leading the field in holistic nutrition Prospectus Professional training & self development courses Welcome to the International Macrobiotic School From our co-principals Oliver Cowmeadow and Marijke De Coninck “On graduation it felt like the rest of my life was ready to unfold, I knew who I was and f you are reading this you are almost certainly wanting And now in the West we find ourselves facing crises of where I wanted to go, I am eternally grateful to to find greater health, wellbeing and fulfilment in your increasing health problems like diabetes and dementia, life, and may also be drawn to creating a new career environmental destruction, and global warming, and all who shared and facilitated this for me.” Iguiding others towards greater health and happiness. at the same time an explosion in interest in how we can all help ourselves and the planet through our own Suzy, Macrobiotic Health Consultant We both began our journey into Oriental medicine and actions. Both inner and outer problems are solved by philosophy independently in 1980, Oliver in England eating a balanced plant-based diet of local and seasonal and Marijke in Belgium. We were both fascinated by foods, taking regular exercise and creating balance in the Oriental approach to life and health, with its deep our daily lives, transforming our limiting emotions and understanding of the rhythms of nature described by broadening our thinking to a larger world view. pages yin and yang, and its appreciation of the energetic and Contents spiritual nature of life. And along with this, some very Here at the International Macrobiotic School we and practical ways of living healthily by creating balance an excellent team of teachers, cooks and staff are in our food and everyday life, and by an attitude of passionate about bringing this knowledge of health Welcome to the International Macrobiotic School 3 openness to new learning and inner change. and change to our students, and out into society. We have welcomed students from more than 25 different Choosing a new career 4 – 5 We both went on to raise healthy families using countries, and love to support every one of them in macrobiotic principles, between us having 6 children finding their own health and wellbeing, and at the same and 5 grandchildren, and have helped thousands of time developing solid practical skills for helping others How we structure our courses 6 clients and students find greater health and meaning and building the career they desire. in their lives. In 2003 we came together, and created Cooking up a career in macrobiotics. What our graduates are doing 7 the unique 3 year macrobiotic cooking and health If you are intensely curious about the nature of life consulting training described in this prospectus. and health, are looking for a course to guide you in your own personal development, and would love to Who is attracted to studying with us? 8 – 9 help others reach their full potential for health and wellbeing, then please come and join us. Your personal development 10 We welcome you to visit us 11 How to find us 12 What is macrobiotics? Qualifications & professional accreditation 13 Macrobiotics came about as a modern interpretation of the traditional Oriental view of life and health, Course Dates and Enrolment 14 that spread through many western countries in the second half of the 20th century. While offering a large view of the nature of life, it also contains many simple guidelines on how balanced eating, 3 Our teachers and staff 15 activities, and inner healing can bring about lasting health and happiness. Choosing a new career he school runs a 3 ½ year training and personal First Year Second Year Third Year development course. The Holistic Nutrition for - Holistic Nutrition for – Health Coach and - Macrobiotic Health Body & Soul first year course lays a foundation Body and Soul Wholefoods Cook Consultant and Medicinal Cook Tin a wide range of subjects, with a lot of personal development. Some people join this course primarily for year to immerse yourself in the rich teachings year to deepen your personal journey and eepen your own healing journey and learn to guide their own benefit, others join with the intention of taking A of the East, transform your physical health, and A develop the skills to become a Wholefoods Cook Dothers holistically to greater physical, emotional and the whole 3 ½ years study to gain professional skills and go beyond your limiting emotions and beliefs to find and Health Coach offering in-depth dietary advice spiritual health with a holistic approach using changes start a new career. There are exams at the end of this greater freedom and happiness. and personal cooking tuition, shiatsu treatments and to diet, lifestyle, bodywork, compresses and release of limiting emotional patterns. year, and a First Year completion certificate. • The history and philosophy of macrobiotics emotional support. • Understanding the causes and healing of common • Causes and healing of many different health The Health Coach & Wholefoods Cook second year • The human energetic constitution including chakras problems in the cardiovascular, nervous, endocrine, and meridians health problems in the digestive, circulatory, course goes more in depth, and while continuing to respiratory, and muscular systems and women’s health immune and lymphatic, reproductive and skeletal support students in developing their own physical • Four main methods of Oriental health diagnosis systems and special senses. • Cooking for all kinds of clients including baby food, and emotional health, also develops professional • Creating health with a balanced plant-based diet • Guidance on having a healthy pregnancy, birth cooking skills, cooking teaching and health coaching children and families, exclusion diets such as gluten- and lifestyle, exercise, emotional healing and spiritual free, low fibre and for Candidiasis. and breastfeeding, and helping with children’s health skills. Students will be giving cooking lessons and health connection problems • Preparing a range of traditional pickles and coaching sessions to the public throughout this course • The Five Element energies in nature and the human to build their professional skills. You will also learn to condiments • Helping those with depression, bipolar disorder, body, in our food and lifestyle severe anxiety and other mental problems give full body shiatsu treatments for general wellbeing • Balanced cooking to regain internal balance between and helping minor health problems. At the end of • Healing common health problems through changes yin and yang and the Five Elemental energies • Further Oriental methods of diagnosis to make in diet, lifestyle and emotional healing accurate health assessments this year there are practical and theory exams, and • Gourmet cooking for parties, weddings, and students graduate with a wholefoods cooking and health • Do-in exercises for the classical meridians including entertaining • Developing spiritual connection, and guiding others coaching qualification. breath work and meditation to contact their spiritual side • Advice for those wanting to lose or gain weight • How to set up and equip a kitchen for preparing • Using the Five Elements to design and cook specific At the end of this year some students start working macrobiotic food • Further study of traditional Oriental methods of healing diets professionally teaching cooking, catering for groups, health diagnosis • More than 20 cooking classes preparing a wide range • Shiatsu to help specific health problems giving health coaching sessions or shiatsu treatments, • Using the meridian system to give full body shiatsu of whole foods to make delicious, colourful and • Deeper study of western pathology building their new career. healing meals treatments • Deeper study of western anatomy, physiology and • Further study of western nutrition including looking The Health Consulting & Medicinal Cook third year • Cooking with the Five Element energies, including at other approaches to diet seasonal selection and cooking pathology course goes into a lot of depth on how to assist people • The relationship between emotions and with deeper healing, using food, compresses, medicinal • Foundation studies in western anatomy and • Further practice of emotional counselling skills, with a focus on releasing long held core patterns for particular health imbalances and illnesses, and drinks, emotional work, bodywork and life guidance. physiology supporting emotional release for greater health Students practice their Health Consulting and Medicinal deeper physical and emotional healing • Foundation studies in listening and emotional • Business skills on how to set up a successful Health Cooking skills throughout this year seeing clients at counselling skills • Using traditional compresses for a range of common home, under the supervision of school tutors. At the conditions Consultant and Medicinal Cook practice end of the Third Year course students have developed • Western nutrition including sources of all nutrients, very solid health counselling skills, and are able to move acid & alkaline, BMI straight into building a professional practice. • Business studies on how to set up a successful business catering, teaching cooking, health coaching This is a unique course, combining cooking for health, and giving shiatsu treatments physical and energetic exercises, study of human health and physical and emotional healing, all within a spiritual context. It is not a nutrition course, a cookery course,