A highly respected healer in the Zanskar valley, Dolma always dreamed of becoming an amchi, doctor of Tibetan medicine. As a teenager, she could be found shepherding in the mountains whilst working on her notebooks. During this time, she healed her sick sister and went on to spend four winters studying traditional medicine in Phuktal Monastery. Upon completing her training, Dolma studied to become a nurse and now combines ancient and modern knowledge in her work.

Travelling with Dolma is an opportunity to see Ladakh and Zanskar through the eyes of a local. She featured in the French documentary ‘Rendez-vous en Terre Inconnue’ with Gilbert Montagné, who remarked, “I saw in her something unforgettable which will be marked in my mind forever.”