About

Begabati Lennihan, RN, CCH is a Harvard grad and author of three books on holistic health care, writing under her middle name Burke. Practicing as a homeopath for more than 20 years in Cambridge, Mass., she is the former director of two professional training programs in homeopathy. She has spoken at national and international conventions including the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, and has lectured to students at Tufts University Medical School, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and Lesley University. Begabati is a longtime meditator (‘Begabati’ is her meditation name) and currently leads monthly peace meditations at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Begabati came from a medical family - her father, a vascular surgeon pioneered the use of the Doppler ultrasound, and her mother was a research biochemist for Dr. Papanicolau, discoverer of the Pap smear. She went to Harvard expecting to become a doctor like her father. Instead, she discovered natural healing and pursued a “road less traveled by”. So in a truly unusual career move, she graduated from Harvard at the top of her class and opened a health food store. (Professional training in naturopathic medicine was not available at the time.)

More than 15 years in a health food store gave Begabati a deep knowledge of supplements, herbs and nutraceuticals, which she distilled into her Your Natural Medicine Cabinet. 

Fascinated by homeopathy as potentially the most powerful modality in her store, after selling it she found a mentor in Dr. Luc De Schepper, now considered one of the leading homeopaths in the world. Together they founded the Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy, and Begabati edited Dr. Luc’s Hahnemann Revisited, the leading textbook for professional homeopaths. Their collaboration continued with The People’s Repertory, a guide to home care. Begabati subsequently directed Teleosis School of Homeopathy, the first school to be accredited when national standards were developed for professional homeopathy programs.

Since closing her school in 2009, she has focused on teaching natural methods for home care, drawing on her wide-ranging knowledge of holistic therapies and supplements while explaining her own field of homeopathy. Her goal is to share knowledge that’s both effective and empowering. Begabati continues to see private clients for concerns ranging from ADHD/learning disorders/behavior problems in children to hormone balancing and stress-related conditions in women. She even uses homeopathy to support clients in their personal growth, their spiritual quest, their need to make a major life decision, or their desire to bring forward the best in their nature.

Begabati finds that her clients are often more knowledgeable than their doctors about the natural methods they are pursuing. As the daughter of a doctor, she sympathizes with busy doctors who do not have time to research holistic options for themselves. She also notes that those advocating for natural healing are often critical of doctors – which means that doctors are unlikely to read their information. As a result, she seeks to bridge the chasm between the two worlds of conventional and natural healthcare by sharing evidence-based information with doctors – respectfully, and expecting respect for natural healing in return.