Transformational Arts College
where body, mind & spirit unite

“I was deeply affected by the work we did in the Introduction to Energy Psychotherapy workshop. Each of us went into some profound places. The instructor was focused on student needs and very organized. This course provides excellent tools for one’s practice.”

Melanie Fishbane

“The Coaching Level 1 course challenged me to grow both personally and professionally. I greatly enjoyed learning the theories of coaching and counselling as well as the numerous opportunities to put my knowledge into practice. It didn’t take long before I was integrating the skills learned into my everyday life! Gord Riddell created a challenging, yet encouraging and supportive, environment in which I learned from both my own experiencesand those of my amazing classmates. I know that what I learned through this program will serve me well both in a formal coaching practice and in all other facets of my life.”

Karen Elkin, MBA, Coaching Level 1 Certificate

“The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and made every class interesting and engaging. I’ve learned an amazing amount and an interest/love in aromatherapy has been sparked!”

Victoria Smith, Aromatherapy course

"I learned an amazing amount in Total Self #3 which has added to my overall faith and trust in life. The instructor was highly knowledgeable about the content and learning was easy. I loved it!"

Jodie Lindley

"In Total Self #6 I learned to stop doubting myself so much and just trust. This allows me to have more faith in myself. I got so much out of this course. It was a wonderful experience. Thank you!"

Sonia Nunes

"I was a full-time student in 2005 at TAC studying Spiritual Psychotherapy. Besides developing important professional skills, I want to thank TAC for making me healthier and helping me deal with my marriage. I have several degrees and diplomas earned during my life, but only TAC enabled me to understand myself and change myself. The College helped me straighten up my life direction. I will continue to move forward along my life's journey."

Hui Zhi Song

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"Transformational Arts has the most comprehensive curriculum of any natural health school that I researched, and it really gave me a broad range of modalities and tools to use on myself and with clients. The classes were all good sizes (never too many people) and I've had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people who I hope will be lifelong friends! Going through the Holistic Program is a wonderful journey that will open you up to new experiences, people and situations as you learn to see the world with new eyes."
Dafna Araf, Holistic Health Training Program

"While I loved my career as a management consultant and trainer, I started to realize that something was missing. I then began, what was to become, an awesome journey at TAC. The experiences I had and the knowledge I gained, while going through the Spiritual Psychotherapy, Spiritual Director, Individual Coaching, Group Psychotherapy, and Past Life Regression Programs, truly transformed my life. I can only begin to thank the faculty, the staff, and my fellow students for creating such an inspiring and safe atmosphere in which to learn and to grow. I eagerly look forward to continuing this personal journey and to entering my new profession."

Phebe-Jane Poole, Ph.D.

"The Individual Coaching Course at TAC not only taught me a wide variety of skills and strategies necessary to assist others reach their unique personal goals, it also offered me the courage and motivation to completely transform my own life. I thank you eternally for the positive change you have brought to me and now my clients."

Raegan Mighton, Personal Life Coach and Meditation Teacher

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"After being a nurse for 20 years, I became weary of the Western practice. I always felt there must be more to healing. At TAC they taught me to trust intuition and presented the many arts of healing. For me to combine conventional medicine with alternative has made a wonderful union. Thanks TAC!"
Lisa Yates, (former R.N.) C.N.H.P., Herbalist, Acupuncturist

"For my sabbatical year as a teacher, I had planned to go to cooking school and open a restaurant. Fortunately, the Divine presented me with a fork in the road and I took it. I registered for the Holistic Health Program at TAC and began a very transformative journey while studying several modalities that I was interested in. TAC inspired me to pursue my studies in the Continuing Studies Program and in Polarity Therapy. I have since moved on from teaching. I work and study part-time and see clients for private sessions. TAC helped me re-unite my body, mind and spirit. I am very grateful for the life I have now. As for opening a restaurant? Maybe it will become part of my holistic practice!"

Marie-Claire Bourgeois of Mind Your Body And Spirit, R.N.H.R., Certified Aromatherapist, Reflexologist and Reiki Master

"I have just been cruising your website with many smiles as I see pictures of you all and recall all that I learned at TAC. I was speaking to [a former classmate] who is now in New Zealand and we both remarked how far ahead of the time TAC courses were and how our training there has stood us in good stead in our personal development and in our work with clients."

Kellie Poulin, BA, Spiritual Psychotherapy, Spiritual Director and Body Psychotherapy graduate, Voice Dialogue Instructor and Coach
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“I can’t believe it’s been over 5 years since I first stepped through the magical doors of TAC! I am a graduate of the Part-time Spiritual Psychotherapy Program. With a background in Psychology and Nursing, I always knew that I loved working with people and healing; yet felt there was something missing in reaching the depth of their issues. As soon as I identified the missing piece of spirituality/higher consciousness, I quickly became aligned with TAC through a series of synchronistic events.

