What to Expect on Your First Visit

When you come for you first visit a complete health history assessment will be performed taking in all aspects of your health, including of course physical complaints, then contributing mental and environmental factors such as family traits and tendencies. The more complete the assessment, the better the outcome.

Many physicians I know don't do this. How many times have you gone into their office to fill out a health questionnaire, wait another half hour and by the time they see you they ask questions all over again without looking at the chart. Most of the time they don't even review it carefully, if at all. Not so at NHS, I'll spend the time with you and come up with an individualized health plan. During the session I may take your pulse and check other vitals and do a scan on your sclera to glean additional information such as your constitutional tendencies or potential or existing pathologies. This is not a diagnosis, but part of an overall health assessment. I'll often ask a person to get a diagnosis from their primary doctor and oftentimes have them bring in their lab reports and medical records.

I then guide and teach about naturopathic health, lifestyle conversion and advise on approaches to improving health. During a session I usually offer ideas about how to attain more optimum health through naturopathic principles of living and may even take clients outside to walk barefoot in the grass and learn how to breathe correctly. There are several possible approaches.

A customized treatment plan is then devised for you which could be relatively simple or more involved. I may suggest you get a nutritional test or panel of tests depending on what you are presenting. I then try to follow up in a week or two and if necessary, adjust your plan, then every two weeks a month and in many cases once a year. It depends on your state of health and the progress you may or may not be making. One thing I stress is compliance with the treatment plan. We all know the story of not following through. But how else will we be able to experience any health dividends if we don't follow the prescribed course?

My Training

I'm first and foremost an intuitive and practical educator of natural health. During the years I was pursuing my ND, I furthered my studies with renowned herbalists, homeopaths, naturopathic physicians, MDs, an Oriental MD and acupuncturist and 2 Ayurvedic physicians to bridge the gap in experiential knowledge, receive some clinical training and pursue certification classes such as:

- Ayurvedic principles and practice,
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture,
- Massage therapy (shiatsu) and foot/hand reflexology,
- Botanical formulations and protocols
- Nutritional therapies and protocols
- Aromatherapy Level I/II training
- Homeopathy Seminar (NUPATH)
- Iridology & Sclerology (iris & sclera readings) - these are assessment tools 

Services offered at the healing center include:

 

- Weight Loss programs

- Pain Reduction programs

- Fitness programs such as lower back strength training

- Addiction Mitigation and Release through Herbs

- Protocols for many chronic diseases, including MS, cancer, lupus, diabetes, etc.

Note: Many diverse cases are seen at our center such as chronic illnesses, migraines, digestive ailments, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

Education  

Doctor of Naturopathy (ND), Clayton College of Natural Health (2001)
Bachelors of Science (BS), Biology/Pre-Med and Psychology, Florida State University (1976).

 

Spiritual Orientation

Although I've studied and practiced in some form all the major religions, the most valued learning I received was at the feet of a great Sufi Mystic and saint, (Shaikh Guru) Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with him) from Sri Lanka, who employed ayurvedic principles in his daily living and example; but his real medicine wasn't of this world, as he discoursed to thousands daily and hardly ever had time to himself. He practiced what he preached and didn't care what religion you were in, but spoke the language of the heart. He would look at you and could tell everything about you (as God allowed) if he wanted to. I never saw him wrong about anything in the ten years I spent around him. He was powerful yet humble and the purest being one could imagine. He used to advise the Sri Lankan Prime Minister for years and predicted communism influences would take root in that country after he died, which was in 1986. Once I saw the PM and his delegation come to see Bawa in his room when he stayed in his US home in Philadelphia. They were enroute to Washington, DC. His legacy was not only the miracles he performed for over 100 years especially in his home country (his age was unknowable), but being a direct source for translating the words of the Creator to his children. He left behind many books of wisdom and represented the immutable and absolute form of God's Purity. One of his books affirmed the divine emanations of God's innate spiritual cosmology.