bancroft Way, then immediately on the left corner (south-west corner) is the Monastery on McKinley Avenue.
Click here for walking directions to our location from the Downtown Berkeley Shattuck BART station which is located on the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street.
Here is the Bay Area Transit Planner with "to and from" BUS/BART directions.
Please call for more information on Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine, Acupuncture, or Chinese herbal consultations, therapies, and educational classes.
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Source: http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=eYFoqep_0ToTruCZm45sH_MmMiW1Aw--&csz=94703&country=us&resize=s
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Main Menu : BART : Interactive Schedule
This page provides an easy means of finding BART fares and schedules, by simply clicking on the origin and destination stations. You can also use an interactive form or view an entire schedule as a table.
Fremont to Richmond Schedule
Daly City to Richmond Schedule
Pick origin (click on a station or station name)
Source:
http://www.transitinfo.org/BART/scheds.html
Destination: Downtown Berkeley BART Station (then to Elephant Pharmacy, walk north on Shattuck for 8 block to 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street)
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This location on the AC Transit system map
- AC Transit:
- UC Berkeley Campus Shuttle
Click here for updated station information
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To send deposit payments by check for Pancha Karma therapies or for written inquiries (better to call us at 510-292-6696). No "drop-in" visits accepted. Make checks payable to: Medicine Buddha Healing Center.
Medicine Buddha Healing Center, To Prevent Junk Mail sent via the U.S. Postal Service,
Please CALL FOR MAILING ADDRESS - 510-292-6696
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Last updated: June 19, 2008