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Bear Medicine Herbs is dedicated to reclaiming natural health through the mindful use of plants (herbs), nutrition, flower essence, specialized supplements, aromatherapy and Heart Mind Integration Method.


Bear Medicine Herbs is Tommy Priester’s way of sharing the outcome of over 15 years of shamanic, holistic and herbal studies with the world.









About Tommy Priester Clinical Herbalist Wellness Counselor Bear Medicine Herbs Founder and Herbalist Tommy Priester, a practicing herbalist since 1998, combines extensive knowledge of Western herbalism, nutrition and diet with ancient wisdom traditions from Native American and other cultures. Tommy’s open, compassionate understanding and gentle, peaceful energy makes it possible for his clients to feel safe and access deeper aspects of themselves so they can become active participants in their own healing. Tommy is also a masterful teacher and facilitator who combines expert knowledge of his subject with gentle humor. In addition to his own workshops and seminars he is a faculty member at The Boston School of Herbal Studies. Tommy offers a wide range of services and programs—from individual consultations, Heart Mind Integration Method and distance healing, to courses, workshops, and retreats—all with a goal of instilling, personal empowerment, health and well-being to his clients and students. Tommy is no stranger to the profound healing power of the plant world. When a traumatic injury left him with a wound that refused to heal, even when treated with strong Western medicines, he sought help from a Chinese herbalist out of desperation. Tommy’s initial skepticism turned to amazement when his wound began to rapidly heal. This life altering experience led Tommy to seek training in herbs and healing. Tommy’s commitment to his own healing path and his close connection to the natural world is an inspiration to his clients and students. Tommy has studied with renowned master herbalists Gail Ulrich, Margi Flint, Matthew Wood, William LeSassier, Phillis Light, Donald Yance, and Stephen Harrod Buhner, and with master flower essence practitioner David Dalton of Delta Gardens. Since 1984, when a Seminole from Fl. introduced Tommy to traditional Native American ways, Tommy has been privileged to learn from Abanaki, Cherokee, Ojibwa, Cree elders and Lakota Elders. His primary teachers, Albert Tait and the late Don Cardinal, are Cree elders of Manitoba, Canada. In October 2009 Tommy was initiated into the Braveheart lineage of the Lakota tradition. Tommy has also studied the ancient wisdom traditions as taught in core shamanism with Michael Harner, and other shamanic schools of thought with John Ford, and Dana Robins, and Tibetan shamanism with Larry Peters. In February 2010 he was initiated into Pan Gu Shen Gong as both an instructor of the basic technique and a practitioner of the Pan Gu Shen Gong healing form. Along with this Tommy is also certified as a Tong Ren practitioner.