5 ELEMENT NUTRITION

a 3 month Food Energetics online course

Next semester begins: September 2025

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5 ELEMENT NUTRITION

a 3 month Food Energetics online course

Next semester begins: September 2025

JOIN THE WAITLIST

_{This course is for you if:}

_{✓ You want to learn about nourishment to optimize health for yourself.}

_{✓ You want to learn about food energetics and Asian traditions of food as medicine.}

_{✓ You are a working professional in the field of nutrition, diet, health care, Chinese medicine or bodywork and want to learn more about food and nutrition from the perspective of East Asian medicine}

_{✓ You seek more balance and harmony in your everyday life and are interested in how food can help.}

_{✓ You are interested in knowing more about the underlying principles that apply to food and nutrition that are in the modalities & practices that utilize 5 element wisdom such as Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Tuina massage, Shiatsu massage, Reflexology, Energy healing, Yin yoga, and Qigong.}

_{✓ You are a chef, retreat chef or cook and would like to learn about 5 Element Nutrition, food therapy, medicinal cooking, functional foods and food energetics to add depth to your menu planning, meals & creations.}

_{✓ You want an in-depth course taught by experts and professionals well respected in the field of nutrition, Chinese medicine, health care and cooking.}

_{This course is for you if:}

_{✓ You want to learn about nourishment to optimize health for yourself.}

_{✓ You want to learn about food energetics and Asian traditions of food as medicine.}

_{✓ You seek more balance and harmony in your everyday life and are interested in how food can help.}

_{✓ You want an in-depth course taught by experts and professionals well respected in the field of nutrition, Chinese medicine, health care and cooking.}

Do you want to learn about the foundations of nourishment from a perspective grounded in ancient medicine & wisdom?

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Do you want to learn about the foundations of nourishment from a perspective grounded in ancient medicine and wisdom?

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Our Earth element - our stomach, spleen & digestive system.

In this course you will delve into the 5 Element principles of nutrition, integrating functional foods, herbs and gain a deeper understanding of how food affects you energetically.

Discover the profound impact of food on body, mind, and spirit, and soak up knowledge to help yourself and clients achieve balance.

Our Earth element - our stomach, spleen and digestive system.

"Be good to yourself. If you don't take care of your body, where will you live?"

K.Yamada

"Be good to yourself. If you don't take care of your body, where will you live?"

K.Yamada

We invite you to join us to learn about food, nourishment & health with 5 Element Nutrition.

In this course you will learn fundamentals and dive into in depth topics that enrich understanding and skill in improving health and vitality.

We invite you to join us for 3-months to learn about food, nourishment and health with 5 Element Nutrition.

In this course you will learn fundamentals and dive into in depth topics that enrich understanding and skill in improving health and vitality.

5 Element nutrition is based upon traditions of food and healing inherent in Chinese medicine which is based upon the observation of nature. To be healthy means to live in harmony with our environment, nourish ourselves with in season foods prepared in ways that support our health and well being.

The 5 Element Nutrition course will give you theoretical and practical foundations that support your capacity for observation. It can change you and support your vitality and be applied to whatever cultural tradition you are part of.

Long before our reductionist view of food & the body, a world of isolated ingredients, vitamins & minerals, and separation from the energetics of food, humans understood a holistic nature-based approach to nutrition.

The foundations of ancient traditions of food and medicine were an integral part of traditional food culture. The components of eating for health, cooking methods and food preparation with local foods, herbs and plants were key. Five Element Theory emerged from the foundations of Chinese medicine as a way of understanding change. Change through the seasons, change in our body’s functioning.

In this course we bring together experts to teach foundations and the application of 5 Element Nutrition based on ancient teachings into modern life.

Our body can self regulate & knows how to heal.

5 Element Nutrition is nutritional wisdom aligned with mother nature, natural law, cycles and energy. It is not a prescription for what to eat, more an encouragement to learn, feel, intuit and resonate with where you are in terms of your health, energy levels and stage in life. There is no need to feel stressed or obsessed with rules, diets, labels or boxes, 5 Element nutrition is about energy and giving your body, mind & spirit what it needs to thrive.

It offers information, tools & principles that can be applied to all food cultures and kitchens around the world, for life.

Every traditional food culture understood the importance of fresh, whole & functional foods.

