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SELF HEALING SUCCESS FROM A NATUROPATHY STUDENT - A WOMAN WHO WAS TOLD SHE WOULD NEVER GET PREGNANT IS PREGNANT

Last year at our School of Natural Medicine Naturopathy Retreat near Ithica NY, Naturopathy student, Maggie, from Connecticut, connected with a woman who wanted to get pregnant and they decided to work together on a case history. I also checked the Iridology and Natural Medicine consultation after Maggie's time with her, and supported and guided Maggie through some months of inspiration, program creation and follow up. This is the success story of her first case history. Impressive!

Dear Farida,
    Happy news!  My client, who is in her late 30's, was told by multiple doctors that she would never be able to conceive naturally, and that her only recourse would be to try IVF. Well, she has shown them that natural medicine works -- she is 4 months PREGNANT! 
    She started her healing program in August of 2011, and diligently followed every part of it -- living foods healing diet, herbal formulas, Bach flower essences to heal emotional wounds and energy. She also used Naturopathic treatments -- castor oil packs, colonics and enemas, massage, reflexology, and skin scrubbing -- to detox and return her body to health. She used Serenitea to help her relax at night, and was able to sleep through the night for the first in years. Walking and yoga helped her regain ease and flexibility in her body, and relaxation, visualizations, and affirmations helped her create peaceful space to envision her child. By devoting herself wholeHEARTedly to this process, her body became strong and healthy, her previous maladies (infertility, bad skin, excess weight, stomach troubles) faded away, and she was able to relax and open her body, mind, and soul to her child. Needless to say, she and her husband are truly overjoyed!  This is a very longed-for child.

Here are her words:  "My experience left me with great confidence in the power my body and mind have to heal and regenerate, but also a great sense of responsibility that I have with my body to feed it right and to nourish it not only with food but with meditation, relaxation, rest, etc.  Starting my pregnancy after this experience has been rewarding because I am patient with my body, and I am confident that I will be able to give birth naturally, trusting that I will be able to follow my instincts and mother nature to bring my baby into this world without medications.  Thank you for all your support and wisdom.  Please send my warmest regards to Farida and please tell her that I always remember what she taught me."

Confidence, Self Responsibility, Trust, Wisdom -- she has learned such valuable lessons with this journey. It gives me great happiness to have been able to help this woman; I have never felt anything like this.  I would not have been able to do so without your expert and wise guidance.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Much love,  Maggie

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.

IRIDOLOGY - DOOR TO YOUR SOUL

This beautiful art is third generation in our family as my journey with eyes and Iridology began when my daughter was a very young girl, and then my daughter learned the art and science of Iridology, practiced and taught and helped me write books and create teachings materials. and now my granddaughter captures the message with her art.

SNM UK GRADUATE, GRACE HALL, THRIVES IN CREATIVE HEALING EDUCATION

It is just wonderful when a graduate from some time ago connects with me, this one through linkedin, and lets me know of the wonderful work they have been doing over the years. Grace studied Iridology & Natural Medicine at School of Natural Medicine UK in the late seventies and early eighties, gaining a deep and strong foundation to build her healing practice. She offers her appreciation on her wonderful website. Totally looking forward to reading her books that are about to come out! Well done, Grace!

"For the ultimate in resources and training in naturopathy and iridology and much more, The School of Natural Medicine is the leader. Established since 1977, it’s where Grace did her first training, before complementary therapy was wide spread.  Under the tutelage of Farida Sharan, the courses are second to none."

Over the last 30 years Grace Hall has helped and advised over 30,000 clients on to the road to better health. Never having had to place an advertisement and gaining clients merely through word of mouth, she is sought out by people from around the world, including top sportsmen and women and stars of stage, tv and film industry.

Her unmatched combination of deep understanding of illness and the human psyche, common sense attitude to health and years of experience across many fields of therapy put Grace in an unrivalled position in the complementary field.   She has often been called,’complementary health’s best kept secret.’ Well, the secret is no longer! Grace has two books to be published in July 2012 and will soon be passing her knowledge on via training courses and her books.

Grace says: "I have been involved in the complimentary health field for 30 years and never cease to be amazed at the scope and possibilities when we look at the human body and mind as a whole, rather than just looking at individual symptoms.

I began studying in the field of iridology (with Farida Sharan at School of Natural Medicine UK, 1977) at a time when complimentary therapy was still viewed with suspicion. In an age before the internet, finding out information about health conditions was completely different compared to today’s mass of facts.

After training in iridology, and anatomy and physiology, I travelled widely abroad to train in acupuncture, homeopathy and herbal medicine. This intense training, in clinics treating the poorest people, was both enlightening and humbling to me.

In the late 1980′s  I was fortunate to meet the most knowledgeable people of that time, these included Doctors, Osteopaths, Homeopaths and Herbalists.  Also at this time I developed an interest in Biofeedback machines and working with Dr.Bill  Nelson, whom by many is considered 30 years ahead of conventional science in the healing field.  My specialisms include herbalism, nutrition and homeotoxicology." Grace practices in Berkshire, UK.

IRIS MANDALAS - PATHWAY TO FINDING TRUE SELF

Our Iris Mandala process during the advanced Iridology training at the School of Natural Medicine carries students through profound evolution as they explore their physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual realities through the lens of the iris in relationship to their life. They joy, wonder, awe and beauty of the process is expressed in their their mandalas and their experience.

