Deniah Pachai

I am eternally grateful to Tulku Lobsang for making Lu Jong and the Buddhist Wisdom practices available to us in such a wonderfully simple way. My passion is to make Lu Jong and the Five Elements Practices more accessible to people through teaching classes regularly and training new teachers.

In 2013 I had a patient who was tired all the time, and there was no medical explanation for this. I recommended yoga as I found it useful personally. That consultation prompted me to look for a yoga to teach, and a friend recommended Lu Jong. In my role as a medical doctor, I find that western medicine does not provide all the solutions to the health and wellbeing problems people search for. I can now help people stay healthier and happier by teaching them to live and move more mindfully. This in time will help prevent illness, disease and unhappiness.

I am originally from South Africa and of Indian origin. I first did yoga at the age of 6 and resumed a more regular practice when I moved to the UK in 2001. I did my undergraduate medical training in Johannesburg and trained as a General Practitioner in the UK. I am also a Medical Acupuncturist.

Buddhism did not feature in my life until I was around 18 years old and I started to question principles and practices of my birth religion, Hinduism. I was drawn to Buddhism and before training as a Lu Jong teacher I attended a few Buddhist courses. I experienced Tibetan Buddhism for the first time in Nepal in 2013, however Lu Jong was never mentioned.

A medical colleague introduced me to Lu Jong after she attended a class in Barcelona.
I met Tulku Lobsang in New York in 2014 during my certification masterclass, having done my training with Farrah Garan from the USA.

I was fortunate enough to visit Tibet during a trip to China. It was wonderful to walk on the Tibetan plateau and experience the world that inspired the Five Elements Practices as we know it.