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Learn how to individualize diet plans according to body constitution, energetics, and seasonality.
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Gillian Marsollier has been a Registered Acupuncturist in British Columbia since 2001, and an instructor of acupuncture for 20+ years. After completing a 4-year Masters Program in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, she began her teaching career in Newfoundland. There she wrote the bulk of the curriculum for a 3-year acupuncture program and served as the Acupuncture Program Director. Gillian was then transferred to Halifax, where she successfully gained approval by the Board of Education in Nova Scotia for an acupuncture program. In addition to teaching, she practiced at a very successful multi-faceted alternative treatment centre while residing on the East Coast. In 2008 Gillian went to Nepal to teach acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine modalities at a medical facility. They are still using the modalities to this day to treat the locals from the Himalayan hills. For the last 5 years, Gillian has been pursuing the media side of acupuncture and natural healing through the creation of LIFT Education Academy. Through this online education platform, she has created many popular courses including bootcamps that have become the national gold standard for preparation for TCM registration exams.
Have you ever heard that it’s good for you to eat in moderation? Or that food can be cooling or warming? Foods have their own specific temperature, flavour, action, and affinities for certain organs. Chinese Dietary Therapy is a branch of Chinese Medicine that uses food as preventative and curative therapy. With a contemporary lens, this course led by Gillian Marsollier, explores the ancient foundational theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Chinese Dietary Therapy. Once the qualities of different foods are understood, dietary therapy can be applied to very specific disorders.
Food is medicine and an integral part of most natural therapies is nutrition—also referred to as ‘food cures’. Since food is one of our primary sources of energy, it has a great potential to influence our health. To most effectively utilize the power of food, we must understand its nature and function.
If you are already an Acupuncturist or TCM Practitioner, this is a perfect course if you found your college training in Chinese Dietary Therapy lacking or absent. It is also a wonderful refresher of your Foundations!
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“I enrolled in this course as I needed quick CEU’s to renew my acupuncture license. This course was anything but quick. It’s thoroughness and exuberance by the presenter will have me taking more of her dietary courses. This was excellent!”
Linda Durante - DOM, Santa Fe, NM, USA
“This course went deeper and further than expected (in a good way!). Gillian is a wealth of knowledge and the course was so in-depth and helpful. Feel like I am just getting started on my TCM journey but ready to go after this course!”
Sarah - Calgary, AB, Canada
“Very professional, clear and easy to implement for future patients or personal use. You guys did a really wonderful job. Gillian is wonderful!!!”
Ginger Campbell - Tucson AZ, USA
“This is a great course for both acupuncturists/TCMP’s and lay people. It was clear and easy to follow and very interesting!”
Denise D'Fantis - Vancouver Island, Canada
“Amazing, everyone should take this course.”
Jessica Smith - Christchurch, New Zealand
“As a beginner I found this course inspirational, and very detailed, without having ever had the feeling of getting lost in the new terminology and theory. Gill makes sure she passes on her knowledge, enthusiasm and energy to her students.”
Myriam - Belgium
“This course is a valuable addition to anyone working in the holistic nutrition field. This is a great reminder about how individual nutrition is and there really is no one size fits all. It has given me a few more tools to use, and I highly recommend this course to anyone interested learning thow to look deeper than the individual nutrients.”
Corrine Pedersen - Alberta, Canada
“Very knowledgeable in TCM practice and theory with lots of modern day advice. Very good balance! I learned very traditional TCM diet therapy in school and the addition of modern day food quality and how we have modified our foods to change the properties was very interesting!”
Aleah Sheridan - Calgary AB, Canada
“This was a very informative course, I am so glad I decided to sign up for it. I am very excited to start implementing these ideas and strategies into my own diet as well as for my patients.”
Darla - Calgary, AB, Canada
“I really enjoyed the videos in the grocery store. Those videos were very good for my attention span and learning. This course is very beneficial. It has expanded my knowledge of what food can do for our bodies.”
Brenda Oster - lloydminster, AB, Canada
“Lots of great info and well organized. I’ve been a practitioner for 20 years and this info was wonderful. Great course and great instructor!”
Ilse Hernandez - Allen, Glendale, AZ, USA
“Excellent. Love it! Yes, it has exceeded my expectations! I’ve read a lot on TCM, and I still learned a lot of new concepts about food in this course! Well done!”
Ronald Lee - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Really enjoyed this course. It covered the basics and was well-taught and presented in a way one could easily understand and apply in their practice or everyday life.”
Lauren Feetham - Nova Scotia, Canada
“Excellent, will give anyone with an interest in TCM dietary therapy a good basis to build on. As a TCM practitioner, I think this information should be part of the general TCM course and not only an elective study. This information is important not only from a therapist’s point of view but can also help the layperson understand how they can help maintain their own health.”
Sean McIlvride - Auckland, New Zealand
“Excellent. Loved it, really engaging and informative.”
Yasmine - Egypt
“Excellent course, loved it, highly recommended! Gillian is amazing at explaining concepts.”
Elizabeth - Calgary, AB, Canada
“I thought the teachings were of good quality. I enjoyed the class, especially learning how to apply the knowledge to different cases.”
Lauren Aguirre - Lincolnton, NC, USA
“Very high quality, I thought it was very nice and informative. The instructor, Gillian, was well-read and an excellent and engaging teacher. I could tell she is passionate about whole food healing! The list of foods on the temperature chart, the grocery store video guide, and the book recommendation at the beginning were some very helpful tools, and the information on the flavours of food was also indispensable!”
