aachaa, the Himalayan Amazon Andes Healing Arts Association was created in 1996 by Lama Gangchen Rinpoche and is linked to the Lama Gangchen Foundation for the Culture of Peace.

Lama Gangchen Rinpoche made the following trips together with aachaa:

Autocura Arte Amazônia I - A week along the Tapajós River with 60 people, in partnership with the NGO PSA (Health and Joy Project) with Lama Gangchen Rinpoche
 

Interactive circuses and rituals to harmonize the five elements were performed. In Alter do Chão, together with the Alter do Chão community, we organized a ritual (Puja) with a bonfire on the tapajós and a community show with 400 people. 1996

Autocura Arte Amazônia II – Forums, lectures and interreligious meetings in Manaus, Belém and Santarém, promoting dialogue between forest peoples and traditional Tibetan wisdom. 1998 with Lama Gangchen Rinpoche

Encounter of the Healing Arts with the Tibetan wisdom of the five elements in Puente del Inca, Mendoza, in the Andes Mountains. 1997  with Lama Gangchen Rinpoche and Lama Michel Rinpoche

Autocura Arte Amazônia III – Visit to the communities of Jamaraquá, Suruacá and São Francisco along the Tapajós and Arapiuns rivers. New Year 2000 with Lama Gangchen Rinpoche

Autocura Arte Amazônia IV in 2011 with Lama Caroline Gammon

Autocura Arte Amazônia V in 2012 with Lama Caroline Gammon

Autocura Arte Amazônia VI in 2013 with Lama Michel Rinpoche, on his first trip to the region.

Tchulen in Bahia with Claudio Cipullo

Autocura Arte Amazônia VII in 2017 with Lama Caroline Gammon

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