Based on current medical research, Native American and naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers identifies traditional healing methods developed centuries ago that address modern ailments and medical processes.
DR. NICOLE REDVERS is the first licensed practicing naturopathic doctor in North America who is Dene (a member of the Deninu K'ue First Nation Band). After growing up in Canada's isolated north, she pursued an advanced Western medical education in the south and has had the privilege of developing relationships with strong elders and medicine people. She has traveled the globe, studying traditional medicine systems in various countries and working with Indigenous patients, helping to bridge the gap between traditional and modern medical systems. In addition, Redvers developed Northern Canada's only integrative medicine clinic from the ground up. She also co-founded and chairs a non-profit group, the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation (AIWF), whose purpose is to revitalize traditional wellness services in the Canadian north and to focus on the preservation of Traditional Medicines. Her foundation was awarded one million dollars as a Laureate of the 2017 Arctic Inspiration Prize to work with homeless people and those most at risk in the northern part of Canada.
“Redvers illuminates the common ground that underlies both
traditional and conventional healing practices. Each chapter
identifies and analyzes the different cultural assumptions that can
keep healing practices separate from one another, while the depth
of the author’s knowledge allows us to see the ways in which these
different practices can be rooted in the wisdom of the body. A call
for the holistic healing that integrates multiple traditions for
healing of mind, body, emotion, and spirit.”
—Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD, author of Braiding Sweetgrass
“Drawing on her own unique upbringing and total lived
experience—melding wisdom received from her Dene elders of Northern
Canada and lessons learned from witnessing illness, poverty,
despair, and environmental degradation in various parts of the
world—Redvers provides unique insight that only a First Nations
person and practicing integrative medicine doctor can bring. The
Science of the Sacred is a compass pointing toward a much-needed
rebellion in healing. The revolution of the self begins!”
—Alan C. Logan, coauthor of Your Brain on Nature
“Nicole Redvers neatly ties together her cultural Dene roots and
stories from other Indigenous cultures in an evidence-informed
manner to look at medicine, the health of our planet, and the
health of humans as individuals and societies. She poses questions
and solutions that deserve exploration and will keep you thinking
long after finishing this, her first work.”
—Paul Saunders, PhD, ND
“This is a powerful and courageous book of personal and planetary
healing. It points directly to the core of all of our problems,
where also lie the path to our solutions. Drawing on modern science
and the ancient wisdom of the First Nations Elders it makes a
resounding call for change, carefully balancing the well-reasoned
practicalities with the inspiration and passion needed to achieve
these. In a cataclysmic era for human and planetary health a
seismic shift is needed—that we may rediscover our purpose, our
roots and our sense of self, from which all else flows. Dr Redvers
takes us boldly to that frontier, and shows us where we might cross
the threshold to a new era of health.”
—Susan Prescott, MD, PhD, president of inVIVO Planetary
Health, paediatrician and immunologist, University of Western
Australia
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