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Dr. Rashmi
Bismark
MD · MPH · Preventive Medicine · Mindfulness Teacher
Helping individuals and communities rediscover their inner nature, redefine their relationships with the world, and harness the power within to be healthy, well, and resilient.
Her Story
Where Medicine
Meets Inner Wisdom
A physician who has traveled the world in search of the wholeness she now teaches.
Dr. Rashmi Bismark is a board-certified Preventive Medicine physician with a Master of Public Health, whose path to integrative healing began when she spent her senior year studying Ayurveda, meditation, and yoga in southern India. Trained by her granduncle — a revered Ayurvedic healer — she learned medicine not only as treatment, but as the co-creation of healthy communities.
Her practice spans continents: from clinical research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, to mindfulness facilitation in the Channel Islands, to co-leading Yin Yoga teacher trainings with Yoga Medicine. She draws from Buddhist, Yogic, and modern mindfulness traditions — and is certified through a two-year meditation teacher training with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
A celebrated children's author (Finding OM), she brings her love of storytelling into every teaching space she holds.
Certification
Preventive Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine
Mindfulness
MMTCP Graduate
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield
Education
MD, University of Rochester
MPH, SUNY Buffalo
Yoga
500hr Teacher Training
Yoga Medicine® — Tiffany Cruikshank
"My granduncle's vision of physicians as positive health promoters — empowering patients with the holistic knowledge needed to heal — became the foundation of everything I teach."
— Dr. Rashmi, on her early inspiration
Areas of Expertise
Also Known For
Finding OM — an award-winning children's picture book introducing young readers to the world of mindfulness and inner stillness.
Offerings
Learn with
Dr. Rashmi
Each course is an embodied invitation — blending clinical wisdom with lived contemplative practice, designed for healers and lifelong learners alike.
Sustainable Caring
A mindfulness-based program for healthcare professionals navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and the search for renewed purpose. Rooted in Yogic and Buddhist contemplative traditions.
Enroll NowAyurveda Foundations for Clinicians
An immersive exploration of Ayurvedic principles for physicians. Understand doshas, daily rhythms, and the ancient science of living — applied to modern integrative practice.
Enroll NowCaring with Awareness
A 6-week mindful self-care course tailored for patients living with cancer, survivors, and their caregivers. Piloted at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Enroll NowLive Events
Upcoming
Gatherings
We look forward to when you can join us. Replays available.
Mar
22
2025
Live Zoom · Mindfulness
Sustainable Caring: Physician Renewal Circle
10:00 AM PT · 90 minVirtual via Zoom
Apr
5
2025
Live Zoom · Ayurveda
Daily Rhythms for Healing: An Ayurvedic Deep Dive
11:00 AM PT · 60 minVirtual via Zoom
Apr
19
2025
Live Zoom · Yin Yoga
Yin & Stillness: A Practice for Healthcare Providers
9:00 AM PT · 75 minVirtual via Zoom
May
3
2025
Live Zoom · Lifestyle Medicine
Nourishing the Nurturer: Whole-Foods Wisdom for Clinicians
12:00 PM PT · 60 minVirtual via Zoom
Voices from the Community
What Learners
Experience
"The mindfulness programming Dr. Rashmi offered opened a new way of being with my patients. She doesn't just teach techniques — she models an entire orientation toward healing."
Sustainable Caring Participant
"Dr. Rashmi holds a space that is rare — clinically grounded and genuinely spiritual. I came as a skeptic and left with a daily practice that has changed how I care for myself and my patients."
Ayurveda Foundations Graduate
"I joined Caring with Awareness during chemotherapy. Dr. Rashmi's presence — her calm, her rigor, her warmth — gave me tools I still use every single day."
Caring with Awareness Participant
Begin Your Journey
Ready to Learn with Dr. Rashmi?
Whether you're a clinician seeking renewal, a patient navigating illness, or a lifelong learner drawn to integrative living — there is a place for you in Dr. Rashmi's community at Vishuddha.
Live + Replay Access
Attend live for the full communal experience. Replays available so you never miss a session.
Clinically Credible
Board-certified medicine woven with 15+ years of personal contemplative practice.
All Levels Welcome
From physicians to patients to curious souls — no prior experience required.
Part of the Vishuddha Community
Join a growing circle of healers, learners, and practitioners reimagining everyday health.
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