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SCHOOL OF NATURAL MEDICINE GRADUATE HEADS INTERNATIONAL IRIDOLOGY PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION

Our dynamic School of Natural Medicine graduate, Betty Sue O'Brien, from the New Orleans area, is now President of the International Iridology Practitioner's Association.

Betty Sue,a former University Dean, graduated as a Naturopath, Master Iridologist and Master Herbalist, around 2000, after attending classes and clinical training, completing e course independent home study research and assignments and case studies and joining the school purification a  regeneration retrea with a group of fellow students at the Wigmore Institute in Rincon, Puerto Rico.

Betty Sue's creative career in natural medicine has flourished with achievements in private practice, education, books and a clinic dispensary, and now in her leadership role with IIPA. Congratulations, Betty Sue.

Betty Sue just got in touch and invited me to present at the next IIPA Conference in Orlando Florida in February, so it will be very fine to meet old friends and new ones, and share and learn from each other.

The fun pic is from Betty Sue's visit to Puerto Rico!!

ESSENTIAL OILS – I FEEL BLESSED & EXCITED

Essential Oils II, my first class in the School of Natural Medicine, initiated me into my self-healing process and allowed me to delve deeper into my self and my feelings than I ever have before. I learned it is essential to heal yourself and find out who you are before trying to help anyone else heal.

Our class discussions on co-dependence, child development stages and the Social Nervous System and then the Neuro-Auricular and Vagus Nerve treatments I received helped me to recognize the fear and pressure I have been existing in most of my life, to explore their origins, and to release them. I feel an immense weight has been lifted and I am now empowered to realize my goals.

When I was giving the Vagus Nerve treatment, I felt extremely nervous, like I did not know what I was doing, and I did not trust myself in any way, shape or form. I broke down and began to cry as I realized how little I trust myself in my life because the lack of self-confidence I feel on a daily basis has held me back in many ways.

Farida and my classmates were incredibly supportive and assured me that I was doing it right and that giving sessions would become more comfortable with practice. I was able to discuss the issues and recognize the negative effect these feelings have had on my life. When I gave the Neuro-Auricular treatment the following day, I was able to ignore the voice telling me I was doing it wrong and be present with my partner.

I feel blessed to have found such a healing, welcoming, safe environment in which to heal, grow and learn. I am so excited for the self-healing journey ahead. " Heather, Boulder.

ESSENTIAL OILS – A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF MYSELF

"In Essential Oils II, I experienced a deeper understanding of myself through my language. I experienced a deep shift when we explored the words 'needs' and wants' as they took me into a deeper understanding with my relationships.

I got to observe fantasies that I 'wanted' to take place in my relationships, observing how I wait for these wants, expecting them to take form. I saw my desires in these 'wants' and how they create suffering inside my beings, expecting something outside myself to bring fulfillment to my inner world.

I felt a big transformation with my language with this new awareness in my words as I really got to see that expressing myself, speaking my truths and communicating my present experience and feelings, creates action in my life and opens areas of stuck emotion to diffuse and come out into the open.

Working with the Young Living essential oils in the Vagal and Auricular sessions, I got to feel into the tense spots in my body, and in those I feel gratitude for all I have experience in my life.

I am here in the present and it is a great gift. I feel how beautiful my expression is and I trust my process." Jesse, Naturopathy student, School of Natural Medicine, Boulder, Colorado.

ESSENTIAL OILS – A SPARK OF INNER JOY ON FATHER'S DAY

"I am so glad I was at the Essential Oils II class in the School of Natural Medicine on Father's Day in a safe, loving environment where I could release tears and grief as it has been 4 years since my father passed away.

Just like the SNM classes always do for me, I got exactly what I needed as there were still layers to unfold due to so much suppression of my feelings. The class was an emotional roller coaster for me – the first two days very uplifting and high energy but the third had a much different more calm energy.

I knew through books and attending Essential Oils I how powerful the Young Living essential oils are, but using them on the three nervous systems with the Vagus Nerve treatments and Auricular Emotional Meridian point treatments advanced into depth connection touch with Farida's system, took me to a whole different level, as the ear points that she demonstrated on me gave me huge releases, especially the 'Father' point that released tears and grief.

I had no idea there was a third nervous system so necessary for survival as the Social Nervous System, based on the PolyVagal Theory developed by Stephen Porges, until coming to this class.