We also had a beuatiful serviing of Saudi coffee, graciously blended with saffron, cardamon, ginger and other spices by Lamia.

DILA: As a Medical professional of over 20 years, I questioned why analysis of the inner organs were by  tongue, sclera, and skin but never with the iris? Then I studied Iridology and learned about how the irises tell us about our body systems, organs and constitution. In advanced Iridology II, I learned that emotional events at certain ages were associated with my health issues, and that iris signs all have emotional resonances. At first I did not feel confident to express all this in the Iris Mandala as I was convinced all my life I was not creative.  After looking at my iris photo as I listened to the beautiful songs of Deva Premal, I released my feelings as I remembered my past life and slowly put together in a most beautiful creative way, the elements, structures, colors and shapes of my irises into a mandala. I can’t wait to show it to my children!”

LAMIA: “I thought I had Iridology figured out! even before I had taken classes! BOY WAS I WRONG! But I was not too far off..thank goodness! Iridology I was a nice introduction and I really got it! I thought I could rule the world by reading eyeballs!! WOHOO! Then I had my second class and my only thoughts were ‘YAY we are going to make beautiful mandalas!’ and all I need for class is a jar of courage and creativity! Then we learned about psychological and spiritual Iridology and the Rayid Model and Time Risk. Reality began to poke me slowly into place and made me realize I need way more than a jar! Probably a giant sponge to absorb all the information....but I wont let that get me down because it is just my way of processing information. Practice and experience will help me through. Bring on the eye balls!!!”

OLIVIA: “I had so much fun making the iris mandala, I didn’t want the class to end as the more I learned, the more I wanted to add to it. When we learned about psychological and spiritual Iridology, and then the Rayid Model, t was like looking at the iris from a new dimension and when we learned about Time Risk, it made every special moment in our life have its own place in the mandala. It was really special learning first through our own irises as we understood ourselves in order to understand others. I had an amazing time. It was truly beautiful.”

NATALIA: “Making the iris mandalas helped me process the psychological and spiritual Iridology teachings as it created a movement of energy within me that took me to a whole new level of experience. I now view the irises with a whole new light. It amazes me how beautiful and perfect the iris maps out or life. I am so grateful to have been part of this class.”

LUISA: “I started my iris mandala with the right iris and at first the process went well and then slowly came to a stop as I started thinking too much about what others may think and what everyone else in the class was doing. I sat back and thought how close this applied to my life and old patterns. So I just left my iris mandala and waited till the next day. As we got more into the teachings, my life unfolded as if I was seeing it for the first time and everything came together. When I went back to work on my mandala, I stared at my left iris and then without thinking this beautiful world of my left iris unfolded before me as I worked with joy . It felt so good as if I had found my self. I am going to take the feeling with me and apply it to my everyday life!” The last day Luisa transformed the right iris to full beauty and strength.

DANIEL: “There are things about my iris that I just cannot hide, and there are aspects of my being that I cannot deny. Diving deeper into my iris, I seemed to unravel the mysteries of who I was. It was as though I never knew who I was until this class. It is not just the physical, but understanding how constitutions work and shape our personality and who we are as people was something that I really came to terms with. I understood certain behavior patterns in past relationships, truly acknowledging what I felt during the trials and tribulations of these relationships and of course how I wrecked these relationships. Hugely enlightening was the Time Risk factor. How dos a predetermined iris pattern correlate to events that occur in our lives? My irises showed exactly when events, traumatic or not, occurred and how it affected my physical being. But then there’s future markings in my constitution...what the universe has in store, no one knows...but my iris seems to!!!

HAYLEY: “I deeply enjoyed diving into creativity as it is something my soul craves. Gathering my inner child to explore what my irises truly are and creating my iris  mandala was a journey to get to know myself on so many levels. Where to start?At first I was hesitant and then it just poured out, like my soul had been waiting to be asked this question and given this task for ages. It has been a time of integration of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual into my understanding of my irises. I now feel a deeper connection with every marking it shows us as it is a model for our life journey, past, present and future, a tool to help guide us through our time on this earth and beyond. What an honor to gain the knowledge of such a sacred understanding.”

2012 ENROLLMENTS ATTRACTING QUALITY STUDENTS

I love having a small school. Each enrollment is a wonderful opportunity to get to know a unique person seeking truth, quality and personal relationship in their personal and professional evolution. Each student is a treasure to be respected in their unique path as I guide a new student toward a beginning that is appropriate for all aspects of their life.

Today a wonderful new student joined the School of Natural Medicine. Marie hails from Fairfield Iowa and is already involved in creating cultured foods, feng shui and other wonderful gifts. She prepares with the e course for Iridology and begins her studies with Iridology I in Boulder in January.

Check out her website Celebrating the Cycle – a joyful way to explain the menstrual cycle to our daughters. Her other site Dowsing and Feng Shui is just as fascinating.

Also in the first Iridology class of the year is Alyssa, a yoga teacher from Estes Park currently studying sustainable landscaping and gardening at, and Minori, retraining after a career as a teacher of Japanese at the University of Colorado. Love how students are planning ahead.

Elana emailed from Turkey today and she plans to start in September 2012 after a journey in India, and another Colorado woman entrepreneur who runs a health food store in Mexico in the winter has already enrolled for Iridology in August.

Present students approaching graduation with case histories and home study are already enrolling in our naturopathy July retreat in the beautiful New York countryside.

