Roger Barr, CMC
Professional Homeopath

I have been studying homeopathy since 1990 when I returned from India the first time. I had left for India with the intention of finding out what I wanted to do with my life. While I was there I ruled out several options that I had considered. But hadn't found anything that fired me up. Computer consulting (BS in computer science from Univ. of Ill.) paid the bills then but I was looking for something else at the time. I had no idea what homeopathy was when my friend and mentor, psychologist Jim Spira, Phd., invited me to join an introductory 40-hour course. I was pretty skeptical about how such vanishingly small doses could do anything but I tried to keep an open mind about it.

I was still severely jet-lagged during the first class when Jim mentioned that homeopathy could be used to treat that condition. I started to read in the class about the various homeopathic remedies that have been know to work for jetlag. One remedy, Gelsemium, the literature said had a symptom of "foggy, hazy vision" and I realized that was exactly what I was experiencing. I took a single dose and I had an immediate response as though someone had cleaned my windshield!

Since then I have had a rather eclectic education in homeopathy, studying with many different teachers at many different schools, workshops & seminars including:

As my understanding of the practice and philosophy of homeopathy has deepened over the years, I have not hesitated to leave schools and teachers that didn¹t suit me and study with others that I thought would be more valuable to me. On the other hand I feel I have a well-rounded education and an appreciation of the many approaches to this difficult subject. I feel that anyone who is serious about this work will always be a student of homeopathy. No one has the last word.

Over the years my many clients have been and continue to be my best teachers for which I am grateful. Of course, I have continued to treat myself for acute problems and seek the assistance of my colleagues for my chronic health issues. As a result have not felt the need to darken the halls of conventional medicine* since I returned from India that first time, for which I am also grateful!

Personal Metabolic Nutrition

Dr. Hahneman, the founder of homeopathy, recognized that poor nutrition was an obstacle to cure. Good nutrition can resolve many conditions. The mistake that most diets make is assuming that one size fits all. Dr Kristal & Dr Wolcott discovered that most nutrtionists were blind men touching only one aspect of the elephant of nutrtion. Dr Kristal has developed a system that I believe is the cutting edge of nutrition. I have studied with him and learned how to identify a client's metabolic type through a sophisticated test procedure. This allows me to recommend a diet that will balance the blood ph and optimize the body's metabolism and utilization of nutrients .

Practising without a License...Legally!

Since January 1, 2003, under the California Health Freedom bill (SB577)  it has been legal to practice homeopathy or any un-licensed non-invasive therapy in California as long as one follows certain guidelines. One must inform the client what one's background is, and get their agreement on what form of therapy will be practised. For this purpose I have clients sign aWaiver for Homeopathic Care  and/or a Waiver for Personal Metabolic Nutrition Care. Since homeopathy and nutrition are almost as non-invasive as is possible, I am practising fully within the law now. Before SB577 went into effect I was so confident in the safety of homeopathy that I felt safe to practice anyway.