Robert Stevens graduated with a degree in religious studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in 1973. In 1974 he graduated from the Shivananda International Institute of Yoga, Bahamas, earning the Teachers Certificate for Hatha Yoga Instruction. In 1974 he also graduated from the National Institute of Reflexology in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 1976 he received a degree as a Chartered Herbalist from the Dominion Herbal College, British Columbia, Canada. From 1973 to 1976 he had a private practice offering stretching techniques, reflexology, herbology, Bach Flowers and yoga.
Robert graduated from the New Mexico School of Therapeutic Massage in April 1976. He received his teaching certification in polarity therapy in 1981 from Dr. Pierre Pannetier, ND. In 1978 he was certified as a colon therapist by Dr. Robert Wood, DC, ND. In 1979 he received a degree as a nutritional counselor from the School of Scientific Nutrition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received the Doctor of Naturopathy degree from Brantridge Forest School, Sussex, England in 1981.
Robert became an instructor at NMSNT in 1976 and co-director with Charles Brown in 1977. After Charles retirement he became Director of NMSNT. In addition to being Director of NMSNT he was also a full time member of the teaching staff. At NMSNT Robert taught polarity therapy, reflex-polarity, non-specific stretching techniques, Bach Flower Essences, Stevens Flower Essences, homeopathic/natural first aid, specific massage applications, internal/external hydrotherapy and philosophy of natural therapeutics.
Robert received the Master Herbalist Diploma (Hon.) and the Naturopath Diploma (Hon.) form the School of Natural Medicine, Boulder, Co. and Cambridge, England in May 1998. He graduated from the Ann Wigmore Educational Center San Fidel, New Mexico June 25, 1999 where he completed the Living Food Lifestyle Total Well-Being Education Program.
Robert is the founder of the hand medicine system known as Core Synchronism. He is currently offering Core Synchronism and Core Radionic treatments in northern New Mexico and working on NSMNT’s web offerings.
- The goal with your patients is to find the way to healthy function within the mechanism that they bring to you. You need the perfect mental picture to guide you, but it is not beneficial to undertake to impose the ideal upon the head as you find it.Dr. William Garner Sutherland
