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SNM REFLEXOLOGY GRADUATE CREATES A THRIVING PRACTICE

Sharon Barrett graduated as a Master Touch Reflexologist last week after attending two advanced days at a Reflexology training, and submitting her 25 case histories plus 5 taken over several sessions.

It was a pleasure to see Sharon return to the School of Natural Medicine advanced training with confident skills and yet still learn and grow with giving and receiving, and sharing with the group of 10 students.

Sharon also attends a monthly health and healing gathering in North Boulder where she has the opportunity to meet new clients and also experience other healing modalities.

At home she has three grown children completing college education, Irish wolf hounds, a husband, and a beautiful mountain home. 

She also travels to Guatamala, helping women start businesses with micro loans. Sharon shared in class about supporting her mother and grandmother through aging challenges with fine touch skills enhanced by the use of healing, fragrant Young Living essential oils.

TASHA - SNM STUDENT OUR NEW SNM SCHOOL ADMINSTRATOR THRIVES IN SELF-HEALING, REFLEXOLOGY, HERBAL MEDICINE & PERMACULTURE

"I came to the School of Natural Medicine seeking self-healing as I struggled with liver and digestive problems, and a positive learning environment. I got so much more!! Since I started the Self Healing module my pains have gone away and I can eat and enjoy life now more than ever! This week is my 3 year anniversary of living a conscious Gluten-Free Vegan Lifestyle!

 My studies have led me on the path to move to Boulder this summer to assist Farida with Administrative work and help grow the school community in Boulder with study groups, gardens & gatherings. I adore our school & Farida and all the new possibilities they bring into my life, and I have great new friends along the way.

I plan to get my Master Herbalist diploma but right now my focus is on receiving my Reflexology Certification. I look forward to this summer and all the new faces in the school!!!

My other commitment is to learning everything possible about the Local Food Movement in Colorado to see where this passion leads me. Farmer's Markets, CSA's, Community Gardens, Volunteering & Small Backyard Hobby Gardens are all ways to get involved!

Through an Internship with Harvest Mountain Farm Garden I am learning how to grow organic, life-filled, healthy food in a greenhouse and on earth  Did you know that 50% of the nations farmers are ages 55-75?. http://harvestmountainfarmgardens.org/.

Young people unite! Check out our friends at Urbiculture Community Farms in Denver as they turn donated plots of land – whether it is people’s front yards, back yards, unused plots of land, church land, school land and more – into lush, beautifully designed gardens that grow food for the community.  We need more groups like this!!! http://www.urbiculturecommunityfarms.org/

Is there a way to support small farms in America? Yes!  It is called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). When consumers directly support a small farm, there is a better chance the farm will survive and you get exposed to new vegetables and ultra-fresh food with all the flavor and vitamin benefits. Shares available are: Vegetables, Fruit, Forest-grown Mushrooms, Specialty Herbs, Micro-greens, Bread, Cheese. Check out Local Harvest for a CSA near you http://www.localharvest.org/.

Together we can transform our metro areas as places of restoration and transformation of the local food system and community. We really hope to see families growing together – children, teens, grandma's – and your family sharing what you learn with other families. The only way to keep GMO, unregulated food out of your kitchen and body is to grow and cook it with people you trust & love." With love to all from Tasha

FARIDA: I love the story of each student as they progress through their studies and Self Healing, giving living proof of the teachings of the School of Natural Medicine, and our rainbow umbrella of love, support and safety as we aspire and make fine efforts toward our self-realization, highest purpose and professional goals.

REFLEXOLOGY - HOLINESS HEALING ART CREATES DIVINE CONNECTEDNESS

“I had a profound experience in this class as Farida let our intuition be our guide before we even learned a touch. When you learn by feeling, you gain the confidence that you will always know what you are doing. During this class, the energies that pulsed through the room and through my own body were undeniable. Realizing that all of the tools are inside of me is exciting. Each Reflexology session will teach me more. This has been such an amazing class. I can’t wait to begin helping others.” Dani, Westminster

“I chose to take Reflexology I again as I wanted to work on perfecting my skills. I am now more confident in myself. This time I focused on feeling vs worrying about the charts. I have always had a hard time trusting myself, and this class helped show me I just need to let go and get out of my head. I’m getting better at slowing down my pace and allowing the body to talk and show me what it needs. I love being able to listen and give people what they need.” Dakota, Boulder

"Reflexology I was exciting, profound and deeply moving. Connectedness is the word that sums it up. The body is connected in so many ways. The reflex points connect to the organs throughout the body – the connectedness of the practitioner to the client through touch where the healing goes both ways – the universal energy that connects and loves us all. What a blessing to give and receive. Once again, Farida and the School of Natural Medicine have nurtured a safe, healing and loving environment for us all. Thank you!" Beth, Longmont

"I loved this class! In Reflexology I class, I felt true energy and power and LOVE in touch. With Reflexology at Red Rocks College, we went right into the points and during a session you had to hit every single point in 1 HOUR! Here, I experienced timelessness and that feels GREAT! Now, I want to give Reflexology all the time for my own benefit, as well as for the person that receives. I can't wait to expand and I look forward to Reflexology II." Jessica, Golden

“Reflexology I with Farida was life changing. I experienced many shifts within myself while giving and receiving the sessions and learned a lot about my inner ecology from feeling the tough knots in my own feet. My intuition heightened and I experienced the unfolding universe, as Farida calls it. I became more centered and my mind cleared after the first two days, and then I was able to tune in to every person’s energies. I truly cherish the time with Farida in the School of Natural Medicine, and the budding friendships. What a learning experience! Thank you Farida!" Denver

“Returning after a year of practicing Reflexology and being a student again, I realize I have embraced my own power to help people through my hands but I will always remember what I learned at SNM. The trust, deep connection and holiness of this powerful healing art is what I am reminded of in this class. I learned again how to slow down and connect deeply, not just in spirit but with the body. Thanks for giving/teaching me this healing art. In love, Sharon”   Coal Creek Canyon

Congratulations, Sharon, on your graduation as a Master Touch Reflexologist.

