Your 12 week naturopathy learning path.

Weeks 1-2: Understand naturopathy. Foundations

Learn the history and principles of naturopathy, including prevention, lifestyle, the healing process and the relationship between mind and body.

Practical activity: Write down your current understanding of health and what you hope to learn. Keep a simple daily record of sleep, movement, meals, energy and mood.

Weeks 3-4; Learn how the body works. Anatomy & Physiology

Explore digestion, circulation, the nervous system, immunity, hormones and the body's regulation of temperature and fluids.

Practical activity: Choose one body system each day and explain in your own words how it works and what supports its normal function.

Weeks 5-6: Nutrition and digestion. Food as a foundation

Study proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins, minerals, hydration and the gut microbiome. Learn to distinguish evidence based nutrition from exaggerated claims about detoxes and restrictive diets.

Practical activity: Plan a week of balanced meals, notice the variety of plant foods you eat, and try one new nourishing recipe.

Weeks 7-8: Herbal medicine. Plants and traditional knowledge.

Begin with familiar plants such as peppermint, chamomile, ginger, rosemary and lemon balm. Learn their traditional uses, the quality of available evidence, possible side effects and interactions with medicines.

Practical activity: Create five herb profiles recording the botanical name, traditional use, evidence, precautions and sources.

Weeks 9-10: Lifestyle and mind-body wellbeing. Everyday practice

Explore sleep, stress, breathing, meditation, yoga, gentle movement and time in nature. Look at how these practices may support physical and psychological wellbeing.

Practical activity: Choose one small habit to practice consistently for two weeks, then reflect on what you notice.

Weeks 11-12: Explore holistic traditions and bring it together. Integration.

Take an introductory look at Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and other traditional health systems. Understand their own frameworks without assuming their explanations are equivalent to modern biomedical science.

Practical activity: Create your own personal wellbieng guide combining balanced nutrition, sleep, movement, relaxation and safe use of herbal products.

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