October 2007 Issue
Dear Reader,
We start our 15th year of classes this month with more than 1,100 students. The school has grown in so many ways since we started, but what has remained unique is our community.
Graduates often report forming some of the best relationships of their lives at school. Our students are vibrant, intelligent and open-minded. Their ages range from 18 to 65, and they come from all over the word: California, Texas, New York, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. The healthy, motivated community that our students create-both in classes and outside of class-is extremely rare.
Graduates often report forming some of the best relationships of their lives at school.
We encourage all of our students to take an active role in changing the health and happiness of America.
In most career training courses-both in traditional fields, such as medical school or law school and, as well as holistic training, such as yoga teacher or massage training-students learn how to perform the tasks needed in the job, but receive little to no education about the practicalities of starting a new career.
Medical schools don't teach future doctors how to set up a private office, how to manage the insurance paperwork or how to manage employees. Likewise, yoga teacher trainings focus on how to lead a yoga class, but offers little to no support on how to get a job in a lucrative studio or how to open your own yoga studio.
We offer business training and support to our students, so they can be successful health counselors for years to come. Topics include marketing, networking, registering a business, and working through personal issues around procrastination, confidence and finances.
I'd like to personally welcome the future generation of health counselors. If you feel strongly about changing the health and happiness of Americans, I encourage you to join us.
Joshua Rosenthal, MScEd
Founder and Director
