Academy of Healing Nutrition --
The Academy's Holistic Health Counseling Program
The Academy's Holistic Health Counseling Program is the only program of its kind to feature practical classes with top gourmet chefs and alternative health practitioners. Dynamic educational seminars focus on our well-crafted curriculum, and are taught by our inspiring, dedicated faculty of Instructors. In addition, we provide our students with AHN's Signature Workbooks. Available only to Academy students, these extensively-researched tools will provide you with hundreds of pages of easy-to-reference diagnoses, remedies and recipes to support you both academically and professionally.
OUR INSPIRING & DYNAMIC
HOLISTIC HEALTH COUNSELING PROGRAM FEATURES:
AHN EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS
Deepen your knowledge of healing foods with our enlightening, informative seminars. Learn the principles of Chinese Medicine. Understand the healing wisdom of Food Energetics and Five Element Theory. Discover the ancient intelligence of Ayurveda. Small class size ensures lively discussion and detailed instruction. Our comprehensive workbooks, study guides, and self-guided tests will enable you to master the information at your own pace.
AHN Seminar topics:
Longevity Diet Concepts * Characteristics of Traditional Diets * East/West Comparison: Diet Principles * Yin and Yang Classification * Five Element Theory: Flavor and Related Organs * Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory and Practice * The Doctrine of Signatures * Food Energetics * Temperature, Moisture, Rhythm, and Energetic Direction of Foods * Qi Energy * Jing * Heteropathic Approach to Food Balancing * Behavioral Impacts of Food * Dietary Therapy * Exploring Digestion * Ayurvedic Diet Principals *Conditions of Health * The Four Deficiencies * The Seven Emotions * Organs and Major Pathologies * Patterns of Deficiency and Excess * Acid/Akaline Balance * Healing Foods for Common Ailments * Home Remedies
LONGEVITY DIET COOKING CLASSES
What we put into our bodies has a direct impact on the quality‚ and longevity‚ of our lives.
No effective nutritional training program would be complete without practical cooking classes. That's why we've designed our curriculum to include a full 4 weekends of culinary practice with healing foods. Whole-body experience is the only true way to integrate healing dietary change into your life and into the lives of your clients.
Our world-renowned natural foods gourmet chefs will teach you skill and technique for using the Longevity Diet. Discover how to prepare delicious, nourishing foods and experience their healing effects. Learn how to combine Chinese Herbs with Food Energetics to create strong revitalizing medicine for the body. Master the skills you'll use to nourish yourself and others.
Longevity Diet Cooking Class Topics:
Dietary Guidelines and Dangers * Food Selection and Preparation * Proper Preparation of Grains and Seeds * Seasonal Menu Planning * Knife Skills * The Truth about Fats and Oils * The Whole Soy Story * Cooking with Sea Vegetables * Tofu and Tempeh * Strengthening Soups and Stocks * Kitchen Pharmacy * Rejuvenating Tonics and Teas * The Incredible Edible Egg * Cleanse, Detox and Rebuild * Lacto- Fermentation * Fortifying Breakfast Recipes * Cooking with Grains and Legumes* Health Supportive Animal Foods *Probiotic Foods and Recipes * Wholesome Desserts *
TRAINING IN MIND/BODY TECHNIQUES
Health can be defined as a state of balance and harmony in body and mind. Illness, in contrast, arises when mind and body have fallen out of balance.
Expand your knowledge and skills in the holistic methods which bring balance to the whole self. Experience the meditative techniques which will empower you to enrich your overall sense of wellbeing. Learn body-centered practices which will help strengthen the food-body-spirit connection. Discover safe, effective, mind/body techniques to share with your clients.
Tibetan Tai Chi * Tao Philosphy* Ayurvedic Cleansing Techniques * Empty Mind * Waking the Tiger * Energy and Spirals * Chakra Energy * Do-In Exercise Program * Ginger Oil Treatment * Moxa Treatments * Shiatsu Massage* Aromatherapy * Hot & Cold Compresses * Healing Meditations * Bath Therapy * Yogic Breath * Visualization * Affirmations *