Study Programmes

Welcome to our selection of study programmes - all our courses are taught face-to-face in Hastings, New Zealand. We have many natural therapy training courses relating to Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine, and Massage Therapy and other bodywork

We welcome applications now for 2012 for all our advertised programmes. All courses are subject to adequate enrolment numbers, and entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage enrolments to be submitted before the end of January.

Please take your time and browse our website. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions on how to make our website more useful to you.

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Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine courses available in 2012:

Come and join us to train in Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine - our graduates are awarded the Lotus Holisitic Centre Diploma in Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine. This is a full time 3 year programme which can also be completed over 7 years of part time study.

Components of the diploma programme include many certificates which can be studied on their own, if part time study options suit you:

Certificate in Herbal Studies

Please enquire at our office about:

• Certificate in Nutritional Studies
• Certificate in Iridology
• Fundamentals of Homoeopathic acute prescribing

Massage Therapy and bodywork courses available in 2012:

Diploma in Therapeutic Massage

We pride ourselves in teaching a holistic programme in the Diploma of Therapeutic Massage, incorporating eastern modalities such as acupressure and polarity energy balancing, with Swedish massage and other modalities. This one-year full time training provides our graduates with a range of tools and techniques to customise a treatment programme for an ever-increasing range of clients in need of soft tissue therapy.

All of the shorter massage courses we run are components of the Diploma, so check out our range of options to choose something that suits you. Whichever choice you make today can be added to in future if you decide to increase your knowledge and range of skills.

For busy people who need to fit in study around part time or full time work, or family commitments, one of our part time courses might be just what you are looking for:

Certificate in Wellness Massage - weekday option

Certificate in Wellness Massage - weekend and evening option

Certificate in Massage Modalities - 9 weekends

Massage 1, 2, 3 - 3 weekends or 12 Wednesday evenings

Certificate in Reflexology - 9 weekends

Certificate in Aromatherapy - 8 weekends plus Anatomy and Physiology and Massage 1, 2, 3

Certificate in Movement Integration - please enquire at our office