As a naturopathic consultant, I educate clients on how to create and build health using whole food supplements, herbs, proper nutrition, juice fasting, body system cleanses, breathwork, exercise and water-based therapies.

Many people today are searching for alternatives to traditional medicine because they are cautious and even skeptical of the harmful side effects of prescription drugs and the increasingly high cost of modern medical care.  Herbs offer an attractive alternative because of their long history of safe use.  Quite simply, herbs are food.  We call them nutritional supplements because they help supply the nutrients missing in our food. They help build and repair the tissues of the body and are natural sources of vitamins, minerals and enzymes.  They are extremely safe when used properly.  Herbs will spark the self-healing capabilities of the body when necessary.  Learning to use herbs is an enjoyable and empowering experience with virtually no side effects.

HOMEOPATHY  is a therapeutic system that is based on the principle that "like cures like."  It assists in self-healing by giving small doses of remedies prepared from plant, animal and mineral substances.  The system uses diluted portions of remedies (the more diluted the higher its potency) to eradicate the symptoms of disease.  Homeopathic remedies encourage the body to eliminate symptoms by encouraging the symptoms to run their course instead of suppressing them.

Homeopaths believe people get sick in individual ways, showing distinctive patterns or symptoms.  Whether one person's symptoms resemble another is of little importance.  Homeopaths only concern themselves with identifying the particular pattern of symptoms of an individual.  Once the symptom pattern is clear, the homeopath then tries to match it with the one substance that most closely reproduces those symptoms in the normal person. Homeopathy asserts that a single does of that substance, highly diluted and properly prepared, has the capacity to heal the ailing individual.

HEALTH  is a reflection of the balance between different aspects of ourselves (body, mind, soul) and our environment, our experiences and our association with food.  There cannot be sickness in any of these categories without its being reflected to some degree in all of the others.  All healing comes from within.  In the healing process, our lessons are learned and the body is brought back to a reflection of total balance.

It is the unique power of nature's plants and herbs that can affect deep levels of true healing.  Prescription medicine may temporarily destroy a particular germ or virus with a drug, however if it is applied without attending the overall imbalance of the other systems, problems may resurface or worse, bury themselves deeper into the system to create more serious conditions later.

Health is wholeness (hence, holistic health) - wholeness in its most profound sense, with nothing left out and everything in just the right order to manifest the mystery of balance.  Far from being simply the absence of disease, health is a dynamic and harmonious equilibrium of all the elements and forces making up and surrounding a human being.  Health comes from within, not from without.  You were born with the power to heal because healing is an innate capacity of every person, as it is of every animal, plant and every living thing.  Medicines and medicine men can sometimes catalyze a healing response or remove obstructions to it, but they never give you what you don't already have within you.

If you feel you would like to pursue alternative health options, I invite you to discuss them with me at the time of your treatment and we can explore your health concerns together.