Independently Healthy

SNM UK - HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF - SERENDIPITY

Over thirty years ago when I arrived in Cambridge, England in February 1977, the first student to sign up in my weekly natural medicine classes was (Claire Savage) now Claire Dolby D.O. & R.C.S.T. After our initial 6 weeks of exploring all aspects of natural medicine from iridology to herbs to reflexology to shiatsu to naturopathy home treatments and more, Claire also took the massage training and worked on her own self healing.

Transformed from a music teacher to a natural healer, Claire went on to take her Osteopathy Degree at the London College of Osteopathy in 1983/87, and then studied with Franklyn Sills in Devon on the very first Cranio-Sacral Training at Curtis Knowle House in Totnes, Devon, where the Karuna center was at the time.

Claire established a clinic over the next years and assisted the Prenatal & Birth Training in Zurich with Ray Castellino DC for the next 5 years. She became senior tutor at Karuna Institute, Devon, around 1995 and since then has taught in the USA, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Ireland. She now specializes in prenatal and birth work and has a busy childrens' clinic at Marlborough House in Taunton, Somerset, where she sees newborns and older children as it is now recognized that many developmental difficulties in young children and some behavioral patterns may have their root in prenatal or birth experiences.

In CST work with babies and older children Claire explore how their history may be affecting them both physically and emotionally, seeking to resolve early traumatic memories and help the body relax and resolve them, leaving an overall sense of ease and contentment and an increase in health.

I saw Claire in Boulder, Colorado a few years ago when we both attended a workshop with Jaap Van Der Vaal on Embryology. Amazing how things come full circle. Looking forward to sharing all the amazing work on Iridology & Natural Medicine with Claire this summer in the School of Natural Medicine UK in Devon, England - a time for reunion and a time for new connections. Farida

SNM ICELAND HEALTH MASTER SCHOOL MAY 2008

Here I am in Iceland again - sitting on the heart of a red stone astrological figure centered in a beautiful carved rock mandala. I'm staying for nearly a month this time - beginning with the Summerhouse holiday with co-directors Lilja and Gitte where Gitte made Mind Maps of all our projects - then teaching a Master Touch Reflexology and a 6 day Immersion completing the first year of Iridology & Natural Medicine studies in our School of Natural Medicine International 3 year Naturopathy Health Master Iceland training in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Lilja had just presented a beautiful booth at the Health Expo, featuring Young Living Essential Oils and signed up 60 distributors, along with two Englishmen who run YLO in London. Gitte was busy catering a living food seminar in Solheimer, 73 year old eco-village  retreat center, a fantastic valley with a warm microclimate, its own hot spring and organic gardens and restaurant and beautiful architecture.

As well as the classes I am meeting with students from previous years, dear Iris, Vaka and Magga; taking a day trip to Solheimer where we will be holding our yearly retreat starting in June 2009 as each year graduates along with a swim in my favorite Hveregerthi hot spring and a visit to a cave; potluck and gathering with the 2007 group; enjoying an open house at Yggrasil, the local organic healthfood store, for prospective students, meeting new students entering the 2008 group, an oil gathering and of course our SNM planning meetings. I also usually love to see Kristbjorg, creator of Iceland Nature Essences, who is also a graduate of the Master Iridologist SNM training from 2000 and a teacher in SNM both in Iceland and Colorado. All the SNM Master Iridologist graduates are also having their yearly meeting while I am in Iceland.

While every day is full I also enjoy lovely long walks, hot springs and pools swimming and browsing in the wonderful creative boutiques for felted wool creations and Icelandic fashion, Even better, having tea in Hlomahlind, the organic wireless vegan coffee house/cafe with friends.

Spring is bursting here and the days feel warmly freshly crisp. When you walk past a budding tree the aroma of the green is intoxicating - why? perhaps a combination of the excitement of growth after the long dark winter meeting the pure bright air of an Icelandic spring. It is bright light now till past ten o'clock and the days will continue to lengthen until June 21st solstice when it will be 24 hrs of light - the summer form of the northern lights.

