The Natural Way Lifestyle_________________________
Consultants Training Course
(NHC)
Course Overview
The course examines the role of a natural heath consultant and
focuses on applying the knowledge obtained from the Natural Health & Nutrition
Course (NHN) to practical lifestyle situations.
Aims:
The course
objective is to show how you can help others to help themselves by offering
practical assignments that pinpoint problem areas so that you, the learner can
offer guidelines for healthy living.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end
of the course, students will be expected to/be able to:
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Describe or recommend a healthy daily lifestyle program for people from all walks of life
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Know how to fill in an assessment form and conduct themselves in a health consultation.
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Manage their time effectively.
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Outline healthy lifestyle guidelines for people from a broad spectrum and pinpoint specific factors that contribute to a life out of balance.
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Understand how one's lifestyle becomes unhealthy and how to correct those problems in easy to explain steps and include food demonstrations to help others make the transition to a healthier lifestyle. In the process understanding how to prevent degenerative and other diseases.
Indicative Content:
The content
is broadly divided into two parts. In the first part, we concentrate on
highlighting the role of a natural health consultant focusing on time
management, record keeping, research, marketing oneself, growing your business
and managing your boundaries
Having established the basic guidelines we then progress to the practical section in part two. Here we cover HIV Aids guidelines, dealing with detoxification, isolating factors that affect digestion, endocrine function, heart disease, cancer, supplementation, refined carbohydrates, and body-brushing and fasting.
Teaching and Learning Strategies:
The course
is taught via a combination of notes by distance learning and practical
assignments. Throughout, students are encouraged to take an active role by
critically evaluating the material covered and by linking it to their own
experience and to material covered in other courses.
Times:
This is a One Year (although you have 2 years to complete the course) distance education course designed for those who do not have the time to spend several nights each week attending lectures. The course is also constructed in such a way that students, working at home, may quickly proceed from the necessary basics of nutritional science to more practical applications. The material is clear and comprehensive, making full use of the latest nutritional information, Study Notes, Bibliography, and includes email support and web based updates.
An extensive A-Z is made available as well as 90 weeks of recipes for cookery demonstrations. Included are guidelines to run cookery classes.
Text Books:
A list of suggested reading and suggested text books is provided and it is recommended that you have access to the internet to keep up-to-date with the latest in nutrition and health. Recommended websites links are also made available to the students as well as a comprehensive A-Z database on a CD which is only available to consultants who have registered for this course.
Audio Visual Learning:
Each student is given a set of audio cassette tapes covering various different key nutritional topics. These are usually recorded live so include valuable feed back from the audience. The 5 steps to Vibrant Health and A day with Mary-Ann videos are included for you to use to help you with cookery lessons and teaching the basic 5 steps. You may order these for resale to your clients or show them the videos at support groups.
Practical Assignments:
Each assignment is linked to one of 12 lessons in The Natural Health & Nutrition Course (NHN). A further 3 assignments on other Natural health practices are required in which you do your own research. The assignments require practical involvement from volunteers for which you may not receive payment. There is no mark awarded for these assignments however they must be fully completed and handed back with possible suggestions to include in future consultations.
Recognition:
All successful candidates will receive a Certificate, issued by The Academy for Natural Health and Wellness on completion of all 15 assignments. If you choose to you can be listed on our website (www.mary-anns.com) and brochures as a natural health consultant or coach.
Pre-requisites:
Completion and 80% Pass mark for The Natural Health & Nutrition Course (NHN).
Commencement date:
This 6 month Course can be commenced at any time during the year with certificates being issued twice a year.
Earning Potential:
Successful lifestyle consultants/coaches can earn between R5,000 and R10,000 a month working weekday mornings-only. It can take 3-6 months to build to this level depending on your personality and circle of influence. The assignments will help you build your client base. If you work longer hours to include Cookery Classes, AIM, Mary-Ann's and related products, your earning potential could be considerably higher.
Cost of Course: R 3, 900.00
VAT: R546
Delivery: R 100.00 for door to door delivery postage (within SA)
TOTAL: R 4,546.00
N.B. Certificates will be provided by the Academy once you have completed all the assignments.