id love to do the tree of life course one day, its the only one that resonates with me. or stay with storm and jingee for a time. but apart from that courses that im after arent out there. unless u want to study somethin that is already there and tweak it and trailblaze ur way with ur rawfood ideas. which can be done and is being done, like RNJ - she's doin a great job. and sheryl and piers stickin their necks out to get a raw food business underway. unfourtunately the foundations havent been firmly laid everywhere, but they are. the options now are to tackle it and start ur own or find someone thats started somethin already and help with that growth. id like to do the latter if it came along, im a good worker, not so good boss if not im happy to do anythin and be an example of what a vegan mainly raw fooder is about. so theres can be negative and positive in that post, but lets just say its positive, positive :D

hope thats a fairly well rounded, mature, grounded answer cos im all over the shop at the moment. id love to be a hermit, but then theres always that good chance ill just go mad on my own 

xx

lots of positions for people of different compositions..this raw world is full of abundance..
raw chef, fitness and health trainer, emotional support person, fasting supervisor, author, film maker with a 300$ handicam, world fruit gourmet traveller..or just make up a position that hasnt arrived yet.

hermit is great to do, but best a few hours a day, or maybe a month or 2 out in the wilderness. cos we need to save the world and get the message out and for us to be living examples people can see and talk too. just like our teachers were. so its up to us to continue the positive examples and keep crank'n out the good vibes.

being in the riverland, you are the only person into raw foods i know of. imagine what an impact you can have on your community if you start kick'n ass in the sport of your choosen field or whatever hobby you enjoy.

I'll always ask myself befor i have to make a choiche in life:

why do i want to do that? what is the real reason for such a choice? is it my heart that wants to do that or is such choice taken because of a outcoming circumstance, speak social pressure, familiar influence, lack of selfesteem, happiness etc. etc.

I know that we and many people wants to help others and heal this planet but in my view the real healer of the future will be a person of humbleness, openess, selfish desire, purity and with intuitive and both analitic intelectual knowledge. 
i guess that for such skills you don't have to go really to a reconized University or school for a diplome, even if it can be very advisable...

The main thing behind such questions is in my opinion: how do I go to a University, how do i come out - why do i go there, how do i want come out...

We often can realize that behind the idea or aim to help others there is really a trap of Our Ego who feels the need to 'become' something 'ufficially'...

I don't want to say that going to the Tree of Life would be a bad experience at all because after all the Tree of Life is a 'different school' in my view...,
but we should anyway not except that once out from there we can answer every question beyond raw-food and health and every door is open for us... (i guess nobody does hopenly)

the 'real' experience life gives to us, speak the difficulties, obstacles, etc.etc., are  the best challenges and occasion to grow over the circumstances of our Life after all and become strong, then we can go to every University and become Master more easiliy not?...

That's just my opinion and thought...
Iv

I am studying my bachelors of health science in nutritional med at the australian college of natural medicine.  There are heaps of people studying naturopathy there as well and I know there head campus is in Queensland.  It is ok, find the western influence a bit hard to get my head around sometimes, way to clinical, but then have also met some amazing people there too.  Hope that helps
xx

Hey CG
I started my 4 year Degree in Naturopathy at the start of this year. and I love it!

I guess half the reason is that its a private college in the Boambee valley, just west of Coffs Harbour.. got a pretty choice medicinal herb garden & lots of fruit tree's. - so its not like a university at all!

The teachers here are pretty switched on & always emphasize raw food.

but after starting this course, you gradually begin to realise that all the books & internet articles you read on nutrition, raw food, whatever, doesn't really compare with what you study throughout the course.

Sure, the focus isn't always on raw foods, but when its still relevant & important fundamental knowledge.

Cause when it comes to treating 'average' people - you can't only tell them to start incorporating more raw food into their diet - it just doesn't cut it. They ussually have serious nutritional & immune deficiencies to balance, & that requires herbal extracts & quality nutritonal supplements.

But thats if you wanna be a practitioner 

Anyway, my thesis will probably be on the treatment of Cancer - as that's what i want to specialize in when my brother & I get our health retreat going. (my bro's studying Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine - which really clashes with raw food! but you can't ignore the Chinese, they've been doing this for 3000 years!)

Cheers,
Paul

Thanks Sheryl, I'd love to find that info!