Just bought the latest Sigur Ros album, fantastic, and read the novel, The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani, about a woman carpet maker in 17th century Iran. I delight in the transition times when I can let go of all the known schedules and drift invisibly in time for a while. Enjoy the pics - more later!!!

THE EYES OF THE WORLD IRIDOLOGY TRAINING

School of Natural Medicine, Boulder, Colorado Iridology six day training in April 2008.

"It is such a pleasure to learn in an open loving environment that you have provided.  I feel a huge inspiration after the classes."  Love, Katelin (recently moved from Chicago to be near the school)

Six days of Iridology & Natural Medicine, of discovering the mystery and beauty of life as manifested in the iris of the eye, took both students and teachers into deep learning and evolving.

"I enjoyed the class and greatly appreciated the opportunity to learn." Senakhu, Denver

Bill Fanning taught two days of Foundation of the Language of Iridology & Iridology iris drawing, photography and computer technology. Krista filmed the class in support of teacher training and archiving with the wonders of modern technology offering the entire day of film on one chip and the download each night on to a DVD. Amazing.

All the students had their latest iris photographs and some comparison iris photos up for analysis with Farida for evaluation in relation to self-healing experiences, progress and iris changes. Case histories were shared  by Farida from her 30+ years of viewing and photographing irises in relationship to purification, regeneration and transformational healing processes. The class viewed powerpoint presentations of the history of the school, the language of iridology, constitutions, Rayid Model, Time Risk, iris charts, Angerer's iris drawings as well as many examples of irises.

The iris mandala project opened the creative field of integration, understanding and self-knowledge and some amazing and beautiful creations manifested. An essential understanding of how your own irises relate to your life processes expands the potential to understand clients' irises and the practitioner's ability to inspire and educate them. Besides that. it is totally fun!!!

Our next Iridology & Natural Medicine trainings are in at SNM UK in Devon, England, www.herenowhealing.com during July & August, and then in November 6 - 11 2008 in Boulder, Colorado. The SNM Iceland school completes its first year Iridology in September and then moves on to a year of Herbal Medicine, reflexology and oils. Beautiful teaching times ahead for all!!

Cassandra and Nichole explore the meanings hidden in their iris.

The training was a full, rich and enjoyable time for both teachers and students. When we view the iris in relationship to a person's unique life we come to a potent understanding of the relationship of the inner ecology to the outer ecology and gain the understanding and skills to become independently healthy.

Daniel and Senakhu take turns looking in each other iris.

Self-healing becomes a way of life. We learn to understand our own body, listen to its messages and gain skills to lovingly care for ourselves or move difficult health issues through our bodies as we learn cause and effect. We honor our body temple and prepare for better things to come and the fulfillment of our live purpose.

 

ICELANDERS CREATE LIVING FOOD IRIS MANDALA

The patterns of the universe are reflected everywhere, in the snowflake, the grain of sand, the water crystal, the spiraling plant, the growing seed, the shell and now in a lentil living food pie. Congratulations, School of Natural Medicine Health Master students in Reykjavik, Iceland, on a first in the universe - a Lymphatic Sensitive iris constitution type combined with radii soleris radiating from the center and pigmentations, all beautifully displayed with cut vegetables. I can tell these students have embodied the teachings!!! Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I am sure it was delicious.

SNM HEALTH MASTER ICELAND ENJOYS LIVING FOOD CLASS

Lilja and Gitte, center of photograph in the front row, School of Natural Medicine Iceland, co-directors and teachers led the Living Food Lifestyle Teacher training program for our first year Naturopathy students, in their three year Health Master program, in Reykjavik Iceland.

I (Farida) am in Iceland May 8 to June 4th for a Naturopathy Immersion with this group and an open Reflexology training, with Kate coming from Boulder, and Hedwig and her husband coming from Paris to join Icelandic students. 

I will meet with the new student group who are embarking on their Self-Healing preparation for their first September classes, and with other new students in the enrollment process. Eventually we will work with three concurrent groups, each group ending with a ten day living food purification and regeneration retreat in a beautiful hot spring valley.

