The Annapurna Center for Self Healing's Director, Robin Sharan

Robin Sharan, Director of the Annapurna Center for Self Healing in Port Townsend, Washington, has dedicated nearly four decades to the exploration of healing modalities that have stood the test of time-- reflexology, massage, yoga, hands-on healing, food-as-a-healing-modality, as well as the deep cleansing techniques of colon hydrotherapy and liver/gallbladder flushing. These are all ancient healing technologies. As the scientific method is based on the concepts of reliability and validity, these modalities that have stood the test of time because they too yield consistent results.

The essence of The Annapurna Center for Self Healing is that of self healing. It is an opportunity to grasp the maintenance of health and wellbeing through a series of practical and simple, self-administered techniques. As form follows function, many of our clients have learned that the life-force-vehicle for navigating planet earth is the body itself. It is curiously parallel to a car or a house. When the filtration system is attended to, optimal functioning becomes possible. Form follows function. The liver, the alchemist of the body, collects toxins from all your blood every four minutes, fifteen times an hour, 360 times a day. Thus honoring the liver, as you are essentially the live-er. You are in the flow of life.

CREDENTIALS

1973	BA in Psychology and Social Work from Northeastern University
1975	Certified Reflexologist - studied under Ina Bryant in Phoenix, AZ (Ina was taught by Eunice Ingham-Stopfel)
1982	Certified Yoga Instructor - studied under Baba Hari Das at The Mount Madonna Center in California
1987	Certified Cranio/Sacral Therapist - studied under Judith Bradley in the John Upledger tradition in Victoria and Vancouver B.C.
1998	Live Culinary Arts Associate Chef - studied under Cheri Soria at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute
1989	Certified Massage Therapist - Brian Utting School of Massage, Seattle, WA
2000	Tropical Live Food Preparation - studied under Aris LaTham, author of "Sunfire Cuisine," in Jamaica (LaTham has served tropical cuisine to some of the most enlightened people on the planet, such as Martin Luther King and Bob Marley) Gallbladder Flush Technique - a course in Maui, facilitated by Annie Jubb Divine Intervention with Cathy Pfeil
2001	Hands-On Healing, Divine Intervention - by Cathy Pfeil, student of Star Fuentes, Carolyn Myss and Dr. Norm Shealy Vipassana Meditation - at the Northwest Vipassana Center in Ethel, WA

 

Robin did extensive research on food, healing retreats and detoxification strategies. It was only when she took a gallbladder/liver flush seminar in Maui with Annie Jubb that she realized how pivotal this program is for real self-care to occur. The beauty of Robin's communication is that it is with quips and fun, humor and delight. She is quick to respond when people laugh with "I made you laugh". She looks to have people laugh and create a joyous approach to healing, knowing that laughter is the very best medicine ever, for when one laughs there is a jiggling of the common bile duct which tends to drop toxins from the liver and gallbladder; it suddenly and subtly has you feeling better.

To add color, depth and texture to this program Robin likens the liver to the Wizard and the intestines to the Yellow Brick Road. The gallbladder is the purse of the liver's bile and the bile, when it flows, is the golden liquid that frees up the nutritents in our food that in turn, nourishes our body. Bile is a natural laxative and helps us to remove the unnecessary.

This program, which Robin and her staff have honed for over ten years, reaches beyond physical healing and accesses the mental, emotional and spiritual realms. The excitement that happens is punctuated by the hugs and deep gratitude for a newfound methodology that really works. You can see it and you can feel it at The Annapurna - we love you with no strings attached. We don't ask you to come back (although we have many repeat guests), we ask you to join us in creating a network to heal ourselves, each other and our sweet Planet Earth.

Director Robin Sharan's Personal Story

"After my brother died in my arms of Hodgkin's disease, my mother of lung and brain cancer, and my father of lung and colon cancer, I was diagnosed with very lumpy breast tissue. When I asked the attending health professional what I could do about this, she walked away saying nothing. Ten years later, I went to a health expo where they told me I had a cholesteral of 200. I exclaimed "That's impossible, I'm a vegetarian!" They reiterated that no, it was true. It was at that point that I gave up all dairy and in doing so, all of my nasal congestion stopped, my cholesterol has dropped to 137, and all the breast lumps went away. Gone!"

Robin Sharan has had a life-long fascination with the concepts of wellness and healing. Since the age of seven, she has experienced recurring dreams of wearing a white tunic with a stethescope over her shoulders while introducing people to exotic fruits and vegetables that she didn't even know existed. Since 1975, she has followed the spirit of her dreams by devoting her life to healing. Her specific focus is on educating people so that they may regain health through self-empowerment.

In her childhood, Robin had seven operations in an attempt to heal incpacitating earaches that she suffered. At the age of 24, while living in Tempe, Arizona, she was introduced to reflexology which stopped the pain of her earache after only a few moments. It was at this point in her life she decided to study this powerful method of healing.

She studied with Ina Bryant in Phoenix, Arizona, who had been practicing for 40 years. Ina was taught by and was a direct student of Eunice Ingham-Stopfel, who was considered to be the leading-edge authority on reflexology in the United States from the beginning of its western roots. Robin has been practicing reflexology for decades.

Since 1978, she attended annual yoga retreats that inspired her to practice and teach and received her yoga teaching certification under the guidance of Baba Hari Das at The Mount Madonna Center in California in 1982.

Later, in 1987, while working at Salt Spring Center, she was inspired to study Cranio/Sacral therapy after witnessing a powerful and immediate healing of a colleague with severe back pain. In 1987, Robin studied with Judith Bradley in the John Upledger tradition. In 1988, during an annual Yoga retreat with Baba Hari Das, he strongly suggested that she get licensed to be a massage therapist. In 1989, she was certified as a massage therapist from the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle, Washington.

The Annapurna Inn was established by Robin Sharan in 1989 (focused on healing retreats) in an unique Victorian house built by Captain Sewell for his wife, who healed him of malaria in the late 1800's, in picturesque Port Townsend, Washington. Health luminaries such as John and Deo Robbins, David Wolfe, David Jubb, Annie Jubb, and the Boutenko family have stayed at The Annapurna Inn and shared their wisdom.

In 1996, Robin took a sabbatical and worked at The Ann Wigmore Institute in Aguada, Puerto Rico. Their mission is to promote self healing through The Living Foods Lifestyle. During that time, Robin studied all aspects of this lifestyle. Upon her return to The Annapurna, she began to incorporate all that she had learned. She shifted from a vegan diet to a vegan live food diet. She tossed out her microwave oven and stove which were already collecting dust. From then on, The Annapurna Inn became known as The Annapurna Center for Self Healing.

Robin attended programs with Cherie Soria and became a certified Live Culinary Arts Associate Chef and Instructor in 1998. Cherie creates gorgeous gourmet cuisine that reflects who she really is! Her book is titled "Angel Foods, Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies."

In Jamaica, Robin studied tropical live food preparation with Aris LaTham, who has prepared live food for such brilliant people as Martin Luther King and Bob Marley. She furthered her understanding of the correlation between physiology and live food by studying the deep cleansing technique of the gallbladder/liver cleanse. At a retreat teaching this technique, she studied with Annie Jubb, co-author of the "Lifefood Recipe Book." This has become a major resource for The Annapurna's liver/gallbladder cleansing program.

She has studied Vipassana meditation taught by S.N. Goenka and his students, as well as Divine Intervention, a hands-on healing technique in the Cuarandera tradition, taught by Starr Fuentes. Robin's diverse and extensive range of skills facilitates a well-rounded holistic approach. This enables her to pursue her passion and commitment by educating people so that they regain health and well being through self empowerment.