Sarahni Stumpf

Sarahni is a retired career physician's assistant and acupuncturist. She left her work in medical care to pursue the wisdom through which people can find true healing--in ultimate happiness. She and her husband David are long-time residents of southern Arizona, enjoying the great outdoors year-round. They are both well-trained in the monastic and scholarly teachings of Gelukpa Buddhism, as well as the Lam Rim--a genre of wisdom literature about the stages of the path to enlightenment.

In 2014, they completed 40 months of isolated meditation retreat with a small group in the northern foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center. Sarahni has been sharing the Asian Classics Institute’s 18-course Foundation series with her students since 2002. As online classes became more available and popular beginning around 2014, she has been able to extend access to this powerful training to many more people.