I am so grateful to be here in the school and have a mentor like Farida in my life. When she said there were expansion changes coming in the school, it lit a spark of inner joy because I know how valuable the message she teaches is, and I think now more than ever more people need to hear it!.

 Thanks again! Kevin." Naturopathy student, Niwot, Colorado, attending Naturopathy Retreat with Farida in July near Ithica New York, after nearly a year of attending classes.

HEALING DIETS STUDENT ENVISIONS BLENDING MOTHERHOOD & CAREER

Our new Healing Diets E Course student, Sahana, is a mother of one young daughter, soon to give birth to her second chilld, yet her passion to prepare for a career in health and wellness led to commitment to begin her studies in the 7th month of her pregnancy!

Preparing and studying along with life transitions is the path to success as you integrate and embody learning every day in practical reality, with no time wasted, always preparing to build the life you long to live and do the work you love.

Sahana has already achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Computer Technological Information Systems, began studying Reiki and Sujok Therapy in Bangalore, India developed a passionate vision to enter the alternative health care field.

Personally, I visited Bangalore about 8 times in the 80's, for pure Naturopathy immersions at the Institute for Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences, taking advanced students for depth experiences on the potency and power of purification and rejuvenation programs, so this is a fine completion to welcome a student who hails from Bangalore to the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado.

Many women today feel a mission to extend their natural nurturing gifts with a career in Healing Diets, Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine and other alternative thereapies as our world unfolds toward a brink of dangerous climate change combined with food quality challenges that threaten future generations.

Sahana and her family now live in Denver, Colorado, and Sahana will attend trainings leading to the Naturopathy Diploma as she enjoys her family life and roles of mother and wife. Welcome Sahana!

NEW NATUROPATHY STUDENT FROM NEW ZEALAND

We are pleased to welcome Mike Drader from New Zealand to the E Course Division of the School of Natural Medicine.

Mike enrolled in the Naturopathy, Herbal Medicine and Iridology E Courses, with a view to completing Healing Diets as well in the future.

He hails from Henderson in Auckland, works as a plumber as he raises his family, and has already achieved diplomas in Hypnotherapy and Counselling.

Wonderful to have an eye to the future and to enjoy studying and preparing for a new experience in life.

Welcome Mike!! 

FLOWER ESSENCES - I EMBODIED MY HIGHER SELF

In Flower Essence II field trip, I contemplated of the Morning Glory and the nature surrounding me and learned that all beings are spiraling life forces that rely on ebbs and flows, of expansion and contraction, of retraction and protraction.

I embodied my Higher Self and will continue allowing my body and spirit to move freely rather than in simple 'forward and backward' motion.

Prior to entering the School of Natural Medicine Flower Essence II class, I viewed the natural world from the outside inward, rather than from inward and then outward.

I learned that within my being I have struggled with anxiety and communication difficulties that hindered my understanding of the idea that life is unfolding.

The patterns of nature in constant moment showed me the power of letting go of my intimidations as well as my prior worries of outside acceptance.

My new discovery of creating powerful vibrational sounds while meditating also taught me the significance of freeing my mind and body from exterior, sometimes dominating forces.

I will continue to breathe and remind myself that I am powerful and am therefore in control of my own destiny." Emily, new Naturopathy student, Denver 

(Emily reported on the third day that for the first time she slowed down her yoga practice and moved in creative ways into the poses and that it was her best ever experience)

FLOWER ESSENCES - A DEEPER COMMUNION WITH THE FORCES OF CREATION

In Flower Essence II, I experienced a deeper communion with the forces of creation.  As I slowed down, unwinding thoughts that shaped my being, I felt the forces surrounding me as a deep sense of peace and joy, a pulsation of existence, and a deep connection with all of life.

Bringing up my basic beliefs and looking at where I am at in my life helped me to sink deeper into my experience.

During our field trip, I sat with a prickly pear cactus observing the invisible forces shaping and creating its beauty, delighting in the stream of bees diving into the golden pollen stamens in ecstasy for in all the area around us there was only this one flower, the first flower of the year, and when we left it seemed as if two bees were drowned in golden immobile bliss.

During this resonance immersion, I experienced my own creation through the life force that nourished and brought me into form, the powerful expression of life in every moment pulsates through my entire being. I see that through my thoughts and beliefs my word has been shaped and with my awareness open I have the potential to be anything I want to be.

My creation is beautiful and it flows through me.

