Declan Hammond is a homeopath, transpersonal therapist and shamanic practitioner, co-founder and former director of The Irish School of Homeopathy. His life and work has been a passionate search for the most effective healing tools for himself and his patients. This journey has taken him all over the globe studying Eastern and Western approaches to healing, tantra yoga and traditional shamanic practices. Declan has developed a unique synthesis of these ancient and modern healing techniques and works with individuals and groups to empower deep personal growth and spiritual development.

His passion is working with people challenged by non-ordinary states of consciousness, who are undergoing Spiritual Emergency/Psychosis type experiences. He has a particular interest in drug harm reduction and plant medicine integration work. Declan has also been a member of the Kosmicare Medical Team at Boom Festival in Portugal and is a co-founder and director of the Irish festival welfare organisation, Psycare Ireland.

https://declanhammond.com

Ian Watson

What Samuel Hahnemann realised in the late 1790’s created a new paradigm for the entire field of medicine. What Sydney Banks realised in the early 1970’s created a new paradigm for the entire mental health field. In both cases, these discoveries enabled a radically different approach to healing that brought about spectacular results, even in cases considered ‘incurable’ within the mainstream medical community. 

Homeopaths have successfully adapted their prescribing methods to address modern day challenges such as pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and environmental toxicity. What remains as an even bigger challenge I would argue is the number one maintaining cause and obstacle to cure in the Western world - chronic mental stress. The habitual innocent misuse of the mind is now so widespread that it is largely invisible to us. And we homeopaths are just as likely to experience our own version of ’stress’ as our clients, because we all share the same misunderstanding about how the mind works.

 After 15 years of regular homeopathic practice and a further 10 years specialising in mental & emotional health, the 3 Principles discovered by Sydney Banks was the missing piece of the puzzle that completely transformed my approach, and took the impact of my work to a whole new level. What I had previously experienced as the ‘difficult’ people to work with suddenly became a whole lot easier, not just in my work but in my life! 

 I realised that if this simple understanding was a standard part of homeopathic training, it would transform the experience of practitioners as well as enabling powerful psychological healing capabilities for their clients that would complement beautifully the action of well-prescribed remedies. 

 This is an understanding that unburdens and empowers you first, restoring your natural confidence so that you can practice with ease and enjoyment. Subsequently, you will find opportunities to share your understanding with clients as and when it is appropriate so that they will benefit from it too. And as you help your clients’ minds to settle down, the remedy pictures become clearer and your prescribing becomes easier and more accurate. It’s a virtuous cycle! 

More about Ian

www.theinsightspace.com

Taina Alakulppi is a respected practitioner and educator of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), based in Helsinki, Finland. As the co-founder of the Academy of Chinese Medicine in Helsinki, she played a pivotal role in shaping TCM education in Finland up until 2024. Currently, her teaching focuses on providing advanced specialization training for professional acupuncturists.

In her clinical practice, Taina specializes in women’s health and cosmetic treatment techniques. Her expertise is grounded in extensive study and hands-on experience, including postgraduate training at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in China. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma from a joint program between Middlesex University and the Northern College of Acupuncture in the UK, and is a licensed massage therapist.

Taina has held numerous leadership roles in the TCM community, including serving as Chairwoman of Finnacu Ry, board member of Skill Ry, and Secretary of the European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association (ETCMA).

In addition to her work in TCM, she is an aspiring homeopath, currently completing her studies at the Academy of Transformational Homeopathy.

Taina is our TCM wizardess. She shares her healing wisdom on face analysis, the five elements and TCM to our homeopathy students.

Taina is editing the Shamanistic Remedies of the Arctic book as her thesis.

You can reach Taina 

https://www.tainaalakulppi.fi/

@akupunktiohoitaja

LIZZIE MARTINEZ
MA, DHOM, MHOM, CCH

Lizzie holds board certification and a Master's degree in homeopathic medicine with almost fifteen years of clinical experience. The resolution of  her diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and the complex issues of her own child with special needs,  has led her to become an intuitive, practical and compassionate practitioner. 

She specializes in complex cases; including, but not limited to, PANS/PANDAS, autism spectrum, genetic anomalies, autoimmune dysfunction, myalgic encephalomyelitis, vaccine injuries, and long covid. 

She has a large pediatric practice and includes family system healing; focusing on acquired and inherited blocks to health, as well as the health of the family unit to attain resolution of symptoms. She uses a variety of tools and methods, as each case is unique: homeoprophylaxis, CEASE therapy, Sensation Method, classical prescribing, acute prescribing, and gemmotherapy.

She is passionate about healthcare independence, and has mentored and taught hundreds of parents to take charge of their children's health, and become incredible, confident homeopathic prescribers. 

Lizzie has raised three challenging, complex and incredibly fascinating children to a healthy adulthood. She lives and practices in Austin, Texas and Mexico, seeing clients around the world.

more about Lizzie

@homeopathyshaman

www.lizziemartinez.com