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5 Top Studies in Alternative Healing Colleges

Author: CarolAnn Bailey-Lloyd Author Ranking Gold Featured Author | Posted: 11-12-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 14 | Rating:  (50) Article Popularity - Green (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Were you aware that alternative healing colleges provide some of the fastest-growing career training programs today? A matter of fact, if you're at a crossroad and aren't certain which educational path to take, here are a few of the top studies offered at alternative healing schools:

  • Alternative Healing Practitioner
  • Holistic Health Practitioner
  • Massage Therapist
  • Herbalist
  • Clinical Hypnotherapist


If you like working in the public sector and find healthcare to be an avenue you'd like to pursue, then you can select from one of several alternative healing colleges that frequently offer aforementioned studies, among others.

When you enroll in an alternative healing or holistic health practitioner program, you'll gain practical training in a wide assortment of healing techniques; including mind, body, and spirit therapies; in addition to nutritional education in vitamins, supplements, herbs, and minerals. Most alternative healing colleges and schools that offer these particular natural health courses also include curricula involving anatomy, physiology, botanical medicine, detoxification methods, holistic and orthomolecular nutrition, environmental medicine, energy healing (Reiki, touch therapy, Qigong, etc.), and more.

With the field of massage therapy growing expeditiously, it's no wonder why so many alternative healing colleges have begun offering massage therapy as a core program of study. While no two massage therapy courses are identical, prospective students discover that most bodywork programs range between 300 and 1,000 hours in training; typically involving foundational instruction in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, Swedish massage, deep tissue massage and sport massage. However, more advanced massage practitioner courses at alternative healing colleges offer future therapists all-inclusive bodywork modalities like craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, prenatal/infant massage, geriatric massage, reflexology, acupressure/shiatsu, and trigger point, among several others.

If your niche is home or organic gardening, then enrolling in an herbalist program at any one of a number of alternative healing colleges will definitely benefit you both personally and professionally. While natural healing schools vary in curricula, it is always a good idea to review what all is entailed in the prospective course of study. For example, some alternative healing colleges and schools provide both Western and Eastern herbal medicine studies. In these more advanced herbology programs, students can expect a minimum of a year's training; with practical education in botanical medicine, herbal cultivation and pharmacology, and nutrition, among other basic health sciences.

Like the idea of helping others through the power of persuasion? Enrolling in a hypnotherapy course can help land you the career of your dreams. Though not all alternative healing colleges offer classes in hypnosis or hypnotherapy, you will find that many do. In addition to learning unique methods of communication, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and even past-life regression techniques, students participating in hypnotherapy programs gain the educational foundation to help others overcome common addictions like smoking and eating disorders; and how to effectively modify behaviors through hypnotherapy.

As with most educational programs, it is important to determine if selected alternative healing colleges offer certificate, diploma or degree courses in your chosen career path.

If you (or someone you know) are interested in finding healing arts programs, let professional training within fast-growing industries like massage therapy, cosmetology, acupuncture, oriental medicine, Reiki, and others get you started! Explore alternative healing colleges near you.

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