“The ability to set your own pace gives you tremendous freedom. The course allows you to discover many things, not just those related to diet. It turned out to meet my needs perfectly.” – Nick Edmonds, Nutritional Therapy

“The Kevala Nutritional Therapy Diploma course was easily the most competitive and seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. It turned out to meet my needs perfectly.

“I really feel my course has enlightened me in many ways - from the books it recommends, to the way it guides you down avenues where you can make great discoveries. The ability to set your own pace gives you tremendous freedom.”

Nick has an ambition to one day enlighten the world to what food can do for them. “Until then, I hope to set up as an independent Nutritional Therapist helping people to improve or recover their health through nutrition,” he adds.

“The diet I use to manage my diabetes is not the one recommended by all of the diabetic institutions - in fact, far from it,” says Nick, who also points out: “The course allows you to discover many things, not just those related to diet.”

“Kevala works for me as it has a good mixture of distance learning and also workshop weekends.” – Laura Sturdy, Aromatherapy & Reflexology

“I tried many different jobs until I realised that complementary therapies were the way for me, and in 2006 completed courses in Crystal Healing and Colour Therapy,” says Laura. “I have just finished a course in Indian Head Massage and decided that I wanted to broaden my studies and explore different therapies.”

“I discovered Kevala through Google when I was looking for courses in Aromatherapy and Reflexology. I was looking for a school that ran recognised courses but on a distance learning programme,” she adds.

“Kevala works for me as it has a good mixture of distance learning and also workshop weekends. I am really enjoying the courses and find them to be very in-depth, and really informative. Ideally I would like to set up a therapy centre or a holistic retreat.”

Laura’s website is www.holisticheaven.org She’s also part of the team at www.myspiritradio.com as presenter of their monthly astrology segment 'Sex in the Stars'.

“I’m very pleased that my work is marked so quickly. I don't like the Internet and I don't use emails!” – Jean Nunn, Herbal Studies

My advice to others considering changing careers, or wanting to start something new, is - go for it, be positive, you become what you meditate upon!” - Dawn Ireland, Iridology student & Natural Product Making tutor

Dawn Ireland describes herself as “a 43 year-old vegan married female, with no kids, 3 cats and two allotments to organise.”

Growing mostly herbs, fruit and vegetables, organically of course, she has made her own natural toiletries and cosmetics, avoiding chemicals, artificial ingredients and vegan, for many years.
“I spent nearly 20 years working in offices and being bored and stifled but not knowing what else I could do,” says Dawn. “One day my sister said I should look into training in complementary therapies. I first did a basic herbalism diploma by distance learning, then a herbal horticulture and botany diploma.”

“I perfected a few handmade toiletries, had them safety tested by a lab and began selling them in my local health food shop under the trade name of Green Wych,” adds Dawn.

“I realised there were lots of people who wanted to make their own products too, so I began a series of short practical workshops teaching others how to do it. They became quite popular and I expanded them to include soap-making, toiletries, household cleaning products and basic herbal remedies.”
Soon after, Dawn discovered iridology and decided she wanted to learn more about this fascinating subject and time-honoured diagnostic tool. She searched on the internet and found a course run by Devon-based holistic therapy school Kevala.

“The course has transformed my thinking, made me braver, more positive and less fearful about making changes” – Claire Morrissey, Holistic Stress Management student who has started a new business having studied with Kevala.

Claire Morrissey, 35, lives in London and is a Holistic Stress Management student.

“I was in a very stressful time in a previous job and did some internet searching around the word ‘stress’, looking for information on the subject as I knew I needed help,” says Claire.

“The course is amazing as it exposes you to such a wide variety of thinking and experiences regarding health and well-being. I have found it invaluable, bearing in mind I've been in high-stress business roles involving management and frequent global travel. This is just what I've been looking for,” she adds.

“The course has inspired me to follow my passion and launch my own business, which is a luxury ethical shopping website - www.nocows.com – which I launched in on 1st Feb 2007, my birthday.”

Claire intends to incorporate her stress management studies somehow into her business, “although exactly how I will do this I have yet to figure out,” she tells us.

Particularly interested in the meditation, yoga and NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), Claire says the course has introduced her to subjects and authors that have “transformed my thinking, made me braver, more positive and less fearful about making changes”.