Naturopathic Hydrotherapy Practitioner Training
Enrolment closes 3 March 2024!
This portion of the course is available either on its own or as a pre-requisite to the hands-on training, and you can enrol in it anytime. All modules must be completed prior to attending the hands-on training to ensure a solid foundation for diving into practical activities. For those currently planning to enrol online, the next practical training is in the process of being scheduled for early 2025. The online enrolment deadline will be announced soon for those interested in joining the next practical.
Six modules (one per week for six weeks), each module includes approximately 2 hours of video
Workshop format includes handouts for use in practical training and later patient practice, and self-treatment practices for experiential learning (and to benefit your health!)
Private Facebook group (may change platforms later) dedicated to naturopathic hydrotherapy in Australia, where you can ask questions and compare experiences with treatments
Topics covered:
History and connection to modern naturopathic philosophy and clinical theory
Pertinent physiology and mechanisms by which hydrotherapy works
Effects of nervous system regulation and stimulation of homeostatic mechanisms
The healing power of water through the lens of the Chinese Five Elements
General guidelines for hydrotherapy treatments
Wraps, compresses and constitutional treatment
Baths/immersions and rinses
Hyperthermia/saunas
Steam (internal and external)
Dry skin brushing
Incorporating hydrotherapy into naturopathic practice
The online course cost is $333, or three fortnightly payments of $111.
Slide presentations and handouts are downloadable for your future reference, and access to video lectures is for 12 weeks or until you have completed the practical training (if you enrol in it).
Hands-On Training
Those who have completed the online training or can show evidence of having attended a university-level naturopathic hydrotherapy course in the last 10 years are eligible to attend the hands-on training. A minimum of eight (8) enrollees will be required for this training to run, and I anticipate that it will run twice a year in March and November.
The hands-on training cost is $444, or four fortnightly payments of $111.
The practical training schedule for the next group in early to mid-November 2024, as follows:
Day 1: Meadows Memorial Hall, Sunday, date TBA, 10am-5pm: focus on office/home-based therapies
Wraps, compresses
Constitutional hydrotherapy
Foot and arm baths
Steam inhalation
Preparation for spa day
Day 2: Plunge Recovery, Somerton Park, Monday, date TBA, 9am-4pm: focus on therapies requiring specialised equipment (Monday scheduling is necessary due to facility availability)
Start the day at the beach
Plunge Recovery has pools at 7, 14, 36 and 40C with Dead Sea minerals, traditional and infrared saunas
Full body baths/immersions
Discussion about attended water therapy
Rinses
Sauna/hyperthermia
Dry skin brushing
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