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Begabati Lennihan

Begabati in her peaceful and plant-filled homeopathy office in Cambridge.

Begabati's Practice

Begabati Lennihan, R.N., CCH (Certified Classical Homeopath), practices classical homeopathy for women and children at the Lydian Center for Innovative Medicine in Cambridge, Mass. Homeopathy involves finding the single remedy that is tuned to you, like a tuning fork, which will rebalance the imbalances causing your chronic illness. Begabati begins with an in-depth interview, then recommends a remedy which the person might take for the next couple of months or couple of years, never “for the rest of your life.” Shorter monthly followups give Begabati a chance to adjust the remedy and make lifestyle suggestions from her vast knowledge of different healing modalities.

Begabati graduated from Harvard in 1974 at the top of her class and has spent 35 years working in different aspects of holistic health care. She is a Health Expert on Dr. Mehmet Oz’s ShareCare.com and Director of the GreenHealing Initiative. Begabati has written A Healer in Every Home (in two parts, for people and for animals) and has produced a TV show by the same name, posted on GreenHealingTV on YouTube.

Begabati began her career in natural healing with 16 years in her health food store, where she first began working with homeopathic remedies in 1981. She began studying homeopathy professionally in 1995 with Dr. Luc De Schepper, and with him co-founded the Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy, later serving as Director of Teleosis School of Homeopathy.
Begabati has lectured on homeopathy at Mass. College of Pharmacy and Harvard Center for Wellness, and co-authored the chapter on homeopathy in the American Pharmacists Association's Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs. She has edited books by top homeopaths around the world, including Dr. Luc De Schepper, Dr. Tinus Smits, Dr. Frans Kusse and Dr. Ulrich Welte, plus Yasgur's Homeopathic Dictionary, the leading book on the subject.
Her main inspirations for her homeopathic practice have been Dr. Luc De Schepper, Dr. Massimo Mangialavori, Dr. Joel Kreisberg, and Henny Heudens Mast. She is now on the faculty of GreenPharmEdu, [link to GreenPharm article in Website Links folder] Dr. Kreisberg’s CEU course for health professionals on minimizing the impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment. 

Begabati’s interest in natural healing was inspired by her parents: her father a vascular surgeon who helped develop the Doppler ultrasound and her mother a biochemist who researched stains for Dr. Papanicolau while he was developing the Pap smear. Nature lovers and early conservationists, they gave Begabati her childhood wildflower garden with all the plants labeled with their Latin names. Many years later, in her health food store, Begabati was delighted to find that her childhood friends – the native plants of the New England wildflowers – are powerful herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies.

Begabati has practiced heart-center meditation for more than 35 years under the guidance of spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy, who gave her the spiritual name Begabati. (Literally it means a fast-flowing river and symbolically it refers to the individual soul plunging headlong to merge into the ocean of infinite consciousness.) In keeping with Sri Chinmoy's philosophy of community service, she teaches free classes in meditation at Harvard University's Center for Wellness; in keeping with his mind-body approach to fitness, she has completed 50 marathons, ultramarathons and triathlons. Based on her practice in heart-centered meditation, she is able to establish a deeply supportive and nurturing relationship with her clients.

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Testimonials

"I found Begabati because I was looking for a homeopath to help with my daughter Mia's genetic disorder. She humbly recommended that we see a world renowned homeopathic doctor in a nearby state, as he may be better able to help us. He was a dead end and we found our way back to Begabati where we should have been all along. She has been working with us to find suitable remedies for Mia as well as helping me with my thyroid problems. Begabati has been an angel and she is truly a beautiful soul." —Francesca

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