The way of the wise guy
“He who wishes to explore nature must tread her books with his feet” —Paracelsus In every profession, there’s at least one "wise" guy. When it comes to plants and botanical medicine, that’s me.
We spend so much time indoors that we’ve lost our connection to Nature … and to who we are. Plants give us models for living. When we pay attention to them, their wisdom reveals itself.
The way of this wise guy is to help you reconnect with the healing power of the natural world.
The wise guy approach
“Nature is never in a hurry, but yet everything is accomphlisd.” — Naturopathic medicine—it’s a holistic approach to healing, right? But if you take Nature out of the practice—synthesizing drugs and prescribing them for conditions—you lose much of the healing power that plants provide. That’s where I come in.
My approach is to help people discover the heart of herbal medicine, to build a simple, unifying model that looks at plants as personalities instead of little drug factories, and thereby build relationships between plants and people. If you are interested in a personal health consultation, please make an appointment to see me at the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) clinic in Portland, Oregon.
You too can be a wise guy!
“The proper way is to acquire a learning directly from nature that requires no formal studies.” —Masanobu Fukuoka My classes take you back to the dirt, so you can learn about plants “from the ground up” through hands-on experience, field study. I give you skills that help you unify your learning about plants—to tap into the wisdom of each plant through its taste, smell, touch, and texture, and to learn about its abilities to assist healing in specific ways.
Through discovery and direct experience, you learn to appreciate plants, use their medicinal powers, and cultivate self-reliance and self-sufficiency through greater awareness. Sound like fun?
Contact the Herbal Wise Guy
If you are yearning to reconnect with nature and herbs, to find out what they can do for you and how they can change your life, then I’m you’re guy. I can help you learn to share your life with plants in a more conscious way—through plant exploration and field study, gardening, and preparation of edibles and medicinal herbs. Contact me to begin learning the way of the wise guy.