_{In the 5 Element Nutrition course you will learn from experts in the field of Chinese medicine, nutrition, Qi Gong and cooking. You will learn the foundations of healing with food, learn styles of cooking and how to integrate therapeutic food grade herbs. You will gain an understanding of how food affects our body, mind and spirit ( the 3 Treasures in Chinese medicine).}

_{This course is excellent for practitioners in the field of Asian medicine, nutritionists, doctors, health care providers, students of medicine, cooks, chefs and anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the origins of 5 Element Nutrition and how to apply it in daily life.}

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COURSE OVERVIEW

In this introductory level training course, students will receive teachings of 5 Element Nutrition, including:

_{✓ 3-month semester, September 1st - December 5th, 2025}

_{✓ 12 online modules + bonus masterclasses}

_{✓ Weekly online lectures & nutrition theory classes}

_{✓ Practical kitchen tutorials, cooking demos & video classes}

_{✓ Weekly live Q&A sessions with core & guest teachers, with video replays}

_{✓ Video masterclasses & interviews with guest teachers}

_{✓ 1 year access to all content in the learning portal}

COURSE OVERVIEW

In this introductory level training course, students will receive teachings of 5 Element Nutrition, including:

_{✓ 3-month semester, September 1st - December 5th, 2025}

_{✓ 12 online modules + bonus masterclasses}

_{✓ Weekly online lectures & nutrition theory classes}

_{✓ Practical kitchen tutorials, cooking demos & video classes}

_{✓ Weekly live Q&A sessions with core & guest teachers, with video replays}

_{✓ Video masterclasses & interviews with guest teachers}

_{✓ 1 year access to all content in the learning portal}

Course Curriculum

Module 1:
_{Foundational principles of Five Element Nutrition}

Module 8:
_{5 Element cooking classes}

Module 2:
_{Traditions of Food & Healing}

Module 9:
_{Women's health}

Module 2:
_{Traditions of Food & Healing}

Module 9:
_{Cooking demos & classes}

Module 3:
_{Chinese Nutrition theory & Energetics of food}

Module 10:
_{Emotional and Mental health}

Module 3:
_{Chinese Nutrition theory & Energetics of food}

Module 10:
_{Women's health (constitution & nutrition, pre/post-natal food, perimenopause & menopause, PMS, fertility, cycle regulation, blood nourishment, living a more supportive Yin lifestyle)}

Module 4:
_{Food Groups & Functional Properties}

Module 11:
_{Common health conditions well treated with dietary changes}

Module 4:
_{Food Groups & Functional Properties}

Module 11:
_{Common health conditions well treated with dietary changes}

Module 5:
_{Balance through the Seasons}

Module 12:
_{Creating sustainable changes}

Module 5:
_{Balance through the Seasons}

Module 12:
_{Creating sustainable changes}

Module 6:
_{Building a Healing Kitchen}

Module 13:
_{Bonus masterclasses}

Module 6:
_{Building a Healing Kitchen}

Module 13:
_{Bonus masterclasses
*module names & content subject to change}

Module 7:
_{Cooking methods for optimal nourishment}

Module 8:
_{5 Element cooking classes}

Module 9:
_{Women's health (constitution & nutrition, pre/post-natal food, perimenopause & menopause, PMS, fertility, cycle regulation, blood nourishment, living a more supportive Yin lifestyle)}

Module 10:
_{Emotional and Mental health}

Module 11:
_{Common health conditions well treated with dietary changes}

Module 12:
_{Creating sustainable changes}

Module 13:
_{Bonus masterclasses
*module names & content subject to change}

Timing

Weekly live Q&A sessions will be Thursdays 2/3pm PT (Pacific Time) which is Fridays 7/8am AEST (Australian eastern standard time). Depending on where students are located internationally there may be additional live Q&A times added per semester.

All sessions will be or are recorded and available at any time for student access in the learning portal.

Learning Platform

Upon registering for the 5 Element Nutrition course you will create your own login and receive access to the online learning platform 2 weeks before semester begins.

Students will receive a schedule for live-stream classes on zoom. Recordings of the live sessions which will be available within 24 hours after each live class concludes.

