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Courses for Animal Owners
NEW FOR 2009!!
DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE
in Essential Oil Therapy for Animals
The course is available to everyone -the course structure has been devised to cater for those of you who wish to enhance your knowledge and skills and care for your own animals and for those of you who wish to incorporate this Therapy into your profession, such as Veterinary Nurses, Veterinary Surgeons and other animal healthcare professionals.
Each module can be taken individually as stand-alone distance learning packs for your own interest and development, or to refresh you in areas that you have not studied for some time. The course can be linked so that you can take a Certificate (without case studies) or you can take the whole Diploma in Essential Oil Therapy for Animals course (with case studies).
For further information on the Distance Learning Course see below:
This course includes the in-depth study of:
- 46 Essential OIls and their application and safety issues
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Animal health, Welfare and Veterinary Matters
- Essential Oil Chemistry
- Kinesiology
- Essential Oil Product Selection and Blending for Therapy
What is Essential Oil Therapy for Animals?
Essential Oil Therapy for Animals is the use of essential oils and aromatic waters to promote optimal health and aid recovery from disease. The Therapy combines traditional knowledge with modern scientific thinking, offering a natural choice of relief for many common physical and behavioural problems in animals, such as allergies, arthritis, digestive disorders, laminitis, muscular strains, tendon and ligament sprains, respiratory infections, sarcoids, stress-related disorders, viruses and wounds.
How do Essential Oils work with animals?
First of all the essential oils are never massaged into the coat as this causes adverse reactions. Essential Oil Therapy is offered to each animal via inhaltion or for them to lick from your hand. When an essential oil is inhaled, the uptake and distribution of the chemical constituents are transmitted via chemical messengers directly into the brain and brain stem via complex neural and circulatory pathways. Essential Oil molecules are absorbed into the blood stream through the mucous membranes. When essential oils are ingested they are absorbed through the gut wall into the blood stream. Therefore, essential oils have a broad effect on the body, directly influencing the limbic system (the emotional command centre), balancing the autonomic nervous system and exerting specific physiological effects throughout the body. Essential oils are never massaged into the coat of an animal.
Full details and dates will be posted shortly so please contact the office on 01869 349955 for further information and a registration form.
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NATURAL EQUINE NUTRITION - A Practical Scientific Approach
with Nick Thompson MRCVS
Date: Saturday 9th May 2009
Laminitis, Colic, Azoturia, Stomach Ulcers, Vices, Diarrhoea. You are what you eat. The same is true for horses.
Nick Thompson MRCVS leads this practical workshop, centering around what a horse is designed to eat and what we need to feed a horse (for convenience, performance, etc) -- and how we can reconcile the two. We'll discuss what to feed the performance horse, the hack, the in-foal mare and youngstock.
Please join us to learn all you ever wanted to know about feeding horses -- but were afraid to ask !
Venue: Horsehay Farm, Middle Barton, Oxfordshire
Cost: £65.00 (includes vegetarian lunch and refreshments)
For further information please contact Healthy Beast on 01869 349955, or email us at courses@healthybeast.com
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NATURAL DOG & CAT NUTRITION -A Practical Scientific Approach
with Nick Thompson MRCVS
Date: Sunday 10th May 2009
When you go to your doctor, you're told to eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day and to avoid saturated fats, processed foods and too much red meat. The government is at pains to improve the health of the nation through good nutrition.
But what is available for your dog or cat ? Processed food.
Nick Thompson MRCVS leads this practical workshop, centering around what dogs and cats are designed to eat and why. We'll also look at what processed foods are and what they do -- and don't do.
We'll show you an ideal natrual diet and how to make it practical, economic and enjoyable for you to make and for your pet to eat.
Venue: Horsehay Farm, Middle Barton, Oxfordshire
Cost: £65.00 (includes vegetarian lunch and refreshments)
For further information please contact Healthy Beast on 01869 349955 , or by email at courses@healthybeast.com
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All Animals - 1 and 2 day Workshops |
Introduction to Essential Oil Therapy for Animals with Lorretta Perrella
Date: Sunday 8th February 2009
Essential Oil Therapy is a natural choice of relief for many common physical and behavioural problems such as allergies, arthritis, skin and hoof conditions, hormonal imbalances, respiratory infections, digestive disorders and wounds. Learn the basics of this wonderful therapy so that you can use it at home on your animals safely and effectively. This 1-day workshop is aimed at animal owners and will explore commonly used essential oils, dilution and application and how to select essential oils using kinesiology. This is a hands-on experience with live demos and a chance to select the essential oils for an animal of your choice. The day provides a good overview for those wishing to take part in the Diploma course in Essential Oil Therapy for Animals commencing in September 2008.
Venue: Horsehay Farm, Middle Barton, Oxfordshire
Price: £65 per person (includes vegetarian lunch and refreshments)
For further information please contact Healthy Beast on 01869 349955 , or by email at courses@healthybeast.com
Walk with the Wolves!
Date: Sunday 3rd May 2009 - Meet at 1pm on the edge of the woods
The wolf walk will last for approximately 2.5 hours and is set within 5000 acres of beautiful ancient woodland. During the walk you will get the opportunity to go up close and touch the wolves.
After the walk you are invited to see the rest of the wolves at the Wolf Centre in their enclosures as well as browse in their merchandise shop.
The UK Wolf Conservation Trust is a non-profit organisation created to promote wolf conservation through education. The UK Wolf Conservation Trust offers a wide range of education programmes for children, students and adults.
Venue: Englefield Estate Forestry, Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire
Price: £20 per person
For further information please contact Healthy Beast on 01869 349955 , or by email at courses@healthybeast.com
WEEKEND SEMINAR & DISTILLATION IN THE FIELD with Joe Nasr DPhyt, DO, MNIMH
Date: Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July 2009
Aromatic waters, produced through a specific distillation process, offer the therapist a gentle and yet very effective therapeutic approach. These precious healing waters provide a safe medium through which essential oils can be taken internally to great clinical advantage. Furthermore, Aromatic Waters contain a wide spectrum of water soluable volaties, which are simply not present in essential oils. These complement and balance the activity of the pure essential oil to result in a more rounded action close to that of the whole plant and one that is in more harmony with the body's own internal fluid make-up.
This enjoyable weekend, set deep in beautiful West Wales will cover the following:
- The distillation and chemistry of aromatic waters
- Sampling the waters
- Demonstration of the distillation process in the field (harvested by participants)
- The procedure of making aromatic tinctures and creams from aromatic waters
- Demonstration of cream making
- Therapeutic applications of aromatic waters
Venue: Cilcennin Village Hall, Cilcennin, Ceredigion, Wales
Price: £100 per person for the 2-day workshop
For further information please contact Healthy Beast on 01869 349955 , or by email at courses@healthybeast.com
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