Dr. Bryan Watrous, DACM, LAc. and Julia Mariko Shannon, M.Ed.

Dr. Bryan Watrous is a doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, with over 20 years
of clinical practice. He is a Sowa Rigpa Tibetan Medicine practitioner and Ngakpa,
ordained, non-monastic Tibetan Tantric Buddhist. Bryan is the clinical assistant of Dr.
Nida Chenagtsang and the resident doctor at Pure Land Farms, Topanga.

Julia Mariko Shannon is a student of Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, completed a certificate in Sowa Rigpa
Counseling from the Sowa Rigpa Institute of Tibetan Medicine, and holds a Master of
Education degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.