Having worked in a corporate I.T. environment Priti found Eastern Medicine helped to re-balance the body and provide relief from the pressures of work, stress, sporting activities and sitting at desks for long periods of time. This was the beginning of her journey in 2001. Priti realised how her own upbringing connected strongly with these ancient disciplines, and followed her passion to learn more studying to an MSc level. This led her to start teaching in 2010 for at the Academy of Oriental Medicine AOM, before running her own courses in 2018. In 2021, she set up the Tibetan and Eastern Medicine Association (TEMA) for professionally trained acupuncturists, and is a representative for TEMA on the British Acupuncture Federation (BAF) Board. Her mentor is Dr Passang Thopchen at the TMCA Traditional Medicine Chinese Acupuncture clinic, in India, is the President of the TCMA. Dr Passang visits the U.K. regularly, delivering lectures and treatments. Priti became a member in 2018 of the Central Council for Tibetan Medicine བོད་སྨན་མཐུན་གོགས་ཀྱི་ཚོགས་མྱི།.Priti is a registered Fellow of the Higher Education Academy completing the PGCert in Higher Education in Teaching and Learning, having studied at the University of Greenwich. Priti currently runs her courses in Greenwich at Blisski, continuing the wonderful work pioneered by Dr Graham Chandler and Dr Phil Lawes at the Academy of Oriental Medicine and now teaches advanced methods in acupuncture combining some Tibetan Medicine methods taught by Dr Passang Thopchen.
Her primary acupuncture clinic is located in Greenwich, and she also offers monthly treatments at Sheepdrove Yoga in Lambourn.
Priti is also a yoga teacher deeply inspired by her mentor, Father Joe Pereira, who pioneered the use of Iyengar Yoga in addiction recovery. His lifelong dedication to marginalised communities continues to shape Priti’s belief in yoga as a vehicle for healing and social change. This ethos led her to teach yoga for the homeless at St Vincent’s in London Victoria, offering compassionate care to those most in need as well as regular group classes at Greenwich University.
Priti occasionally covers Group lessons at Sheepdrove Yoga.