Our Professional Courses
Learn new skills that you can use for a new career guiding others in their healing.
You will learn how to give individualised nutritional guidance, show people how to cook optimally for their health, and create balance in their daily life for greater inner balance and healing. Other tools include teaching clients appropriate Do-in exercises and giving shiatsu bodywork to move Chi through the body, and release old stuck emotions to give more space for joy and positivity.
Three Step Training
Year 1 - Holistic Nutrition & Cooking Course
Foundation studies giving you lots of tools to transform your own health including plant based cooking classes, Oriental medicine and energetic nutrition, Do-in meridian exercises for physycal and mental health, and emotional healing. Holistic nutrition looks at how to choose foods for our best physical, emotional and spiritual health. Qualify as a Holistic Health Guide and Wholefood Chef Level 1.
IMS and internationally accredited certification as a Holistic Healing Guide and Wholefood Chef.
Year 2 - Holistic Nutritional Therapy Course
This course gives three profoundly effective ways of helping others on their healing path, by giving nutritional advice, cooking classes and energetic bodywork. You will also receive plenty of personal support in continuing on your own healing journey. Graduates go on to practice different combinations of Nutritional Therapy, Wellbeing Shiatsu, teaching plant based cookery or cooking for retreats.
IMS and internationally accredited certification as a Holistic Nutritional Therapist, Healing Chef and Wellbeing Shiatsu Practitioner.
Year 3 - Advanced Holistic Nutritional Therapy Course
For those who want to go deeper, the third year Holistic Health Consultant Course will give you the knowledge and skills to guide others in alleviating or healing many different health problems using a combination of dietary changes, bodywork, emotional healing and soul alignment. You will also learn how to use traditional teas, compresses and special healing dishes to accelerate people’s healing.
IMS and Internationally accredited diploma as an Advanced Holistic Nutritional Therapist and Medicinal Chef.
Why Choose this training
- This is a tried and tested system of healing, based on age old Oriental medicine, and the 20th century update called macrobiotics which has 50 plus years of finding out what really works. This is not a modern untested short lived dietary approach.
- This is a truly holistic approach to health and healing, supporting you and your clients achieve physical and emotional health and spiritual connection and guidance.
- Become a Healing Cook, choosing particular ingredients, cooking styles and recipes to help heal many common health problems.
- Receive lots of personal support in strengthening your own health and healing during this training. Our students really do come out experiencing much better health, more emotional openness and joy, and a deeper connection to their inner self and life path.
- Get loads of supervised practice in seeing clients, cooking and giving bodywork, so you develop sound practical skills during the training, that you can use straight away professionally.
Course Structure
We offer years 1, 2, and 3 on site, with 4 day residential modules spaced 6 to 7 weeks apart.
We offer years 1 and 2 online, with classes spread out over a number of months, with one or two residential intensives on site to learn practical skills in cooking, shiatsu and emotional healing skills.
Your Personal Learning Journey
- Get plenty of support from experienced teachers in small classes.
- Gain individual guidance and healing in tutorial sessions.
- Receive detailed feedback on your home study.
- Hone your skills through supervision, seeing clients, cooking and shiatsu.
Training Pathway
Holistic Nutrition
& Cooking Year
Starting February 2026 (online)
or April 2026 (residential)
Holistic Nutrition for Body & Soul
- For personal development, growth
& healing - Pre-requisite for further training
What you'll learn:
- Improve you health & wellbeing
- Develop a solid foundation in macrobiotics & Oriental philosophy & medicine
- Improve cooking skills
- Personal development & emotional healing
Holistic Nutritional Therapy Year
October 2025 (residential)
November 2026 (online)
Qualify as a:
- Holistic Health Coach
- Healing Chef
- Wellbeing Shiatsu Practitioner
What you'll learn:
- Offer health & food coaching to individuals & groups
- Cook for Individuals, retreats & groups
- Give shiatsu treatments for wellbeing & relaxation
- Give cooking classes & demonstrations
Advanced Holistic Nutritional
Therapy Year
February 2027 (residential)
Qualify as a:
- Advanced Holistic Nutritional Therapist
- Medicinal Chef
- Shiatsu Therapist (with 5 days additional Tuition)
What you'll learn:
- Give personal sessions of in-depth dietary, lifestyle, exercise & emotional guidance
- Cook medicinally to help heal many health problems
- Use shiatsu as therapy for a wide range of health problems
Year 1: Holistic Nutrition and Cooking
30 days of teaching over nine months plus home study. Covering; nutrition, Oriental diagnosis, cooking and emotional healing. Available onsite and online.
Year 2: Holistic Nutritional Therapy
31 days of teaching over 12 months plus guided home study. Gain professional skills in plant-based cooking and Health Coaching to support clients' lifestyle choices.
Year 3: Advanced Holistic Nutritional Therapy
38 days of teaching over 16 months with supervised client sessions. Includes training in dietary advice, healing teas and emotional well-being. Optional Shiatsu Therapsit training available.
Professional Courses
As you might expect this extensive training is a transformational experience for students – through enhancing your own body awareness, consciousness, physical and emotional health. We follow the principle that to learn to heal others we must first heal ourselves, and through our own experiences we develop the wisdom to help others.
Testimonials
What Our Students Say
“I would suggest this course to others straight away! It is a great course for self-healing, macrobiotic understanding and to make the base for a business”
Silvia
"Foundation Course Student"
"There are few courses that offer such a thorough, holistic approach to nutrition and lifestyle. This course can be demanding and challenging at times, but the support from both the teaching staff and fellow students is invaluable and the friendships you make along the way further enrich the journey."
Celia Duplock
"Macrobiotic Health Consultant"
Professional Courses
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