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Brighid's Academy of Healing Arts

  • About Brighid’s Academy of Healing Arts
  • Philosophy of Brighid’s Academy
  • About Gina McGarry & Faculty
  • Classes
  • Brighid’s Healing: The Book 
  • Referral List
  • Pictures
  • Contact

About Brighid’s Academy of Healing Arts

Brighid’s Academy of Healing Arts: A School of Radical Herbalism, Celtic Culture & Holistic Healing

Greetings!

Thank you for your interest in Brighid’s Academy!  Located in the ancient Centre of Celtic Ireland, 10 minutes from the sacred Hill of Uisneach, the house and gardens are nestled in the midst of country pastures.

Brighid’s Academy is inspired by the Hedgerow schools of old Ireland and the Greek temenos, a sanctuary for education and spiritual exploration.

I am a practising herbalist for 37 years, so fortunate to have studied with Rosemary Gladstar, Grandpa Roberts (a Cherokee Medicine man) David Hoffman and many others. I was originally initiated into the world of herbal healing by my grandmother, Ethel McGarry, who was her village’s herbalist and midwife. I pray I do them all honour.

My home and school are dedicated to Brighid as a sanctuary for Peace and Harmony. I chose the word Academy purposely. It’s original meaning is a grove of trees where Plato, the philosopher,  taught.  Brighid’s Academy is set in a grove of trees and philosophy is taught here.  Wictionary defines Academy as “A school or place of training in which some special art is taught”. The art of Herbalism is taught here. Druidic teachings were imparted in groves of trees. Brighid’s Academy is in the style of the ancient Druid schools, the Native American Medicine Lodge, the Hindu ashram and the like.

The courses offered are aligned with certain traditions of the ancient Mystery Schools.  They are about personal empowerment and transformation, healing and connection to Nature and Source. It is an opportunity to gather tools and develop skills for living in deeper harmony with All-That-Is, for living a more natural life, aligned with Who You Really Are….for falling ever more deeply in love with the Earth and with Life.

Drawn from Celtic and pre-Celtic thought,  the curriculums have been designed and developed over 30 years.  The philosophies and disciplines are as seemingly diverse as humanistic astrology and human anatomy; as controversial as past-life regression and the suspicion that power is transmitted through crystals, as inseparable as herbal magic and Mother Earth, and as factual as modern science and medicine.

There is magic that isn’t illusion, handed down since ancient times from our forebears.  They offer the connection to who we are and who we can become.

Classes

Below you can read about the classes offered at Brighid’s Academy of Radical Healing Arts. If you have any questions or would like to obtain further information please contact Gina McGarry here. REGISTRATION FOR EARTH HEALERS 2022 OPENS SEPTEMBER 2021. TO REGISTER EMAIL brighidshealingacademy@gmail.com Earths Healers Foundation This hands-on intensive journey serves to deepen the…

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Brighid’s Healing: The Book 

For the first time in book form, Brighid’s Healing brings to life the wisdom and techniques of Irish traditional healing. The author, Gina McGarry, is widely acclaimed as a healer with vision, skills, and the ability to revive the ancient arts of healing from the Celtic culture’s wise and civilizing traditions from the deep past.…

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About Gina McGarry & Faculty

Trained in herbalism by her Irish born Grandmother and renowned Herbalists, Rosemary Gladstar and Susun Weed, among others, Gina has been a professional Herbalist for 37 years, and a researcher of Celtic ethno-botany, history and culture. She operated a Free Clinic in the US, where she served people with AIDS, Cancer and a vast array…

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  • About Brighid’s Academy of Healing Arts
  • Philosophy of Brighid’s Academy
  • About Gina McGarry & Faculty
  • Classes
  • Brighid’s Healing: The Book 
  • Referral List
  • Pictures
  • Contact
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