There is so much thanks and gratitude for this experience."  Jesse, Boulder, Naturopathy student

Flower Essence II in the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado focuses on the FES flower essence system provides the opportunity to explore each student's field of thoughts, emotions and energy through a variety of self healing exercises, sounding, focusing, field trips, philosophical discussions, movement, inquiry, dialogue, sharing and more.

As this fortunate class was only two students, we had a most wonderful time with more opportunities to explore and connect with our undifferentiated fluid field and expand our open focus brain as we sought sensory awareness of the invisible energy forces within us and surrounding us - a new way of seeing, perceiving and knowing!!! Meanwhile the Comfrey flowers tall in my gloriously lush spring garden!! Farida

STUDENT & GRADUATE NEWS & APPRECIATIONS

"Hi Farida, as always soooooo lovely to hear from you. You remain my mentor, light, original spark, beacon of truth ALWAYS. Thank you thank you thank you. My life purpose was lit by you and to this day that light inside keeps a warm glow nourishing giving grateful.

My life is so different now as the children have left the nest, more time for me, still loving the ocean, right now am about to go and jump in to its briney blessing even though it is stormy windy rainy. Love to you dear Farida xxxxxxxxx" Elsepth, ND SNM graduate, Heartstar Herbs, Perth, Australia.

CHRIS: "I wanted to say hi. It's been a long time! I subscribed to your youtube channel and just caught a summer school chakras elements and emotion lecture. Beautiful. Can't wait to reconnect. Do you have a schedule of future events? I would really love to be in your presence :) Blessing to you Dear Teacher." Chris W. Washington DC

AMY: "Dear Farida, I am currently taking the Natural Physician Certification E-courses, and LOVING them!! When I have completed these courses, I would like to attend classes in Boulder to complete the remaining classes required to earn the Naturopathy Diploma. Please tell me what remaining classes I will need to take in order to do this and if the classes are offered year round. I truly do love what I am learning and the more I learn, the more I love it. I am absolutely convinced that what I am learning at the School of Natural Medicine will enable me to guide many people back to health. =] Thank you so much! Joyfully," Amy Gurske, Fort Collins, Colorado

HAYLEY: "I admire you so much, Farida, but have learned that I must implement in my life and worldly work!  I have so much gratitude for what you have manifested. We are so blessed. I will be planting many of the herbs from your formulas in the greenhouse on Monday - so much support. I feel the love and send it flowing freely and abundantly towards your energy. Many blessings Farida Love, Hayley

KRISTEN: Hi Farida- Just finished up a great day at Heidi's for Herbal Medicine 2. I truly enjoyed learning how to turn herbal plants into medicinal products today! I have some great pictures to send you tomorrow.

I wanted to let you know that I have decided to make it work to be able attend the Herbal Medicine Campout in July. I just can't imagine not being there with Heidi and the other students that I have come to love so much, and learning all of the wonderful things Heidi has to teach us. My first reaction with the schedule conflict was to make a quick decision to cancel, allowing me to feel more "in control" of the situation. But when I realized what I would be giving up I knew it was worth trying to make it work, even if it makes me feel a bit uneasy. I am continually learning so much about myself in every situation that comes up in my life!" Thanks, Kristen :)

ROSA: Peace, blessings, and love always. The diplomas are in!!  THANKS MY DEAR I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.......YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER I EVER HAD.....PEACE........always you friend ROSA

DILA: My dear Farida, You always in my thoughts in my heart and even in my tongue( as we recently promoted our Quantum Institute in Hawaii, and I mentioned about you too!) . I work for the Institute with flexible hours, so I have more free time to play:-)

I just started my Internship at the Center for Natural Medicine in Honolulu with Dr.Joy Ostroff, ND. I am helping her with clients for different healing modalities.

I have two people for my case studies, and I will send you report once I finish their program. I am going to put them on Herbal program and do Iridology with them too. They are: a lady with autoimmune disease and joint problems, and an 11 year old girl also with skin problems and autoimmune disease.

 I am pretty busy but very joyful life! I am attending yoga every other day, do meditation every day, and swim in the ocean often. I love just walk, and of course I read a lot ! Love you dearly, Farida

HERBAL MEDICINE II – Loving! Nurturing! Soothing!