REFLEXOLOGY - HEALING TO BOTH GIVER AND RECEIVER

“Reflexology I was a perfect venue for me to practice and build on the energy and healing skills I have been developing and it was also healing for myself, reinforcing the notion that every treatment is healing to both giver and receiver.

It is surprising how much my confidence with Reflexology improved. Now I feel I can give a satisfying session and I look forward to learning more. I enjoyed the focus on energy and intuition. Giving and receive sessions from different students was wonderful. I also gained from the times we talked about our feelings in mini informal psychotherapy sessions that made me take a deeper look at myself, and what I need to work on.

I felt very welcomed into the group even though I am a new student and a guy among young women. The great sense of humor the teacher and students and all the laughter added something indispensible to the school. I look forward to more time and more connection at the school, definitely Reflexology II.

REFLEXOLOGY – SOLE TO SOUL CONNECTION WITH FRAGRANT THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING

Master Touch Reflexology with Farida Sharan and the School of Natural Medicine: there is no better touch then the loving natural touch that is the foundation of therapeutic anointing with fragrant Young Living essential oils. Skills and techniques are added to the slow depth connection that emerges out of being present with natural touch. The deep sense of feeling connection carries both giver and receiver into deep states of relaxation from which dreams, visions, rest and profound healing emerge.

April, our naturopathy student of the past 2 years, shares her experience. "As a massage therapist of 13 years, my spark for bodywork had gone until Farida's Reflexology I class this week. I was moved and inspired by the level of deep Soul Connection I could reach with my practice partner, when guided by Farida's heart and thought provoking wisdom. I found I could melt into my partner's energy and merge with the unseen world that is our template. I could explore with child eyes, realms soft and subtle as a love poem whispered in your ear while dreaming.

I could feel the illusion of 3 dimensionality dissolve at times as my hands infused with my partner's body. Other times our energies pulsed and undulated, swirling together, mimicking the magical affair between the ocean and seaweed. I was reminded how precious and beautiful life is, how much we take for granted, how consumed we are by countless ramblings that take us away from our hearts and everything that is real.

This class hit the reset button for me. It was just what I needed as a profound reminder of who I really am and what my purpose is in this Divine Dance called Life. I am thrilled to be re-inspired and to have new tools to eincorporate into my cornucopia of healing modalities. I can see how this specific style of Reflexology that Farida teaches is important on so many practical and healing levels. Appreciation beyond words!"

SCHOOL OF NATURAL MEDICINE NATUROPATHY RETREATS - A HARMONIOUS BLEND OF PURIFICATION, REGENERATION & TRANSFORMATION

Marcia leads the retreats at BodyMindRetreats with her husband David near Ithica NY where SNM students enjoy their Naturopath Retreat requirement with Farida Sharan ND Director of School of Natural Medicine. Here we are, two sixties flower children, still creating Love In's with a deeper purpose - the personal self healing evolution toward life's highest purpose!!

Here is a fun talent show performance from 2011sessions - dance of the lotus!!!

SNM retreats are an opportunity for advanced students to share 12 days together in a retreat center experiencing a depth cleanse, reviewing studies, and attending classes, as part of the completion of their Self Healing Module in Naturopathy Diploma studies.

This is our third year at BodyMindRetreats near Ithica New York, and dedicated enthusiastic students are already preparing for their experience. The retreat is a requirement for Naturopathy Diploma graduation, as a part of our approved Colorado Department of Higher Education Private Occupational School trainings.

10 or 12 days - living raw organic food based on the Wigmore programs but DELICIOUS!! A beautiful garden and forest setting with a lotus and swimming ponds. Classes. Colonics. Yoga. Meditation. Bodywork. Entertainment. For our SNM group - daily process, personal time, review of studies, exchanging sessions, case histories.

June 29 2012 Group - Gabriel, Ana, Dani

July 9 2012 Group - Daniel, Lamia, Hayley, Cheri, April, Dakota and possibly Rosie and Elizabeth

Our beautiful Rosa wanted to share reflexology and iridology with friends she met on retreat. What a beautiful setting for a bliss therapeutic anointing.

GARDEN OF SOULS BLOOMING & BLOSSOMING

Spring is a dance of the elements, earth, water, warmth and air bringing forth the ether of beauty, greening and renewal. I sit in the garden dreaming of the new cycle of students and classes for this spring session and imagine the harvest of advanced students during their learning growing healing experiences at our annual Naturopathy retreat in July and Clinical Training in August.

This year we feature two Herbal Medicine immersions, one in July and one in August, the optimum time to commune with plants.

I enjoy the fragrance of lilac, bird song, blossoming trees and spring flowers as I prepare to welcome the garden of souls, the bright spirits of young students who will walk the path into their evolutionary self healing.

The garden waits in fullness for the laughter and sharing of students. April builds a new patio under two blossoming back garden trees, better for the shade - I shop for a wooden table and benches.

Enrollment blossoms. So many inquiries and students coming to visit. Charlie Angelo joins Reflexology I today.

New students, Joanna and Dani, rave about their recent experiences at Herbal Medicine I with SNM graduate  Heidi Jarvis ND MIr MH in her gardens, greenhouses and pharmacy dispensary.

Reflexology I is totally full with 8 students, and there are spaces in upcoming classes in Essential Oils, Healing Diets, Flower Essences, Iridology and Naturopathy for those who wish to participate in the spring session.

BABY REFLEXOLOGY - ADORABLE BLISS

Lamia, our most beautiful and talented student from Saudi Arabia who flies in for classes at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, just sent these beautiful photos of giving Reflexology to her baby cousin.
Lamia reports: "Farida, This is my baby cousin Danah, and my youngest client, LOL, She was in deep parasympathetic mode! and when I let go of her feet they twitch and and want more"

We will see Lamia again this summer at our fantastic SNM Naturopathy retreat at Body Mind Retreats near Ithica, New York in July.

She is nearing the end of her classes at the school, but she is already teaching in Saudi and enjoying her case histories with family and friends.

REFLEXOLOGY: Touching the feet is like touching the soul. A true blessing.

