Wellbeing - our therapists and consultants

Tseten Phuntsok

was born in Shigatse in 1978. After school, he continued his studies at the University of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa for 8 years and also studied Tibetan astrology and traditional massage techniques. Afterwards, he trained in hospitals and monasteries in Lhasa and Shigatse. Then he moved to Nepal and worked for four years as a therapist and in the production of Tibetan medicine based on herbs and minerals. In 2007, he came to Italy and now works at Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre and other centres as a therapist under the guidance of Ven. Lama Gangchen Rinpoche.

Ariella De Montis

- Abhyanga Ayurvedic Relaxation

Therapeutic training and studies in:
the NgalSo Self Healing practices of Ven. Lama Gangchen Rimpoche

Diploma in Ayurvedic medicine and massage typologies at the "Kalaguna-Sadhana Sàrl" school with Prof. Jean-Pierre Bigler and Dr. Simone Hunzinker (Vevey, Veytaux, Leysin – Svizzera)

Ayurvedic "Marma Chikitza" therapy (on 107 points of the body) with Vaidya Atreya Smith (Ardèche – Francia)

Ayurvedic Lymphatic drenage (with raw silk gloves) with Dr. Lydia Bosson (Rolle – Svizzera)

Aromatherapy and related massage with Dr. Jutta Lenze (Grenoble – Francia)

Reflexochrome (subtle massage of light) with the therapist Regine Roche (Chatel St. Denis – Svizzera)

Diploma thesis on the subject "Baksya - diet according to Ayurveda"

Giuseppe (Beppe) Bordina:

- Usui and Chagwang Ngalso Reiki treatments
- Plantar Reflexology
- Counseling centering on past lives

Extract from the full curriculum: Beppe began to receive the teachings of NgalSo Self Healing and Chawang NgalSo Reiki from Lama Gangchen Rinpoche in 1993.

He has received the transmission of all levels of Reiki related to the Usui system from qualified Masters, and he was awarded the qualification of Reiki Master in 2001. From then on, he started to transmit the three levels of the Usui Reiki system.

He received the Diploma of Counsellor at the International Institute of Educational Psicosintesi in Milan. He has taken a specialisation in the therapy of past lives which he combines with Psicosintesi techniques.

Francesco Prevosti

- Indian and Chinese Astrology Consultations

Extract from the full curriculum: Among his many activities, Francesco has been studying Indian sideral astrology and Chinese-Tibetan astrology in relation to Buddhist teachings for over 15 years. Francesco has held conferences and courses on Buddhist philosophy and Lama Gangchen's NgalSo Tantric Self Healing practice in Mongolia, Russia, Nepal, Brasil, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, France, Italy and Switzerland in Italian, English, Portuguese and French.

He presently teaches and guides meditations and retreats, together with the Tekchen Sojon transmission of the 8 Mahayana Precepts, study and discussion groups on Buddhist subjects, Lam Rim, NgalSo Self Healing at the Kunpen Lama Gangchen in Milan and at the Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre, where he is president of the managing association, and he takes parts in several groups of inter-religious meetings in the spirit of Lama Gangchen's life work.

Link to Tibetan astrology on LGPT website:
http://www.lgpt.net/Calendar/calendar.htm

Gabriella Lo Re:

- Usui and Chagwang Ngalso Reiki treatments
- Bach and Australian Flower Therapy, Naturopathy

Gabriella Lo Re took a diploma in Nuclear Energy, then decided to go to India to search for a deeper meaning to life. She saw masters of various traditions and met Lama Gangchen Rinpoche in Nepal in 1993. Since then she has accompanied him and taken care of many tasks during spiritual journeys to Buddhist countries (Nepal, India, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Malesia) and to European countries, Southern America, the United States.

Gabriella works in the Organisation, she helps in the organisation of congresses in Italy and elsewhere and she is responsible for managing oriental art exhibitions (in Turin and Padua) and Himalayan herbal therapies.

She lived in Milan from 1995 to 2000, and was a member of the board of the Kunpen Lama Gangchen Institute for disseminating and studying traditional Tibetan medicine and the practices of Mahayana Vajrayana philosophy. The Kunpen is associated with UBI (Italian Buddhist Union).

She worked there as translator of Tibetan medicine courses and taught meditation techniques and NgalSo Tantric Self Healing (Villaggio Globale, Bagni di Lucca, Lama Gangchen's Study Centres in Italy and throught the world).

Gabriella moved to Albagnano in 1999 to take part in establishing the Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre. She is a founding member of the Board, responsible for the Natural Healing department and coordinator of spiritual activities and the programmes.

Over the years, Gabriella has been intensely dedicated to spiritual learning and she has completed many retreats in the Buddhist Vajrayana tradition (in particular, the NgalSo Self Healing techniques and Shin Kham JongSo: Making Peace with the Environment). She has received many teachings from important spiritual masters of direct lineage such as Lama Gangchen Rinpoche, Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche, Demo Gonsar Rinpoche, Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk, Gurudeva Rinpoche and many others.