"Meditating and communicating with the herbal plants was a very powerful experience for me. I felt so connected with the plants and they brought up so much joy in me. It was a very beautiful feeling discovering what their medicine was just be connecting with and tasting the different plants. This class inspired me to dive into this amazing field.

I gained so much knowledge this weekend on creating herbal medicines at the School of Natural Medicine.

Heidi was wonderful and I am so grateful to be a part of these teachings." Jesse, Naturopathy student, Boulder.

"I really enjoyed the spiritual aspect of connecting with the plants. The in-depth observing and drawing were perfect compliments to listening to the plant speak to me. I was very excited about what I felt from the plants even when I was unaware of what they were before hand.

Saturday, the Denver Botanic Gardens were great for this same purpose.

Sunday was also wonderful – we took home so many goodies and I loved learning how to make tinctures, salves, and salts. I can't wait to use them and experiment with my own! Herbal Medicine II was my favorite of the 3 Herbal Medicine classes.

Thank you so much – Heidi you are wonderful! Loving! Nurturing! Soothing!" Melana

Heidi Jarvis, ND MH MIr, graduate of the School of Natural Medicine 2000 class, Director of the school Herbs of Grace herbal pharmacy / dispensary, teacher of Herbal Medicine, owner of Earth Pharmaceuticals products, gardens and greenhouses is hosting a Lavender Festival this June in Aurora. All welcome

 

HERBAL MEDICINE II - WITH LOVE & AN OPEN HEART

On the third day of the Herbal Medicine II class with our teacher, Heidi Jarvis, everything started to come together for me. The formula creation had a huge impact as I realized that the reason that we connect with the plants on such a deep level is so that we can come to know them instinctually, and be able to recognize when we need to use them.

On the first and second day, in the School of Natural Medicine of Herbal Medicine, sitting iwth the plants brought out a range of emotions inside me. I was so excited for the class to start, and then after the first day I didn't know if I was capable of truly connecting with the plants. I find them beautiful, mysterious, and amazing, but having to sit with them was difficult. I do not know what my resistance was. The Denver Botanic Gardens were a beautiful place and a fun trip to take with the class, but I still found myself struggling with the identification and feeling overwhelmed and trying to remember everything!

I loved researching the different herbs and plants to put into our "Bug' Out" salve, and watching Heidi make the products was awesome! Her knowledge and love for what she does is truly inspiring, and it rubs off on me each time I am in class.

I left the last day feeling rejuvenated and excited about the plants, even more than before, and in the meantime I continue to learn more about myself each time I attend this school. It is not only an education, it is life-changing.

Thank you again for your openness and allowing us to be open with you, Farida and Heidi. I find the honesty that is revealed in this school to be so refreshing, and I have found myself being able to be more honest and open in the other areas of my life. With love and an open heart," Kristen, Lakewood

Note From Farida: When the mind gets in the way of experience, through anxiety and expectation, it is hard to become present with anything, let alone being with the herbal plants, but as the class progresses, students deepen their relationship with herbs with love, an open heart and joy!

Kristen came through beautifully and learned so much about herself along the way – just as important as information and skill is the fine tuning of attention and relationship with the plants!!

HERBAL MEDICINE II – THE SWEETEST GIFT & SO MUCH JOY!

"The School of Natural Medicine community we share is the sweetest gift and I am so thankful for the honest and supportive sharing. I felt so connected with the plants and they brought up so much joy in me."

I truly appreciate the knowledge that was shared in product preparation (as that is Brandi's passion and her business building creativity!). The group experience of creating a formula was so special, not to mention bringing all these goodies home! The community we share is the sweetest gift and I am so thankful for the honest and supportive sharing," Brandi, Denver

"I had a really soothing time, relaxing, sinking in and connecting with the plants, and walking around the Botanical Gardens, seeing, identifying and connecting with the beauty. The final day of salves, tinctures, and salts and other formulas and methods was helpful and enjoyable. I so appreciate Heidi's space and all she does to share her knowledge and skill." Gratitude, Melina, Bodyworker, Birthing Therapist

"During Herbal Medicine II, sitting and meditating with the plants was an amazing experience, an experience you could not find at any other school. Although I was hesitant and a little nervous, I felt excited to be able to connect, and becoming one with the whole plant was beautiful, something I will carry with me on my herbal medicine journey.

