Ojuna Altangerel-Wodnar, a member of the Buryiat, a nomadic people in the Lake Baikal region, studied medicine in Germany at the University of Halle. She is now a licensed medical doctor as well as a shaman. Using both her nomadic roots and her scientific training, she integrates elements of mystical shamanism with those of standard Western medicine. For many years she had a successful medical practice in Tübingen. She now lives and works in Switzerland, travelling between her two medical practices on Lake Constance and in Vienna.