Course Descriptions
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Searching “HHHA” in the subject column will the most up-to-date information about instructors, modalities, and times.
Contact HHHA Coordinator Amber Burke, amberburke@unm.edu, for more information about HHHA Certificate and the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training.
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH
NUTR 1110 (3 credits)
This course fosters an understanding of food as medicine and provides an overview of general concepts of nutrition, which can be applied to food choices that support a healthy lifestyle. The cultural, psychological, physiological and economic implications of food choices are explored. Often offered spring semester.
This course is required for the HHHA Certificate.
INTRODUCTION TO HEALING ARTS
HHHA 101 (3 credits)
This entirely-online class grounds students in the foundation of Holistic Health and Healing Arts, introducing a wide range of healing modalities so that students can discover what works best for them. Often offered in Fall semester and asynchronously online.
This course is required for the HHHA Certificate.
MEDITATION, CONSCIOUSNESS, and SELF-HEALING
HHHA 102 (3 credits)
This course invites students to explore the deeply rejuvenating effects of meditation and mindfulness. Often offered fall semester.
This course is required for the HHHA Certificate.
HATHA YOGA
HHHA 104 (3 credits)
Students practice of fundamental and accessible asanas and discuss philosophy and ethics through the lens of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and Iyengar’s Light on Yoga. Students will also lead practices and discussions of their choosing. Often offered in spring.
This course is required for the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Diploma.
TAI-JI/QIGONG
HHHA 105 (3 credits)
Students practice meditative movements that restore vitality, improve balance, increase strength and promote the wellbeing of mind, body, and spirit. Often offered over Summer semester.
INTRODUCTION TO MASSAGE
HHHA 106 (3 credits)
Students learn the fundamentals of bodywork, laying invaluable groundwork for future massage studies. Often offered in Fall semester; always face-to-face.
YOGA FOR WELLNESS
HHHA 110 (1-3 Credits)
This beginner-friendly movement class will focus on stress reduction, flexibility, and general wellbeing. Offered varying semesters, usually face-to-face.
INTRODUCTION TO ORIENTAL MEDICINE
HHHA 116 (3 credits)
This class illuminates the fundamentals of this ancient system of medicine which emphasizes the interconnectedness of the body and the world. Often offered in Fall semester.
DREAMS, VISIONS, AND ARTMAKING
HHHA 117 (3 credits)
Students are led on a journey of self-discovery through guided visualizations. The images and intuition students tap into serve as fodder for their own creative work. Often offered in Fall semester, face-to-face.
AYURVEDA
HHHA 118 (3 credits)
This class introduces the ancient Indian healing modality called "The Science of Life" and guides students to an awareness of their constitutions (doshas). Students learn the nutritional and lifestyle approaches that can help create greater energetic balance. Often offered in Fall semester.
YOGA STYLES AND SAFETY
HHHA 120 (3 credits)
This class explores the different styles of yoga as well as ways of sequencing and cuing poses. Students show their understanding of class concepts through practice teaching. Often offered in Fall semester.
This course is required for the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Diploma.
YOGA FOR COMMON CONDITIONS
HHHA 121
(3 credits)
The class will prepare future yoga teachers and/or interested yoga students to design classes for themselves and others that safely accommodate many underlying injuries and conditions, observing, in the process, that a class that accommodates students with underlying conditions is a class for everyone. Often offered in Fall semester.
This course is required for the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Diploma.
REIKI HEALING I
HHHA 146 (3 credits)
This introduction to energy work helps students to develop their energetic sensitivity and spiritual awareness while learning hands-on and intention-based techniques that encourage bodies to heal themselves. Often offered in Fall semester, face-to-face.
REIKI HEALING II
HHHA 147 (3 credits)
This class builds on the principles introduced in Reiki Healing I. Often offered in Fall semester, face-to-face.
INTRODUCTION TO HOMEOPATHY
HHHA 148 (3 credits)
Students learn the philosophical underpinnings and practical applications of homeopathy, a complete therapeutic system of medicine that aims to promote general health and reinforce the body’s own natural healing capacity. Often offered in Spring semester and asynchronously online.
INTRODUCTION TO HERBOLOGY
HHHA 149 (3 credits)
This class unveils the life-enhancing potential of herbs. Students will learn to identify herbs and to understand their properties and uses. They will also practice wildcrafting and making healing tinctures. Often offered in Spring semester and always face-to-face.
INTEGRATED HEALTH COACHING
HHHA 155 (3 credits)
This class elucidates the basic principles that will help students or wellness professionals to guide others toward wellbeing. Often offered in Spring semester and entirely online.
MEDITATION AND CREATIVE ARTS
HHHA 202 (3 credits)
This class help students access their creativity through Zen meditation and discussion. Often offered in Spring semester.
YOGA AND ANATOMY TRAINS
HHHA 262 (3 credits)
Students learn a fascia-first approach to yoga anatomy in this class, which includes both discussion and practice. The text is Thomas Myers' groundbreaking Anatomy Trains. Often offered in Spring semester.
This course is required for the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Diploma.
YOGA AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHAKRAS
HHHA 263 (3 credits)
Guided by Anodea Judith's seminal Eastern Body, Western Mind, students explore the energetics as well as the biomechanics and alignment of the body chakra by chakra. Students will show their mastery of the concepts covered through practice teaching and reflective written assignments. May be offered spring or fall.
This course is required for the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Diploma.
TOPICS COURSES
HHHA 293
Any class listed as a “293” is an experimental course. These classes expose students to fresh approaches to various healing arts modalities and support the creativity of instructors, enabling them to design new courses based on their areas of expertise. Offered varying semesters.
Contact Amber Burke for more information about HHHA classes and the 200-hour yoga teacher training.
