Sowa | Walnut Creek
Self-Care Center
Meet Your Practitioner
At the Sowa Self-Care Center your wellness journey will be guided by Menpa Matthew Schmookler, CMT, a wellness practitioner passionate about modern nutritional and lifestyle science, specialized in traditional Tibetan Medicine, and with over 17 years of treatment experience.
About Menpa Matthew Schmookler
Menpa Matthew Schmookler completed the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine four-year program in 2009. There he studied under the celebrated Tibetan scholar, Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo. He spent several months interning with master Tibetan Medicine doctors at the Tso Ngon Tibetan Medicine College at Qinghai University in Amdo, Tibet. There he received the Menpa Degree after final examinations. Matthew went on to be authorized by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu to teach Tibetan Medicine. He is a certified Instructor of Tibetan Yantra Yoga, Harmonious Breathing and Khaita Joyful Dances as well as a California Certified Massage Therapist specialized in Tibetan Kunye Massage with over two decades of experience providing effective hands-on treatment and wellness care. He is passionate about studying the growing body of modern scientific knowledge on nutritional and lifestyle medicine and bridging it with the centuries of empirical medical data from the eastern world.

