ACNM Welcomes You

A.C.N.M. Welcomes You: The American College of Natural Medicine & School of Ayurveda

The Native American Indigenous Church Seminary: A.C.N.M. (formerly S.C.N.M.) offers SomaVeda Integrative Traditional Therapies® Sacred Medicine and Healing curriculum based on traditional Christian and Native American religious therapeutic teachings given to us by our elders and our evolving practice of Sacred Healing Arts such as SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies®  A.C.N.M. Coursework in sacred and spiritually based natural medicine can qualify candidates for vocational and medical licensing in several categories. Additionally, as we are N.A.I.C., S.M.O.C.H., A.A.P.N.A., N.C.B.T.M.B., United Nations Accredited and or recognized school, our courses are suitable for continuing education credits and hours for both primary licensed, allied licensed health care, Pastors, Ministers, and Christian Medical Care Providers.

Our SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies®: Saving Grace Ministries,  Monastic Natural Medicine (Medicine of Hope), and Chirothesia Massage programs have been ongoing since 1983 with over 20,000 graduates. We are a unique combination of residential-style school/ healing center and online college dedicated to the research, preservation, and education of the three branches of Sacred Traditional Thai Medical Massage, Thai Ayurveda, and Thai Traditional Medicine, as well as Yoga Therapy, Indigenous Traditional and Native American Medicine, herbalism and spiritual practice.

Our sister school to this seminary, the Thai Yoga Center, offers in-depth, authentic Thai Yoga classes (also known as Thai Yoga Therapy, Thai Traditional Massage, Thai Massage, or “Nuad Boran“) that engage students with a deep understanding of the richness of these ancient modalities. Students attending classes at T.Y.C. and clients receiving treatments at our clinic will have an experience steeped in Thai culture, philosophy, spirituality, theory, and history.

A.C.N.M. Undergraduate and Post Graduate Degree programs emphasize basic and advanced Naturopathic sciences and arts required to prepare students to function as source persons on the leading edge of natural medicine.

Our professional certification programs are personally conducted or supervised by Thai-recognized Ajahn and Master Instructors (professors) with verifiable recognition and credentials. Courses run from a 16-hour introduction to more than 5,000 hours of professional certificate, diploma, and Degree programs of study with a core curriculum emphasizing Thai Yoga and Ayurveda-based Holistic Health.

Where are we located?

A.C.N.M. is located near the historic town of Brooksville, Florida. We are minutes from Springhill, Zephyrhills, Brandon, Lakeland, Brooksville, Ocala, and Tampa. We are about an hour from Orlando.

Native American Indigenous Church

The A.C.N.M. is an outreach and seminary of the Native American Indigenous Church (N.A.I.C.) and was founded as a spiritual therapeutic, educational health, and retreat center. Our vision is a community-based cooperation of open-minded people seeking to learn and share ideas and concepts of healing and wellness. Our way of life encompasses everything from holistic medicine and healing to developing consciousness based on fundamental energetic and spiritual principles. Everything is essential in the spectrum of life, external and internal environments. Our Core Modality comes originally from the native people of Thailand and Southeast Asia.

We focus specifically on the fine arts derived from our specific Native American Church Sacred Medicine, Christian Monastic Medicine, and shared Indigenous Traditions of healing and Yoga, Yoga Therapies from Thailand including but not limited to Traditional Thai Yoga, Traditional Thai Massage, Nuad Boran, Indigenous Thai foot massage, Traditional Thai Massage, Traditional Thai Yoga Bodywork, and Thai Sacred Herbal Massage.

With A.C.N.M., you can enjoy a comprehensive academic program in a format that gives you the convenience and freedom to study at a time and place that works for you. Our residential, traditional classroom format programs are modular and offered four times a year for your convenience. Our Advanced courses and programs offered via online studies are the best currently available and self-paced for maximum adaptability to your busy life and individual job and family circumstances. Most full-time students continue to work and make a living while enrolled at A.C.N.M.

Today, we’re proud to be a private, nonprofit, Spiritually Based college of Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, Indigenous, and Natural Medicine in the United States, providing more than 20,000 students with the education they need to achieve their life, ministry, and professional goals.

American College of Natural Medicine Online designs each program to complement and meet the needs of adult learners like you. Our programs are taught flexibly, incorporating spiritual, vital, and energetic principles and values. Every course is prepared from the point of view of the result… functional and competent Ministers, Medicine Elders, Therapists, Counselors, and Sacred Natural/ Nature Cure Practitioners and Doctors.

Our joy is a profound commitment to ensuring the viability and sustainability of the land we share and the internal welfare of ourselves and those we care about. We are invested in bringing the adventure, opportunities, and lessons the land offers into our programs and mission.

Programs at The American College of Natural Medicine

We have classes, programs, Degrees, and services for diverse needs. Our programs are accredited and internationally recognized. They have been in development and formally recognized since 1984! We produce and publish various Traditional Thai Yoga, Traditional Thai Massage, Yoga, and Yoga Therapy educational media, such as Thai yoga books and Thai yoga videos.

Diploma/ Degree Certificate Courses.

1. 1943 hour/ 54 Cr. Associate in Sacred Arts Degree: Major Traditional Natural Heath (A.S.A.)

2. 2595 hour/ 72 Cr. Bachelor of Sacred Science: Major: Natural Health/ Alternative Medicine (B.S.Sc.)

3. 4959 Hr./ 127+ Cr. Doctor of Sacred Natural Medicine Traditional Sacred Naturopathic Doctoral Diploma Program (D.S.N.M./ S.N.D.)

We have you covered if you are a Massage Therapist looking for Massage Therapy C.E. Hours. Currently, we are approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (N.C.B.T.M.B.) as a continuing education Approved Provider # 451300-10. We are also an F.S.M.B.T. CE provider (Florida). If you are an Ayurveda Practitioner, Counselor, or Therapist, we are an Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America (A.A.P.N.A.) P.A.C.E. Approved, Registered Ayurvedic School.

4. Ph.D. Ayurveda Medicine

5) D.S.T.I.M. Doctor of Sacred Traditional and Indigenous Medicine.

Non-Degree Certificate Courses (Offered exclusively through the Thai Yoga Center)

1. 200 Hr./ 5.55 Cr. Certified Thai Yoga Practitioner Program (Prerequisite Course required for all Advanced and Degree Programs) (C.T.P.: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Programs)

2. 1028 Hr./ 28.55 Cr. Thai Yoga Teacher Certification Training Program (TCP)

3. 650 hour/ 14.11 Cr. Ayurvedic Health Counselor Certificate / Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant Program (ALC)

4. 1008 hour/ 28 Cr. Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist Certificate (A.Y.T.)

N.A.I.C., Inc/ American College of Natural Medicine/ American College of Natural Medicine and The Pan American School of Natural Medicine (Nevis) offer joint training programs in Nevis-St. Kitts, West Indies, Ibarra, Santo Domingo, and Quito, Ecuador. The Nevis and the Ecuadoran programs are continue education in conjunction with existing programs. Our being “On The Land” already provides many exciting opportunities for your participation in 2023. N.A.I.C. is an IRS 508(c)(1)(a) Compliant FBO (Faith Based Organization). Please consider joining us.

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