I also felt overwhelmed with all the information and facets to herbal medicine. I learned I just need to take my time with the plants and their properties and as I start working with tinctures, salves, herbs, etc., the knowing will come. Jessica, aesthetician, Lakewood

Herbal Medicine I, II, II are offered both in July and August and then not again until April 2013. Take a dive and enter into the world of plant medicine for your self, your family, your community and this world!!

 

 

SHALON - NEW HEALING DIETS E-COURSE STUDENT

Shalon enrolled last week as an E Course student with the Healing Diets E course.

She hails from Lafayette, and works in North Boulder, not far from the school, for the past ten years as a Community Resources Manager at Emergency Family Assistance, coordinating and training volunteers.

Her goal is to work toward her own business and practice. Healing Diets is a great place to start as there is so much need to learn how to eat healthy food and help others learn the simple art of creating delicious healing food.

Our next Healing Diets classes begin in September. Preparing with an e course is a great way to approach the hands on learning and deepen knowledge and personal experience with the depth and breadth of this work.

ROSA GRADUATES AS A NATUROPATH & PLANS TO OPEN A HEALING CENTER IN HONDURAS

"I am grateful with all my soul to my favorite teacher the one who searched in my soul and spirit, Farida Sharan, the one who taught me to see the world from different dimensions that I would not have been able to see without her help and her special patience with me as English is my third language.

I have feelings so deep that I would not change naturopathic medicine for any other profession. I have learned to value the human being and plants, and know we have a perfect Creator and imperfect thoughts and feelings that corrupt the every day life in a superficial world.

I learned that being a living example is not easy and that each human being has to find a way or a pth in life. I enjly knowing my destiny is to follow everything to do with nature,and with the law that governs nature, as in nature we find things that go beyond our understanding and I do not know how to express this with words.

She taught me how to value my family, especially my older brothers and sisters as I now understand their love that still treats me like their 'little sister' is part of the divine forces of the universe.

I learned how to see my daughters like different human beings and that they have the right to express what they don't like about me as their mother and I changed due to what my daughters' told me.

I enjoyed every lesson of the last part of my studies, the E Courses, along with the case histories, I would not change anything. Thank you, Farida, for your patience and love, Rosa

Rosa, from Honduras, journeyed through the School of Natural Medicine from 2009 through to graduation in 2013, completing certificate courses so she could begin practicing and working in another graduate's clinic with Barbara Pina ND, became a colonic therapist along the way as well as teaching and developing her own practice. Rosa owns land in Honduras and her vision is to develop it as a healing center.Her mind map pic shows her dreams for her land.

Congratulations dearest Rosa for your love, your beauty, your passion and commitment to your self-healing embodiment of the teachings. You are an authentic fine and true example of all that SNM stands for.

SNM STUDENT INSPIRES FAMILY HEALING TRANSFORMATION BEFORE THE WEDDING!!!

School of Natural Medicine's Iridology E Course student, Dr. Keeley Verrett, Optometrist, in Miami Beach, Florida shares her family's Wedding Family Transformation.

"My sister in law married a wonderful man last month. There was so much anticipation and excitement surrounding this wedding, but there was also some unaddressed tension, resentments and unspoken conflicts in the air.

To be proactive, I chose my Detox Bootcamp as my weapon of choice.... I figured, if at least a few of us could release some toxins on the physical level, the emotions would follow and we might be able to make it through this wedding unscaved. And boy, was I right!

Before the wedding, all of the siblings and their spouses either detoxed or continued a strict vegetarian diet. Slowly, we incorporated healing movements, detoxifying breathing exercises and meditations. They all wanted to kill me, but they hung in there strictly for vanity.

By the time the wedding day came, my sister in law fit into her beautiful wedding gown that she had struggled with after many diets, the groom lost 15 pounds and my husband looked 10 years younger!  Not to mention, there were no disagreements, no walking on eggshells, just pure happiness and joy the entire week!

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The miraculous part is how infectious this whole thing was.  I don't know how it happened but we ended the bachelorette party with a giggling, group yoga session (yoga intoxicales')... Wedding Day, I gave my sister in law a relaxing Aromatherapy Bath & Massage, and the Day after, I was able to read the eyes with Iridology of each of my family members, even the kids! 

When my mother in law saw our results (especially the wedding gown), she signed on, ended a 20 year addiction to artificial sweetener, lost 11 pounds and was described as "drop dead gorgeous" by her cardiologist after excellent exam results! 

I just can not explain how empowering it is to share this gift.  I am passionate about something that can actually make a difference in my practice and in my own family for generations to come!