TASHA: “Reflexology is my new secret weapon! I feel confident I know how to give a complete and satisfying session to ANYONE! Powerful touch can still be soft and soothing. Very strong energetic bonds were formed between everyone in the class – we were ‘blissed out’ as Farida says. Mastering the slow movements and achieving relaxation for my clients was my focus as we learned the new skills of anointing the head, double slow deep connection holds between reflex points, and cranial holds on the feet.”

MAGGIE: “Team Reflexology exponentially magnifies the effects of sheer bliss, energetic unity and therapeutic touch, and enlightening for me as a wonderful and soul-satisfying way to honor the light in another person. What you give you receive back immediately in an infinity cycle. I truly loved this class, all the students, and Farida’s gentle and knowledgeable instruction.”

ANA: “What a gift! With Advanced Master Touch Reflexology class, I learned more about myself and how to work synchronistically with the world and the beings around me. Day I & II we experienced working as a team on one person, learning how to feel flow, establish peripheral vision and especially TRUST. I learned how to integrate many different techniques and individualize each and every reflexology session through deep awareness, intuition and compassion for each individual. I took a quantum leap in evolutionary growth as an individual, reflexologist, and priestess as my sensitivity to different levels of touch both energetically and physically expanded. I understood that there is something deeply cellular in my nature that loves and knows anointing the body and auric field and how we have the power, like water, to flow according to elemental energies, embody sensitivity and fierce will to drive forward, embrace receptivity and to just swiftly flow to the graceful nature of love.”

HAYLEY: “As a massage therapist, I assumed this class would simply be the cherry on top but it turned out to be pineapple, kiwi, strawberries and chocolate!! Infinity touch and focusing on shifting the parasympathetic nervous system create a deeper connection that makes all the difference. I could never have imagined how powerful this shift in me has been – slow, deep, meaningful and energetic. The feet are so so so important to me. What a beautiful way to show my love for them!” Nearly completed all the tuition classes, so on to study groups, case histories, home study and preparation for Clinical Training.

DANIEL: A truly extraordinary in depth exploration of deep touch in a unique and profound way. Through slowing down into micro-energetic movements, I am able to feel energies from the reflex points and begin to unwind and transform them. True in-depth healing takes place because the person is in a deep, blissful, relaxed state without the mind interfering. When receiving, I feel my organs stimulated into a flow of activity with an incredible vibrancy. When giving a session, I feel I have experienced healing. The feet are made for the hands!”.

MINORI: “Giving reflexology and anointing the feet was a very sacred and humbling experience, yet it felt familiar somehow. When I received treatments the givers were totally with my energy and respecting my pace and sensitivity. That was a most incredible feeling.”`

GABRIEL: “I love reflexology as I find it powerful both giving and receiving. I love when my hands flow over a foot knowing without any input from my mind where to go. Feeling the points and pulses talking to me is like a dance. The slower and more connected I am, the more powerful the healing. I am amazed at how the Young Living Essential Oils allow me to drop deeper and deeper. Touching the feet is like touching the soul. A true blessing.”

LAMIA: R = Relaxing mind body and soul. E = Essential for life and healing. F = Feeling emotions and traumas. L = Learning from others and myself. E = Exciting every time. X = Xperience from sessions and life challenges. O = Observing, expressing, body language. L = Loving heart. O - Oils anointing. G = Gaining knowledge. Y = You are the change!

Maggie, Gabriel, Ana, Daniel and Hayley complete their tuition classes this month and move on to study groups, case histories, home study and preparation for Naturopathy, Herbal Medicine and Iridology Clinical Training in August 2012. Tasha, Minori and Lamia are well on their way to completing tuition classes in the various modalities offered by the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado.

Reflexology takes you to a place of Holy Presence!

The Reflexology I class has taken reflexology to a holy place of presence. Thank you, Farida, for the signature of greater healing” Ame

“Thank you for this amazing class. I learned how to use my energy to be effective instead of using force.” Minori, Boulder, university teacher retraining in the healing arts.

“Learning reflexology was an enlightening experience. I feel a deep sense of connection with the feet, the energy that runs from the feet through the body up to the head, and the great healing properties of a session. The feet and hands come together in unique connection. We all long to be held, to feel love and warmth, and through reflexology not only are we able to provide such a deep connection but also to heal and comfort a person no matter where they are in their life. I am blissed out during receiving reflexology but upon completion of the session, I feel energetic and alive to the present and my experience is one of deep gratitude.” Daniel, Sydney, Australia

“I love this class! Hands-on healing was the focus of Reflexology I and I am confident I can begin working on friends and family and help them feel relaxed and loved. Receiving treatments every day from classmates was so great! This class opened up opportunities to work one on one with people and learn more about the ever-changing body. When I return for Reflexology II I plan to have a lot of case studies completed and experiences to share.” Tasha, Golden, Colorado

“I studied the Eunice Ingram method of reflexology previously – the same techniques over and over, same treatments and same sessions for each client, no matter their condition. I expected this class I to have similar principles, but man was I wrong. The chart is the same, but the strokes and techniques so different!!! I learned to SLOW DOWN! Feel the energy, feel the rhythm and let it flow through me. No need to rush! Soothe the parasympathetic nervous system and then let the magic unfold uniquely different for each person.” Hayley, massage therapist, Lafayette, Colorado

“Touch became my greatest lesson – soft touch, hard deep touch – it’s all part of learning about how my own body is as no one else has my unique touch. Reflexology awakened the idea of touch in natural healing – a wonderful new avenue for me to explore.” Gabriel, from Boulder, plans to visit Chiang Mai this winter to study Thai Massage as he completes case studies before returning next summer for the Retreat and Clinical Training.

“This anointing reflexology class took me to a place of deeper understanding. Even though I studied pressured, regimented, structured reflexology before, I experienced treatments that made me throw a lot of my old teachings out the window. I learned so many times that everything happens in stillness and I experienced this through the class. My greatest lessons learned in class are: get myself out of the way by dropping in to a very deep and quiet space, staying in the moment and letting something greater take over. The Reflexology I class has given me tremendous benefits in all aspects of my life and it has taken reflexology to a holy place of presence. Thank you, Farida, for the signature of greater healing”.  Ame, Montana.

