Core lecturers
Founder & Director, Misha Norland, FSHom
(Attendance & Home study)

The School’s Director, Misha Norland is a Fellow and a founding member of The Society of Homeopaths and was the first editor of its journal. A practitioner now for over 30 years, he was Head of Homeopathic Research at the first UK homeopathic college. Widely respected for his teaching and practice skills, he provides numerous lectures and over the years has taught many of the world’s leading homeopaths. He is also an international clinical facilitator, lecturer and author, and is well known for his contributions to journals, conferences and new materia medica. In addition to running the School in the UK, he teaches and overviews the assessment standards at the School of Homeopathy, New York, and is the principal clinical teacher for the School’s International Study programme. Misha loves to blend old and new ideas, and to weave information together in a noteworthy and memorable way.

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"Misha Norland is my dear friend and valued colleague for over two decades. He has a solid foundation in classical homeopathy, both in its philosophy and practice. Yet, he has the openness and creativity to explore new avenues and latest advances. His school is a reflection of this beautiful blend, where students are taught the science systematically and also encouraged to explore and enjoy the process."
Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Homeopath, Author, Lecturer, Software developer

Janet Snowdon, RSHom
(Attendance & Home study)

One of our most popular senior lecturers, Janet has been in practice for over 25 years. She has studied with many leading homeopaths including George Vithoulkas, Jayesh Shah and Rajan Sankaran. Sankaran has provided her with an insight into practice which she has made her own and with which she enchants us as she teaches cases. She has a busy practice in Bath, England and has also been involved in proving new remedies. Practical and with a deep appreciation for the mystery of healing, Janet offers many insights into the topics of her teaching, and is an inspiration in her readiness to be amazed and delighted.

Sheila Ryan, DSH, FSHom
(Attendance & Home study)

Sheila has been in practice since 1987 after graduating from our School. She is Clinical Principal at the School and runs our annual workshops for clinical supervisors. She is Consultant Supervisor for the Society of Homeopaths’ Registration Programme and for the School of Homeopathy. Sheila is humorous and skilful – open to facing the uncomfortable and turning it around with the deftness of a dancer!

David Mundy, FSHom
(Attendance)

Originally an acupuncturist and osteopath, David studied at the College of Homeopathy, London and with many leading homeopaths including Vithoulkas, Jan Scholten and Rajan Sankaran. A practitioner for over 30 years, he teaches at many of the principal homeopathy colleges in the UK as well as overseas, and specialises in post-graduate training. David teaches from the wealth of his clinical experience, memorably filling our minds with homeopathic gems and plenty of jokes along the way.

Bill Rumble, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Bill has been practising since 1987 and has taught in various schools in England and Ireland since 1992. A graduate of our School, he founded the Welsh School of Homeopathy in 1995 and is particularly known for his practical interpretation of homeopathic philosophy and his artful case-taking. Bill is an inspiring presenter, gleaning methods from recent developments in psychotherapy to give students new approaches into ways to widen and deepen their understanding.

Mani Norland, BA (Hons)
(Attendance)

Mani is Misha Norland’s eldest son and grew up with homeopathy all around him. He trained with the School and is currently in his post diploma year. Mani looks after marketing for the School, sits on the Core Team and is involved with the day-to-day running of the School. He also represents the School of Homeopathy at the Homeopathy Course Providers Forum. He is the Managing Director of Alternative Training, the business that manages the home study courses. Mani teaches students in the 4th year about setting up in practice. In his ‘other life’ he worked in London as a brand and business consultant for over 10 years. He advised board level directors on business creation, vision and image. He has experience working with leading companies including those as diverse as Sainsbury’s, Sky, and KwikFit.

Penny Stirling, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Penny Stirling has always remained close to the School marking student’s work, teaching and facilitating tutorials. She has been in full-time practice in Bath since graduating from the School in 1988. She has provided the profession with the provings of Bewick Swan and Crack Willow. She says of herself, “I am fascinated by how people are different and I love the way that homeopathy values and encourages those differences”.

Clare Long, DBSci, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Prior to practicing as a homeopath, Clare was a family therapist working alongside psychiatrists from the Tavistock institute in London. She then qualified at the School in 1986. She has been running her own full-time practice in Bristol since then. During this time she has been involved in supervision of both students and practitioners and has worked for many years as a tutor at the School where she also does some teaching.

Peter Fraser
(Attendance)

Peter was a bookseller and publisher before discovering homeopathy. He has been practising for ten years in London and Bristol and teaches internationally. His particular interest is in new remedies and in the way that the relationship between substances corresponds to remedy relationships. He has been involved in many provings, both at the School of Homeopathy and with other groups. His books on homeopathy include The AIDS Miasm, the series Using Maps and Systems in Homeopathy, and the ongoing Supplement to Clarke's Dictionary of Materia Medica.

