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This page contains the syllabus for the Third Year of the Three Year Professional Macrobiotic Training Course offered by our school. Its content is notably different from previous years, and includes Philosophy, Health Studies, Diagnosis, Cooking, Bodywork, Western Studies, Emotional Healing, Physical & Energetic Exercises, and Business Skills. PHILOSOPHY & SELF DEVELOPMENT WORK - Incarnation, deep memory of past lives, and finding our purpose in this lifetime.
- Contacting your Spirit Guides, as a source of wise guidance.
- Developing your internal Male and Female energy.
- Further use of the Seven Levels of Judgement (or Consciousness) and Nine Star Ki.
HEALTH STUDIES - Completing the pathology of the body systems not yet covered – the cardiovascular system including the lymphatic system and heart problems, endocrine system including diabetes types I and II and thyroid imbalances, nervous system, the senses (eyes and ears), the immune system including HIV and AIDS, and a special look at cancer.
- Helping people who are dying.
- Mental Illness – understanding bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and other emotional and mental problems from an oriental point of view, and what can be done to help.
- We are lucky to have Michael Rossoff teaching, whose teaching will include taking an overview of macrobiotic healing, its strengths and weaknesses, his experiences of working with people with serious health problems, and introducing some Chinese medicine concepts like Blood and tongue diagnosis.
- How to have a healthy pregnancy and childbirth, and now to deal with common problems during this time.
- Understanding the health of babies and children, common problems and how to help them.
- Further practice of giving dietary and life consultations, including conducting interview sessions on the public, and a presentation by people who have healed health problems using a macrobiotic approach.
- For homework you will also be giving consultations, including the giving of recommendations, under our supervision.
DIAGNOSIS - Further practice of intuitive diagnosis including the Five Defences, family emotional patterns, and The Four Archetypes.
- Further refinement of all the diagnostic methods studied so far.
COOKING:
Healing Cooking - The main study is of Healing Cooking. There will be cooking demonstrations on how to cook for specific diseases along with information on the healing properties of particular foods like miso.
- Hands on cooking of medicinal recipes.
Other Cooking Practice - Cooking for public events, including a school party!
- How to teach cooking classes, including practice during the course.
BODYWORK - Further study and practice of Do-in using the 12 meridians of the Classical Meridian system.
- Developing your shiatsu so you can give an effective and healing full body treatment.
- Simple Chi Gong exercises for all the meridians.
WESTERN STUDIES - Completing the in depth study of the anatomy, physiology and basic pathology of the major systems of the body – the muscular system, sketetal system, the body’s defence mechanisms including the immune system, the skin including a look at the typical stages in the formation and development of cancer.
- Western pathology of common health problems in the above systems, which will also be studied from an energetic point of view within macrobiotic healing.
- Further principles of western nutrition with a look at the functions and the body’s needs for carbohydrates including a look at blood sugar levels and the vital role of fibre, proteins, vitamins and minerals.
EMOTIONAL HEALING - Deeper study of how we can use interventions in counselling, using the Six Category Intervention analysis system.
- Further work on understanding relationships and the kind of help you can give to people with problems in this area.
- Further work on developing an awareness of your own deeper and longstanding emotional patterns, their causes and the transformation of them.
- How to help people with strong emotions during consultations.
PHYSICAL AND ENERGETIC EXERCISES - Learning to teach Do-in self shiatsu and Makko Ho exercises, including practice in the class, with an emphasis on intimate experience of the 14 meridians.
- Simple meditation practice every weekend.
- Internal breathing and energy movement in the spiritual channel and chakras.
BUSINESS SKILLS The way the syllabus is delivered will depend on the needs of the group being taught. The course details give more information on what is covered by the course and what is involved in taking part. You can access the most up to date course details on the downloads page.
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