“I learned so many things during these past days from reflexology, from Farida and all the wonderful students in the class. I learned to stay in the present moment and trust myself, trust my intuition to guide me to the areas that need attention, trust that what I am doing is helping because I have had a hard time with trust in the past. Also the experience of this approach to reflexology is so amazing, as it is so beautiful to feel so much unconditional love and healing, even though there were moments that were overwhelming at the same time I didn’t want to feel any other feeling in the world except the warm loving energy that is so pure and healing.” Dakota, Michigan

 

REFLEXOLOGY THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING - ANGEL TO ANGEL

“Reflexology brought forth some of my deepest truths regarding my soul essence, my reactions, how I approach the world and essentially two of my biggest challenges to move through in order to gracefully emerge as a practitioner and functional human being with acceptance of vulnerability and humility.

Hue-man Be-ings are Angels of Light and each one of us has a golden hue - a soft center within the core of our physical temple, as well as the infinite vehicle of the soul. Reflexology RE-connected me to not only this divine and powerful place of REsonance and REmembrance within myself but it has enlightened me as to how Holy and absolutely Joyful is the experience of loving human touch; flesh to flesh, heart to heart, Angel to Angel.

Each treatment I experienced, whether giving or receiving, was utterly unique and fascinating. There were time I had to get out of my own way and remember to be present in challenging moments and face the truth that all of us are divine and that even the most painful points can reveal the Highest truths and open the way for better understanding of the self, and thus universal reality.


Through this class, I have been rewarded the gift of healing through pure, loving and giving hands. Only with dire commitment, humble-ability, self-confidence and most importantly through fierce compassion can we move through our blockages and emerge as graceful givers of Light. Thank you Reflexology for sparking a recognition of Truth as a reflection of my spirit in connection with other human beings !” Ana - age 19, Eldorado, Colorado.

Ana has been attending most classes since April and moving profoundly toward her naturopathy diploma with depth self healing and commitment to personal evolutution with living embodiment of the teachings to serve as a compassionate practitioner and authentic guide for others. In Reflexology, Ana truly found a great gift of presence that was a profound joy to all who exchanged sessions with her – once a student finds that place that connects with their essence, all else opens from that ground of communion.

THE RAINBOW UMBRELLA - SKILLS FOR LIFE

Naturopathy is a rainbow umbrella radiating the laws of the universe as colors of the chakras, elements and emotions, our teachers of reality, on our path to becoming true human beings and fulfilling our highest potential. 'Plough through the elements' the mystics say and sow the soul ground of God realization through the path of Self realization - a beautiful purpose while in this human body when combined with loving caring healing service to others and our planet – and  create a life worth living.

Advanced Naturopathy II was a delight as we explored truth evolutionary healing and learned the skills of communication consulting, stages of healing and disease, cellular function and cell salts, the relationship of Iridology and Reflexology, creating programs, and much more. Fantastic four day at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado!

Jennifer: Naturopathy II was a transforming experience. All the modalities and teachings were brought together to create a healing plan and the synchronicities became evident. What you see in the iris with Iridology is confirmed in the feet with Reflexology! This class washed away my fear of not being able to do this work. I am now rededicated and extremely excited to continue this path! It was wonderful to learn through sharing experiences, questions and insights with Farida in this wonderful class. (This was Jennifer’s completion class for the tuition part of her Naturopathy training. She is off to summer holidays in Greece, a marriage ceremony with her beloved partner, birthing a child in January, and continuing to build her practice - a most beautiful self healing progress - congratulations and what a delight and pleasure to share with you)

Ana: Naturopathy II was incredibly different from Naturopathy I – both were eye-opening and life-changing!. The most exciting part is how I surprise myself through continuing awareness of obstacles, challenges, patterns, and areas of difficulty or repetition that open my being to the opportunities of evolution. I had grown so much through my studies, it was amazing to see how I have learned to open up and dig deeper in a consultation, to have confidence, to be comfortable with questions/answers, intuitive feelings and analysis during Iridology and Reflexology – how easy and natural it was. I received a better understanding of myself as a practitioner and what it truly means to be a naturopath. It is up to us to listen, be open to receptivity, but more importantly the EXCHANGE in relationships with life through appreciation, gratitude and most importantly, LOVE! (Ana is 19 and what a beautiful experience to witness her quantum leaps every class every week - congratulations)

Maggie: Our group felt balanced and solid. Consultations came easily and naturally. I am so glad for this experience as it really helped me feel how I am able to embody the teachings and skills I have gathered over so many classes. I feel my confidence and it is great to move forward with positive fire into the next phase of my learning and growth. Thank you, Farida. (Maggie is nearing completion of her tuition classes for Naturopathy and attends the Ithica body mind retreat for a depth cleanse and rejuvenation in July and returns for Flower Essence II in August)

Gabriel: “We are elemental. It is our nature. We are earth in our being. Water in our birth and body. Air is life’s breath. Fire stokes the engine. Ether is the vibration that we come from. The study of the elements is the very study of where we are, where we come from and who we are becoming. The elements are shown in physical expression in the emotional states we inhabit. And in our spirit’s voice. It is the foundation to Naturopathy. I believe that the understanding of the elements is paramount to the balance of the holistic body, mind, spirit. The consultations allowed me to feel such true growth as a naturopathy. It was full circle..... (Gabriel nearing completion of his tuition classes - our wonderful path and stone garden worker moves through the teachings like a poet, embodying all with gratitude and enthusiasm)

THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING HEALS FAMILIES - MASTER TOUCH REFLEXOLOGY - THE TOUCH OF AN ANGEL

Jennifer graduates this week in Master Touch Reflexology. After beginning studies in Vancouver, BC in 2009, Jennifer attended November classes in Healing diets and then returned for two months of classes in January February in Boulder at the School of Natural Medicine, and again here in May to complete most of her classes after giving 50 + reflexology sessions. I read through her case studies and was moved to tears. Here are a couple of sharings. The one from her father touches me deeply.