Long range goal planning is a positive expression of a healthy liver and intelligent executive function.

EYES OPENER! - IRIDOLOGY REVEALS STENGTHS & WEAKNESSES & ENCOURAGES US TO MOVE BEYOND JUDGMENT!

Another amazing and wonderful Iridology class! Bill Fanning took the first two days to teach the language or the irises, iris drawing, iris photography and more. Then Farida took the classes on constitution followed by the analysis and education of each student's irises. In this group we have four students planning to open a healing center in Mexico, two from Saudi Arabia with one already teaching the basics of natural medicine there, one from Australia and two from Colorado.

Sharing a photo here with the four students from Mexico. Lamia and Elizabeth are mother and daughter from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Lamia is preparing to share natural medicine as an educator and practitioner. Lamia brought a video of student's enthusastic sharing of learning from her this summer.

JENNIFER: “Eye Opener!!! I love that the iris can show us how we are all different in this life. We have strengths and weaknesses, therefore we cannot judge one another, as we all have different problems to overcome and learn from. I am so grateful for this learning experience. With this knowledge I can now improve myself in many ways and most of all help others as well. Looking into someone’s irises is a whole new world, so beautiful and amazing, and as we learn we can move into perfecting ourselves." Mexico

Farida, I truly admire you in every way. I love your spirit and the beautiful light that you radiate. You are such a great inspiration to my life and I can’t wait to bloom into the beautiful amazing flower that I know I can be!! I thank you with all my heart for teaching me to guide myself into the beautiful light that I can be. I love you! Thank You!” Mexico

HAYLEY: “I have always felt a strong connection when looking into a person’s eyes, and now I know why! I learned there are no bad irises and no good irises, only strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. I learned to view the world by seeing and feeling, no judgment attached, Bill was fabulous for the structure of the essential language of Iridology, and Farida took us to a whole new fascinating level with constitutions and the student iris readings.” Colorado

ELIZABETH:  “I have studied Iridology books but the class was like flying rather than riding a horse. It flowed easily and I absorbed so much. I love knowing I can look in my own iris and know what is going on. This is better than being a lottery winner. The information is invaluable.“ Saudi Arabia

LAMIA: Iridology is the deepest course I have taken in the School of Natural Medicine, yet so easy to understand. It needs to be practiced often to learn the different iris types. I can’t wait to take this back to share in Saudi Arabia.”

NATALIA: “The study of the iris is fascinating as each iris is so individual. I love the way it was taught – stress free, relaxed, fun, yet so intense, and so much is covered in four days. Farida is just amazing!” Mexico

OLIVIA: “I am so grateful I have finally found what I want to do in life. I really enjoyed my time in the Iridology class. It has been amazing. I am very excited.” Mexico

LOUISA: “My experience was amazing!  I learned so much about my self though those around me and found a little of me in everyone and learned I have a little of everyone in me! I learned about myself by seeing my own irises, learning to love every part of me without judgment. I feel very thankful and blessed to be a part of such an study as I take time for myself and do something I love. There is such a sense of joy in class as we talk and earn about this amazing life and body.” Mexico

DANIEL “Each iris is different, unique and a blessing, as each tells a story of our evolution and journey into existence. We learned to analyze irises and discover these stories from identifying iris structure, colors, markings, constitutions, from reading iris maps and the inner ecology of each person in a relaxed, comfortable, sociable environment. Farida created a teaching environment where wisdom and interaction is shared amongst the group as we see and learn from each person and their different iris types. All this brought ease and comfort to understanding Iridology and a way of learning that is adventurous, creative and enjoyable.” Australia

GINA: “I love this class and can’t wait to learn and practice on my friends and family. I notice everyone’s eyes now and try to figure them out! I am excited for Iridology II.” Colorado

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)

INNER ECOLOGY IRIDOLOGY - CONSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE EVOLVED INTO IRIS MANDALA ART PROJECTS

Iridology Level II explores advanced concepts of psychological models, body mind spirit, time risk, rayid, Faridian Iridology along with personal self healing evolution with the creation of an iris mandala based on their iris photos - an amazing creative evolutionary experience.

Maggie: Farida’s evolved inner ecology Iridology model takes into account many different sides of a person – emotional, physical, psychological, mental and spiritual. A person is made of many facets that are manifested in iris signs. Iridology requires an open mind and an ability to look at many sides of a person. It is fascinating, an amalgam of science, intuition and art. When I first came across Iridology many years ago, I look at my eyes, read what the signs were supposed to mean and immediately dismissed it as junk. According to their method, I was supposed to be weak and unhealthy, when in fact I am the opposite. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to study with Farida. Truly, just wonderful!I Thank you. (from Connecticut and nearing completion of tuition classes)

Rosa: Thank you for everything you brought out of the deepest part of my being that I did not know was there. You helped me overcome fear and filled my life with peace, love understanding and much more. My heart is full of your godness and your experience in every cell of my body. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am always going to have you in my prayers. You are always going to be part of my life. With all my heart and my love, Rosa. (This was Rosa’s last class and she comes to the retreat in Ithica - near graduation)

Jennifer: In a world like today where information technology is over abundant, Farida brings home this important message, ‘keep it simple - and stand by basic principles.” Things don’t have to be overwhelming, complicated or nerve wracking to get the results one is looking for. (our dear visitor from Sunshine Coast in British Columbia)

April: Farida has an unbelievable level of knowledge to share that she has collected from countless personal experiences around the world. To me, she is the ultimate example of a master holistic healer and teacher. In my research, as I was looking for a naturopathic school, this was the most integrative. You can’t get this quality of education in any university. This is true education. (just moved here from Washington state to be near SNM)

Avery: Iridology II was good for supporting the feeling of ‘Yes, I can’. The case histories and the foundation of the school supports encouraging and helping me from being overwhelmed with the possibilities of information in the world. KISS - Keep it simple, sweetheart!!! I enjoyed the creative iris mandala process as it helped me internalize the multi-faced dynamics of the iris what what it can share on so many levels.

