Holistic Living Compelling Courses

Learn how to transform destructive eating habits into empowering choices that support lasting health, vitality, and emotional strength. In this 4-week course, you’ll explore the impact of eliminating Carbonated, Refined, Acidic, Artificial, and Processed foods from your daily routine. 

Through guided instruction and practical exercises, participants will actively shift their habits, develop sustainable meal-planning skills, and learn how to create balanced, nourishing meals. This course is designed to help you build a stronger relationship with food, physical well-being, and emotional resilience. 

This engaging program has (4) 1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

Foundation Programs 1, 2, and 3 are required to be completed before registering for the Macrobiotic Practitioner Certification series. 

This experiential, interactive course is thoughtfully designed to guide you on a step-by-step journey toward understanding the importance of balance in your meals, health, and life. Rooted in the timeless principles of yin-yang (expansion & contraction), you will learn how these natural yet dynamic forces affect health, relationships, society, work, and the natural world we live in. 

This engaging program has (1) 1.5-hour session—contribution: TBD

Foundation Programs 1, 2, and 3 must be completed before registering for either the Core or Macrobiotic Practitioner Certification series. 

This foundational program explores the history of food in the United States, examining how it shifted during the Industrial Revolution and how it continues to evolve—and, in some ways, devolve in modern society.

Participants will be challenged to rethink their relationship with food by practicing balanced eating and exploring new concepts about natural foods. By the end of the course, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how historical and cultural influences shape your choices, along with practical tools to support mindful, nourishing habits.

This engaging program has (3) 1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

Foundation Programs 1, 2, and 3 must be completed before registering for the Core or the Macrobiotic Practitioner Certification series. 

 Recovery is a journey that involves the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. A macrobiotic approach, combined with other holistic practices, can provide meaningful support along the way by helping stabilize blood sugar, support healthy digestion, calm the mind, and reduce inflammation.

While nutrition and holistic practices are not a substitute for medically supervised treatment, particularly when withdrawal may be dangerous, they can serve as valuable complements to a comprehensive recovery plan. Rooted in an ancient philosophy of balance, macrobiotics offers practical tools that may help make the recovery process more manageable—both physically and emotionally.

This program is designed to educate recovery-center dietitians and administrative staff in practical ways to incorporate macrobiotic principles into the recovery environment.

Participants will learn how to prepare nourishing, balanced meals and how to introduce clients to practices that encourage greater balance and harmony through:

• Food and nutrition to nourish and support the body
• Meditation and mindfulness to cultivate calm and awareness
• Self-forgiveness to encourage healing, compassion, and personal growth
• Balanced living to support healthier choices and sustainable recovery

By bringing these principles into the kitchen and the recovery setting, staff can help create an environment where nourishing food becomes more than a meal—it becomes part of a holistic approach to healing, resilience, and lasting well-being.

This engaging program has (4) 1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

Discover the Art of Yin-Yang

Explore the ancient art and practice of Yin-Yang and discover how its principles can bring greater balance to your relationships, health, meals, and everyday life.

In this intriguing 4-part seminar series, you’ll take your first steps toward understanding the true meaning of Yin-Yang and learning how to apply its principles to create a more balanced way of living.

You’ll explore practical approaches to:

• Understand the fundamental principles of Yin-Yang
• Create greater balance in your daily life and relationships
• Apply Yin-Yang concepts to health and well-being
• Discover the art of creating balanced, nourishing meals

Come explore a timeless philosophy that can offer a fresh perspective on how you live, eat, connect, and thrive.

This engaging program has (4) 1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

Take your vegan practice to the next level. Cooking delicious plant-based macrobiotic meals gets much easier when you focus on a few core ideas: build meals around fresh, balanced, and satisfying plant protein sources. Complicated recipes or specialty ingredients are not required to make meals hearty and satisfying. Along with a focus on cooking, this course will delve deeper into yin-yang and its role as the unifying universal principle in all of life that includinng eating, exercise, your occupation and body type.

This engaging program has (4)1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

Learn the art of transitioning from aging to true maturity with grace and power. By renewing your mind and thoughts, you can achieve renewed strength and grace. While the aging process can be difficult to accept and understand, it also offers an opportunity to redefine purpose and direction at a new stage of life. 

This engaging and transformative seminar explores common beliefs about aging and guides participants in reframing their mindset. Through this process, you’ll gain the freedom to envision a new path forward—one that releases the limitations of the past and opens the door to a more intentional and fulfilling future. Materials and inspiration are credited to the late great poet Maya Angelou.

This engaging program has (2) 1.5-hour sessions—contribution: TBD

This valuable coursework is in the creation process. It is for anyone desiring to take a deep dive into the fasinating world of macrobiotics, yin-yang and plantbased living. It is in the works! 

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