Initial Consultation:
1 to 1 ˝ hours
Cost: $100 per hour (sliding scale donation available - $70 to $100). Herbs cost
$35 to $50 for
a one and a half to two month supply (6 to 8 weeks).
Consultations with
Michael (Losang) Reid Kreuzer, D.Ayur, Ph.D; Jenny Dinh, D.Ayur, Ph.D
We are a non-profit 501(c)3 and serve the public through
Ayurvedic health consultations in Northern California to serve those in need of
Ayurveda in San Jose, the East Bay, in San Francisco, and in Silicon Valley.
No on is turned away due to lack of funds.
We specialize in House Calls for those in need!
25% of the proceeds of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and Vipashina Buddha College are donated to benefit the kindred spiritual healing non-profit religious services (Seva) organizations -- for the list click here.
Second Consultation:
approximately 1 hour
Cost: Half hour minimum. $50 per half hour. $100 per hour donation.
Monthly Follow-up Consultations - Generally recommended once every 2 to 3 months depending on the health concerns. Those with more chronic or serious health conditions may require more frequent visits (monthly instead of quarterly).
Ayurvedic Practitioner Michael (Losang) Reid Kreuzer, D.Ayur, Ph.D; Jenny Dinh, D.Ayur, Ph.D, Natalie Gougeon, D.Ayur, C.A.H., and the other members of our healing team offer the same rates for suggested donation on our health consultations, herbs and services.
Customized Herbal Formula:
Cost varies from $35 to $50 for
a one and a half to two month supply (6 to 8 weeks) depending on the herbs that
need to be used in the formula based on the diagnostic findings during the
consultation.
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Referrals – Refer a new client to us and get 30% off your next consultation or massage session
Attend a series of 2 of our Ayurvedic Healing paid lectures (see www.Ayurveda-California.com for schedule details) and get a Half Price Consultation
In the spirit of the compassionate Buddhist healing arts of India, a donation-based “sliding scale” is available for seniors, single parents, students, and those on fixed incomes. Ordained robed Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monks and nuns are free-of-charge.
Holiday or Birthday Gift Certificate – Half Price Discount off of
the normal $100 per hour.
As a non-profit 501(c)3, we rely on your donations to support our Dharma (life purpose) of spreading the healing wisdom of Buddhist Ayurveda to people throughout the Bay Area and the world.
25% of the proceeds of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and Vipashina Buddha College are donated to benefit the kindred spiritual healing non-profit religious services (Seva) organizations -- for the list click here.
“The healer who regards kindness to humanity
as his supreme religion and treats his patients accordingly,
succeeds best in achieving his aims of life and obtains the
greatest pleasure.”
-- from Charaka,
honored 2nd century B.C. Ayurvedic Physician
Affordable Pancha Karma Cleansing and Rejuvenation Programs
The Medicine Buddha Healing Center offers affordable Pancha Karma program. We believe that although panchakarma is the "Ayurvedic therapy for Kings", that it should not be too expensive and should be affordable to those with chronic diseases that have left them debilitated both financially and health-wise. Hence, we offer it via the non-profit Medicine Buddha Healing Center which makes all services available on a sliding scale suggested donation basis. Although most 5-day long Pancha Karma programs in the United States cost from $1900 ($367 per day at the Ayurvedic Institute) to $3,333 ($645 per day at Maharishi's high priced The Raj), the Medicine Buddha Healing Center offers Pancha Karma for the sliding scale suggested donation of $540 to $1375 ($200 to $275 per day). We offer a limited number of these low cost slots each month to those on a low income who have a chronic debilitating disease like Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome and are forced to live off of savings. Otherwise, for those who experiencing such economic hardship, the typical donation range is $1080 to $1375 for a five-day Panchakarma program.
Medicine Buddha Healing Center
Actively Supports The Following
Non-Profit Organizations:
Emulating monastics or aspiring to renunciate vows as Bhikshus (Monks), Bhikshunis (Nuns), or Buddhist Yogis, our teachers and practitioners trust that their livelihood needs will be met through donations.
All classes and consultations offered by the Center are by donation (see left side bar). No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds.
25% of the proceeds of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and Vipashina Buddha College are donated to benefit the kindred spiritual healing non-profit religious services (Seva) organizations below. We humbly request our patients to give directly of their time and money to these selfless service groups.
