Charles T. Brown

1937 - 2021

Charles T. Brown



Charles T. Brown, Natural Therapeutics Practitioner, age 83, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 30, 2021. He was born Dec. 7, 1937 and raised in Bardstown, KY, the eldest of four children. After high school, he attended one year of college before enlisting in the Air Force and serving for ten years. His last assignment was in Albuquerque, where he chose to stay, raise a family, and study massage therapy at the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics. In 1977 he became Co-Director and lead instructor at the School. For 20 years he refined and developed his skills in the healing arts and trained more than a thousand students from all over the world. Charles was known for the kindness and wisdom he generously shared for the benefit of our community. He taught his students to "use the pure love energy flowing through your hands to dissolve the physical disharmony which is unconsciously created in the body, mind, and Spirit."

After retiring from NMSNT, Charles maintained a private practice in bodywork for another 22 years. Pursuing spirituality was his other passion in life. For many years he taught Ho'Oponopono, a Hawaiian method for cleansing, releasing and forgiving. More recently, he was dedicated to the "I AM" movement, which focuses foremost on the Divine presence of God in our lives.

Charles is survived by his wife of 32 years, Judith; his four sons, Philip Brown of Lake Lanier, GA; Scott Brown and wife Kim of Albuquerque; Troy Lepisto and wife Kristin of Santa Fe; Todd Lepisto and wife Louisa of Rio Rancho; his grandson Quintin Lepisto of Rio Rancho; his sister Martha Vissman of Denver; and brother Jim Brown of Bardstown, KY.

Charles's life-long dedication to spirituality and the healing arts exemplifies the aphorism that "A teacher affects Eternity; he never knows where his influence stops."