Willow Training College

Module One- Foundation Studies in Meditation

• History and Theory of Meditation
• Developing Meditation routines
• Deepening and refining your own practice

Module Two – Stress: Understanding Cause & Effect

• Understanding stress
• Physiological responses to stress
• Psychological causes of stress

Module Three – Foundations of Human Happiness

• The psychology of happiness
• Subconscious programming and reprogramming
• States of mind & Fundamentals of self-image

Module Four – Tools for Healing

• Tools for healing
• Positive thinking skills
• Foundations of Mind-Body Medicine
• Meditation as a healing tool & Hypnotic states

Module Five – Meditation Styles and Techniques

• Poses and positions
• Breath work
• Chakras and energy Meditations
• Guided Meditations & visualization
• Mantras and affirmations in Meditation

Module Six – Teaching

• Talking to groups & Group leadership skills
• Answering questions about Meditation Leading guided Meditations
• Overcoming obstacles to Meditation practice
• Creating safe and effective teaching environments

Module Seven – Working with Specific Groups

• Teenagers
• People with disabilities
• Health care professionals & business clients
• Difficult clients

Module Eight – Counselling & Coaching Skills

• Client-centred approach
• Active listening skills
• Identifying obstacles
• Case studies

Module Nine – Running Classes and Workshops

• Basic Meditation
• The IMTTA Course (Meditation, Stress Management & Personal Development Combination)
• The IMTTA Teen Program (Meditation for Teenagers)
• Choosing Venues

Module Ten – Corporate and Community Settings

• Corporate stress management and relaxation workshops
• Approaching community groups and organizations
• Volunteer and community work

Module Eleven – Small Business Management

• Ethics and Professionalism
• Your public profile
• Fundamentals of customer service
• Maintaining student/client records
• Charging for your services
• Running a small home office

Module Twelve – Marketing; The key to success

• Understanding the power of branding, targeted marketing and advertising
• The Internet – How to use free advertising for your business
• Public image

The Autonomic Nervous System is responsible for determining which neurochemicals and what amounts are released into our bodies; these chemicals create the physical environment our cells form and live in. This course explores the link between the way we chose to think (our perception), the neurochemicals those mental states determines and how chemical imbalances cause disease. Based on clinical evidence, ANSR investigates how and why, what we think influences our level of physical wellbeing and explains, in practical terms, how changing our thinking process will dramatically improve our physical health.

This course explores why people can find themselves ‘trapped’ in old belief systems, negative thinking and habitual ideas that do not contribute to living happy or healthy lives. It provides a deeper understanding of the simple and practical tools we can use to help adopt a more positive and healthier thinking process. It includes in-depth exploration of how and why particular thinking patterns manifest into specific physical illness. Based on scientific research and humanistic psychology, this course takes the mystery out of ‘mind body medicine’ and brings a popular theory into a new light as concrete healing modality.

This course delves deeper into the practicalities of holistic counselling. You will study communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), building counsellor/client relationships, relationship counselling, the holistic counselling process, mental and emotional wellbeing, counselling parents, counselling teenagers and releasing past trauma. This course also looks at the important ethical aspects of holistic counselling and will guide you in developing a completely professional practice.