Dragonfly Farm · Est. 2004
Step Through the Stones
That Block Your Health
Where resilience becomes possible again.
Ancient wisdom. Modern understanding. Deeply human healing.
"The Sassenach System is not about quick fixes. It is about restoring the conditions under which the body can heal, and this is a simple system based on old world ways that still work today - maybe even better!"
— Dr. Julie Montgomery
Est. Office 1997
25+
Years of Healing Practice
The Healer Behind the System
Dr. Julie Montgomery
"Over 25 years of restoring vitality,
one person at a time."
From the rolling fields of Dragonfly Farm, Dr. Julie has spent more than two decades listening to what the body is trying to say — and teaching others to hear it too.
Trained in both modern medicine and ancestral healing traditions, she bridges the gap between what science knows and what our grandmothers understood: that the body heals when given the right conditions.
Dr. Julie Montgomery is both a master herbalist, an ND, and a certified master B.E.S.T. & Emotion Code Practitioner as well as a co-founder of the QRNR (QRNR.us) Technique and is also certified in functional medicine, labwork, and mitochondrial medicine. (Kind of like a modern day Claire.)
Her approach is not a protocol. It is a relationship — with your body, your history, and the natural world that has always held the answers.
The Healing Framework
The Simple Sassenach System Heals™
Twenty-six principles drawn from ancestral wisdom and modern understanding — each one a doorway back to the body's innate capacity to heal.
SIMPLE
SASSENACH
SYSTEM
HEALS
Each of the 26 letters unlocks a healing principle — ancient wisdom backed by modern science. All are revealed inside the system.
Ancestral Plant Medicine
Apothecary
From the gardens of Dragonfly Farm, Dr. Julie brings together the wisdom of ancestral plant medicine and modern holistic healing — every remedy rooted in nature and backed by science.
Explore the ApothecarySacred Journeys
Retreats & Pilgrimages
Some healing requires leaving the familiar. Come to the places where the veil between ancient and modern grows thin — and let the land do its work.
Annual Pilgrimage
Scotland Pilgrimage
Walk among the standing stones. Gather herbs in Highland meadows. Sit in the silence of ancient castles. This is healing as your ancestors knew it.
Discover the Journey →
Immersive Retreat
Dragonfly Ancestral Wellness Retreat
Candle making. Herbal workshops. Ancestral food traditions. A gathering of women committed to reclaiming their vitality in community.
Reserve Your Place →
Coastal Pilgrimage
Fraser's Ridge to Ocracoke Pilgrimage
Follow the path from the mountains to the sea. Ocracoke Island — wild, windswept, and steeped in history — awaits at the end of the journey.
Learn More →Stories of Healing
From the Community
"I had forgotten what it felt like to wake up and not immediately feel exhausted. Dr. Julie gave me back something I thought was gone forever — my energy, my clarity, my hope."
— Margaret T., Tennessee
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