An exploration of titles / terms for a practicing physician in Eastern medical traditions.

An exploration of moxibustion and the fire-ritual at the root of medicine and spirituality.

An examination of the sidereal vs. tropical zodiac debate and how an essential work of Indian Astrology preserved in Tibet (Kalacakra Tantra) asserts the use of a tropical zodiac.

Vaidya Mishra’s beautiful and profound response to a question from me about the prana-tejas-ojas model of contemporary Ayurveda. In this response, Vaidya ultimately elucidates the nature of marma points and how marma is the heart of Ayurvedic medicine.

A summary of Vaidya Mishra’s unique contributions to Āyurvedic Medicine, including the transdermal marma system.

How I became interested in astrology and what it reveals about the nature of traditional medicine.

Graduate research paper for the California College of Ayurveda on the role of Guduchi in Ayurvedic materia medica.

An exploration of health as a dynamic reality, rather than a fixed state.

A simple recipe for making Indian paneer—a soft and easily digestible fresh cheese.

Reflections on my 32nd birthday.

A description of the five elements in a 17th century Tibetan astrological text.

Toward a dynamic view of the constitution in the context of natal astrology.

On the nature and meaning of eclipses in Vedic and Tantric philosophy.

An examination of a classical Tibetan herbal formula, including a TCM pattern perspective by Bob Flaws.

Perspectives on moxibustion and bloodletting in Tibetan Medicine and the curious lack of needling approaches.

Paradoxical classifications of saffron in Ayurveda and Tibetan Medicine.

This essay explores the similarities and differences between Ayurvedic and Chinese conceptions of the solar cycle and its import in daily living.

Thoughts on my journey through the three great medical systems of Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine, and Chinese Medicine.

My kitchari recipe.

A comparative analysis of palpation and perception in the varying pulse diagnosis systems of Chinese Medicine, Āyurveda, and Tibetan Medicine.