Introduction to Holistic Methods Course

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Holistic Series for understanding and empowering your health choices and options.

KNOW YOUR OPTIONS!

The alternative health field can be confusing. With new methods appearing all the time and many twists being offered on old methods, the terms massage and chiropractic just don't begin to offer the myriad of options. These classes are focused on assisting individuals in walking through the methods available with clarity and empowerment by giving you the information you need to make important choices in your health and well-being. You will also learn how alternative/holistic practitioners view illness and dis-ease to see if certain methods align with your belief system and personal needs.

As an alternative health practitioner for nearly 2 decades and a student of alternative methods since early childhood, I'm professionally trained in over fifteen holistic methods that I use with my clients and I've studied on my own time many times that number. I am also the founder of various holistic professional programs taught at schools and my center for the past 10 years.

My goal is to offer choices as I believe that knowing your resources is the first step to healing and there is always more than one way to heal. Each unique individual needs to know their options in order to discover what their path is. This course is about offering you those resources for your unique path to healing, empowerment and living a joyous life.

Who This Course is For:

Everyone who wants to understand alternative methods for healing/supporting themselves, their clients and their families.

Note For Professionals: Many professional organizations will constitute this course valid of CEU's. 12 hours of course study will be offered in these courses and you may contact us for additional case study options for additional hours if desired. A certificate of completion (e-mailed to you) may be offered for an additional fee of $35. Contact us for information.

How This Course is Structured:

We will begin with an overview of alternative health the first week to get the ideas flowing. Then moving into an overview of the types of therapies to give you the basis for understanding how the body-mind-energy and supplement therapies work with your body and mind.

Then we will take them into application to understand the healing and change process that occurs for clients. Case studies will be discussed to offer a format for understanding how others have healed and transformed themselves and their lives. We will complete the course by looking at how these therapies can be integrated into standard medical care. I am a firm believer that what works for each individual is what is needed. Sometimes standard medicine is needed - it saves lives every day. Sometimes alternative medicine is the first course of action - it also saves lives everyday. What we need is to understand how to combine the two - and honestly, that is a unique and lifelong process of learning. We will touch the surface here and again, offer cases where the two worlds have met very successfully.

PLEASE NOTE: I will only address individual health issues in a general nature - meaning I will not diagnose - on these telecourses. Generalized questions will be welcome in the format to be discussed in the first class however, it can be dangerous to claim to know what is right for you individually without a health history and my first and foremost goal in my work is to DO NO HARM. I appreciate your respect of this decision.

Disclaimer - Don't you love disclaimers?:) This course is for informational services only. Please receive the care you need for personal healing from your chosen professionals.

Introduction to Mind-Body Health telecourse series in 2009

8 weeks - 7-9; $295 for 8 weeks

or $39 per week for classes that have open space - contact us for individual weeks

(save $ and ensure space when you purchase the series).

Format: This course is offered as a telecourse. All registrants will receive an e-mail with information on how to attend with their call-in number the week prior to class. This will be mostly lecture with some class participation in the format offered in the first class. The main focus is to educate you on how to determine and find what you need for your unique healing path. There will be handouts and informational links offered throughout the class to continue to offer you resources. For those with specific questions, you will be offered a way to get them answered - if I feel it is professionally sound to do so - during the first class.

For Professionals: Many professional organizations will constitute this course valid of CEU's. 12 hours of course study will be offered in these courses and you may contact us for additional case study options for additional hours if desired. A certificate of completion (e-mailed to you) may be offered for an additional fee of $35. Contact us for information.

THE MARCH COURSE IS FULL. I WILL BE RUNNING THIS COURSE AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

The course size is limited to 12 participants. Please register early to ensure space. SEE BELOW TO REGISTER.

Full Course Overview

Week 1 - Overview of Holistic Health and Alternative Options.

We will explore what holistic health and alternative options are, various lineages of healing methods and how alternative practitioners view health dependent upon their unique training and belief systems.

Week 2 - Understanding the various forms of bodywork and body therapies.

We will explore the bodywork options available today and how different methods are best used for various ailments - mental, physical and spiritual.

Week 3 - Understanding the various forms of energy therapies.

We will explore the energy therapy options available today and how different methods are best used for various ailments - mental, physical and spiritual. We will touch upon shamanic healing options as well.

Week 4 - Understanding the various forms of mind therapies.

We will explore the mind-based therapy options available today and how different methods are best used for various ailments - mental, physical and spiritual.

Week 5 - Understanding supplements, herbs, homeopathy and alternative nutrition options.

We will explore the arena of supplementation including herbs, homeopathy and nutritional options (from veganism to macrobiotics) available today and how different methods are best used for various ailments - mental, physical and spiritual.

Week 6 - Understanding alternative options for mood disorders.

We will explore depression, anxiety, hormonal challenges and post traumatic stress disorder and look at how each of these can benefit from the integration of holistic methods for deep, lasting healing and empowerment.

Week 7 - Understanding alternative options for allergies, pain and chronic physical challenges.

We will explore allergies - food and other, chronic pain and chronic ailments such as lyme's, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome and look at how alternative viewpoints and options can assist in the healing of the body, mind and spirit.

Week 8 - Creating a Bridge for Integrating Alternative Options with Allopathic Medicine.

Holistic means understanding that what works for the client is what is important. EVERY person is unique and NO TWO people every have the exact same treatment plan. Many of my clients integrate allopathic medicine with our work together and we do so seamlessly for true and lasting results. We will discuss how to integrate these options and when and what might not mix well as well as how to talk about alternative methods with your doctor and allopathic methods with your alternative health practitioner.

THE MARCH COURSE IS FULL. Contact us to be placed on the list for the next class.