FATHER: My experience with reflexology with Jenifer was most enjoyable. This was something new to me and I received tons more than expected. For tired old man this was like a touch of angel. Jennifer works like real pro, full of feelings with deep desire to please and help. It comes directly from her big heart. The touch of her warm hands feels like a warm sunshine on a cool day. I felt refreshed, stress relieved, younger and much more positive about life, mentally and physically. I was new man after each treatment. Would strongly suggest treatment like this to any living person."

FRIEND: When going into the session I felt that her hands were there but then I realized she had not touched me yet. Towards the end I felt her energy on the completion long strokes was that of a giant eagle with outstretched wings. Her strong pressure was fantastic and I would never have guessed she had not been doing this for 20 years. Her reflex treatment was unlike any other treatment I ever had, with much more deeper energetic work, and a highly sophisticated level of skill. I felt pain and was brought to my edge but went with it and would not have wanted it any other way. Loved the steaming towels at the end."

Our next Level I Master Reflexology Class is September 9 - 12 and we already have 7 enrolled, and there is only room for 8, Level II on October 21. Another class will be held in January February time and then again in April.

NIGHT TERRORS ENDED BY REFLEXOLOGY, FLOWER ESSENCES & ESSENTIAL OILS SESSION

No night terrors left! Thank you so much! We thoroughly enjoyed our reflexology treatment.

The students were amazingly professional, caring, and knowledgeable. They made us feel so relaxed and we really felt a strong connection to the energy within our bodies.

It was a great experience to stop the noise and chaos of daily life and to reconnect with ourselves and our environment. Thank you so much!!!  D & B"

D is a new student who along with her partner, received reflexology sessions from our advanced students last week. As it turned out she was experiencing severe night terrors for several nights, and had injured herself leaping out of bed.

She received a deeply relaxing session with Young Living Essential oils that included Trauma Life and Peace and Calming, and went away with a Bach Flower Essence of Mimulus and Red Chestnut. I am happy to know the session was so successful.

Thank you Jennifer, Julia and Sharon for giving such incredible sessions.

DESCRIBING THE INDESCRIBABLE - HOLY FEET - BLISS CREATION

Master Touch Reflexology with Farida Sharan at the School of Natural Medicine International in Boulder, Colorado is simply "bliss creation" "deep relaxation" "surrender" and "peace"

*****"Learning to surrender to someone else's touch." Learning to surrender to touching with just my being in the moment and knowing that giving from myself is all that is necessary. Elisabeth, from Saudi Arabia and Denver, Colorado"

*****"For a person who has lived most of her life in her head, "surrender" is quite alien. Correction: WAS alien. After receiving a reflexology treatment from a fellow student, my mind was totally out of the picture. Relaxation – almost as equally foreign to me as surrender – was seeped in slowly, and soon turned to true bliss. It was a vacation of sorts from worries, cares, fears, you name it. It was wonderful.

That a first time student was able to give such a session is a testament to Farida's teaching. "Slowly" is the pertinent word. From there, the nervous system slows down, allowing healing and profound release. It is heaven-sent."  Maggie, from Texas

*****"Giving: I'm learning to slow down and understanding the art of healing through slow sensual natural movements. My hands feel naturally drawn to the feet and during touch; it feels as thought they naturally bond to the feet – like leggo pieces going together, having the eyes close helps, especially for giving. Once the eyes open you quickly recognize the feet, however when the eyes are closed, a great connection is made and it doesn't it feel like feet after a while.

Receiving: it is bliss. Having a surface touch our feet, which is as soft, feels so healing and naturally, like it was meant to be." Daniel from Sydney, Australia

*****"Receiving: is a very profound experience for me. It was perhaps the first time (with the exception of moments shared with my children when they were infants) that I actually let go and truly relaxed, where my body was at peace and my mind shut off. I also find my emotions start to come to the surface and they have been shut off /  repressed for quite some time!

Giving: Yesterday, I was shocked to feel the energy doing the spiral hold. I thought I would never ever get to the place where I connect with energy – where I personally could feel it – and that was only my second experience giving a session. Much love." Sherri, from Vancouver BC

LEARNING FROM THE INSIDE OUT - SACRED TOUCH

What if you learned touch with your eyes closed? What if there was no right touch? Only your unique connected loving sacred holy touch? What if you felt your way into your own unique touch? What if ideas were given to you that enhanced your natural touch?

That is Master Touch - a class where even the first session you receive is a master session? why? because of connection, feeling, sensation flowing from a deep slow rhythm that sends you into still point bliss!

Master Touch Reflexology at the School of Natural Medicine International in Boulder, Colorado with Farida Sharan, in the words of a student in this present class, "It cannot be described."

However testimonials will come tomorrow. We always try to describe the indescribable!

HAPPY FEET – HOLY FEET – FLORAL FEET

Master Touch Reflexology with uniquely personal flow, absolute bliss parasympathetic release, essential oils and consciousness presence, open the feet as a portal to deep relaxation and profound self healing. Our School of Natural Medicine International class begins Saturday in Boulder, Colorado. Get in touch if you wish to join this class.

Michelle, our most dear Naturopathy student in the UK, sent this amazing image as she is enjoying exploring her case histories with Master Touch Reflexology.

EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING INTEGRATES EMBODIMENT WISDOM

The Master Touch Reflexology class in England proved once again the power of consciousness, attention, safety, slowness, presence, love, relaxation and appreciation for the individual gifts of each student to attain high skills through natural expression. Picture of Sarah - new UK student also training in Iridology.

SARAH: "The importance of forgetting time, slowing down, making my beginnings and endings an important part of my treatment. I have experienced is connection and the impact this has on my experience when also using spiraling to intensify the connection. Using my intuition and self-trust in finding problem areas. Goal: my difficulty in controlling my left brain is something I wish to improve. I must meditate more. Sarah  (Sarah is a trained massage therapist (born in the UK and raised in Leeds) who works on a yacht that sails around the world. She flew in from Croatia for the training. On the last day she said. "This will forever change the way I give sessions.")