Gabriel: The study of the eye through Iridology is a fascinating experience. I am amazed by the amount of information an eye will give you. As Farida says, just look in someone’s eye and listen to what it tells you from a place of feeling. I feel fortunate to have iridology in my life as the eyes are a window into our bodies and souls. Thank you for the mandala project. I love to see my idea of my eyes take shape.

Ana: Iridology II allowed me to feel more confident when looking at the iris in multiple ways, like in conjunction with live-changing events. On my left iris, I have a large pigment in the kidney area, and from the timeline perspective, it rests at the age of 19 to 23 years. A pigment indicates focused, anchored energy and deep concentration and this is the time in my life when I am studying and focusing on tuning into my true path. So many dimensions in the iris in terms of physical/psychological markings and energies, Iridology continues to completely amaze me. (18 years and evolving and healing into her true life path)

IRIDOLOGY - CONSTITUTIONS, JOSEF DECK, WILLY HAUSER & UNIFYING FACTORS IN THE WORLD OF IRIDOLOGY

As I am writing the revised updated version of Iridology  A Complete Guide, my 1986 hardback textbook published by Thorsons/Harper Collins, I find myself delighting in the memories of my meetings with renowned explorers of the world of the iris!

I had been practicing and teaching Iridology for about ten years in Cambridge and London, England when I purchased Josef Deck’s two books, Principles of Iris Diagnosis and Differentiation of Iris Markings. For weeks, I poured over his books, delighting in the excellent photography but found myself struggling with a ponderous translation that did not work well with the practical realities of educating or guiding clients to health and wellness. As I studied his approach to organizing iris patterns into constitutions – a new idea to me – I found the types and sub-types awkward as so few clients fit those exact patterns. Also, there was no mention of psychological tendencies, the area I was so keen to explore in Iridology & Natural Medicine.

After making inquiries, I contacted Willy Hauser at his clinic in Germany, and made arrangements to visit a friend near Frankfurt and then travel south through hot spring country to meet Willy Hauser and Josef Deck. It was a beautiful spring and my friend and I enjoyed staying at Heilpraktiker – the German version of a Naturopath – healing centers, soaking in hot springs and experiencing treatments such as the Continuous Shower, a water therapy that gave me the best sleep of my life since I was a baby, and left me calm and relaxed for days.

Willy Hauser greeted us at his clinic in Heimsheim and showed us around his state of the art facilities with great enthusiasm. Offices, iris photography, treatment rooms, pool, steam, sauna and water therapies, oxygenation blood transfusions provided a wide range of natural therapeutics for clients with chronic diseases.

Later that evening, Willy Hauser introduced me to Josef Deck and we went to a superb restaurant in a castle for dinner. Josef Deck had recently experienced a stroke and was unable to talk, however he listened to my conversation with Willy Hauser with great enthusiasm. When it came time to order, I chose a salad and asparagus. Josef Deck chose a steak that arrived accompanied by peas and Willy Hauser chose a meal of meat and vegetables. As I sat across from Josef Deck, watching him eat his steak, I wondered whether I should speak to him about my work in purification and regeneration and tell him how I had healed my breast cancer. I took a deep breath and told my story, how my Iridology and Natural Medicine practice and teachings were developing in England, and my visits to healing centers in India.

Willy Hauser became very interested in my ideas, and after Josef Deck took me to his clinic where he demonstrated the most advanced Iridology photography and his approach to tiny details with magnification, I gave Willy Hauser a copy of my Iridology book and course.

The next morning when I met with Willy Hauser I discovered he had stayed up all night and read my book and course with the aid of a dictionary. He said he wanted to visit Cambridge and teach my English students the German approach to Iridology and he said he would study every day with an English teacher so that he could present the ideas and talk to students. We set a date for an Iridology Symposium and when I returned home I booked a University of Cambridge lecture hall and began contacting students and practitioners of Iridology and Natural Medicine.

When I brought Dr. Bernard Jensen, Dorothy Hall, and Dr. Raymond Christopher to London, we enrolled around 100 students for each seminar, and I was determined to make Willy Hauser’s presentation just as abundant – and it was! However, even though I learned much from Willy Hauser’s work, I found my mind expanding into a different realm. After the symposium, I contemplated the iris types and sub types, looking for unifying factors, so important in my approach to healing. I want the source of organization in all my teachings, and principles that bring understanding of cause and effect so that clients can begin to understand their own irises without attending a training seminar.

