Course instructor

Susannah Deane, PhD

Susannah Deane is an interdisciplinary researcher working across Buddhist studies, medical anthropology, and cross-cultural approaches to mind and mental health. She received her PhD from Cardiff University in 2015, and is the author of multiple articles and book chapters based on her doctoral and postdoctoral research on notions of mental health, illness, and healing in contemporary Tibetan communities in north east Tibet and in exile. Her second monograph, ‘Illness and Enlightenment: Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life’, was published by Berghahn Books in 2025.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will gain a general understanding of the notion of ‘wind’ in the Tibetan medical tradition.

  • Participants will be able to identify some of the key symptoms and treatments of ‘wind illness’ from Tibetan medical perspective.

  • Participants will understand how Tibetan medical notions of wind can be related to meditation practitioners’ experiences.

Continuing Education Credit

This course is approved for 1 CE credit ✅

Cheetah House is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cheetah House maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Course curriculum

    1. Wind in Tibetan Buddhism

    1. Verification

    1. Instruction

    2. The instructor(s)

    3. Professional & Ethical Issues

    4. Remote Environment

    5. Learning

    6. Participant Information

    7. Narrative

About this course

  • $40.00
  • 1 hour of video content

Understand the "wind" system and how meditation affects the mind-body.

Join Dr. Susannah Deane to explore Tibetan insights into meditation-related challenges. Register now.

Enroll today!