Week-by-week you will build up a range of practical tools that support you to connect to your true purpose in life, overcome problems and find greater contentment, fulfilment and happiness. As part of a supportive community of fellow students, you will learn practices like meditation, self-reflection and connection to your own powerful healing energies.  

The course consists of 4-hour online workshops over a four week period. At the end you will receive a certificate of completion. Please note you will need to be available the week before to login to the online platform as well as a week after to submit your assignment.

If you are interested in studying for a Diploma in Self-Healing – Jikochiyu you will need to complete this foundation level course so you are familiar with the basic principles and practices.

• Understand and connect with your life’s purpose.

• Experience greater harmony in your relationships.

• Increase your physical, mental and emotional resilience.

• Feel more comfortable with who, what and where you are in your life.

• Learn how to overcome limiting beliefs.

• Embark on a path of healing for yourself and for others.

• Understand the importance of self-love.

• Know how to access states of deep relaxation and bring about profound healing.

• Have developed a range of coping strategies for dealing with everyday anxiety and stress.

• Notice how shifting your perspective can support you to cope with challenges.

• Observe the link between your emotional state and physical symptoms.

• Be aware of the impact of toxic relationships and limiting beliefs.

• Start to develop a healing touch that you can use to heal yourself and others.

• Have a good basic understanding of the principles of self-healing (Jikochiyu).

• Be ready for more in-depth study if you choose.

Lecture: Self Awareness

Meditation: Healing Garden Meditation

Journal: Annotate personal thoughts

Online Discussion: Facilitated Forum

Indicative Content:

• Learn techniques and practises which help you to become aware of yourself and your issues.

• Encourage a state of inquisitiveness which allows you to be more interested in yourself.

• Learn how to express yourself, your needs and your issues.

• Admit and acknowledge problems as the first step to healing.

• Keeping a journal as a tool for continuous self healing.

Lecture: Healing Through Love

Meditation: Connect to the potential of love

Journal: Annotate personal thoughts

Group Tutorial: with Healing Master Yumiko Asakura

Indicative Content:

• Using guided imagery to connect with the potential of love.

• Connecting to the consciousness of the healing powers within you.

• The symbolic experience of being able to continuously self heal.

• Reflection on the healing potential of love.

• Becoming resilient through self love.

• Becoming confident through feeling more relaxed.

• Taking steps towards greater self realisation.

• Becoming part of a community of self heal students, sharing this journey of self discovery.

Lecture: The Outside World and Stress

Meditation: Gestalt Approach Meditation (Learn how to see things objectively)

Journal: Reflect on how it feels to view the problem from a different perspective

Group Tutorial: Preparation for the end of healing course with Leaves Institute Founder: Yumiko Asakura

Indicative Content:

• Starting to open up to the world.

• Coping strategies for managing stress.

• Examples of healing specific anxieties such as relationships, financial security, prosperity and societal issues.

• ‘Holding’ the anxiety or problem in order to see it from a different perspective.

• Learning to see things (problems and decisions) objectively.

• Healing practice of placing the problem within the ‘healing light’.

• Participation in guided meditation.

• Preparation for the end of the healing journey and how to take it forward when the 4 week course ends.

Lecture: Energy Healing Techniques

Meditation: Developing the Healing Mind

Journal: Reflect on the healing

Online Discussion: Facilitated Forum - Share learning experience

Submit Assignment: Reflection of achievements and changes as well as how you want to proceed from here. Advice and comment from Yumiko

Indicative Content:

• Development of your own continuous self healing based on energy healing techniques.

• Look at physical pain and discomfort as an indicator of something else.

• Learning to develop a healing mind to calm and heal physical symptoms.

• Learning to heal friends and family in person.

• The healing touch.

• Synthesis of your learning from the previous weeks as part of your reflection.