Then, one wonderful day on a train to London, illumination opened my heart and my mind, and I understand that behind the constitutional patterns were dominant body systems that enabled me to organize the constitutions in a more simple model that allowed for psychological resonances to be easily understood. Each body system contributes functions and energies to the inner ecology, and contains organs that have emotional correspondences according to Chinese, Ayurveda or ancient Mediterranean or Middle Eastern medicinal systems. I followed this light of inspiration and developed the Faridian system of Iridology Constitutions that I have used now for over twenty-five years. I share this system so that students and practitioners of Iridology and Natural Medicine may not only guide clients toward health and wellness, but help them understand their own unique being in a truly, deeply holistic manner – body, emotions, social relationships, life processes, mental attitudes and approach to spirituality.

IRIS CONSTITUTIONS - IRIS PRINT FOR KINESTHETIC FEELING

Discover the Anxiety Gastric or Nervous Sensitive Iridology Constitutional Type with the dominant kinesthetic nature so excellent for grounded sensing knowing combined with the ability to know both sides of a situation and mediate balance and appropriate decisions. When challenged, this type separates from knowing and becomes exhausted with worry, anxiety, indecision and conflict, and they find it difficult to leave situations that are not good for them.

Read on to discover Farida Sharan's constitutional types taught at the School of Natural Medicine Iridology trainings in Boulder, Colorado. These types are included in Sharan's Herbs of Grace book with amazon.com and will be extended in Iridology – A Complete Guide, currently being revised.

Iris Color: Brown or blue
Fiber Structure: Any fiber structure
Description: Radii soleris radiating out from the center combined with sensitivity rings, in varying patterns, density, and numbers
Aging/Disease Pathways: Digestive and nervous systems affecting each other
Systems: Digestive, nervous, glandular
Other Possible Signs: Toxic, dark radii soleris; radii going through a major organ, gland or brain areas; radii breaking through the collarette affecting the autonomic nervous system; bowel toxicity flowing into radii soleris; acute or toxic sensitivity nerve rings; inflammatory adrenals affecting the nervous system
Tissue Weakness: Wherever radii break through the collarette, or terminate, there is potential weakness in the bowels or autonomic nervous system
Gland Weakness: Radii soleris through adrenal, thyroid, pancreas, ovaries, prostate
Organ Weakness: Radii soleris through heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus
Activity: If the bowels are toxic the radii are used to dispense toxins into reflex areas affecting organs, glands, body systems and tissues, causing irritation and hyperactive neuro-muscular activity and psychosomatic ailments blood diseases and calcium imbalances
Symptoms: Angina, anxiety, cardiac stress, colitis, constipation, epilepsy, headaches, hysteria, intestinal spasms, nervous stomach, thyroid deficiency, ulcers
Emotions: anxiety, fear, irritation rising from conflict, indecision and confusion
Eliminate: Sugar, fried foods, junk and processed foods, eating on the run, when under stress or during emotional conflicts
Diet: Wholefood vegetarian fresh organic vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and seeds; fresh vegetable juices; alkaline diet; mono diet
Lifestyle: Avoid stress and living in conflict situations; exercise; meditation, tai chi and yoga are recommended to calm the nervous system and encourage grounding and embodiment.
Herbs: Bowel Rejuvenator, Nerve Rejuvenator, Tonic or Vitalizer, Adrenal, Thyroid, Alkaline and the Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Naturally formula
Treatments: Castor oil pack; Ginger poultice over kidneys; cold abdominal pack; polarity balancing; massage; acupuncture; Bach flower remedies

Personality: This type contains two strong energy movements, outward goal direction through radii soleris, and inward containment through sensitivity rings. In their negative expression this type wallows in unresolved conflict, wastes energy, stops, changes, is unable to make a decision, follow through or resolve problems. Breakdown is the inevitable result of exhausted adrenals and a depleted nervous system.
The positive expression is manifested when the person can express and dialogue both aspects of their personality with creative joy, and resolve conflicts by looking at both sides before making the best choice or perhaps doing both. They may avoid choice by going along with whatever stronger, more defined personalities around them want to do.

Challenge: This type needs balance, stillness, inner strength and knowing wisdom. They must learn to dialogue internally, and overcome the tendency to exhaust themselves with situations and conflicts they can’t mediate, harmonize or resolve. They must balance their sensitivity so that they are not a victim of this knot of vacillating feelings, or stay where they cannot free themselves from or resolve conflicts.

IRIDOLOGY CONSTITUTIONS - IRIS PRINT MANDALA OF LIFE DESTINY & PHYSICAL REALITY

Iridology represents a physical reality - the irises are the only original brain tissue that meets the outside world! They represent the control panel that communicates with the disciminating hypothalamus in a two way connection. We are born with an Iris Print Mandala that reveals invaluable information about our physicial, emotional, social, mental and spiritual behaviors as well as our strengths and weaknesses and our pathways to aging.

Here is the Lymphatic Sensitive Constitution, the Iris Print Mandala for the Heaven on Earth person that mirrors the function of the lymphatic system in that they always imagine a perfect world and try to create it in every situation. This duality identification with imagined perfection may lead to judgement or activisim, or to alignment with nature, beauty, community where they feel safe and can be at ease.

Herbs of Grace – Becoming Independently Healthy by Farida Sharan (available at amazon.com and soon on ebook and kindle)) provides information on all the Faridian Iridology Constitutional Types. Iridology – A Complete Guide is currently being revised and updated.