I am  so thankful to the Universe & to School of Natural Medicine for teaching this beautiful Healing Art.  Thanks also for supporting me as I continue to integrate Iridology & Natural Healing into my World and into my Work.

With Love ~ Keeley W. Verrett, OD, CCI Miami Beach, Florida www.drverrett.com

SHANTI – NZ GRADUATE ND - VISITS BOULDER FOR ADVANCED TRAINING

Shanti studied in the School of Natural Medicine full Naturopathy program, graduated about ten years ago and moved to New Zealand where over the years she built up a most creative and quality herbal company, Divine Herbals. (see previous blog posts)

Recently she sold the herbal company and embarked on a creative mission to bring together the community of healers in Golden Bay, South Island. New Zealand. After hosting the first Golden Bay alternative healing fair and brainstorming with the community, Shanti decided that the best idea for all would be to spearhead and create a healing oasis of holidays, programs with the various healers all participating with individual clients. Wonderful idea!

As Shanti is already uniquely respected at all of the fairs and festivals in New Zealand for some years with her Iridology camera and analysis she will now bring quality colonics as a part of her contribution to the healing community in Golden Bay, as those seeking colonics have to travel a far distance.

Thus Shanti is studying colonics, along with our other wonderful student and graduate, and soon to be Naturopath, April, with the divinely gifted Madeline and her partner James in their Colonic practice and school in Boulder. Madeline is a teacher in SNM and provides treatments for our self healing students.

So lovely to visit with Shanti yesterday, and also to receive the exquisite Maori healing stone, Aeotara, or Pounamu that plays a very important role in Māori culture. It is considered a taonga (treasure) and is gifted to increase in mana (prestige) as they pass from one generation to another. The most prized taonga are those with known histories going back many generations. These are believed to have their own mana and were often given as gifts to seal important agreements.

I one I wear today is a most beautiful turquoise/aqua stone highly valued for healers in ancient times.

Shanti fully expresses the creative joy and love of her work and her life is dedicated to inspiring community and living naturally in respectful communion with nature. Many blessings and congratulations for the beautiful and gifted Shanti!!

FLOWER ESSENCES – SEEING CHARACTER DEFECTS & STRENGTHS

"Being able to sink in and relate to each Bach essence in one way or anotehr helped me look at my character defects as well as my strengths.

In Flower Essence I class, I deeply enjoyed and was helped by the way we were able to see the Bach essence hear about it, draw it as well as speak about it!!

Vibrational medicine just fascinates me specially as this entire world is nothing but a bunch of vibrations and frequencies woven together!!

I was able also to look at these things from the perspective of the 'observer', rather than getting so emotionally attached like I have in the past.... that felt a lot better to be able to look at and acknowledge these things while holding the thought 'But that's not who I AM!!'

I had a great time. Thanks, Farida" Kevin, Niwot, Naturopathy Student.

Next Flower essence class is June 7th, the FES Flower essence system, an entirely different approach to profounding exploring the essences in relation to each student's self healing personal evolution and embodiment of the teachings, in the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado

 

BACH FLOWER ESSENCES – A GREATER SENSE OF COMPASSION

"In Flower Essence I class, felt empowered by the Bach flower remedies and essences. I now have nature's tools to befriend me in my journey – helpers to gently coax me through life's stories.

I feel a greater sense of compassion from nature, that in my darkest moments, I can be with a plant and have a dialogue and understanding with the plant which can be a greater comfort than I have ever imagined.

Like a child runs to its mother in search of comfort, I will seek solace in nature, my earth mother.

When Larch and Pine came up, I felt a wave of emotions surging, needing to be acnowledged. I am learning that bottling my feelings has not served me and I am grateful to be in a state of mind where I can allow these intense emotional to come up and be felt and heard. My feelings are worth of my attention but they do not need to define my life."

Brandi, Denver, Naturopathy student, on Mother's Day 2013.

FLOWER ESSENCES – COURAGE TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS IN A DEEPER STATE OF AWE

"The learning of all the specific flower remedies brought me into a deeper state of awe for the language of the plants that are speaking through how they grow and the sacred geometry of their anatomy - the gesture of the plant!!

It was powerful to learn about how Dr. Edward Bach came to associate each flower remedy or essence with each emotional state.

Knowing that he went out into nature and actually felt the vibration of the plant that was right for his own healing gives me courage to trust my instincts when I am drawn to a specific plant.