LEANDRA: "Master Touch has been an eye opener for my own self to be able to accept, to become one with myself, with the energy, to be present for/and with the person I am touching / massaging / sharing. This approach shows me that I don't have to "do" anything but to be at the moment and to explore what the touch shows me, and to share, accept, whatever comes, happens, opens.

A truly new world opens toward my practice as a therapist and as a person. Thank you Farida for sharing this wonderful form of touch! Have a Master Hug!!! Leandra (a professional full time bodywork therapist in London with her own practice taking the full Naturopathy program in the UK; originally from Brazil, Leandra lives in London with her husband, and they dream of opening a healing retreat center in Brazil)

MICHELLE: Master Touch - The Essence - Infinity "Observing the spiral - I see you. I feel you. I hear you. The connection between you, I and the universe allows energy to flow between us - giving and receiving become one in the same. This synchronicity opens a dialogue in which the imbalance can be sensed and energy directed. The body does the rest with its innate ability to heal itself. I serve as a catalyst in an integral and honoring process of exchange of energy -I see you. I hear you. I send you love." Michelle. (a Naturopathy student, a skilled web and graphic consultant, raising her family, born in England, raised in South Africa, now lives in the country in the UK)

SACRED ANOINTING & BLISSFUL FOOT BATHING

The crown of creation - sacred acknowledgment and respect for the life and soul of another human being - is beautifully expressed in sacred anointing with the holy biblical oil Frankincense and blissful foot bathing with Spikenard, the oil used to bathe the feet and head of Christ two days before his crucifixion. I am happy to share photos from this profound and beautiful Master Touch Reflexology certification training at the School of Natural Medicine International in Boulder, Colorado. Farida Sharan

These exquisite oils anointed with deepest internal blessing on the head of fellow students creates a loving atmosphere of radiant beauty. Receiving a fragrant foot bath with the beautiful sound of water splashing and massage makes each woman feel like a queen. The feet are fresh and the consciousness is awake

After this sacred ceremony students are prepared to receive the treatment of the Deep Feminine, a special divinity touch reflexology process that slowly and deeply creates communion with the feminine breasts, ovaries and uterus reflexology areas in the feet. Using the Young Living oils of Release and Forgiveness the students awaken and clear energies in the chest and breast area, and Trauma Life and SARA in the ovaries, uterus and fallopian tube area in the feet, wounds are healed at the cellular level, and students emerge from their sessions with wide happy eyes, soft faces and lovely smiles and gratitude. I can't imagine anywhere better to be in this world than a room filled with loving hearts, open receptivity to loving transformation and radiant gratitude.

A special experience was offered to Elizabeth and her daughter Lamia as they had chosen to share sessions on this day, before they knew the process was to be the Deep Feminine. To receive a session from her daughter on this day added a special grace and healing. Perfection!

The group was woven of a perfect blend of mothers and young women. Two best friends, Shaina and Monika, share this training and plan to take it to the music festivals this summer, along with Renaya. Kristina returns to San Francisco, and Sheba also to Chicago, both excited to share this work with their three year old daughters. Julie, prime therapist at Sensory Learning Institute, is inspired to share deeper touch communion in her work with autistic and ADD children. Exciting times to know this beautiful work will share ripples that turn into waves in a world where beautiful souls are seeking love, connection, healing and consciousness.

DISCOVERING A WORLD OF FEELING KNOWING TOUCH

Ah!! the bliss of Master Touch Reflexology class at the School of Natural Medicine International in Boulder, Colorado that cannot be described. It is the universe in a microcosm as we explore energy movements, integrated brain, advanced evolutionary learning processes and best of all, give and receive a divinely blissful yet profoundly therapeutic session every day. Eight blessed students, feeling like they have known each other forever, celebrate a soul sisterhood of soles, and delight in the best of best company. Here the student's share their experience:

"The Reflexology class is the most hands on, creative way of discovering the beauty of massage. Everyday we experience giving and receiving sessions, and are given the time and space to openly talk about our experiences and ask questions. It is through this hands on method that I now, even after only two days, feel confident enough to give a session that I know feels wonderful and will benefit anyone! Four more days to GO!!! Renaya

"The Reflexology class has been amazing. Farida teaches in a positive healthy environment. It has only been a couple of days and already I have learned how to give an effective treatment. The students here are understanding how to do case studies and communicate with their clients. this class with the close interaction with Farida and the students has truly taken me to a higher destination."

"The atmosphere is warm and accepting. The teaching style is positive and informal, encouraging exploration and learning in an effective, effortless manner."

"I feel like I truly learned how to differentiate between compassion and sympathy and to find where my limit is. I love how we practice and what we preach through this program." Lamia

SNM has opened me up to a whole new realm of learning everyone should awaken to. Hands-on learning has never been more clear to me as I have learned so much about reflexology through feeling and experiencing this wonderful gift of healing. I am beginning to feel things through intuitive touch instead of diagrams saying where things are and where you should put pressure and how much. Learning the way Farida teaches really brings this work into your personal being and leaves a lasting lesson in our heart and mind. When we are in the Golden Room learning and listening to each other I feel like I'm having a conversation instead of being given a lecture, just friends sharing knowledge through love and understanding. These past few days have been enlightening. I can also feel the spiraling energy from another being into my finders and I'm learning about the meridians and how energy flows through the body and mostly how everything is connected. Energy work is such an amazing world to open up to and I truly feel like this is my falling. Meeting Farida has just answered my curious mind of where my spirit belongs in this world. Thank You! Shaina"

"I learned: * technique - knuckles, polarity, spirals, posture; *sympathy vs compassion; * how to perform with creative spirit; *interconnectedness * how certain points on the foot affect certain organs; * how to slow down * confidence in my practice * how to truly feel touch * meridians of the body * following the pulse to connect with the body * the dance of the hands and the feet!" Monika

"It's so reassuring to know that education is a progression of ourselves. That we have gifts within first is important. To know that reflexology is not about certain steps at certain times makes it relaxing to learn and easier to share. I never knew I could massage someone and have another person be pleased and/or enjoy it. I would hate to have to memorize a "technique" or "methodology".