Iris Color: Blue
Fiber Structure: Any structure except Velvet Brown
Description: Partial or complete circular peripheral lymphatic tophi in varying shapes, lengths and colors
Aging/Disease Pathways: Lymphatic system
Systems: Lymphatic and all tissues the lymph system cleanses
Other Possible Signs: Varying colors of white, grey, yellow or brown lymphatic tophi in areas around and within the ciliary outer iris edge; whitening of the iris fibers; often combined with dense, deep sensitivity rings; gray extends into sclera at 9 and 3 o’clock, on one or both eyes, lateral or medial
Tissue Weakness: All body tissues, organs and glands are affected by lymphatic accumulation
Gland Weakness: Wherever lymph tophi are inflammatory white, or toxic grey, yellow, organge or brown, or where indicated by accompanying lacunas or radii soleris
Organ Weakness: Wherever lymph tophi are inflammatory white, or toxic grey, yellow, organge or brown, or where indicated by accompanying lacunas or radii soleris; also check the speen, and lymph glands.
Activity: Imbalances in lymphatic function, tissue fluid imbalances, inflammation,  hyperactive or hypoactive immunity
Symptoms: Acute discharges, allergies, hay fever, edema, rheumatism, swollen glands
Emotions: They feel strongly all the suffering in the world, so often grief is the main emotion or grief transformed into anger and vengeance.
Eliminate: Dairy foods, mucus forming foods, sugar, processed foods and acid foods; avoid meat and alcohol
Diet: Natural whole foods, organic raw and cooked fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, vegetable juices, adequate liquid intake daily
Lifestyle: Regular exercise, avoid smog, pollution, car fumes; avoid contaminants from paint, preservatives, chemicals and hair and beauty products
Herbs: Lymphatic, Blood Purifying, Chronic Purifier and Circulation formulas; Fenugreek tea (6 to 8 c daily) or take powder in capsules
Treatments: Poultices, aerobic exercise, lymph massage, regular walking, beauty, music

Personality:
This personality reflects the quality of the lymphatic system. They have ideals of harmony, peace and purity, a heaven on earth idealistic vision. They feel kinesthetically the suffering of other living beings, the decimation of wildlife, and the pollution of the planet. They work tirelessly for causes and have difficulty saying no. When they become depressed they wallow in emotional toxicity. Harmonious beauty, music, art or literature lifts their spirits and inspires them. Because they are greatly affected by the environment, they need to surround themselves with beauty and harmony, especially in the home and work environment.

Challenge: Because the tendency of this type is to hold on to toxicity if there are difficulties, it is essential that efforts be made to learn to release, to let go and purify on all levels – physically, emotionally and mentally. Whenever this type holds on to toxins or unexpressed emotions, the lymph becomes congested and affects the entire body. The nature of lymph is to flow, to purify and to circulate throughout the entire body, restoring balance, harmony and purity throughout the tissues.  These type needs to learn to say no, not to overload their systems, and to discriminate carefully as to what they allow into their life.

School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado offers its next Iridology Level I class in Boulder, Colorado August 19th - 22.

IRIDOLOGY - EYES - PORTALS TO OUR TRUTH OF BEING & BECOMING & USERS GUIDE TO YOUR LIFE & BODY

Iridology I - last week, students explored the symbolic language of the iris together with the constitutions, and learned iris drawings and iris photography with Bonny Casel ND. I taught the last day, showing the student irises on the big screen while we explored the constitutional mandalas of each iris along with markings, colorations in relation to their life history, symptoms and life dynamics of each student.

Five students brought together by destiny, some sharing similiar patterns, others opposites, plus two very strong examples or iris constitutional types, Immune Reactive in a blue iris & Anxiety Gastric in a brown iris,  learning from each other as the symbolic language of Iridology teaches us about life - physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual. Enjoy the right eyes of each of the student in the system I evolved over nearly 40 years of seeing thousands of irises and taking case histories and working with clearing conditions on all levels of being with natural therapeutics

Our next class at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder Colorado in August offers another opportunity in 2011 to discover the world of the iris as portals to our truth of being and becoming with a follow up  Iridology II in late October.

IRIDOLOGY - A COMPLETE GUIDE by Farida Sharan is presently being updated, all images redrawn by Bonny Casel, and revised with color photos added. Look for the new edition late summer. Three of the five students share their experience.

GABRIEL: "The eye is telling. My eye is my teacher. My eye is a guide for my body, mind and spirit."

AVERY: "My experience in Iridology I was incredible. I was shocked at how fun the class was because of expectations. There is so much going on in our bodies and with the iris being the only original brain tissue exposed to the outside world, there is an incredible amount revealed in our eyes...the seeds of our soul. I was surprised because it was so exciting to learn as I gained a greater understanding of who I am in this world."

Ana: Iridology has taught me so much about myself. There were so many points where I said, "Ah, ha! That is why I do that." It changed the way I organize my space and my meals to better fit my constitution. I am very much looking forward to helping oithers understand why their bodies required certain things and that it is not just "because I said so," it is very much about how your body was set up when you were born and getting the Users Guide for your system just by reading and understanding someone's irises."

GYNECOLOGY HARMONIZES WITH NATURAL MEDICINE

Someone reminded me recently of the 12 years I was in practice in Cambridge and London, England in the late seventies through most of the eighties, and highlighting those memories were the years I was part of Dr. Shirley Bond's gynecological practice in Kensington, London.

