Catherine Downey, ND
Emerging wise woman Catherine Downey graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in 1979 and after completing her residency, she began her practice on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii. In 1998 she returned to NCNM (www.ncnm.edu) and worked as the Associate Dean of Clinical and Graduate Medical Education until November 2003. Catherine returned to Kauai to resume her private practice in Kilauea and Lihue and to work on her small organic farm raising herbs, fruits and vegetables. As an environmental activist, Catherine worked as the ship’s doctor for Greenpeace on the Rainbow Warrior. As a perpetual student, Dr. Downey participates in a number of yearly continuing education activities, goes to seminar’s and studies with Hawaiian Kahuna La’au Lapa La’au Ohai. As an athlete, she is an active paddler in the Hanalei Canoe Club competing in the Garden Island Championships. Catherine and her partner, Tim O’Connor, share 5 children. She can be reached at 828-6153 or 245-2277.
Philosophy
I believe that the body is a magical and mysterious natural phenomenon that can heal itself if given a balanced and healthy environment. That environment includes foods and beverages made from fresh organic ingredients, healthy detoxification organs, and a healthy and profound spiritual practice along with enjoyable movement and an evolving mental attitude. Achieving this balance is not easy, yet it is the doctor’s responsibility to hold this image of health for her patients while the body heals itself. I employ herbs, energetics based counseling, supplements, homeopathic remedies and hydrotherapy to assist the transformation into wellness.
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La Ola Health and Wellness is also an organic farm. Tim O'Connor has been working with the earth since he was a boy on a farm in Medford Oregon. His experience ranges from planting the seeds to marketing natural foods. His past includes being a founding executive of the leading provider of web and retail kiosk based information on complementary and alternative medicine, developing merchandising and physical design plan for a major natural food chain in Portland, Oregon, as well as being the primary purchasing manager for 7500 item product mix of natural foods. He believes that vital foods are necessary for a vital and healthy society. He shares his vast knowledge of growing fruits, vegetables and herbs with farm apprentices.
For more information please contact us:
email: info@laolahealth.com
PO Box 968
Kilauea, HI 96754
808-828-6153
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