About
Our Mission
Our mission is to be the training provider of choice for health and wellbeing practitioners dedicated to an integrated, holistic approach to mind, body, and gut health. We strive to empower our participants by combining traditional wisdom and the latest research to acquire knowledge and skills to effectively address what are considered to be lifelong conditions.
By combining evidence-based practices from multiple disciplines, our programmes equip practitioners to guide clients towards achieving optimal wellbeing through natural, comprehensive care.
We are committed to advancing an integrative healthcare model that treats the whole person, not just isolated symptoms.
Our goal is to cultivate a community of passionate professionals capable of transforming lives through personalised, integrated mind, body, and gut therapies.
Our Commitments
- Excellence in training for integrated, holistic mind, body, and gut health.
- Addressing what is considered to be lifelong conditions.
- Combining multiple evidence-based disciplines.
- Equipping practitioners with knowledge/skills for comprehensive care.
- Treating the whole person, not just symptoms.
- Advancing an integrative healthcare model.
- Promoting natural, personalised therapies.
- Cultivating passionate professionals.
- Transforming lives through integrated mind, body, and gut approaches.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to elevate the field of integrative healthcare by providing exceptional training that empowers practitioners to facilitate transformative healing through a holistic, evidence-based approach to mind, body, and gut wellbeing.
We are dedicated to equipping a community of passionate professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to address lifelong conditions comprehensively, treating the whole person rather than isolated symptoms.
By combining traditional wisdom with latest research across multiple disciplines, our programmes enable practitioners to guide clients towards optimal wellbeing through personalised, natural, and integrated therapies that harmonise the intricate connections between the mind, body, and gut.
The Mind-Gut Connection
By working simultaneously with the two major 'brains' we are far more likely to achieve optimal health in mind and body and less likely to suffer from health issues.
The interdependent relationship of the mind and gut is a fascinating thing. The gut influences our mind just as much as our mind influences our gut. They really cannot be separated despite what conventional western medicine may at times have us believe.
Getting an upset stomach during times of stress is another example of the bidirectional link between our central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and our enteric nervous system (known as our second brain) via the vagus nerve.
The vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system which is responsible for a range of bodily functions including controlling our mood and digestion (rest and digest). Whereas the sympathetic nervous system is responsible for our fight or flight instinct. The enteric, parasympathetic and sympathetic systems together form our autonomic nervous system.
If we are sympathetic dominant (waiting to react) we will not fully rest our mind nor digest essential nutrients, such as, tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid and the precursor for the happy hormone serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which plays a significant role in emotions and happiness. A staggering 90% of serotonin is synthesised in the gut.
Being on constant alert doesn’t do much for our mood or mental wellbeing. Nor does having compromised gut flora. Compromised gut flora is increasingly being linked to psychological conditions, such as, depression, as well as physiological conditions including autoimmune disorders.