Shirley inherited the practice from a doctor whose life had been saved by the quick action of one of the School of Natural Medicine graduates, Cathy, in Cambridgeshire, when she responded to a plea for help from her neighbor. Cayenne pepper doses relieved the heart attack and he became very interested in natural medicine. When Shirley took over the practice she invited me to become part of her practice, first one day a week, then two. She gave her patients the opportunity to try natural medicine for cervical dysplasia, endometriosis, infertility, period irregularies and so on.

Shirley studied in the school, became very interested in iridology and related herbal treatments, purchased an iris camera and became a teacher of the School of Natural Medicine in Cambridge.

"I never knew such tissue changes were possible," Shirley writes in a letter. Her practice is now on Harley Street in London and I am sure she continues with her generous and educational personal approach to supporting women toward better health. It was a pleasure to know her and work with her.

I am pleased I had this experience as it gives great depth to our naturopathy, herbal medicine, iridology and self healing study modules. Dulas, midwives, doctors and nurses have benefited from my years of experience with women's conditions that responded well to changes of diet, the superior nutrients of herbs, education with iris analysis and naturopathy home treatments, and occasionally recommendations.

NEW STUDENTS BEGIN NATUROPATHY STUDIES - US & AUSTRALIA

I love how students appear through the world wide web and begin their Naturopathy & Self-Healing journey, drawn by a resonance factor from our website and blog that shows them this is their right and true path. Recently, Helen from the UK and Sharyn from Australia joined the School of Natural Medicine Naturopathy program by enrolling in e course distance studies.

Sharyn is from Queensland and is very interested in Iridology and enrolled in the full Naturopathy. She has already studied Iridology and natural medicine in Australia.

Helen is a midwife from Nuneaton, Warks in the United Kingdom. She has studied aromatherapy as well.

It is a joy to support and guide such beautiful young women on their chosen path of service in the healing arts and with the added benefit of self healing combined with professional and life skills, you know you are preparing them well for an authentic life of abundance and highest potential fulfillment.

IRIS MANDALAS VIBRATE IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

Enjoy photos of the brilliant and beautiful Iris Mandalas from the School of Natural Medicine in Cambridge, UK - fantastic class, congratulations Bonny! Check out Bonny's blog on the www.herenowhealing.com website!

IRIS MANDALA - DIVE DEEPER INTO PAST

"In Iridology II, we explored our own irises deeply and connected them with past emotions and experiences to help us be able to understand the many layers of other people's irises because the mandala project helped me to dive deeper into my past through creative energy and learn more about who I am and who I want to become.

We also learned about various models used in iridology such as constitutions, Rayid model, Time Risk that helped me to better understand my personality and body. Class has been such a wonderful and unique learning experience! - Liz Meader, Chicago"

To honor this experience I post her mandala last, and that brings her first to the top!!! The last shall be first has always had a fun twist to it and very apropos to this creation.

Liz joined the school this autumn and has been taking class after class in the full Naturopathy program. She is already researching healing retreat centers in the WOOF organization and may be learning and serving at a Gerson detox center on Big Island in Hawaii from January - she has a wonderful passion to embody and learn all she can about the world of natural healing.

I love what Liz said, "This is the ONLY time I not only didn't finish a project first, but didn't even finish it. I learned patience and has a uniquely different experience." Her bright eyes are beautifully depicted by the floral irises and her Nervous Sensitive iris fibers by textured silver paper – an incredibly resonant artistic mandala creation.

IRIS MANDALAS DEEPEN SELF-HEALING EXPERIENCE

"Creating my mandala in Iridology II was a fun learning experience. It was neat taking the process of creating the mandala and relating it to my own personality, processes and learning. This class is such a wonderful opportunity to go deeper into my own self-healing and to witness the depth of the self-healing of others created through the study of the irises. Being able to watch and learn from others in their processes as my own awareness of my irises developed, will help me to help others in their healing experience. Kim, Colorado.

Kim is a new student this autumn, and as a personal trainer, she was highly motivated to add Iridology to her professional skills to help her clients attain higher levels of athletic expertise. She is devoted to self-healing and personal evolution and is a fun easy student who is a gift to the group. Kim returns for Healing Diets and Reflexology later in the autumn.

"I BECAME THE BUTTERFLY THAT I AM"

"It was challenging for me to create something totally my own as I have always good at copying perfectly other things, but with the Iridology mandala, I finally let my creative inner being out and became that butterfly I know I am. Eva, Minnesota"    

Eva created her beautiful iris mandala with deep concentration as she played with materials in her ever evolving mandala over five days.

Eva completes her classes this autumn after attending over more than a year, beginning with classes in Vancouver, last summer. Her self-healing progress has been remarkable to witness and her evolutionary transformation prepares her well to offer professional loving, kind and skilled support to those seeking health and healing. She also plans to work part time in Sweden. Congratulations Eva and we look forward to your graduation.

"THE IRIS EXPRESSES ALL ASPECTS OF BEING"

"Iridology II has opened my eyes to the world and language of the iris. I have learned how the iris can actually speak (to me) and express not only the physical aspect of being but also the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of being. As I continue my journey into Iridology, I look forward to 'seeing' what the eyes have to say (to me). I am continually grateful to Farida for revealing these teachings through wisdom, experience and love. Megan, Philadelphia."

Megan's beautiful blue irises are made from a bed of blue feathers, on which the white feathers depict her iris fibers. She says, "my strength is the love of the flower."

Megan completes her studies this autumn and when she hands in her case studies and assignments, we will celebrate her graduation as a Naturopath. A joy to have her in classes.