Bach was an extremely intuitive person as he demonstrated the way we all can know for ourselves what healing we need.

The language is subtle and one must be open to it at first and then a whole world of healing is revealed.

Now I can welcome emotional unease as a way to develop my connection to intuition and plant language. Laura, Naturopathy student, Nederland, Colorado

 

FLOWER ESSENCES – SEEING WITH NEW EYES

"This Flower Essence I course has really opened my eyes to the many qualities that each essence has to offer to our very souls.

The comparison of each Bach flower essence to specific personality types helped me to be able to see, in my own way, every person in my life and around me with new eyes as well as with a new kindness and compassion for them.

We all struggle to navigate our lives as best we can and it is so easy to get tripped up when our fears arise.

As I begin to understand our various fears and the lessons and remedies of every essence, I feel a whole new world has been introduced to me and with that, the potentiail for an understanding of such depth that I am astounded.

I am so excited to pursue the study of these beautiful flowers and essences and continue to expand my mind and understanding and consciousness. Natha, Boulder, Colorado

Our next Flower Essence class at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado, will be held June 7th with Flower Essence II and a profound exploration of the FES Flower Essences.

APPRECIATIONS, SELF-HEALING & PERSONAL EVOLUTION

"I am floating here in excitement while reading your website thoroughly! It is such a match for me! I have been searching quite a number of schools for online programs, but nothing resonated with such light as I am now feeling."

"The Healing Diets e-course is exactly the type of course that I never thought I would find, and I want to do the Iridology and Herbal Medicine too. I have been a "healthy nut" :) for a long time, vegetarian, short-term vegan. As a mom to an incredible toddler, I want to emulate the healthiest food relationship and choices possible, living by example. I teach children's yoga once a week, and am learning Reiki through a local Master. Jennifer - Korea  

"I have gained so many tools and this week is a time for me to stand in my power and work through my process with all I have learned, my body is feeling really good and my colonic yesterday has open up even more in my healing process. I am very excited for June classes as I am starting to SEE my beliefs and thought patterns that have held me back in my healing. I feel it is going to be a powerful time with these classes coming up as I dive deeper into my process! I am feeling so good and seeing the gift to be on the earth at this time. In Gratitude, Jesse

"Farida, you are a gorgeous inspiring elder who radiates eternal youth from the inside out! Namaste I love u;) xoxo Kaianna*

I am so grateful for Reflexology and I'm truly experiencing the mysticism and beauty that comes with balancing my life out. 
:) Thank you so much. Dani

"Thank you for the kind words and reference support. Amal was so excited to hear from you. I always take my Herbs of Grace book with me to school. She was happy to hear from the woman that she sees on the book as Amal loves the flower wreath on your head in your photo."

"Thank you Farida, I signed up with Young Living and ordered oils to get started giving Reflexology sessions. I am loving the Reflexology and appreciating your approach in teaching and loving giving it to others, very beautiful! Happy day, Lisa

"Much has shifted for me in the last few months.  I have been doing a lot of work on myself on all levels - of course with the wisdom I have gleaned from your teachings! Through this work I have made significant positive changes in how I relate to my environment in Colorado, and committed myself to living here for at least another year, as I feel much more at home now. I will be taking a colon hydrotherapy training in May. This past weekend I held a healing diets class with a focus on weight loss and it went REALLY well! I'm doing another one next weekend. It was so much fun doing the two things I love the most - teaching and teaching about food! I've been tossing around biting the bullet and getting an Iridology camera too - people are suddenly flocking to me asking for help and I'm taking it as a sign I need to start applying myself a lot more. Much love and gratitude, April

"I am discovering that I truly love the world of herbs. I had never had much experience with them, and since discovering them through my self healing module, reading books, and starting my herbal medicine E course, I am in awe of them and can't wait to learn more. Such a wonderful complement to all the dietary information I am learning. Thank you for always being so good at correspondence! The time you spend for your students is truly appreciated!" Kristen

"I posted on Facebook shortly after I got off the phone with you on Tuesday. You and the work I have done at School of Natural Medicine is one of the biggest reasons this was possible. The post received over 20 people interacting in a positive way and it has been up for less than an hour, and then people started calling me in person too. I love you Farida, and I am so grateful to be where I am in life.  I realized that I am totally uncomfortable doing two things: 1st: hiding I'm not feeling on top of the world. 2nd: sharing about myself online. This has changed at last! Lots of Love, Dani

"Warmth and Love to you and to our school. I do the best I can to incorporate the beautiful knowledge I have learned from you. I respect your view and opinion and took time to try and improve what I can along with trying to overall bring some positive balance in my life. I have made lots of changes and am planning my return to my studies as my little ones grow. I am arranging to stay in Colorado during the summer months with trusted family to come along while I am there for classes. Determination is flowing strong and I want to ride the wave and not be afraid or resist this sense of purpose.

