School of Natural Medicine

HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL MEDICINE

The School of Natural Medicine was founded in Cambridge, England in 1978 by Dr. Farida Sharan, ND Mir FBRI FGNI MDMA, author of 'Iridology - a Complete Guide', 'Herbs of Grace – Becoming Independently Healthy' and 'Creative Menopause'. The School of Natural Medicine evolved out of the British School of Iridology & Natural Medicine, which was the first school of Iridology in England (also founded by Dr. Farida Sharan) and set the standards for the professional education of Integrated Iridology in this part of the world.

During the 1980's, Dr. Farida Sharan hosted conferences to bring many pioneers in the world of Iridology to England, including Dr. John R. Christopher, Dr. Bernard Jensen, Dorothy Hall, Denny Johnson, Willy Hauser and others and trained many of the most respected and successful practitioners of Iridology in the UK and abroad. She also founded Herbs of Grace (now run by Peter Enkel, a SNM graduate and his son) and Wholistic Research Company, a well known company run by a former client and her family. Together with John Morley, Farida co-created the Iridology Research Manifesto to protect the integrity and quality of Iridology.

The School of Natural Medicine created the first iridology register in the UK, The British Registar of Iridologists, to honor professional standards of training and practice. SNM courses and graduates are the foundation for standards set by the Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists, an organization that is administrated by dedicated and skilled Iridologists, many of whom are graduates of the School of Natural Medicine.

In 1988 a U.S. branch of the School of Natural Medicine was opened in Boulder, Colorado. This school is an approved and accredited occupational school offering Natural Physician, Master Iridologist, Master Herbalist, and Naturopath diplomas, and Living Foods Teacher, Essential Oils Therapist, Flower Essence Practitioner, and Divinity Touch Reflexologist certifications. The Boulder, Colorado school has been a stronghold for the education and practice of pure naturopathy, integrated iridology and the principles of holistic wellness in United States, and has attracted students from around the world for over twenty years.

The School of Natural Medicine, Iceland was opened in Reykyavik in 2007 with a three-year comprehensive masters program in integrated naturopathy and natural medicine run by SNM graduates, Gitte Lassen and Lilja Oddsdottir MIr, and including classes by SNM Iridologist, Kristbjorg Kristmundsdottir, creator of the Icelandic Nature Essenses, a powerful system of flower and nature remedies created from the land of fire and ice.

The School of Natural Medicine, UK is directed by Bonny White, a graduate of the School of Natural Medicine of over twenty years, who offers a dedicated history of teaching and practice in the field of Iridology and Natural Medicine. Her area of personal research has been an in-depth comparative study of the constitutions in the iris with those in traditional Ayurvedic, Tibetan, Japanese and Chinese constitutional systems. She brings her wealth of knowledge about the body/mind relationship in illness and health to the UK school.

The School of Natural Medicine, UK offers personally crafted study programs, which include the integration of herbal medicine with naturopathy and client self-healing education guided by iridology. Courses are available in separate modules or combined in the Natural Physician program along with integrated training modules and Clinical Training Intensives. The combination of home study, self-healing and experiential training creates a strong foundation in a fully integrated system of Natural Medicine. Whether a student signs up with one diploma course, or all, the self-healing and study requirements together with attendance at training modules and Clinical Training prepares every student with a strong foundation for effective practice.

Using multiple intelligence advanced learning techniques the School of Natural Medicine's aim is three-fold:

* to graduate prime care level professional naturopaths
* to support each graduate be a living example of a naturopathic lifestyle
* to provide a venue for self-healing, personal evolution

The training at the School of Natural Medicine honors the philosophy of purification, regeneration and transformation which addresses the basic principles of life – preparation to receive, utilization of nourishment and evolutionary growth, which occurs when a harmonious relationship exists between our inner ecology and the outer ecology of life which sustains us.

All SNM graduates support the highest purpose of each client to become independently healthy by offering personalized education supported by practical individually crafted lifestyle health and self-healing programs. As practitioners and teachers, we honour the truth that each person is a student of their own life and body and believe that every living being has the right to create health. Graduates embody the highest level of service and professional care.