Her Mom was considered a health nut and her Dad a bonafide master gardener. From a very young age they instilled in her the importance of connecting with nature through yoga, gardening, and a healthy organic diet. This provided a solid foundation from which she enjoyed three decades of urban life in New York City and one decade in Barcelona, Spain. Both cities are a stark difference from the natur
al backdrop of her hometown, and it is this dichotomy that helped stimulate her interest in bringing the awareness of nature to those living in an urban environment. East Asian Medicine is based on the attunement with nature and its cyclical beauty. The ancient Chinese texts discuss how our interaction with nature and social environments or “Tian Xia” (everything under heaven), is undoubtedly a reflection of our physical and psycho-emotional health. In essence, how we understand the natural world will help us better understand our body, mind, health, and disease. Within these texts our body is looked at as a microcosm of everything around us. This is the Chinese expression of the hermetic principle we see in Western mysticism, “as above, so below.” These philosophies have crystallized Suzanne’s vision and have supported the forward momentum of her investigation into the body’s innate capacity to heal itself. It is her belief that being in balance with nature and moving fluidly through seasonal and diurnal change brings one into attunement with their place in the universe.