Megan brings her two year old child and arranges child care most graciously, as she feels her passion strongly to serve as a Naturopath and guide and teachers others toward health and their highest potential.

IRIS MANDALAS EVOLVE LIVING IRISES

I watch each student through their uniquely creative processes as the journey of creating their iris mandala reflects their constitution, iris markings and colors as tears, emotions, realizations, shifts, obstacles manifest as the students learn about themselves on deeper levels.

Renaya is an Nervous Digestive constitution, and her journey since December has been toward harmonizing the expansion contraction principles of her life experiences and the wisdom kinesthetic knowing as she integrates her discrimination and decision processes. When I first met her in December 2009 for a consultation, she said, "I am not creative at all." Today, her beautiful iris mandala is an expression of her growth toward creativity, balance and consciousness - most lovely to witness!

"I was nervous to begin the mandala, doubting my ability to be creative, but over the five days, I created something beautiful and meaningful to me. I feel like a more competent iridologist and a more artistic being after this class. Iriddology II was a deeper level of self-healing and a space to express while gaining a better understanding or my own irises and how to understand other irises."

IRIS MANDALA – SELF-HEALING – TRANSFORMATION

"Dearest Farida, The Iridology II class has had a profound effect on my entire being. The journey began with you in April, with my iridology assessment and lifestyle changes including healing herbs, diet and self-evaluation, and along the way, I experienced deep shifts in my psyche and awareness, on my own and when I attended Iridology I and Master Touch Reflexology in June.

As we delved deeper into our own iris, many astounding realizations occurred, the mystery of iridology is amazing! Unearthing the mystery of our own soul and existance in the safety of such a purely loving and accepting environment in the School of Natural Mediicne is truly a gift to ourselves and to everyone who shares our lives.

The creation of a personal iris mandala was terrifying. I haven't done anything 'creative' or 'crafty' since elementary school. The mandala began as a very dark, heavy and intimidating project. As we progressed through the hours of our classes with a group of amazing women sharing life experiences, everything began to take on new meaning and more importantly, new possibilities.

It is an evolution from the dark place of illness, stress, holding back, pushing away, absorbing the stress and unhealthy energy of freinds and family to opening up to health, light, feeling and letting go. The iris mandala is a beautiful, enlightening, frightening and empowering journey. With much love and gratitude, Sheri"

IRIS MANDALAS SPIRALING INTO FIELD OF CREATION

Love Iridology Level II Advanced class where the students create Iris Mandalas to awaken living feeling connections between their life, how they see themselves in the present, and their irises.

This amazing creative process opens the brain integration link so that feeling knowing sensing becomes part of iris analysis and informs the educational and program creations for clients seeking health and healing.

Here are some of the pics of our day devoted to awakening connections in the field of the iris in the field of creation. What truths does the iris reveal in each unique iris and in each unique life?

We dance the iris movements, we explore feelings about our own iris and other irises, we look more deeply, notice more, and then the life future soul awakening opens the iris mandala creative process.

We unravel the gordian knots of our problems and let movement, evolutionary self healing and our highest path open before us.

Living transformation, we are creative, joyful beings, with purpose in tune with our destiny.

 

LIFE POTENTIAL UNFOLDING IN INTEGRATED LEARNING GROWING HEALING

"I can safely say that I learned more in two weeks of classes at School of Natural Medicine than I did in two years of college!"

This was Jessica's comments after an integration process in the Iridology Level I class that embodied all that we had learned in half a day and cleared the path to receive more information with an open brain and a relaxed system. A small class again, so there was so much time to share case histories, explore each student's realities, beliefs and healing with joy, tears and lots of laughter. Play in the kitchen as well with  ideas and inspiration as er create tasty and attractive vegan snacks and share food adventures.

What a blessing to enjoy two days with these bright young passionate souls eager to learn about life and healing and create a professional path for themselves. Looking forward to more profound classes this autumn.

Jessica continues: "I had never heard of Iridology before attending SNM but it has opened up a whole new world and way of looking into someone's eyes and really seeing them. Three days were about focusing on the eye, brain and nervous system structure and function. Beginning this way, painted a picture for what was to come. The more comfortable we got with the physical aspects of Iridology, the more we began to see the energetic components. Iridology is not just about pin-pointing a particular spot on someone's iris and relating it to an organ - instead it is about seeing everything as a pattern, puzzle, energy, or window into a person's true nature. We all have strengths and weaknesses and Iridology can help us become aware of them in order to live a happier, healthier life!!"

Liz writes: "This class has been so thorough in teaching me about Iridology, but in a way that was relaxing and enjoyable. The combination of hard facts with using our vibes/feelings to learn about the secrets of the iris has given me confidence to practice and continue my education in Iridology. Also, the relaxation and meditations in class helped me to absorb and fully understand all the information we were learning. Iridology has been a truly wonderful experience."

Kim writes - this is her first class in the School of Natural Medicine - "I am enjoying the opportunity to study not only this Iridology class, but my self through Farida. There is such an amazing way of learning through feeling that is so new to me and so appreciated. Both Bill and Farida have amazing styles of teaching and bring their full self to their teaching styles.

This is my first class and I am looking forward to each class I am taking in the future here at the School of Natural Medicine and learning more and more of my true self. Thank you Farida and Bill.

Kim, Liz and Jessica all return for Herbal Medicine I on Friday, along with Megan and Lauren.