Nick Burton-Taylor, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Nick graduated from the School in 1993 and set up practice from his home in Devon. Later he attended Jeremy Sherr's Dynamis post graduate course which helped him develop his homeopathy skills further. The School has always remained close to his heart and he works with us in many levels as mentor, supervisor, and teacher. Nick's passion for homeopathy really began through reading Kent's Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy which he still enjoys to this day.

Karen Leadbeater, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Karen graduated from the School in 1998, and has since maintained a close link through mentoring and supervising students. More recently she has lectured regularly at the School with a focus on casework, and also works with students on the international home study programme. After establishing a busy practice in Bath, Karen relocated to Dartmoor in 2005. She now practises and supervises students from her clinic in Tavistock, Devon.

Geoff Johnson,
MA Vet MB MRCVS VetMFHom RSHom PCH
(Attendance)

Geoff has been a vet for 20 years and until recently ran a busy mixed surgery treating everything under the sun on the edge of Exmoor! However the bug of homeopathy bit him unexpectedly one hay fever summer and he subsequently trained as a homeopathic vet. When animal owners starting asking for whatever Daisy had had for their own ailments he became a homeopath for people too. Now he runs a purely homeopathic surgery and doesn’t know how many legs his patient will have until looking into the waiting room. Geoff has a wonderful teaching style that is always appreciated by students.

Jon Didymus, PhD, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Jon Didymus originally trained as a research scientist studying the way crystals form in living organisms. Since graduating from the School of Homeopathy in 1999, he has practiced in Bath at a GP surgery and at The Holistic Family Practice with his wife who is a medical doctor and herbalist. Jon is a keen student of the Sensation Method and fuses his scientific background with interests in meditation, counselling and supervision.

Jenny Grist, DSH, RSHom
(Attendance)

Jenny’s interest in homeoapthy began in 1987 with much experimentation on my own farm animals and other friends. Jenny studied at The School of Homeopathy, graduating in 2002, and also completed the Dynamis Course of Advanced Homeopathy. She runs a thriving rural practice in the green depths of Mid Devon, but regularly takes herself away to teach Homeopathy at ‘Wellie’ Level. Jenny enjoys the magic of matching spirit to substance.

Elaine Watson, BSc, MSc, LBSH, CertEd, RSHom
(Attendance)

Elaine has been in in practice since 1994 and teaches medical science at the School. She was a research scientist in marine biology and microbiology. She studied homeopathy at the British School of Homeopathy (BSH) and graduated in the mid 90s, as well as having three children, two dogs, several cats and ducks along the way. She has been teaching medical sciences at the BSH since 1993 and has also taught at the Welsh School and been a tutor for Alternative Training since 1995. She works in South Wales and Copenhagen and has had some rewarding experiences working with the children of Chernobyl. Recently Elaine wrote a new course "Anatomy and Physiology for Homeopaths" which she really hopes will enthuse and inspire the homeopaths of the future with the wonders of the human body.

Dr. David Curtin, MB, BS, MFHom, PCH, MCH
(Home study)

David studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital, and then homeopathy at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. He has been teaching homeopathy for over 25 years, and continues to study widely, key influences being Vithoulkas, Sherr and Sankaran. He was a founder member of the Homeopathic Professionals Teaching Group where he was Director of Education. David draws on his extensive experience of homeopathy with particular emphasis upon its philosophy, the Organon, and his knowledge of medicine.

Murry Feldman, MCH, RSHom
(Home study)

Murray Feldman has been studying, practising and teaching homeopathy since 1977. He studied in India for three years then graduated from the College of Homeopathy in London. He has studied with homeopaths such as George Vithoulkas, Rajan Sankaran, Jan Scholten, Jayesh Shah and Roger Morrison. During the many years that Murray lived in Devon, he was a popular lecturer, as well as friend and inspiration to many of us – a voice for best practice and deep compassion. Murray is the director of the Vancouver Homeopathic Academy and practises at the Vancouver Centre for Homeopathy in Vancouver, Canada.

Jo Daly, CCH
(Home study)

Currently Dean of Education at the School of Homeopathy, New York, Jo began teaching in England in the 80’s and then moved to the US where she was a founder of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy. Jo has been in practice for over 25 years, has been a popular lecturer in many schools and her life and practice have been immersed in an exploration of the mystery of the human condition from physical to spiritual.

Jeremy Sherr, RSHom, BA, PhD
(Home study)

Jeremy began his studies at the College of Homeopathy, London, in 1980 and completed a degree simultaneously in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Jeremy rekindled the science and art of provings after a century of near silence. He is a brilliant and creative thinker who is well grounded in the philosophy and writings of Hahnemann. His lectures are an inspiring blend of classical homeopathy and original thought, delivered with vitality and humour. Jeremy was awarded a fellowship from the Society of Homeopaths and a Ph.D. from Medicina Alternativa.