During the first year of the course, you will develop the fundamental understanding of human needs for healing as well as deepening your self awareness and sense of compassion towards yourself and others. For this reason, much of the first year focuses on the process of healing including appreciation and acceptance as well as observation and reflection. This is absolutely fundamental to facilitate others to heal with Jikochiyu methods.

During the first year of the course, you will learn to become grounded through meditation, self knowledge and self protection (Mamoru Healing). There will be a strong focus on the healing process, boundaries, compassion (unconditional positive regard for self and others) and empathic understanding.

 The first year can be looked upon as embedding the essential foundations for becoming a reliable healing facilitator. 

You will learn to provide protection for others, to purify and protect environments from negativity and to create the safe healing environment.

The first year of the course will involve:

• Self grounding through meditation, self knowledge and self protection

• Learning boundaries; This is about the Code of Conduct, Ethics and Practice relating to the healing profession. This has relevance to both the healer and the client. 

• Developing self compassion and compassion for others- empathic understanding

• Learning how to protect others

• Purification of areas to create a safe space for healing, protected from negative influences

• Healing this year will involve self healing and friends and family only. 

• You will start practicing Mamoru protection method on others with supervision. 

In the second year of this course, you will learn to practice healing on others as well as on friends and family. 

The second year of the will involve:

• Continuation of healing others through Mamoru practice to achieve personal and social harmony (emotional welfare and relationships)

• Raising awareness in clients so that they become aware of problems as an indication of body, mind and spirit messages.

• Re-balancing of the client’s energetic system through Kengen Healing (Spinal Alignment,  Energy Flow Practice and manifestation of one’s true self)

• Further understanding of body, mind and spirit through a deepening understanding of Holistic Anatomy

• Balancing of chakras and meridians will encourage the healthy energy flow to facilitate healing, better performance and active self realisation in self and client. 

• Application of the Code of Conduct, Practice and Ethics throughout the second year in preparation for becoming a fully qualified Healing Facilitator.

• Starting up in business; students will learn about key considerations for a successful and fulfilling career in healing 

• By the end of the second year you will have carried out a minimum of three case studies and one extended Case Study in line with the requirements of the CNHC for registration on graduating from Leaves Institute. 

Unlike many of the short courses available online and face-to-face, our two-year Healing Diploma is an in-depth programme designed and taught by our founder, Yumiko Assakura. Yumiko – a far descendant of the Japanese royal family with Samurai traditions and links to Onmyōji (masters of astronomy) - is an experienced healer, shaman and fully qualified psychotherapist. She is also a Fellow of the Complementary Medical Association (FMCA). Yumiko has applied all of her learning and experience to the creation of this Diploma and we are excited to offer it for the first time in the West.

While you don’t have to become a practitioner on completion of the Healing Diploma, it is designed to fully equip you to practice as a healer so is ideal if you are looking for a change of career or to enhance your existing skills. The Diploma is fully accredited by the CMA to ensure that students reach the standards required for professional practice

Alongside teaching the principles of our unique healing approach – called Jikochiyu – the Diploma provides an initiation for each individual student to help you align to your own unique healing abilities. While core Jikochiyu healing will be the same among different practitioners, channelling your own innate healing abilities allows you to make this approach your own.

• It will equip you to practice as a professional healer – The comprehensive two-year training course has been created for those who want to practice healing professionally. One of the areas we cover is ethics. Another is protecting yourself energetically so you are not adversely affected by the energy of others. If you are looking for a new direction that has the potential to change your life, this could be the course for you.

• It is fully accredited - Our accreditation by the Complementary Medicine Association means that rigorous quality standards have been applied to both the course content and delivery. The Diploma is aligned to National Occupational Standards for the Healing profession and was written to align to the Learning Outcomes set out by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.

• It teaches a unique healing approach called Jikochiyu –Jikochiyu has been created by our founder, Yumiko Assakura FMCA (Fellow of the Complementary Medicine Association), based on her many years’ experience as a healer.

• It focuses on achieving measurable results – If you are planning to charge for your services as a healer (and even if you are not) it is important to produce discernible improvements for your clients. Our course focuses on active healing practice to build your skills and confidence. Whether or not you choose to become a professional healer, the skills you learn will remain with you for life.

• It offers you powerful personal healing – The word Jikochiyu means self-healing. The Diploma has been designed to teach you about yourself and your life’s purpose, as well as how to heal. The first year of study often brings about big shifts as you embark on a journey of personal discovery and transition. It is an exciting process alongside like-minded individuals and with professional support from Yumiko throughout.

• It is not the same as Reiki – In Reiki, the focus is on simply channelling healing energy. While our Jikochiyu approach also uses these energies, we focus on developing the individual’s healing abilities rather than merely channelling. It is a much more intensive process that requires you to heal your own fears, personal traumas and past life challenges and develop yourself and your innate healing abilities. The aim is to guide you gently towards a spiritual awakening that will allow you to live more fully and fearlessly. You will not find this approach taught anywhere else other than at Leaves Institute.

By ‘healing’ we mean not simply relief from pain but also – and more fundamentally – the freedom to become who you truly are and fully aligned to your life’s purpose. Only when you achieve this can you experience profound fulfilment, deep joy and lasting relief from pain and dis-ease.

Jikochiyu (jick-oh-chee-you)– which means self-heal in Japanese – is the basis of all Leaves Institute teachings. When you learn to heal using this approach you understand that the role of a healer is simply to facilitate healing and support the process. It is the individual who heals themselves. This is very important because it ensures that people retain their autonomy and ability to heal themselves without becoming dependent on the healer.

We believe that some types of sickness, pain and difficulties are a symptom of the person’s disconnection from their true self and purpose. Supporting the person to reconnect to their true self allows these problems to resolve themselves. Therefore, healing is not about simply ‘fixing’ physical, mental or emotional problems, but about connecting to one’s full potential and facilitating balance within the body and mind.

To fit around people’s busy lifestyles, the Jikochiyu Healing Diploma is an online course supported by dedicated tutors. We have created a series of talks that you can listen to at a time to suit you and come back to again and again whenever you need to.

We use a variety of different approaches designed to support your development both as healer and an individual. The Healing Diploma includes:

• Guided meditations.

• One-to-one tutorials.

• Group discussion.

• Self-directed study.

• Active observation and feedback.

• Intuitive understanding and reflection.

• Journaling.

• How to measure physical and emotional discomfort.

• Healing case studies.

The Healing Diploma is a two-year course. At the end of it you will be qualified to practice as a healer. If you prefer you can just take one year of the course to learn how to heal yourself and your family and friends.

On graduating, you will qualify with a Leaves Institute Healing Practitioner Diploma.

The course has been accredited by the Complementary Medical Association, a globally recognised organisation that sets the highest standards of professional competence for each of the complementary therapies it approves.

We are offering the course at the special introductory price of £1620.00 per academic year. (The full cost once the introductory offer ends will be £3240). We also offer payment plans so you can choose to spread the cost.

The next course commences on September 2024.