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“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

“γνῶθι σεαυτόν” or “Know Thyself”
— inscription upon the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi

Brian Loftin LMBT, MLD-C (lmbt# 13797, He/Him) is a hands-on therapist and holistic and Clinical Herbalist, who seeks to help people open their inner doors, through the medium of skillful and compassionate touch. Truth, integrity, honesty, skillfulness, and professionalism—these are the elements in his life and work he most cherishes and most values when offering his method to his clients and students. “What is healing after all, but the search for truth.”

Traveling—and living—around the world opens many doors, and observant people will often note the doors of resonance that can open within ourselves when our outer and inner worlds harmonize with one another. An avid reader and inordinately curious by nature, Brian has acquired many stories and experiences, traveling and living around the world. These he brings into the treatment room and the classroom, as foundational layers of his character as a man, first, and as a therapist, second. To him, every person we touch and treat, has not only a story, but IS the story. Every human being is a collection of joys and griefs, ecstasies and agonies, all of which inform who we are, why we are, and what we long for, what we need.

The art of listening to someone—even when words are not spoken—and responding without agendas, with an open heart, is the only intention of Brian’s work; all other ills and dis-ease may fall where they may, and quite often do. Having his clients and students be seen—truly seen!—is his only real intention. We cannot know ourselves until we are shown that it is safe to do so.

Brian lives in Weaverville, NC, with his wife, Katie, their 2 children, and their two cats. He does a lot of Dad stuff, and time permitting, practices archery, tunes and plays piano, plays soccer, ethically harvests from healthy plant stands, makes medicine, studies, hikes, gardens, reads! Clearly, he has a time machine. The truth is, he mostly loads and unloads the dishwasher.

To view Brian’s educational background and other biographical information, please click here.

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