Dr. Kate Pola Brooks was born to and apprenticed in the Healing and Shamanic Traditions of the Abenaki Nation of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the Celtic Traditions of Wales, Unit...view moreDr. Kate Pola Brooks was born to and apprenticed in the Healing and Shamanic Traditions of the Abenaki Nation of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the Celtic Traditions of Wales, United Kingdom. She started official healing training in Tucson Arizona in 1969 as an Herbalist and was responsible for all client consultations. Dr. Brooks was trained by the Santa Cruz Midwives in 1976 and taught prenatal classes, and did pre/post natal care and home deliveries for the next 15 years. Education became a focus when she moved her family of eleven children to South America where she taught 3rd through 12th grades, developed the first 'hands on' sciences programs and instigated interest in the first learning disabilities programs. Dr. Brooks wrote a book for the Ministry of Education in Paraguay, South America where she resided for 7 years. One of the most important and encompassing programs that she developed was for Indigenous Autonomy for self governance and re-establishment of traditional healthcare in Paraguay and Argentina and continued that work in Namibia, Africa for the following 4 years. After returning to the U.S., Ms. Brooks earned a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Trinity and a Doctorate in Divinity from GIFTS ministry. Dr. Brooks integrates Reiki/ Karuna Qi and is certified in several other forms of energetic medicine modalities, hypnotherapy and emotional/energetic reconstruction as a part of her practice. She is dedicated to integration of the whole person and the development of harmonious lives.view less