Amita Lhamo holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies, and a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. As a psychotherapist, she specialized in death, dying, and grief, as well as trauma, chronic illness, and women's issues. As a spiritual practitioner, she studied within the Lakota dream tradition, working with her first teacher for nearly a decade before meeting the lineage of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and studying with his Dzogchen lineage holder, Lama Drimed Norbu. Under his guidance, she completed a five-year meditation retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has cared for thousands of individuals and their families through the process of dying, both as a hospice chaplain and as an independent midwife in her community. She was the spiritual care manager for Napa Valley Hospice and Adult Day Center, and has since trained individuals, groups, and organizations in spiritual care to the dying. She is the author of Dandelions Blooming in the Cracks of Sidewalks: Stories from the Bedside of the Dying, which received the Nautilus Book Award (gold).
Amita Lhamo is founder and steward of Three Kaya Publishing. Amita is available to give book readings, offer talks, or teach seminars and retreats. Click here for more info.