Holistic Cooking School

Totnes, UK

School Introduction

We offer cooking and nutrition classes to help people take better care of their health. We look at the energetic qualities of foods and their effects on our body, moods and emotions, mind and spirit.

Health is achieved by balancing qualities like yin and yang, hot and cold and the five elements, using the theories of macrobiotics, Chinese medicine and a western understanding of nutrition and emotional healing. We teach some simple methods of assessing your own health and give a clear idea of what individual students can do to improve their health.

All classes teach vegetarian cooking without the use of diary, sugar or processed foods, using organic ingredients wherever possible, with occasional optional cooking of fish. We use wholefoods as they contain the most nutrition and flavour. In most classes the students cook lunch, which is then eaten together.

The central inspiration in our work is 'Macrobiotics' which originally came from Greek, meaning 'big' (macro) 'life' (bios) the path to a long and healthy life in the most broad and deepest understanding of the laws of nature. Through a macrobiotic way of living, we gain clarity in achieving our life's aims. Macrobiotics is not a diet or a cure or a therapy, it is not a treatment or a religion. We can only describe macrobiotics as a way to approach life.

Our courses include learning about the energetics of food and integrate this understanding and knowledge into hands-on cooking in partnership with heart-centered emotional and spiritual work.

Our regular classes includes the Fundamentals of Healthy Eating which is nice mix of theory and cooking classes usually held over a weekend and the Looking After Your Health which is our in-depth 5 day Workshop.

We also offer a three year professional Macrobiotic Dietary & Life Counselling course which is held over 7 long weekends per year. Providing a thorough training to become a Macrobiotic Cook and Counsellor.

Further information is available on our website.

Background Data

Total Enrollment: 10-20
Acceptance Rate: 95%%
Degrees/Certificates: Diploma (Professional 3 yr course)
Accreditation: UK Macrobiotic Association

Schedule & Fees

29th & 30th January Fundamentals of Healthy Eating
24th to 28th February Looking After Your Health
17th & 18th March Diagnosis & Group Consultation
18th & 19th April Fundamentals of Healthy Eating
15th May Evening Party and Taste Gourmet Macrobiotic Food
16th to 20th June Looking After Your Health

29th April 2009 Macrobiotic & Life Counselling Professional Training
December 2009 Macrobiotic & Life Counselling Professional Training

Facilities

Kitchen, Dining Area, Teaching Area

Admission Requirements

Public programme, no prerequisites required.
Professional Training requires previous study such as the Looking After Your Health.

Faculty

Principal of the School is Oliver Cowmeadow BSc, PGCE, KIDip, MRSS
first began studying nutrition in 1980, and embarked on an intensive study of Oriental medicine in London, America and Europe specialising in macrobiotics and shiatsu. He set up the Devon School of shiatsu in 1985, which has now trained many successful shiatsu practitioners. Oliver has two adult children, raised from birth using macrobiotic principles and has written five books on nutrition, cooking and shiatsu.

Marijke De Coninck has taught cooking and macrobiotics for the last 30 years. She ran a centre, De Merdiaan, in Belgium for many years with courses on cooking, yoga, shiatsu and personal development. She has raised four children using natural health principles and her daughter Tine has joined her in teaching cooking in Belgium and England. She brings a wealth of experience and insight to her classes.

Jean Netherway MRSS(T), has had a long-term interest in nutrition, working with Weight Watchers for 4 years and has been incorporating macrobiotics into her daily life since 1992. Jean teaches the Food Energetics curriculum on the Devon School of shiatsu Foundation course and on the Fundamentals and Looking After Your Health courses.

Debbie Jansen is currently studying on the final year of the school's Macrobiotic and Life Counselling training. She combines teaching cooking, catering for courses and running a macrobiotic bed and breakfast business alongside being a wife and mum to two teenage boys.

Special Courses & Features

Contact Info

Holistic Cooking School
Little Stable
Buckyette Farm
Littlehempston
Totnes
Devon TQ11 0BQ

Tel 0044 (0) 1803 762598
Fax 0044 (0) 1803 762593

http://www.holistic-cooking.co.uk