Bear Medicine Herbs
Bear Medicine Herbs is dedicated to reclaiming natural health through the mindful use of medicinal herbs, nutrition, flower essences, and homeopathy. We supply our clients with the highest quality wild crafted and organic herbs available. Bear Medicine Herbs has a full service apothecary carrying over 160 dried herbs (in glass, air tight, light protected containers, to insure the finest and freshest herbs), 180 different herbal tinctures and over 200 different flower essences from Australian Bush Essences, Delta Gardens, Bach, Woodland and many essences that have been made in house. We encourage our clients to choose the life style changes necessary to bring body, mind, spirit and emotions back into balance. Through private inperson and or telephone consultations, Bear Medicine Herbs’ experienced practioners assist their clients in achieving maximum health by designing an individual holistic health program centered around the traditional and modern uses of herbs.
Bear Medicine Herbs Master Herbalist
Tommy Priester, a compelling teacher and a practicing herbalist since 1998, combines, western herbalism with Native American tradition and ritual. He has completed studies with renowned master herbalists Gail Ulrich, Margi Flint, Matthew Wood, William LeSassier, Phillis Light, Donald Yance, David Delta, and Stephen Harod Buhner. Tommy is currently on the faculty of The Boston School of Herbal Studies. In 1984, a Seminole introduced Tommy to traditional Native American ways. During the last 20 years Tommy has had the privilege of learning from Abanaki, Cherokee, Ojibwa, Lakota, and Cree elders. His primary teacher was Albert Tait, a Cree elder of The Norway House Cree Reservation in Manitoba, Canada. Tommy has also studied core shamanism with John Ford and Michael Harner, Dana Robins and Tibetan shamanism with Larry Peters.