4/19/23: Barbara O'Neill--Australia's Loss is the World's Gain!
Several years ago—while surfing around YouTube—I discovered a gold mine of natural health and healing wisdom when I came across the videos of Barbara O’Neill. It is no exaggeration to say that when it comes to understanding and applying the principles of natural, drug-free healing of the human body, Barbara is among the most knowledgeable practitioners in the world.
Along with her husband, Michael O’Neill, Barbara founded the very successful Misty Mountain Lifestyle Retreat in eastern Australia, located in an idyllic rural setting about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. For many years, Misty Mountain’s programs have been highly beneficial in educating participants on how to deal with a variety of adverse, chronic health conditions by respecting and working with the body’s inherent ability to heal itself. The retreat has been so successful, in fact, that unfortunately the Australian government (apparently heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, as most governments are) considers it to be something of a dangerous place. Or at least, they targeted Barbara herself, as a few years ago she was accused of being a threat to public health (yes, really!)—and has actually been banned altogether from teaching the principles of natural healing anywhere in Australia! (But, then again, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. The government of Australia seems to care little about the rights of its citizens—which was demonstrated so graphically during the pandemic, when Australia probably ranked just behind China in having the most repressive lockdown policies in the world.)
Fortunately, despite that ostracism by her own government, Barbara O’Neill has not been deterred from continuing to deliver her message outside of Australia—especially in Europe and the United States. Every year she presents many in-person, week-long seminars in conjunction with various health retreats, educating participants with detailed lectures (complete with whiteboard illustrations) on the different organs and systems within our bodies (and how best to care for them to keep them working well and to prevent chronic, degenerative diseases). She also demonstrates how to effectively use poultices and other traditional, non-invasive healing methods to deal with various adverse conditions if and when they do arise. As a mother of six children (now all very healthy adults) who has consistently been sought out for health and healing advice over the past few decades, Barbara has a wealth of expertise about which methods really work and which ones don’t.
And, besides her encyclopedic knowledge, the thing I really like about Barbara’s presentations is that she has such a calm, confident demeanor without being pushy or trying to force her advice on anyone. (There are dozens—if not hundreds—of her videos on YouTube, including this two-part lecture on arthritis, allergies, and skin diseases (fast-forward to 16:22) which was part of a week-long seminar given in Idaho in 2021.) You get the strong sense that she really knows, from experience, what she is talking about, and is simply appealing to everyone’s common sense—a priceless commodity that seems to be in short supply these days, especially within the medical profession. So I encourage you to take the time to check out at least one of Barbara’s presentations—again, you can click here to watch that excellent talk on arthritis, allergies, and skin diseases, which starts at about 16:22. I think you’ll be glad you did!
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