Course Overview
5 Element theory, part of Chinese Medicine, can give you greater insight into your animals character. It helps you support well-being, and choose the best essential oils, diet and training to suit each individual character.
This course has 4 lessons, divided into several topics which include written text, video presentations, practical assignments and an open book quiz, to help you integrate your learning with a final assignment.
This online course allows you to study any time, any place. Access to each lesson opens as you complete the previous one, allowing you to set your own pace. Nayana is your personal mentor, available to answer your questions in the course comments or by direct message in the Lounge
You will learn
- The foundational principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- What is the 5 Element theory
- The 5 Element character types and how that helps you understand your animals
- What each Element type needs for health and happiness
- Using the 5 Elements to enhance diet and management
- How to select aromatics according to the elements

Who's this for?
Any animal carer can benefit from this course, whether you are the loving parent of just one pup, or work full time with animals. Understanding this ancient wisdom will enhance your intuition, and help you recognise patterns of wellness and dis-ease so you can intervene before problems develop.
If you are looking for worthwhile continual professional development (CPD/CE), the course content will give any animal professional deeper insight into clients. On completion of the course you will receive a certificate showing 16 hours of study.
Your Teachers

Nayana is an aromatherapist and herbalist specialising in the holistic care of animals. She has been teaching about essential oils for animals since 2000, lecturing worldwide to vets, trainers and animal lovers of all kinds. Combining her varied skills and the understanding that reducing stress is essential for health, she developed her ecertificate programme, Animal PsychAromatica. A completely holistic animal wellness system.
She is the author of “Essential Oils for Animals: Your complete guide to using aromatherapy for natural animal care and management”, “The Aromatic Dog” and “The Aromatic Cat”. She has a passion for helping humans and other animals understand each other better, so they can live in harmony and health.
More Benefits
Community
When you sign up to any of our courses you join the community in the Animal Wellness Lounge, our learning platform. You’ll find more supportive material for your holistic animal journey.
Life time Access
Not only can you study as fast or slowly as you like, you can dip back in at any time to review the material and refresh your memory. As long as the Lounge exists you have access.
Ask the teacher
Even though the course is unmentored, you can ask Nayana questions any time you need clarification or have questions. Leave a message in the forum or send her a direct message in the Lounge.