Macrobiotic practitioner Bill Tara
Address:
Flat 3, Sutherland Court,
15 Bruce Road
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G41 5EN
GB
Phone: 01414339464
Mobile: 07554745767
Fax: MBA1065
Web: http://www.billtara.net
Macrobiotic specialism's:
Teacher, Counsellor.
Biography:
Since 1967 Bill Tara has been an active advocate for natural heath care. He was the Vice President of Erewhon Trading Company, one of America's first national distributors of organic foods, and was a co-founder of Sunwheel Natural Foods in London, England. He has been a health counselor, teacher, author, entrepreneur and creator of health education centers in Europe and North America. His innovative and creative teaching of traditional approaches to health, healing and personal development have taken him to over twenty countries as a seminar leader.
He has appeared on a variety of radio and television shows in England, America and Australia speaking on Dietary policy and the environment, including Nightline with Ted Koppel.
In 1975 he founded the Community Health Foundation in London England, a Charitable Trust that was the largest natural health education center in the world. Together with Michio and Aveline Kushi, he was a founder of the Kushi Institute and served as Executive Director of the institute programs in London, England and Boston, USA. Bill has served as a senior faculty member for the Kiental Institute in Switzerland and the Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
He was Chairman of the European Macrobiotic Assembly for four years and served as Chairman of the North American Macrobiotic Congress for two years. In 1975 he edited and published, Your Face Never Lies, based on the teachings of Michio Kushi, which continues to be one of the most popular books on Oriental Diagnosis.
In 1985 he published Macrobiotics and Human Behavior, the first book by a Westerner on the Chinese theory of the Body/Mind connection. His next book, Natural Body / Natural Mind will be released in September 2008.
In early 2008 Bill was asked to become the Head of Natural Therapies at the new SHA Wellness Clinic in Albir, Spain. This unique facility will be offering a fusion of Asian and Western natural health care.
Bill and his wife, Marlene, are currently running residential macrobiotic courses at Penninghame House, in Newton Stewart, Scotland. Visit www.penninghame.org