You can see the radiant loving quality in all the faces after nearly one year of Self-Healing. As a teacher I feel very blessed to have such a dedicated passionate group of students.

LILJA GIVES RAINDROP THERAPY IN ECUADOR TRAINING

Lilja Oddsdottir, Master Iridologist, Sclerologist, Reflexologist, Living Foods Teacher, Essential Oils Therapist, and a superbly trained School of Natural Medicine Divinity Touch Raindrop Technique practitioner and Health Master Iceland teacher of Essential Oils, attended the Young Living training in Ecuador and is here seen radiantly enjoying the beauty of fragrant medicinal oils and the joys of offering healing to another student. Essential Oils Therapist trainings are offered by School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado, School of Natural Medicine in Iceland, and School of Natural Medicine in the United Kingdom. This is definitely a skill everyone should enjoy in their life, both giving and receiving as it helps with so many conditions, and produces a state of divine relaxation.

LILJA SHARES THE YOUNG LIVING OILS ECUADOR TRAINING

School of Natural Medicine HealthMasterIceland Director, Lilja Oddsdottir, says, "The Ecuador Young Living Essential Oils training was phenomenal for me. The first day we traveled from Quito high in the Andes to Guayaquil, capital city at the coast. We stopped at a natural eucalyptus forest and the fragrance was the start of a great experience. In Guayaquil we enjoyed Gary’s teaching and knowledge and skill in the use and application of essential oils and supplements. Gary demonstrated Raindrop Technique® and Neuro Auricular raindrop  was very exciting.  Lilja is in the front in blue!

Days at the luxury Oro Verde Hotel were filled with excitement, learning and meeting people at meals and hearing very exciting oil stories. I took tours to river walkways and native markets and bought 20 incredible alpaca wool scarves.

I heard of a child had a stroke in the womb. The grandmother applied Biblical oils as the child didn't have muscle tone and in a few weeks muscle tone appeared. The child is now 3 years and normal.

During the last breakfast I listened to an elderly lady sharing stories about Gary when he was in the hospital and how he came to use oils. It was not until he came across French research that described oils' ability to increase oxygen that his interest awakened. I asked this lady whether she knew Gary and she said; "I’m his older sister "

The last day we went to the Vita Nova clinic being created by GARY and his team near Guayaquil where you get a personal treatment plan and experience oils intra-venously, internally, topically, with food, and loving treatments.

We heard astonishing stories from "patients" that had been there like Dr. David Stewart, author of “Healing Oils of the Bible”, age 67. He came to the Young Living Vita Nova Clinic and rejuvenated his health in 2 weeks. He climbed a waterfall in Banos and looked really good during all the classes.

From the clinic we went to the Young Living Guayaquil farm where we were amazed by acres of growing plants and herbs and the beauty and development of the farm. We felt from Gary his excitement for new plants and new oils.

Soon Gary will have huts on the farm where we can come and stay and help at the farm. I'm already planning to go and take my family with me. It is truly an honor to work with Young Living and Gary and Mary Young and their Young Living team. I love it!

SELF-HEALING REVEALS MAGNIFICENT MYSTERIES & GIFTS

School of Natural Medicine Iceland Health Master three year Naturopathy student, Vala, reports on the completion of her Self-Healing module. What is remarkable is how much she achieved when pregnant, and unable to do many of the protocols like herbs or cleanses. She did what she could with food, oils, flower essences and home naturopathy treatment. The changes Vala speaks about show the value of her dedication and effort, and the positive healing effect of simple and practical changes in our daily habits and attention to our own being. Congratulations, Vala.

“This has been amazing journey for me both physically and emotionally. I feel I have started something I will do the rest of my life."

"Much has changed and cleansed emotionally. I feel calm and have more self-esteem and therefore it is much easier to solve problems and that gives me a really good feeling. Of course it can be up and down, but when I am tired or anxious, I now solve it and release it so it doesn’t bother me for long time, like before. When I came to the school and started this work this feeling that I am on the right path and everything is going to be exactly as it should be came and didn’t go again like before. So the conclusion is a big emotional healing and I’m looking forward to work on physical changes soon.

