Speakers - Kunde Institute

Keynote Speaker

Samtso Kyi, hailing from Tibet, is currently studying at UC Davis about honeybees and their ecosystem. She will share her work on cultivating Tibetan Medicine with Shangri-La Gyalthang Academy in Tibet. Samtso Kyi is a social entrepreneur who has dedicated her life to organizing local communities across eastern Tibet. In years of strengthening Tibetan communities, Samtso Kyi has gained experience in the challenges of rural, nomadic, and marginalized urban areas. She is the Founder & CEO of Shangri-La Gyalthang Academy, a locally registered charity in Dechen, Kham. She comes from a semi-nomadic Tibetan family in Labrang, Amdo. She knows first-hand the harsh lives of Tibetan women and the barriers to access to quality healthcare, education, and economic opportunities. Through her far-reaching community work, Samtso Kyi has become an ardent advocate of women’s empowerment and children’s nutrition. Her current work focuses on applying indigenous knowledge to the development of Tibetan Women’s Beekeeping.

Yangdron Kalzang

Founder
President & practitioner

Licensed Acupuncturist, DOAM & Menpa (Doctor of Acupuncture, Oriental, and Tibetan Medicine)

Dr Tenzin Namdul TMD, PhD

Director & Professor

Assistant Professor | Director, Tibetan Healing Initiative Program at University of Minnesota

Dr. Tawni Tidwell PhD

biocultural anthropologist

Scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lobsang Tsering

Director & Practitioner

Doctor of Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine (Tibetan Medicine Practitioner)

Dr. Jennifer Daubenmier, Ph.D.

Professor

Associate Professor in the Holistic Health Studies Program, San Francisco State University

Norbu Tenzin

Medical Student

medical student at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Volunteers

Tenzin Sangmo

Stanford alumna

MPH in Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health

Tenzin Nyima

Tibetan Medicine doctor

Graduated from Men-Tsee-Khang

Tenzing Tsering Sherpa

President

President of the Nepalese Student Association at UC Berkeley,

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Kunde (pronounced: kün-dey, spelled: ཀུན་བདེ།) Institute, a center for Tibetan wellness and healing, was founded by Doctor Yangdron Kalzang in 2004. The name “Kunde” was given to the center by her root teacher, Kenpo Troru Tsenam Rinpoche, one of the most highly respected scholars of traditional Tibetan Medicine in Tibet. In Tibetan, “Kunde” means “may all beings be healthy, wealthy and happy.” Dedicated to the mission of benefiting all people with affordable, integrative health services, Kunde offers a variety of traditional Tibetan and Asian medical modalities. Offices are located in Daly City and Berkeley.