Its all about practicing what we've shared with each other in a cozy loving environment. We don't have to perform or show competence because the person receiving our massage is the best one to know how well we did and we were all in blissful states. Each person is different and so are their feet. We were taught that we will naturally be able to give each person what they need if we are confident and in a peaceful place within ourselves. But our most important client is ourselvf and we are our best teacher."

"The last few days opened my eyes to the things we can see in physical form and in the invisible world and how you can use both of tap into and strengthen your connection and grow this great gift of yourself and others. I also was amazing at how empowering it felt to give such nourishment even more so than receiving the wonderful treatments. But receiving made me feel so blessed to!! Also just letting things come naturally and not being analytical about where my hands needed to be and let the energy guide me, and it was unique for each person I gave treatments to. Learning in an environment like Farida's helped me to deepen my understanding of being present and letting time feel endless. What a difference this made in the whole atmosphere. Taking the time to really understand the work and every component, each factor was relevant and gave me a true sense of how much power of healing we have within us, starving to burst free. Heart! Smile!"

TOUCH THE SOLES OF THE FEET, TOUCH THE SOUL

How beautiful these past days, sharing in a small class Master Touch Reflexology in England with depth, profound touch experiences in a School of Natural Medicine certification training. The beginning is the natural touch, allowing each student to feet at home with their feeling quality and how they sense and know and move and what feels good. Then we progress to developing quality of touch with the focus always on sensing, feeling, knowing and each session being a unique creative process of communion. From the first those receiving felt the sessions were fantastic Very beautiful!!

"The wisdom and knowlesge or your body is deep and profound. In this reflexology course we have gone beyond the mind, out of the head and into the heart, connecting with the energy within, encouraging the body to open, to release, to express and to heal within a safe space. Katrina"

Each student progresses in self connection as they seek connection with the other. All information is informed from inner attention and learning to align with energy pathways such as the spiral, long currents, polarity therapy balancing, pulses and expansions and contractions makes even the deep work effortless especially when combined with weight of the body and dynamic two hand and use of bones and knuckles is integrated with long slow deep parasympathetic movements. Wonderful! This is the best way to build a practice.

"Such a powerful and fantastic class! To be able to let yourself go and drop into that relaxed natural state. Such a lovely feeling the powerful connection between giving and receiving, the class had an incredible energy. Just exploring the different areas of the feet was just so amazing. Thank you so much for the class. Melissa

"Learning for me is always a profound reflection of where I am in my life and what I need. The course has demonstrated this explicitly. Resistance, courage, letting go, finding space, giving, receiving, experiencing, healing and ultimately gratitude. What a gift to realize how much I have to offer, how Much I already new, though experience, and to receive in peace."

TOUCH THE HOLY FEET - THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING BLISS

Loving touch, anointing, divine communion, what words can describe this Master Touch Reflexology at the School of Natural Medicine training in Vancouver BC this week. Third day of the class and I go to see Enlighten Up and watch a young man exploring yoga and seeking experience and God and understanding. We also include anointing and the use of Young Living therapeutic medicine essential oils with the work, affecting physicial, emotional and mental release and balancing.

I grew up as a child with yoga and practiced it all my life, asana, bhakti, meditation, and this loving touch takes a new person more deeply into interior awakening of essential bliss, love, focus, communion and more quickly than any asana practice, and I have a great respect for asana.

There is something so holy about touching the feet with a sense of the divine. No wonder many spiritual paths talk about the disciple touching the holy feet. This is not reflexology - this is holy feet! Touching the feet of the divine within each person. To see how deep these two students go immediately into the internal experience of energy, universal movements, body patterns, pulses, rhythms, deeply connected with presence is a great joy and a profound communion.

Eva writes: Reflexology with Farida Sharan is something every single person on this planet should experience. The first time she gave me reflexology I was in seventh heaven, the touch, the warmth, the connection, and the love - I said, "Wow you are he best therapist I have ever experienced." Now that I had my co-student work on me there was no difference even though she was learning. With Farida's guidance the touch of Dila was the same because of the loving touch, so deep, so slow, so connected. It just is and you become one with the other and being present in the moment of this blissful reflexology that teaches us respectful touch and to dive deep within us to reach our highest potential as healers. Farida's Reflexology  should be called "Loving Touch."

Dila writes: "I was always believing in the natural way of healing, even being a physician. I was looking for someone to teach me and confirm my belief and faith in natural healing. Now I found a master - a teacher - a friend, whom I really like and whom I would follow the rest of my life.

The feeling of touch is beautiful, the connection, the energy waving like ocean waves and this is only in two days. 

In the evening when I practice on my friends I am staying with in Coquitlam, they say it feels like I am doing this all my life. This tells me the teacher is passing to us all her experience, love, energy and passion."

WHAT IS EVOLUTION? HAPPY SOLES & HAPPY SOULS!

Forget Darwin and evolution of the species and theories about what is possible but you can never know. The most important evolution is your personal evolution as a human being, spiritual being and world citizen.

How do we evolve? Because we want to? Because we are curious? Because we have energy? Because of destiny? Because we love? Because we give? Because we listen, see, touch and feel? Because we are alive?

I love to answer questions with questions. Evolution to me is an internal questing combined with an external questing from the perspective of connection. Where does the connection open? Where do I feel interested? Where am I challenged? Where is there resistance? Where is the courage to go ever deeper and higher and perhaps they are together like the roots of the tree supporting its growth?

For sure evolution is effort. It is work. It is discipline. It is ever expanding consciousness seeking. It is love. It is awareness of eternal questions at the same time as awareness in the moment. It is the willingness to be all that you are.

We have to be strong in this world but we also need to be tender. This photo pic of the artist A. Gonzalez depicts the receptive sweetness of surrender that requires the greatest strength. To receive pure love with vulnerability requires letting go. Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing to do. 

