NM Academy
Codifying our knowledge. It's time.
Publications & Products
Pre-release material from the Academy’s textbook and teaching project, gathered into an accessible library of journal articles, conceptual papers, and foundational documents.
About This Page
The Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine and The Healing Power of Nature emerge here as a multi-volume textbook series shaped by an international, intergenerational codification effort.
Much of this pre-release material was published in Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, alongside related Academy publications.
Release Library
Each release appears here with a cover image, a clear title, a brief summary, and a direct PDF link.
Snider and Zeff on the origins and definitions of naturopathic principles.
Finnell, Snider, Myers, and Zeff on the Therapeutic Order and its implications for research.
Zeff, Snider, and Myers revisit the process of healing as framed within the naturopathic model.
Coulter, Snider, and Neil on vitalism, its critique, and its implications for integrative medicine.
Myers, Kruzel, Zeff, and Snider synthesize traditional naturopathic practice with modern science.
Executive summary from the 2007 retreat in Stevenson, Washington that helped shape the Foundations project.
Why These Matter
These advance releases offer early access to the Academy’s broader effort to codify philosophy, principles, theory, practice, and teaching resources for naturopathic and integrative health professions.
They also show how the work is already making its way into the literature.
Suggested Next Stop
The next companion to these publications is Teaching Tools, where the same ideas are organized for classroom and professional use.