Sowa Rigpa External Therapies 1:
A Practical Intensive for SRI Students
With Jacqueline Yu
March 17 - 22, 2026
In this practical hands-on workshop, Tibetan medicine students will learn how to safely practice a selection of gentle Sowa Rigpa external therapies including hormé, warm compresses, and lunar la བླ་ therapy. The workshop will include basic Sowa Rigpa point study with an emphasis on loong pacifying points and self-massage.
This is a unique opportunity to study and practice external therapies in the retreat-like healing environment of Pure Land Farms with senior faculty.
Pre-requisite: Sowa Rigpa Institute’s Foundations of Sowa Rigpa course or equivalent
External Therapies 1 is a required module for all students enrolled in Sowa Rigpa Institute’s Practitioner program. It may be completed in California, Italy or Nepal.
This event is organized the Sowa Rigpa Institute. Please direct all inquiries to info@sowarigpainstitute.org
REGISTRATION DETAILS
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TUESDAY MARCH 17
3 - 6pm: Arrival and Check In
6:30pm: Welcome Dinner and OrientationWEDNESDAY MARCH 18th - SATURDAY MARCH 21st
8am Breakfast
9am - 12pm: Practical Teaching Session One
12pm - 3pm: Lunch Break
3 - 6pm: Practical Teaching Session Two
6:30pm: Dinner
8pm: MeditationSUNDAY MARCH 22
8am Breakfast
9am - 12pm Concluding Teaching Session
12:30pm: Lunch and Check Out -
Non-residential: $600 (includes tuition plus three meals daily)
Residential: $850 - $1350 according to selection
+ 10% early bird pricing until February 16
SRI will issue two full scholarships for students enrolled in years 2 - 4 of the Practitioner program for this retreat. Please write to info@sowarigpainstitute.org to inquire and apply.
ABOUT JACQUELINE YU
Jacqueline Yu is a Sowa Rigpa practitioner and yoga teacher. She leads groups on yoga & spiritual retreats around Asia. She is the co-founder of Basic Essence holistic wellness centre in Singapore since 1999 and is the founding member/president of Sorig Khang Singapore, founded in 2008 to preserve and promote the ancient healing arts of traditional Tibetan medicine.
In 2000, she met her root dharma teacher, Ngakpa H.E. Ralo Rinpoche, a highly realized master and his son, H.E. Khyungtrul Rinpoche, an emanation of Gyalwa Choyang, one of Guru Padmasambhava’s twenty-five original disciples, beginning her path in Vajrayana. H.E. Ralo Rinpoche, a highly realized master, was one of the closest students of Chatral Rinpoche who had spent twelve years in the Asura cave doing Vajrakilaya, Dorje Phurba.
And after meeting and learning from Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, her root teacher in Tibetan medicine and Yuthok Nyingthig tradition, the spiritual practice of Tibetan medicine, Jacqueline is now SKÝ’s International teacher with specialization in Ku Nye, traditional Tibetan massage & other TTM external therapies. Jacqueline is Head of Activities/Sorig Aid, organizing free medical camps in Nepal and around the world, putting her compassion into action.