New Delhi, May 31 -- Sowa Rigpa, often described as the Himalayan "science of healing", is increasingly gaining acceptance in wellness resorts and city dwellers .

Stanzin Tsephel of the luxury property StoneHedge in Nubra, Ladakh explains, "Sowa Rigpa is a traditional healing method that originated in Tibet based on the foundation of classical Ayurveda. It was systematised and advanced in Tibet through other systems like Chinese medicine and Buddhist tantra. It is practised today across the Himalayan region. Astrology and Buddhist tantra are integrated into it."

For someone familiar with Ayurveda, the framework is familiar. Sowa Rigpa works with three regulating principles: Lung (wind), Tripa (bile), and Beken (phlegm). Diagnosis rests ...