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Sacred Bridge: Uniting the Heart of the Amazon and the Peaks of the Himalayas - Sponsored by Tibet House US
October 02 - October 05, 2025
Hushahu Yawanawá
Matsini Yawanawá & Family
Jordão Souza
Tuikuru
Manxyvake
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Dechen Kelden
Khenzom
Lobsang Tara
Khenpo Tashi Rinpoché
Chingis Kam
Bair Manzarkhan, LMT
Tsela Zoksang
Tsekyi Tsultrim and Tenzin Choeni
HUKENA
YAWAVANA
NAIWENI
Maria Kenetsayny Yawanawá
ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Hushahu Yawanawá
In 2005, Hushahu became the first Yawanawá woman to enter a spiritual study, spending over a year in deep isolation in Samakẽi, where she discovered the world of the Pajés as a woman. She expressed this awakening through her art and voice, bringing a female presence to the tr...
Matsini Yawanawá & Family
Matsini Yawanawá, chief and spiritual leader of Mutum village, descends from an unbroken lineage of Pajés (master shamans) and trained under the legendary Pajé Tata, who helped restore Yawanawá traditions after years of suppression. The Yawanawá, native to Acre, Brazil, have...
Jordão Souza
In 2009, Jordão began his deep journey with the Yawanawá people, becoming the last student of the revered healer Pajé Tata and dedicating himself to the study of ancestral plant medicine and Indigenous wisdom. He later co-founded the Nipëihu Sanctuary in Bahia—a center for ...
Tuikuru
Kuru is a powerful and rising young leader from Mutum Village. Having recently completed the year-long Muká initiation, he has deepened his connection to the ancestral healing practices of prayer and medicine. A worldly traveler, he carries his music, spiritual force, and Yawana...
Manxyvake
Manxyvake is a devoted student of Yawanawá spiritual wisdom. She walks alongside her husband, Matsini Yawanawá—chief and spiritual leader of Mutum Village—participating in ceremonies, sacred diets, and profound spiritual studies. She leads an annual women's gathering, offer...
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Born in Amdo, northeastern Tibet, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang began his studies in Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) locally and completed his medical degree at Lhasa Tibetan Medical University in 1996. Alongside his medical training, he studied Vajrayana Buddhism across al...
Dechen Kelden
Dechen Kelden is a Tibetan and Kalmyk Mongolian storyteller whose work reflects themes of identity, memory, and belonging. Her stories draw from her roots- her father, a former monk of Nechung Monastery, revered as the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet, and her mother, a Kalmyk A...
Khenzom
Khenzom is a Tibetan artist based in Brooklyn. Her paintings weave together human and natural elements, centering themes of interdependence, ecofeminism, and sovereignty. By envisioning a homeland untouched by violence and environmental harm, her art challenges colonial narrative...
Lobsang Tara
Lobsang Tara was born in Amdo Ngawa, Eastern Tibet. Lobsang has studied MFA as New York Film Academy as film writer and director. He achieved creating a new genre in Tibetan Contemporary Art as Abstract Calligraphy painter. Lobsang was the co-founder of Artra Sound Production Co...
Khenpo Tashi Rinpoché
Khenpo Tashi Rinpoché is an internationally respected master of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for his deep realization and teachings in the Kagyu tradition. Born in Ladakh in 1963 during the sacred month of Saka Dawa, he entered monastic life at age six and earned his Khenpo title...
Chingis Kam
Chingis Kam — shaman “Brown Bear,” a hereditary healer from the Republic of Tuva (Siberia, Russia). He will conduct a powerful healing ritual by a living fire, where the flames serve as a bridge between worlds and open the way to the ancient forces of nature. During the cer...
Bair Manzarkhan, LMT
Bair Manzarkhan, LMT, Tibetan medicine and Yuthok Nyigthik practitioner. A native of Buryat-Mongol in Eastern Siberia. With 19 years experience in external therapies of different modalities. Medical and psychological degrees in western education. Mantra healer, yoga and meditat...
Tsela Zoksang
Tsela Zoksang is a Tibetan human rights and climate activist. She works with Tibetan communities in exile and global stakeholders to mobilize support for strategic, people-powered campaigns. Tsela strives to bring the Tibet Climate Crisis into the global focus and resist the envi...
Tsekyi Tsultrim and Tenzin Choeni
Tsekyi Tsultrim and Tenzin Choeni are young Tibetan Americans born and raised in New York City, dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture and traditions. Their journey began at the ages of five and six, when they started learning Nangma Toeshey, a traditional form of Tibetan music....
HUKENA
Hukēna embarked on her spiritual journey at a young age, becoming one of the youngest women of her people to be initiated into the sacred Muká diet—one of the most profound and revered spiritual paths in her tradition. She received this initiation from the hands of the shaman...
YAWAVANA
Yawavãná is Hushahu's niece, raised by Naiwēni who was the first female leader of a Yawanawá village. From a young age she studied with Hushahu as well as with Hushahu’s teacher Tatá before he passed away, receiving his prayers and blessings. Yawa is currently in retreat, ...
NAIWENI
Being Hushahu’s daughter, Nãiwẽni Yawanawá was born into the world of her mother’s spirituality, accompanying her mother in her retreats and ceremonies from since she was a baby. Beside her mother in this way she developed the same depth of expression in her voice and con...
Maria Kenetsayny Yawanawá
Maria Kenetsayny Yawanawá carries the strength and wisdom of her ancestors. Born in the village of Mutum and daughter of Chief Matsini, she represents a new generation of Yawanawá leaders devoted to the spiritual path. Through her voice, she channels the Saitis—the sacred...
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