I am in the process of creating a new evolutionary process to explore connected loving evolutionary touch that also includes healing processes based on plastic mind scientific research as this work is too precious and valuable to be limited just to reflexology trainings. Open to the field and let the love of the universe pour in during a specific immersion designed to open your receptivity to connection, to receiving love.

So happy our School of Natural Medicine  six day training begins on 4 through 9th September here during my last month in Vancouver. Experience pure bliss with our twenty two connectivity touches in our reflexology trainings.Happy Soles!! Happy Souls!!

MASTER REFLEXOLOGY DIVINITY TOUCH - SEPT CLASSES

 School of Natural Medicine Master Touch Reflexology Training offers a training in living connection that creates the profound skill and consciousness to offer a completely personal unique session every time. Next class this September 4 - 9 with Farida Sharan in Vancouver BC.

Over 22 touches are taught to enable the greatest energetic sensitivity combined with skills to approach painful areas and unwind them without causing discomfort. These techniques combined with therapeutic anointing, foot bathing and essential oils applied on specific points for treatment of specific organs, systems of glands makes this approach to Reflexology of the highest level.

The best way to begin a practice is with something that once a person experiences they will rave about it and rave about you and come again, and give gifts to their friends and spread the good word, and that is Master Touch Reflexology. 

Each student gives and receives a profound reflexology healing session daily with all the essential oils included. Healing processes based on depth Self-Healing are included with all SNM trainings with Farida Sharan.

Begin earning upward of $50 an hour session up to $100, the average price is about $75 and also once you start earning your study and travel expenses are tax deductible. Learn about clients, case taking, consultation procedures and begin giving sessions in fairs, clinics, health food stores, chiropractic, in your own practice, traveling to clients and more. Next classes below.

Vancouver BC - September 4 - 9 with Farida Sharan - email for full details.

SNM - Exeter, Devon UK - November - with Farida - class almost full - email for details.

REFLEXOLOGY GRADUATE IN MISSOULA, MONTANA

School of Natural Medicine Graduate, Louise Harvey of Missoula, Montana (already aNaturopath, Master Herbalist, Master Iridologist, Essential Oils Therapist) graduates a Master Touch Reflexologist. Louise's reports and her client's response is inspirational and valuable as her experience and wide horizons sees the potential for connection, response, learning and healing. Congratulations Louise!!!

“Thank you for your wonderful teaching of this and all you have shared with me over the years.  With Love, Louise Harvey.”

For each client, I did the foot soak first with about ½ cup Epsom Salts and 4-5 drops of Purification usually and then added a dozen or so rose petals.  As I put my hands to their feet in the water, I could just feel the energy begin to shift.  There was an immediate bonding that occurred and an exchange of gratitude that made this very special.  I have some special scarves that I would drape over the chair they sat in – Goddess/god scarves to set the tone.  I would thank their feet “out loud” and them for our relationship and for their trusting me and providing the opportunity to learn. 

     I would anoint the White Angelica and I added Clove to my wrists (according to Dr. David Stewart to keep the released energy from entering my body – and I love the sweet and spicy fragrances mixed).  I also invited them verbally to put forth their intention in the form of a gratitude statement to their Source “as if” it has already happened.  And I verbally thank the beings of Light and Love for their Presence in guiding me.

I would generally work the digestive points from right foot to left first and then back to right foot and up over the whole foot and then back to the left foot. I always finished with the hot wet towels.  They loved it.   I never felt tired doing these treatments and found that what so many people need right now is “loving touch”, and a place to relax and rest from the chaos in their lives.  It feels so good to be able to provide this treatment in our home of Peacefulness.

The client is a medical intuitive and she also has had some serious physical problems over the years.  She practiced as an R.N., is a counselor and healer, a recovering alcoholic, had two major back surgeries, 6 children, and 2 blood tumors in her left leg that were operated on by the time she was 25.  She is now over 65, and has been working on the healing of her leg and her eyes.  Her left toes are in “hammer toe” with the second toe and have apparent fungus.

In the past, she has received several Raindrop Technique treatments and has done some bowel, liver, kidney cleansing with my guidance.  Her left leg has made some healing, with some of the feeling coming back in because of the oils. Since her 3 sessions, she has had cataract surgery on the left eye, and got glasses so that she can see to drive again. Perhaps her reflexology and the oils helped prepare her body to have the surgery more successfully.

During the first treatment, she relaxed – which is quite an accomplishment for her as she is so in tuned with reading others.  At the end of the treatment, she was smiling so broadly, saying my aura was gold and filled the whole room.  I guess this is the sign of a happy heart.

The second treatment I felt the resistance in her kidneys to my touch, so spent more time with the spiraling energy on them.  She has done some herbal, tincture and oils support for her kidneys in the past couple of years.  We found that the reflexology was very helpful in keeping the energy moving there for her.

The third treatment I asked her to stay present and give me feedback about where there was pain and how much pressure was comfortable for her.  We spent more time on the toes with the intention of increasing the flow of energy to her eyes.  I used Cistus, Trauma Life, Spikenard on her toes, then went to her liver with JuvaFlex and Dorado Azul on her spleen.  Finished up with African shea butter for the callouses.

She appreciated the treatments so much she purchased 4 gift certificates for Christmas presents for her daughters. Her reports express her appreciation.

Another client’s third session: I used Lemon Grass in her foot soak to see if it would help break the fungus loose. Also worked deeper on all points, with Di-Gize on her intestines and colon, SclarEssence on her ankles, Cistus on her bunion, and worked the cervical points on big toes with Trauma Life.  She reported that the cyst on her big toe had gotten smaller and the bunion was softening.  She had had her father with her for 5 days- he’s 91 with Alzheimers symptoms,so she really appreciated the opportunity to relax again.

Another client’s third session: By the third treatment, she got that there was some energy moving all over her body as a result of the reflexology.  She reported where the tender places were and those were the areas I focused on with touch and oils. Following the foot soak, I worked on the stomach and diaphragm with Di-Gize, R.C. on stiff joints, bones, spine points and lymph.  Release on the liver and Relieve It on the tense muscle places.  She said overall she felt better than when she first came to see me and made an appointment to have an Iridology analysis and she is following up on my suggestions.