I believe in Integrative Health Care that coordinates holistic and alternative healing with the best of conventional medicine. I am committed to the integration of body, mind, and spirit, and to teaching self-help skills and preventative medicine. When offering advice about wellness management, I search a number of credible medical and alternative internet sites to explore what has most recently been learned from research and experience. I believe wellness is influenced by one's spiritual practice, nature, diet, exercise, and social network, and that successful healing requires taking charge of ones own health.

Holistic Nursing Services (HNS)is available April through December; the days and hours are flexible. Sirius Wellness Retreats (SWR) are available April through November.



HNS sliding scale rates are $50 per hour for an office visit, or $25 an hour if you can never afford luxuries, have no savings, and are sometimes unable to pay essential bills. A rate between $25 and $50 per hour is an option if your circumstances fall between these extremes. Your first sauna is free, then $15 each, or $35 for 3 within 2 weeks, or $90 for 8 within 2 months.

SWR rates are $50 for the Coordinator plus room and board at Sirius Community: $40 - $90 per day depending on your choice of accommodations (includes 3 meals).

Sirius offers many nature sites and activities, indoor sanctuary spaces, group meditations, opportunities for creative pursuits, and a library of healing information. You may choose from among many activities and health care professionals and therapists to assist you during your individually designed Retreat of any length April through November.

First talk with Freddie at 413-259-1416 or fwindriver@amherst.edu to discuss your questions, whether your handicap, diet, or allergy needs can be accommodated, and if you need skilled nursing services such as injections or wound care. If you need personal care, you must bring and register that person with you.

You will then register as a guest of Sirius Community at 413-259-1416 or info@siriuscommunity.org. Then call Freddie again to tell her the dates you will be at Sirius; and she will help you schedule with individual therapists of your choice before you arrive. She will meet with you soon after you arrive to orient you to the spaces and activities of your choice.

Let our sacred spaces and wellness activities help you focus on the reflection of the Divine within you, inspiring you, guiding you, and healing you, body, mind, and spirit.

I offer one or a series of colonic irrigation experiences, and coordinate them with optional detoxifying saunas. I will teach you to give yourself effective enemas, and how to coordinate them with colonics for optimum health maintenance. We are all particularly in need of colon cleansing when we have not had regular or thorough elimination, when we have eaten unhealthy food or suffered from addictions, when we are in the process of losing weight, when we have not had consistent exercise, and when we have infections or chronic or degenerative diseases. To get the most out of a colonic, eat a diet of produce only for a few days beforehand, supplement your diet with fiber, and give yourself an enema a couple of days before and after your colonic.

This type of sauna is more healing than saunas that heat the air, which irritates the eyes, brain, and lungs. It warms the body more deeply, induces more perspiration, and diverts blood flow to the surface of the body which improves cardiovascular functioning. Perspiring cleanses the body of toxins, strengthens the immune system, and increases resistance to systemic infection. Sauna heat brings healing to damaged muscles and skin, causes sinuses to drain, improves respiratory problems, and relieves the pain from rheumatoid arthritis. It assists healing following the initial recovery from surgery, provides some of the benefits of aerobic exercise, lowers high blood pressure, and eases recovery from addictive substances. Many frequent and appropriately long saunas will detoxify heavy metals and reduce tumors, including some cancers.

I can help you improve your strength, vitality, and overall health through quality nutrition, the elimination of toxins, stress reduction, appropriate exercise, maintenance of nurturing relationships with loved ones, joyous living, and pursuit of your life's purpose. I can help you get the most from your visits to doctors and therapists, and to learn to take responsibility for your own health. I will help you understand how lifestyle choices and your beliefs affect your health. I will provide research about your particular health problems and the treatments your doctor has suggested.