The Ancient One's ‘Teaching Method’?

In the end, Dr. Strange found Jonathan Pangborn, a paraplegic who had regained the ability to move again.

He had once refused to operate on Jonathan because there was no chance of the surgery succeeding.

Unsurprisingly, Jonathan still remembered how Strange had rejected his case, and he didn't look like he had let bygones be bygones.

When Strange asked, however, Jonathan told him about how he had recovered, as well as about that most important place — Kamar-Taj.

Strange refused to accept his fate, and set off to look for Kamar-Taj.

Luke was too lazy to pay attention.

Where was Kamar-Taj? That wasn't important.

Given the Ancient One's methods, she could open a portal anywhere she needed.

This bald female bigshot usually stayed at 177a Bleecker Street in Manhattan. When she was free, she could go out and buy a cup of milk tea and sit on the rooftop to bask in the sun.