The School of Natural Medicine was founded in Cambridge, England in 1977 by 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 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 (Patron to the School of
Natural Medicine until his death in 1983), Dr.
Bernard Jensen, Dorothy Hall (also a Patron of
SNM), 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, 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 Register of
Iridologists, to honor professional
standards of training and practice. Members of
the BRI were the foundation with which Peter and
Angela Bradbury created the Guild of
Naturopathic Iridologists. 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. The Guild of
Naturopathic Iridologists has gone on over the
years to provide tremendous support to
Iridologists here in the U.K. and are actively
involved in supporting Iridologists and
Naturopaths in the transition leading to
self-regulation in 2010.
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
Herbalist, Master
Iridologist and Naturopathy
diplomas,
and Healing Diets
Teacher, Essential Oils
Therapist, Flower
Essence Practitioner, and Master 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
attracted students from around the world for
more than twenty years. Now called the School of
Natural Medicine, International, the school
continues to flourish in Boulder, Colorado.
In 2007 Bonny Casel, a graduate of the School of
Natural Medicine, opened the School of Natural Medicine,
U.K. in
Devon. Offering a central location that is easy
for students to access from across Europe, it
has already attracted a strong international
student body. The School of Natural Medicine in
Devon is dedicating to remaining a small school
that specializes in training students to become
the highest level of primary care natural
physicians. We offer personal and caring class
environments where evolution of the individual
and self healing is considered of equal value to
academic and clinical training. We are also
committed to remaining true to the spirit of
holistic and natural medicine; a form of
medicine with a long and honorable tradition, a
history of deep rooted integrity and with a
beauty and sincerity deserving of a
practitioners lasting passion.
Bonny also has the Academy of Healing
Diets,
which focuses on food as medicine. To learn more
click on this link, and also visit her
blog
newsletter.
Farida Sharan now resides in Boulder, Colorado and
offers Self Healing Intensives and classes for
International Students working towards their school
diplomas. She is currently working on several new
books. She also visits the U.K. regularly to teach
students in Cambridge.
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