Core Teachers

Ellen Goldsmith

_{Ellen Goldsmith, MSOM, LAc, DipCH, is an educator, speaker, as well as a board certified and licensed acupuncturist and herbalist practicing Chinese medicine and nutritional therapy. She is author of "Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine: +175 Seasonal Recipes for Optimal Health," a book for practitioners, nutritionists and anyone interested in bringing the healing power of food into their everyday lives.}

Mindi K. Counts

_{Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc., is a wilderness and rites of passage guide, Five-Element acupuncturist, Somatic practitioner, and East-West folk herbalist. Founder of the Inner Ocean Center for Healing, Mindi is a keynote speaker, retreat leader and teacher. She is the author of Everyday Chinese Medicine, Tending Your Roots, and a contributing author to The Trauma Toolkit and Singing Our Heart’s Song.}

(click on a profile for full bio)

Guest Teachers

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

BALANCING LIFE ENERGIES

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

Anyone interested in the 5 Elements & Chinese medicine
People interested in the power of the 5 Elements in transforming health & nutrition
Doctors & Integrative health practitioners
Nutritionists, Dieticians & Nutrition professionals
Holistic healers, Energy medicine practitioners & students, Natural health & traditional medicine practitioners
Kinesiologists, TCM or Acupuncture students & practitioners
Physiotherapists, Chiropractors & Osteopaths
Health coaches

Fitness, Yoga or Qigong students & practitioners
Shiatsu & massage therapists
Commercial chefs, retreat chefs & cooks
Natural medicine seekers
Anyone who wants to optimize their health, friends & family’s health and clients or people around them
Health & wellness enthusiasts
Home cooks
Nature lovers

Yes, I am interested!

STUDY MATERIAL

Students will receive copies of the slides and learning material from lectures by our core and guest teachers.

Upon registration and before each semester begins students will receive a suggested reading list of books, texts and resources, we will be referring to these during the training course.

BONUSES

• 14 x weekly live calls with Ellen Goldsmith, Mindi K. Counts & Kimberly Ashton (with replays available to watch on-demand)

• lifetime access to the private 5 Element Nutrition online FB community

• 1 year access to all of the course content, including the following semester/group's live Q&As

• BONUS webinar on "5 Element retreat cooking" for chefs & caterers of Yoga & Qigong retreats (new in 2025!)

• BONUS masterclasses on topics including; Quantum Biology & the elements, Qigong & the Spirit of the Yi.

• FREE guide to Acupoints for Menstrual health by Jun Negoro, Kanpobliss

• FREE Blood Nourishing e-book by Kimberly Ashton

• Discounts on the Qi Food Therapy TCM e-book collection, TCM products, goodies, tonic herbs & much more!

BONUSES

• 14 x weekly live calls with Ellen Goldsmith, Mindi K. Counts & Kimberly Ashton (with replays available to watch on-demand)

• Access to the private 5 Element Nutrition online community

• One year access to all of the course content, including the following semester/group's live Q&As

• BONUS access to the Qi Food Therapy TCM e-book collection; 6 e-books & 12 intro videos.

• BONUS webinar on "5 Element retreat cooking" for chefs & caterers of Yoga & Qigong retreats (new in 2025!)

• BONUS masterclasses on fabulous topics including; Quantum Biology & the elements, Qigong & the Spirit of the Yi, and Sea vegetables (new in 2025!)

• FREE guide to Acupoints for Menstrual health by Jun Negoro, Kanpobliss

• FREE Blood Nourishing e-book by Kimberly Ashton

• Discounts on TCM products, goodies, tonic herbs & much more!

WAITLIST SPECIAL

Waitlist discounted enrollment from January 2025. (for those on the waitlist only)

Full tuition enrollment begins February 2025.

JOIN US FOR MARCH 2025 SEMESTER

Enrollment USD$1599

Payment Plan USD$533 x3

Study 5 Element Nutrition in 2025.

This course is offered twice per year, if you can’t join us this semester get on the waitlist and be first to know when we open for enrollment again.

September 2025 waitlist

ENROLLMENTS CLOSED- JOIN US NEXT YEAR!

We have a limited number of partial course scholarships available.

Applications close on July 31, 2025.

Apply for scholarship here:

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We have a limited number of partial course scholarships available.

Applications close on July 31, 2025.

Apply for scholarship here:

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