Olivia - Bozeman, MT, USA
“Very informative, very clear. Highly recommend!”
Rowena Booth
“Life-altering. Loved it! Gillian is amazing! This course has already helped me so much in my own life, and I plan on going through every part multiple times.”
Claire - Ontario, Canada
“I appreciated how enthusiastic Gillian was and knowledgeable. Her clinical insights and examples made the material easier to assimilate. Grateful for the program, the ease of the online learning platform and the quality of the videos/recordings and materials “
Dani Compain - Bellingham, WA, USA
“This is a solid introduction to Chinese food therapy; it is well constructed and presented, high-quality teaching. The guidebook and video/audio are very helpful.”
MI - Victoria, BC, Canada
“Excellent. Loved it! I’ve been practicing acupuncture for almost a decade, and this is one of my favourite courses; I can’t wait for the next one.”
Cameron Wallace - Nanaimo, BC, Canada
“Brilliant work! The course materials surpassed my expectations. Great audio and videos to follow along with. Very easy to understand and follow. Well done, Gillian! Continue sharing your wisdom throughout the world—all the best to you, your students and current/future clients.”
Julie - Ontario, Canada
“What a fantastic course! Extremely well organized and presented, with useful reference materials and an excellent textbook. As an RHN without acupuncture/other TCM training this was an exciting new way of looking at how foods heal.”
“I found the course to be extremely helpful in clarifying what a healthy diet is for specific cases and individuals, giving explanation to why one man’s meat is another man’s poison.”
“Best online course I have ever taken! I am a former chef and am very passionate about the healing powers of food. It was very informative, easy to understand and provided information I can definitely use in my practice.”
“Really impressed with this course, it was my first course taken from PRCO! Most useful was how to approach treatment of patients and the in depth detail of each food property.”
“A very Comprehensive Dietary Therapy course. Online delivery, flexible time frame useful. I’m a mum of two little kids & a practitioner. After maternity leave I wanted to revisit, refresh and review my existing knowledge of TCM Dietary Therapy with the intention to focus on prescribing more dietary therapy in clinic. Very impressed.”
“I loved this course! It make complete sense to me! I’ve been journaling what I’m eating & writing down how I am feeling, mood, energy, etc. It’s been a very eye opening experience for me. My boyfriend and sister are showing big interest in what I am learning and both would like to take it too.”
Brittany Blake - Campbell River, B.C.
“Everyone should take this course. It’s a wonderful view of a healthy way to eat.”
James Brown - Asheville, NC
“I’m interested in nutrition and have found TCM useful for myself when I’ve had health problems, so I thought it would be interesting to learn for my own personal benefit. It was informative and really interesting, I like that I can go back to re-listen to lessons because I know I haven’t quite grasped the concepts yet.”
Elleshia Fellows - Rossland BC
“Highest quality, excellent material and informatively delivered. Met my expectations and exceed them.”
Ian - Tasmania
“I really enjoyed this course and Gillian’s teaching style. It’s clear she is incredibly knowledgeable and I found the course very engaging. I felt it was a good mix of being very useful for an acupuncturist and it also for the average person who doesn’t have TCM training. I appreciate the guidebook, as well as having lifetime access”
Veronica, Victoria BC, Canada
“Very well presented, wonderful presenter/teacher! Everything was useful, but the 10 case examples really put it into practice.”
Cindy Gibson - Banff, AB, Canada
“I am very interested in diet therapy, and currently completing my Diploma of Acupuncture and it was not included in my coursework. Very impressed with the material and very useful to go through the different health conditions.”
Kelly - Victoria, Canada
“Excellent especially for someone who doesn’t know much on the matter including non-TCM participants as it gives a great overview of TCM. A knowledgeable professor who is generous with the information she has gathered over 20 years.”
Judy Ferguson - San Diego, USA
“As a Nurse, I found this course great for my continuing education! Loved the instructors attitude and energy. This course gives tons of practical and applicable knowledge.”
Stephanie - Chilliwack, B.C. Canada
“It was great! Thank you for offering this course; I have been looking for a while to learn more about TCM diet therapy and was very happy that I found this class online.”
Angela - Arizona, USA
“I think [this course] is perfect. I wanted to broaden my TCM knowledge in all possible ways, and the courses at PRCO is a very nice place to do this. Very concentrated, informative and motivating.”
Ruta Cypiene - Austria
“I really liked it! Lots of useful information. I really enjoyed the format and information presented with the videos and printed material combo and sharing case studies.”
Tracy Merkley - Victoria, BC, Canada
“Gillian is smart, articulate, and I particularly appreciate her compassion for people who may be in wildly different headspaces depending on their health status. Many instructors love to impress with their knowledge of hard-to-find ingredients, so I appreciated the fact that this course is based on food in my grocery store.”
Kathryn M - Canada
“Top-notch. The material was detailed yet easy to digest, which allowed me to build a foundation in TCM diet therapy that I will explore and apply in a clinical setting.”
Chris Merriman - Victoria, BC, Canada
“I really enjoyed this course! It provides in-depth information on how to heal patients via food and TCM. Gillian explains very well, so that you don’t even feel you’re studying.”
“I am very happy with this course and positively surprised by the quantity and quality of the materials. It is a very extensive, interestingly explained and well-arranged course.”