Greg Lawton is the founder of Blue Heron Academy of Healing
Arts and Sciences, where you can exchange your money for help to “change not only your career but also your
lifestyle and that of others, through a variety of programs in medical massage
therapy, holistic health care, acupuncture, personal training, nutrition, and herbal medicine.” They even offer things like Holistic Health Practitioner Certification
Programs, where you “learn the
philosophy and methods of contemporary Asian medicine, as well as, acupressure,
shiatsu, tuina, and Asian bodywork.” That is, the kind of certificate you
should be willing to pay to get rid of if you were ever saddled with it;
apparently it’s a “fast-track state licensed
educational program” (Blue Heron Academy is licensed by the Michigan Office
of Secondary Education), but “state licensed” does not mean “accredited”. One of
Blue Heron’s programs promises you a certificate as a phlebotomy technician,
which does not require certification in most US states (they don’t mention
whether the certification is issued by an agency accepted by the four states
that do require certification).
Lawton himself “is a
graduate of the four year naprapathic medicine program at the National College of
Naprapathic Medicine and a licensed Naprapath in Illinois [one of two states
that licenses them].” Naprapthy is quackery. He is also “nationally board certified in Chiropractic, Radiology, Acupuncture (Diplomat), and
Physical Therapy.” Indeed, Lawton has also “trained in Aikido, Judo, Kenpo, Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua, Hsing Yi, Hap Do
Sool, and Shorin Ryu,” which certainly boosts his orientalist credentials.
If you ever encounter Lawton outside of the context of his
Academy, it will probably be through one of his many books, leaflets and
similar promoting an impressive range of pseudoscience and bullshit, from
hydrotherapy to naturopathy.
Diagnosis: Bullshit. Methinks anyone with an illness ought
to avoid Lawton as she or he would avoid a charlatan trying to sell them snake
oil and Hulda Clark devices.
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