
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.


Subduing War, Pestilence, Evil, and Fear – The Vajrayana Way
Facing the formidable demons of our time.

Are You a Knowledge-Holder?
Knowledge and essence in the Vajrayana tradition

Meeting Reality in Hard Times
The spiritual journey to liberation



Why Spirituality (Sometimes) Fails
Energy and activity in tantric practice

Trauma Dharma
The work of inner healing and emotional well-being


Purity, Impurity, and the Five Elements
Purification on the spiritual path

In Search of the Buddhist Body
Investigating the elemental body

The Mystery of the Five Elements
A tantric perspective on elemental expression