Among our Center's practitioners, we have visited most of the following Monasteries, Nunneries and Dharma Centers and organizations and had the good fortune to meet many of their inspiring teachers who are primarily monastic Sangha members. To plant a "field of blessings" in the pollination and sowing of the seeds of healing Dharma in the West, our Center makes offerings of as much of our monetary proceeds, medicinal herbs, time and energy as we can afford to:
Venerable Tripitaka
and Chan Master Hsuan Hua of the
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
and Dharma Realm Buddhist
University in Mendocino, the worldwide Dharma Realm Buddhist Association,
their Buddhist Text Translation
Society, their Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
and their Institute for World Religions
H.H. Dalai Lama
and Lama Zopa’s
Foundation for the Preservation of the
Mahayana Tradition and their
Nalanda Monastery in
France, their Tse Chen Ling Center
for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in San Francisco, and the
Land of the Medicine Buddha
in the beautiful Santa Cruz California Pacific coast redwood forest
covered mountains. Jinpa has just returned from Autumn retreat
visiting and volunteering at
Nalanda Monastery in France
and will be donating monthly to support the building of the new Nalanda
Monastery building.
The
Venerable American
Buddhist Practitioner Longpor Sumedho and the
Amaravati Forest Monastery in
England, and his Dharma brothers - the Venerable monks
Ajahn Pasanno and
Ajahn Amaro of the
Mendocino California Abhayagiri
Forest Monastery of the
Longpor Ajahn Chah Thai Forest Theravada Vipassana meditative
tradition.
California Vipassana Center
for Meditation as taught by the Venerable
Upasaka S. N. Goenka.
Vipassana, which means to see things as they
really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It
was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for
universal ills, i.e., an Art of
Living. For those who are not familiar with Vipassana Meditation, an
Introduction to
Vipassana by Mr. Goenka is available. Jinpa and Sheng-Wei
regularly attend retreats here to go deeper into the meditative stillness
needed to be a good healer.
The venerable
Sakyadhita - International
Organization of Buddhist Women. This non-profit is dedicated to the
welfare and concerns of Buddhist laywomen and nuns worldwide. They offer
an amazing insightful compilation of articles by well-known Buddhist Practitioners and nuns:
"Reflections for Westerners Considering Buddhist Monastic Ordination"
The
Dongyu Gatsal
Ling Nunnery & International Retreat Centre for Women. Venerable
English Nun Tenzin Palmo's special project; where young women from Tibet
and the Himalayan border regions could come together to study and practice
as nuns of Tibetan Buddhism.
The venerable
Liberation Prison
Project
Directed by the
Venerable Nun
Robina Courtin, this Tibetan Buddhist organization offers free
Buddhist books, prayers and practice booklets, practice items, video and
audio tapes of teachings to over 3,500 incarcerated individuals and
Buddhist study groups in over 500 prisons in the United States and the
worldwide.
The
Human Kindness Foundation and its
Prison-Ashram Project
Founded by Bo and Sita Lozoff, this non-profit stresses a way of life
based upon three common principles taught by the great sages of all
religions: Simple living, a dedication to service, and a commitment to
personal spiritual practice.
United
Religions Initiative
A global community dedicated to promoting daily interfaith cooperation,
ending religiously motivated violence and creating cultures of peace,
justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
NOTE WELL: We are not affiliated in any way with any of the above Monasteries,
Nunneries and Dharma Centers and organizations although we support
monetarily and in spirit their selfless work.
Our Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and Vipashina Buddhist College donates 25% of all proceeds from their Buddhist and Ayurvedic Distance Learning Programs to the above non-profit religious service (Seva) organizations.
It is our hope that those who receive the teaching - healing services of our Center and Institute will share with us a heartfelt commitment to the deep practice of generosity. Please support the group above.
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For more information on Pancha Karma, Chinese Medicine and other healing therapeutic services and classes offered in Ayurvedic Medicine, please CALL US (no e-mail available):
Medicine Buddha Healing Center
in Berkeley, California (click here
for location of
consultations)
(1) 510-292-6696
Michael (Losang) Reid Kreuzer, D.Ayur,
M.A.H.,
Ph.D
Sheng-Wei Lan, L.Ac., MS.TCM, D.Ayur,
M.A.H.,
Ph.D