Asa Hershoff has practiced mindbody medicine and Vajrayana concurrently for 40 years. Completing the traditional three-year retreat under the auspices of Kalu Rinpoche, he was later ordained as a lay lama in Arunachal Pradesh. A pioneer in the Canadian holistic health movement, he is founder of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (1978) and author of three books published by Penguin-Random House. Asa has developed Elemental Psychology as an integration of Vajrayāna, humanistic psychology, bioenergy medicine, and a panglobal perspective on the five elements. This transformative methodology of self-healing, therapy and spiritual growth is represented in his current book projects, You: True & False and The Five Ways of Wisdom due out later this year. See also: www.the5wisdoms.com www.5eeh.com.
The Five Wisdoms is published bi-monthly.
Asa Hershoff proposed that what we wear is never just clothing, but a daily act of intention, identity, and quiet transformation.
Asa Hershoff shares his thoughts on essential nature and the ego-self, and the traps that make us vulnerable to manipulation
Asa Hershoff considers our relationship with impermanence, and how it can help us live beyond hope and fear
Asa Hershoff considers the foundational wisdom of the Five Elements in understanding human psychology
Asa Hershoff explores a Mahamudra approach to dissecting and dissipating anger
Asa Hershoff explores liminal states of consciousness and their relationship with our perceptions of reality
Asa Hershoff offers a critical view of the challenges and opportunities for Buddhism in the 21st century
Asa Hershoff reflects on the tantric view of pure awareness
Asa Hershoff ponders the Karmic perils, pitfalls, and opportunities in the year of the snake
Asa Hershoff offers a short treatise on causes and conditions and the fruition of karma
Asa Hershoff considers our relationship with impermanence through the lens of Buddhist practice
Asa Hershoff examines spiritual practices and perspectives that help us to live mindfully, compassionately, and courageously
