Christophe Girardin Andreani, pictured here with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and some of our students, trained as a dental surgeon. It was early in his medical studies that Christophe grasped the need for a more holistic and comprehensive approach to therapy. After decades of research, he became a professor of phytotherapy at the University of Paris 13, before founding his own school, Phytocorsa.

Particularly since his appointment as Lama Chime Rigzin Rinpoche in 2012 by the Venerable Khamdu Rinpoche at his temple in Dharamsala (Himaschal Pradesh state, northern India), Christophe has made Tibetan medicine a central element of his teaching.