"The big struggle for me was to take time for my self. Finally I came to enjoy time for my self and to feel my body: now I do Epsom salt baths, skin brushing and good nutrition for just me, even when I make different things for my husband and children. I didn’t always like my body but now I’m so much happier in my body.

"Another change was to release old emotions and be able to solve problems who showed up with new emotions (this work began during the first days at the school and developed at home and during student gatherings and study groups, first slowly, then suddenly there was a big change on my emotional level even when I wasn’t trying hard…maybe that was the problem before…I was trying to hard to fix and analyze myself and judge myself that I could not release!

"So the outcome is this really good calm feeling about my self and my life. Also there is a feeling of trust and safety, that things that come to me are there to serve my purpose and I’m the one who co-creates what comes to me.

"Also there is a big change in my relationship with god and the angels, I \now know it is ok to ask for help…I’m not bothering or disturbing….they are there for me and want me to ask and pray…I’m loved for what I am now not for something I should be or could be or could do... as I am right now.

"I realize now that I have knowledge about many things, both deep about myself and on many aspects in this life. I have an inner power that I can trust and I also have power to perform many things that serves my purpose. I can now change my attitude more easily than I ever thought possible. I can also now express myself and release something I need to right away. I don’t hold my self down or think or analyze for a long time now. I express what I feel."

SNM UK OPENS WITH SPRING FLOWERS & BIRDSONG

Two weeks in Devon Heaven! Green fields, life bursting hedgerows enlivened by primroses, daffodils, hyacinths and a few rare early bluebells, amidst the spiral unfolding of ferns and leaves that herald the coming of lilies and other glorious wild English flowers and herbs. The air is clear and clean, the sky mostly blue, sunny days, occasional drifting white clouds, one day of light snow flurries and some misty rain. So beautiful!

The first small training to begin: An Experiment in Community Healing - The Alkaline Cleanse. I share a photo of some of the participants.

A main focus was the completion of the approval and accreditation with the Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists - run by former SNM Grads from over 20 years ago and more. This will enable SNM students from all over the world to continue to be accredited by the Guild and for our UK school to be an approved school. This accreditation extends to the European approval system.

We are planning seminars for July and August, October and November and throughout 2008. It is very exciting for SNM to return after twenty years. So many connections. I bumped into a student from 20 years ago, Sara Bunting, while walking in Totnes. She is now in full time practice in Devon and is excited about our upcoming classes. Other people tracked me down as we renewed connections. Everyone says the same thing: there is a great need for a school like ours as there is no depth Naturopathy school in the UK.

Check out the SNM UK website: www.herenowhealing.com

 

ICELAND GRAD & SNMI PARTNER FEATURED IN NEWSPAPER

I love to see how SNM Graduates evolve and progress with courage, creativity, joy and determination to share the skills and self-healing attained during their studies at the School of Natural Medicine, and I love sharing the news even more to inspire others to walk the path of evolutionary self-healing professional training - the way to become an authentic healer and living example.

Lilja Oddsdottir, Master Iridologist since 2000, and our SNMI Health Master co-director, Essential Oils, Sclerology, Living Food teacher, and Self-Healing practitioner was recently featured in a Reykjavik newspaper, 24 stundir, sharing Iridology and our Health Master three year naturopathy training.

Her picture is on the top. She is the lovely lady with the blond hair. Together with Gitte, our other amazing and wonderful co-director, Self-Healing practitioner, Living Foods Teacher and much more, Lilja runs the monthly study groups between Naturopathy Immersions and other schedule classes.

Click this link and scroll down to view:
http://www.mbl.is/mm/24stundir/blod_vikunnar.html

In Iceland we are beginning our enrollment for our new group of 2008 students who will start training in September and begin their Self-Healing module in preparation. Our first student completed her enrollment yesterday with more in process!!!

Our first year 2007 group will begin their second year, so I will enjoy a month in Iceland in May and again in September into beginning October for the trainings.