"I am praying it will all work out so I can continue my path and teach my daughters the strength and knowledge I pray they will have deep in their souls.

We thank you from a distance each day as I try to shift my thinking, my old habits and teach my daughters all that I learn so they can know all of my valleys and peaks of this path so they have this true awakening knowledge to live their lives with love health in their minds bodies and souls. They are truly the fruits of my discovery in finding you and the school and my inspiration and my drive. They are my strength and my reminder to push forward one step at a time one challenge into another. I am catching up on your blog and preparing my plan of action in my studies. Blessings to you. Love you Farida!" Kristina

HEALING DIETS – PRIDE FORCED TO DISSOLVE IN REALITY

"My eyes are blown open to the way one meal of meat affects all aspects of life on this planet.

In Healing Diets II, I  learned that the biggest, most deterimental environmental issues are tied to meat farms and meat production that affect the decimation of rainforests, our water supplies, our air, climate change and even the destruction of wolves and wildlife!

The movie EATING filled in all the gaps in my misunderstanding, providing the information I needed to finally say to myself that I do not need to eat meat!

Choosing to not eat meat is a huge step that leaves me feeling unsettled because I know I cannot trust anyone else to provide health for me, only myself.

At the School of Natural Medicine, I am still learning about what else I can no longer trust or eat, so I can make informed choices.

HEALING DIETS – I FEEL A DEEP SHIFT WITHIN ME

"On the first day of Healing Diets II, after watching MEET YOUR MEAT DVD, I felt bad for the way the animals are treated, but the second day after watching the DVD EATING, I opened to the karmic and environmental damage caused by the choice of eating meat.

I definitely felt a deep shift within me in Healing Diets II as I now know and face clearly that meat consuption directly impacts the health of humans and the planet.

I thought I had processed a lot a month ago in Healing Diets I at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado, and went home on track with healing diets, and then slowly noticed I was reverting to my old habits.

Now my outlook on meat has completely changed and I want to spread the knowledge I have learned to all my friends and family." Anna, Healing Diets student, Michigan

HEALING DIETS – ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE

"I haven't touched meat since my first Healing Diets class 6 months ago. HD II was extremely refreshing because it felt like so long since my last class and definitely showed me how much I miss being here and how good it feels to be here.

HD II was extremely refreshing because it felt like so long since my last class and definitely showed me how much I miss being here and how good it feels to be here. It was good practice for me to 'teach' the nut milk and get out of my comfort zone.

Another great influence for me to put down animal products was a book called 'The Essene Gospel of Peace.'

It is just so great to be back and I cannot emphasize enough on how grateful I am to be here at the School of Natural Medicine and to have your guidance and support, Farida. Thank you for all you do for me!" Kevin, Naturopathy student, Niwot, Colorado

The Healing Diets E Course with the Academy of Healing Diets is a wonderful deep and profound year process with mentoring.

HEALING DIETS - OPENING DOORS INTO THE TRUTHS, HEALTH & BEAUTY OF MY SOUL

Healing Diets classes support me to stand in my strength as we explored the myths of diet, emotional attachment to food and creating healing meals. I feel a greater health in my body as I cleanse and clear with these wonderful healing foods.

The DVD, EATING, brought a whole new awareness to my choices of eating for not only greater health to my body but also bringing greater health to the planet, as I saw the health problems caused by eating meat, but also the huge eye-opening impact on our planet. It was shocking to see the damage caused by our cravings and beliefs in diet.

I experienced a reaction to one of the foods during the class and my throat closed up, bringing grief and a deep holding in my left lung from holding back and not accepting and receiving love. With supportive process, I know I am able to give and receive. I am health I am beautiful just the way I am.

Healing Diets are so wonderful for me as they keep opening doors into the truths, health, and beauty of my soul." Jesse, Naturopathy student, Boulder, Colorado