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3-week Intensive at New Lebanon, New York

Healing with Whole Foods —
Asian Traditions in Modern Nutrition

with Paul Pitchford and staff

August 8th - 28th, 2009

Whole foods are now heralded by leading nutritional authorities as the most effective dietary approach. This intensive course—with two additional trainings this year—includes in-depth diagnostic methods that assist you in making custom nutrition and lifestyle plans. You will be shown how to recognize imbalance and restore harmony, using the principles and information in Paul Pitchford's classic text, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition.

In addition to a wealth of nutritional information, this intensive features training that opens one's mind to the experience of life force healing energy (Qi) and to the guidance by our highest intelligence (Spirit), creating a sense of unity in all aspects of life. This program is based on the assumption that to succeed in whole foods nutrition, mindful awareness must merge with diet so that one's attitude, desires, and emotions support quality food choices.

This course includes the following:

Foundations of Nutrition

Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine:
Assessment and Treatment

Facilitating Whole Foods Nutrition: Educating and Counseling Skills

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Special offerings in this year's intensive —

A module on fertility and women’s health will be taught by Jeanie Bussell, L.AC, one of the leading fertility practitioners in the US. She will present menstrual health and gynecological care and why proper nutrition is important to optimize fertility. Read more...

Whole Foods Chef and Certified Holistic Health Counselor Robin Gentry McGee will offer trainings in preparing healthful meals efficiently; stocking the whole foods kitchen; how to shop; food diary therapy and many more useful tools to utilize in private practice or in your dietary journey. She will also discuss environmental toxins, non-toxic skin care and household cleaning products — how to create your own, as well as identify safe commercial products. Read more...


The Integrative Healing Arts Advantage

Upon successful completion, participants will receive a 140-hour certificate of completion endorsed by Paul Pitchford.

21 Days, 140 Hours Tuition: $1995 plus accommodations

What people say about the Healing with Whole Foods Program —

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Paul Pitchford studied and apprenticed with masters of pre-Revolutionary* Traditional Chinese medicine, nutrition, and Tai Ji and Chan (Zen) meditation. His landmark book, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition (North Atlantic Books, soon to be available in 7 languages, including Chinese), forms the foundation of his unique dietary teachings, which unify Eastern and Western therapies.

Over the past 12 years Paul has been a key lecturer with the prestigious Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. His work has become a primary impetus behind the most fundamental, clinically effective and innovative dietary movement today, widely known as “whole foods nutrition.” He sees a universal shift to whole foods nutrition as essential for overcoming ecologic ravages to the Earth as well as quelling pervasive disease and degeneration among her peoples.

Paul has been teaching nutrition in the context of foundational healing for 38 years. This approach prioritizes three basic integrative steps in a person’s pathway to enduring health: a) awareness practices, b) mindful movement including yoga, Tai Ji and Qi Gong, and c) nutrition based on regional, unrefined (whole) foods. He has designed and taught programs at Heartwood Institute regularly for the last 25 years. He currently receives invitations to teach worldwide and has given seminars at colleges (including Harvard), schools of acupuncture, nutrition and various healing arts, and on major radio shows.

* Teachings developed prior to the Chinese Cultural Revolution incorporate an abundance of ancient methods and traditional values.


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