Southwest Institute of Healing Arts  1420 E. Southern Ave.  Tempe, AZ 85282

DIPLOMAS

Mind-Body Wellness Practitioner

Learn the skills necessary to create your own holistic wellness practice. Gain valuable skills in Entrepreneurial Business Development, Professional Communications, Life Coaching, and Social Media Marketing. Select a specialty track to further hone your professional skills and guide your transition into a career as a Holistic Nutrition Specialist, Mindfulness & Guided Imagery, Hypnotherapist, or Spiritual Coach. Polish your education and get prepared to launch your entrepreneurial pursuit by completing the capstone business plan with the help of our Success Center.

 


 

Holistic Health & Wellness Coach

The Holistic Health and Wellness Coach diploma program is for individuals who are motivated to lead healthier lives, be centered in their wellness, and inspire others to do the same through a career in Health and Wellness Coaching with a concentration in Nutrition.

There are many routes that a career in Health and Wellness Coaching can take you. We’re here to support you and will help provide the tools to create a realistic and complete business plan that is unique to your vision. Whether it is your passion for nutrition, helping others, or starting your own business, the Holistic Health & Wellness Coach Diploma program offers it all.

Core Areas of Study:
- Holistic Nutrition
- Urban Gardening & Herbalism
- Somatic Psychology: Regulation & Trauma
- Coaching Techniques

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Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner

 Our online Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner diploma is designed to help you discover your distinctive talents, and give you the tools to create mind-body-spirit healing for yourself and your future clients. The core curriculum of this diploma offers courses in a suite of holistic modalities, transpersonal psychology, and business development. 

In this program, you will:

  • - Learn proven wellness tools from Psychology, Aromatherapy, Hypnotherapy, Philosophy, and Theology.
  • - Gain foundational knowledge in a variety of modalities and techniques, such as stress management approaches, coaching skills, and how to hold space for those going through times of loss, celebration or life changes.
  • - Prepare to serve as a Spiritual Coach, Yoga Nidra Facilitator, End of Life Doula, Healing Botanicals & Earth Ceremonies and so much more!
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CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

End of Life Doula

This 100-hour Certificate of Excellence explores the last great mystery of life – death. No matter how much we deny, fear, or try to avoid the inevitable, death eventually comes to us all. We will discuss spiritual beliefs about life death and the afterlife. 
During this series of courses, you may confront your own feelings about death and dying and determine what dying well means for you personally. You’ll learn to support clients through the grieving process and conduct rituals and ceremonies for honoring the end of life. Our certificate of excellence programs are avocational, and these courses/programs are designed exclusively for personal or professional development and enhancement. 

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Hypnotherapy

Learn to apply and practice the foundations of hypnotherapy! Gain experience in creating healing metaphors, using trance-work as a tool for transformation and healing, guiding clients through major lifestyle changes, aiding clients to release fear, practicing pain management, and implementing visualization techniques for health, wealth, and happiness.

This Certificate qualifies you for external certification through the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH), and American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH).

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Advanced Hypnotherapy Classes

Learn to apply and practice the foundations of hypnotherapy while gaining additional knowledge of advanced techniques! Prepare yourself to work with children, couples, individuals, and groups who are committed to bringing greater awareness to their lives and gain proficiency in treating fears, phobias, addictions, examining past life regressions, creating custom hypnotherapy scripts, using Neuro-linguistic programming in your sessions, interpreting dreams and metaphors, applying medical imagery, and aiding clients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

This Certificate fulfills the requirements of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE), qualifying you for external certification as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist through the International Medical and Dental Hypnosis Association (IMDHA), National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH), and American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH). 

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Healing Botanicals & Earth Ceremonies Facilitator

 This 100-hour online Certificate of Excellence explores the ceremonies that connect us with the Earth and all her inhabitants. Invite in the energy of plants through cultivation, preparation, intention, and ritual. 
 This provides the opportunity to design and hold both personal and community earth-based ceremonies. Students will be encouraged to discover their own authentic, sacred connection to the rhythm of life. Emphasis is placed on developing an intimate knowledge of a few select herbs that can enhance ceremonies and be used to create products. Imagine providing both an experience and a useful product for participants to take home and use in their personal rituals. 

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Life Coaching

Life Coaches—empower clients to create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. Through goal-setting, behavior shifts, and values-based alignment, coaches provide the support and structure needed to turn intentions into action.

While many people know what they need to do to improve their well-being, the real challenge lies in how to make those changes sustainable. That’s where coaching comes in.

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Yoga Nidra Facilitator

Yoga Nidra, or “psychic sleep,” is an ancient practice that allows the body and mind to enter into a deeply relaxed state with the intention of bringing the conscious mind into harmony with the subconscious and unconscious. Essentially, while the body enters a state of sleep, the mind is guided into a place between sleep and wakefulness in order to accept positive instructions from a facilitator. These instructions are meant to promote mental healing through the power of unconscious visualization, pranic healing through the flow of light and energy in the body, and an increased sense of will power and resilience. 

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Urban Gardening & Practical Herbalism

Urban farming has become a growing part of the U.S. food economy as it helps reduce the miles food needs to travel, and helps city residents access local, healthy food. Around 15% of the world’s food is now grown in urban areas. Whether you are interested in growing a personal supply of food or contributing to community efforts, this certificate will help you get your hands dirty. We’ll start small and practical by focusing on culinary herbs. Even people who only have one sun-exposed window can grow their favorite flavor and health enhancing herbs. As you build your skills, you can also spread what you learn throughout your community, increasing the number of people taking control over their food production, moving our communities closer to real sustainability. Our Certificate of Excellence programs are avocational, and these courses/programs are designed exclusively for personal or professional development and enhancement 

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Toe Reading

The power of Toe Reading is SO much more than what people expect! This New Age, transformational modality is used to help people explore and honor their life paths - all the way down to their very souls/soles! Toe Reading is based on the theory that the body holographically records the stories of our lives. Thus, the toes depict what one’s journey has been like. Toe Reading is based on the principles that

-  Your internal-self is displayed in your left foot
  • - The position and shape of the toes say a lot about their owner and the energy in one’s body
  • - By observing someone’s toes, you will know a great deal about their past and the experiences they have lived through Toes reveal how a person copes with their feelings, as well as their thoughts  https://swiha.edu/beatoereader/
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Why receive your holistic healer training through SWIHA?

  • SWIHA is committed to creating a Conscious College Community. Our mission is to inspire individuals to discover their gifts and graces and to support them as they share their talents with the world in a loving and profitable way. 
  • All graduates receive ongoing support through our Success Center, including placement assistance, entrepreneurial coaching, resume help, and much more.
  • SWIHA is state licensed and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET).
  • Financial Aid is available to those who enroll in programs of 600 hours or more.ACCET-Accredited-Since-2003

 

What are our Great Graduates saying?

“If your heart is truly passionate about people and healing, this is your path. If you need to heal old wounds and grow as a person, this is a good path. Massage makes you lower your barriers and learn to trust. Most of all, I am an individual, and I tailored my experience to what spoke to me so I could enhance my skills and become a success.”

Jorinda Nardone

Spa Director at Green Valley Ranch Spa
Las Vegas, NV

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“Without my SWIHA education, I would still be stuck in the same career that I intensely disliked.”

Kiera Stroup

Owner and Founder of Sonoran Serenity Spa
Tempe, AZ

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