Featured Courses and Certificates
Certificate in Brain Health
The brain is an amazing organ. It receives information through the five senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing and, in connection with an i… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
1.00 AOTA CEUs
$60
Certificate in Holistic and Integrative Health
The concepts of alternative, holistic, and integrative medicine have their roots in various healing traditions that have been around for thousands of… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
3.40 AOTA CEUs
$204
Certificate in Music Therapy and Sound Healing
At a time when people are increasingly turning to holistic methods of healing, music therapy has developed into a powerful and nonthreatening method t… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
0.80 AOTA CEUs
$48
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion
Nutrition is a major determinant of health as well as many common chronic diseases. Understanding the role of food and water, and making appropriate c… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
1.20 AOTA CEUs
$72
Certificate in Wellness and the Environment
Every day, in everything we do, we interact with our environment. Whether it is drinking water, breathing our air, eating food raised from the earth,… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
0.90 AOTA CEUs
$54
Certificate in Women’s Health Issues
Women represent over half of the global population. While women have a longer life expectancy than men in most every country, they don’t necessarily g… Read more »
ONLINECOURSE
1.40 AOTA CEUs
$84
ALLEGRA Learning Blog
Ecological Grief—The Growing Emotional Toll of Climate Change
Posted on: September 11, 2019
Ecological grief describes individuals who experience deep emotions related to loss of the environment and nonhuman life, loss related to the degradation of landscapes and ecosystems, and loss of cultures, livelihoods, and ways of life. Ecological grief also involves the experience of anticipatory grief for what is likely to come with continued climatic and environmental changes (Cunsolo & Landman, 2017).
Last October, the United Nations released its report on climate change. In it, the U. N. warned that without “unprecedented action,” catastrophic conditions could arrive by 2040 or earlier.… Read more »
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Time Affluence—The Way to Happiness?
Posted on: August 12, 2019
“…There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them…”
–From “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce
Many of us think that material possessions and symbols of affluence (such as designer clothes, expensive cars, etc.) are great predictors of well-being and happiness. There is, however, another type of affluence that is a much better predictor of how happy and content we are. It is called time affluence. Time affluence is the feeling that we have enough time to pursue activities that are personally meaningful, to reflect, and to engage in leisure activities that we enjoy.… Read more »
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Climate Change and Your Health
Posted on: March 9, 2019
All human societies have had to adapt to challenges created by climate change. No matter where people live, how they earn a living, what they eat, or how they access food and water, human health and well-being has been intricately connected to climate. The connection between protecting the natural environment and safeguarding human health has been recognized for a long time.
While shifts in climate have occurred throughout history, these changes have occurred very slowly and gradually, allowing humans and other life on earth to adapt.… Read more »
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