| Hakim
Archuletta has worked within the healing arts profession for
over 30 years. His interest in medicine and natural health and
the study of God's Creation began as a child. His first formal
studies were in the Fine Arts which he studied in the 60's in
Berkeley where his expertise ranged from graphic arts to theater,
cinema and ethnomusicology. He studied homeopathy and apprenticed
with Dr. John Damonte in London in the early 70's. He continued
these studies in Berkeley apprenticing with homeopathic doctors
and working with the first Homeopathic Study group there. He
continued his studies in the Middle East, England and North Africa
in the mid 70's. In 1978, Hakim went to Pakistan at the invitation
of Hakim Mohammad Said of the Hamdard Foundation and studied
there with various Hakims (traditional Islamic doctors) supported
by grants from the Bawani Trust. His main teacher was Hakim Taqiuddin
Ahmad at the Nizami Dawakhana, where he also learned Pharmacy
in the Unani tradition. There he earned the title of "Hakim".
Returning to the Americas in 1980, he began teaching students
privately and established a Family practice clinic in Santa Barbara
California. He has conducted and taught study groups for homeopathy
in Santa Barbara, California, Taos, Abiquiu, and Los Alamos,
New Mexico for professional and lay persons. He began extensive
work as counselor, consultant and Hakim/Homeopath in Abiquiu,
New Mexico and by traveling nationally for over ten years. This
also included workshops on communication and community consensus
building including special focus on youth. He has worked with
young people for many years and taught science on a high school
level for six years in a very "hands on" method and
worked on curriculum that is age appropriate and spiritually
based in science for young people. More recently he began to
focus on trauma and was trained in the methods of Dr. Peter Levine
and others. Today he lectures and teaches classes and workshops
nationally. He has conducted workshops and lectured at University
of California Berkeley, Harvard, Wellesley, Stanford, UCLA, University
of Houston and many others. He addressed and led the New Mexico
State Congress in opening prayers after 9/11, writes, reads and
organizes poetry readings. He has students and patients across
the world. |
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