IHN Graduates Making A Difference In Our Community!
Lyndsey Griffith is the founder of Rooted In Ritual, helping her clients connect with their body, mind, spirit, and the earth itself. Her background in nutrition, psychology, yoga, and reiki all merge together in her 1 on 1 consultations. She also offers a virtual space where events are hosted to support attendees along their personal journeys. Lyndsey is currently training to add holistic birth services to her arsenal.
Nakisa Saxton is the founder of Moj Wellness, a personalized nutrition guidance coaching practice based off the principle that the healing process is full of waves, or Moj in Farsi. There is a strength found in the non-linear process of healing, and it is due to this process that everyone needs their own direction. She also believes in creating positive relationships with food, offering recipes and meal plans promoting this.
Stephanie Bonetta is a passionate Certified Nutritional Practitioner, chef, and yoga instructor, offering courses, workshops, culinary creations, and yoga retreats. From cooking class sessions to an online interactive course about Ayurveda, to a full yoga retreat in Italy, Stephanie provides experiences meant to open your heart, aid in becoming the best version of yourself, ultimately creating a more loving world.
See the inspiring work of our graduates in the field of holistic nutrition!
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An Excerpt From IHN's Lab Diagnostics in Clinical Practice Con Ed Course!
Last week, Dr. David Duizer, ND outlined a holistic approach to metabolism assessment and treatment. From disrupting metabolism and slowing metabolic rate to causing mental/emotional distress and disordered eating habits, popular weight loss programs often cause more harm than good. Sustainable, reliable, and effective weight loss programs need to be individualized, which comes from understanding how to properly analyze metabolism and calorie-burning efficiency. Through clinical laboratory and functional testing, David is able to determine high-value targets for rapid metabolic improvements and efficient weight loss.
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Check us out on YouTube for Webinar Replays you may have missed!
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1 Course 2 Time Zones 3 Delivery Methods 4 Instructors!
We are already a month into learning for both first and second semester students. There are a variety of courses being taught concurrently but the snap shots and screen grabs of the images, above and below, are of our new students starting with Nutrition & Health: The Fundamentals. Images were captured from both our Eastern and Pacific time zones, featuring some of our new first semester students from the LIVE In-class and Online Daytime programs as well as our REPLAY Evening cohorts.
Last week was all fats and proteins. The exploration of harmful and beneficial fats met the structure and naming of proteins. An IHN graduate can hardly fry, poach or boil an egg without remembering albumin's irreversible quaternary structure!
The future of a student in our field is dependent, to name only a few, on their drive, discipline and skill sets. How they shape (speaking of structures) IHN's curriculum content to align with their goals is something that is done over time. IHN credits the unfolding of its lessons to our sensational instructors. From basic to increasingly complex topics and skills, our faculty members define, engage and illuminate the real-world, professional space through their supportive conversations.
Pictured above (top), sharing her screen, Anita Sauve, teaches the Daytime Ontario In-class groups (currently virtual while we wait for campus restrictions to lift). Anita's IHN Faculty page, Practice
Pictured above (bottom), teaching the Daytime Vancouver In-class group, currently hybrid, are students enjoying the traditional in-class experience with Sidney Shindle. Sidney's IHN Faculty page, Practice
Screen shot below (left, top), Brett Hawes, teaching in the Daytime Eastern Online group, replayed for one of the Evening Online groups (right, top). Brett's IHN Faculty page (scroll), Practice
Screen shot below (left, bottom), Angela Wright sharing knowledge in the Daytime Pacific Online group, replayed for Evening Online students (right, bottom). Angela's IHN Faculty page (scroll), Practice
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Academic Requirements Reworked For Learning To Continue
One unique aspect of IHN's Applied Holistic Nutrition Diploma Program is our field trips. In order to be eligible to graduate, students must complete Herbal Medicine's Herb & Edible Weeds Walk and Nutrition and The Environment's Organic & Biodynamic Farm Trip. For many of our April 2022 graduates, these two trips are being completed now, in the middle of winter. But how?
Since the landscape in most of Canada, North Eastern USA and other parts of the colder world are not conducive to these trips, the in lieu of assignments were created to help facilitate more students in receiving their Diploma and Certification, sooner. IHN students who live in warmer climates without the need for snow ploughs or snow shovels are able to enjoy another version of the in lieu of assignment that we call a Report. The Report allows those who can explore wild herbs and edible weeds, or visit farms, that are in their growing season, to participate in a self-created, independently organized experience.
The in lieu of assignments or Reports maintain the integrity of the learning and allow current students, who are only a course or two away from completing their program, a quicker jump on calling themselves Certified Nutritional Practitioners. All students who live in proximity of our campuses, are invited to join us in the summer of 2022 to enjoy the full experience of both walks!
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We'll Make Things Work For You Around Your Schedule
IHN’s Continuing Education provides an ever popular catalog of advanced courses to upgrade your skills. Our courses have been accessed by students all over the world, while real-time instruction is in progress.
If the course starts and you cannot make it at that time, or that day, links to the recorded class are sent out the next day before noon. All links to the lessons are live until three weeks after the course ends. This allows you to keep up with the class and have access to the faculty member.
Questions you have can be answered via email or at the top of the next class. WhatsApp or Facebook groups are created in order to bring all peers taking the class together for exchange. The only component of the course that needs to be done on the same day as the other students, or proctored by administration at a time that works for you, are the tests and final exam.
All digital course notes and the instructor's full PowerPoint presentation deck are included. IHN's Con Ed programming invites holistic nutritionists or natural health practitioners from all schools and programs. Our Con Eds meet the upgrading requirements of the IONC, CANNP and, our American partner, NANP.
View The Full Continuing Education Course List For 2022
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We have become over-stimulated by a barrage of news that can be classified as modus-interruptus. In a January 26, 2022 article (3 minute read) written by Jason Wachob, author Johann Hari, of Stolen Focus, says that “[Your] attention did not collapse – your attention has been stolen from you and we have to respond by protecting ourselves at the individual level”. To optimize your daily performance, Hari encourages individuals to increase their sleep, to minimize multi-tasking and setting time limits on technology. Holistically minded folks we may be, but there remains opportunities to boost productivity through small changes that create a lasting impact.
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Sweet potatoes are tubers that grow underground and are high in beta carotene, Vitamins A, C and potassium, the antioxidants that protect your body from free radical damage and chronic disease. This root vegetable is abundant in fiber, which has been linked to improved digestive health. It also may improve blood sugar regulation and help support immune function. Sweet potatoes are a healthy, inexpensive, and simple food to integrate into your diet. Try this delicious recipe for Scrumptious Sweet Potato Brownies by IHN graduate Jonathan Wolfshout.
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