TAC offers something very special and unique in terms of education and evolution towards truth and peace. The Spiritual Psychotherapy Program provided me with a holistic model of psychotherapy; embracing energy healing, emotional healing, theory and body techniques. I have acquired a wide variety of concepts, tools and techniques that have given me confidence as a client-centred therapist. The instructors at TAC are wonderful role models, teaching with passion, humour and compassion. I found the content was organized in a way that promoted my continued personal growth and clarified my awareness of my own unique mission. I felt inspired, uplifted, expanded, connected, grounded and a renewed sense of passion throughout my experience.

Since my graduation over 2 years ago my private practice has really grown! I am now working with individuals and couples, and facilitate workshops and retreats. I have had the opportunity to be a guest several times on Rogers Daytime TV, The Woman to Woman Show, as well as Carole Matthews, Messenger Files Radio Show. I love what I do and feel very fulfilled in my work! I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for all the wonderful people and guides at TAC who have touched my life and shared their knowledge, skills and experiences. I am so excited to now be able to share all of it with those around me and in my practice.”

Karen Patriquin, Spiritual Psychotherapist, Founder of Awakenings, Collingwood, ON.
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“As an eager TAC Holistic student, I jumped in the ‘deep end’ and started a business while still enrolled! I opened The Islington Village Wellness Centre, which operates as a multi-disciplinary collective, providing healing to the body and spirit. Our holistic health services include Naturopathic Medicine, Bowen Therapy, Reiki and Massage Therapy. TAC’s Holistic Health Practitioner Program provided me with an excellent understanding of various holistic modalities and the basics of running a business. Since opening the centre 3 years ago, I have grown so much as a person (especially emotionally) through the experience of learning to start, develop and manage a new business. None of this would have been possible without the education I received at TAC, the support and dedication of the practitioners at the centre, and the love and support of my friends and family.”

Jessica Szep, Holistic Practitioner, Director of Islington Village Wellness Centre
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"The Holistic Health Practitioner Program made it possible for me to find my soul's purpose after many years struggling to find my place. Patient, supportive, knowledgeable and highly intuitive teachers helped me develop personally and professionally so I can help others effectively.

"Invest in your career," said Patricia Miskimins, Swedish Basics teacher, when I asked her recommendation for the type of massage table to buy. A diploma from TAC is the ultimate investment in your personal commitment to your new career and for your new clients, a confidence inspiring sign of your credibility as a healer.

I love the work that I do with my clients in my home-based wellness centre! Helping one person find their truth is validation enough for choosing this career path. In less than two years since graduation, I am privileged to be part of the holistic healing of many people, who come to me ready to heal the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges they face. I provide caring, acceptance, validation, and encouragement alongside energy work and bodywork that allow my clients to go deep into the healing place. I am grateful that the work I did at TAC enables me to help my clients heal the source of their troubles naturally, and move forward with their soul's purpose."

Wendy Vineyard, B.J., C.N.H.P., C.R.H.P., C.A.H.T., Reiki Level 2 Practitioner
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"The concept of a centre that offered Psychotherapy and Yoga as well as other complimentary holistic therapies first came to me while I was in the Spiritual Psychotherapy program at TAC. During the two years I spent at the college as a student, I was able to experience and receive training in several modalities such as Body Psychotherapy and Energy Work as well the Intuitive Arts, Esoteric Studies and Spiritual Healing. Two years after graduating from TAC, I founded Soul Spa Healing Arts Studio.

After working in a spa environment with others from outside of TAC, I realized how lucky and grateful I am to have received such a complete and thorough education in holistic health care. Every treatment is truly holistic in nature, including taking care of myself. The caliber of education and skills learned is beyond anything I ever imagined. I feel extremely honoured to have been a part of the Transformational Arts College. To share this education with others is a gift...it's like passing the torch...the flame to ignite other souls. I left the Government shortly after graduation, jumped into practicing full-time and haven't looked back! I love the work that I do, so much so that it doesn't feel like work at all. With every treatment my intuition grows, expands and raises my vibration to new levels. I registered my business, Body Elements Holistic Healing, and I currently run my own practice in Toronto and at a wellness spa in Muskoka where I am Spa Consultant. I also teach Reiki and offer workshops at both locations. TAC is such a supportive and welcoming environment: One I continue to return to. It is home, family and a deep sense of knowing and synchronicity."
Tara Antler, BHSc, Reiki Master, Holistic Health Practitioner
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"A significant life-changing event interrupted my path while completing a double degree program at Queen's University. After a very short time, I returned to my old profession in teaching, and quickly realized, it was no longer a sustainable route for me. It was time to change, but I yet did not see another path. I had to trust myself, and this Universe that it would be OK, and through personal necessity and incredible synchronicity, I was introduced to the power of natural therapies. I started to get in touch with what was truly important to me and began to ask myself a new set of questions, like: 'What could I do everyday that would bring me joy and fulfillment?' The answer didn't just pop up in a yellow light bulb above my head, but I started to see patterns in my life and listen to the signs and people around me who were there to help me at this transitional time in my life. For example, I noticed that since I was a child, I loved to help others feel better by giving massage. I regularly volunteered in hospitals, and during a random shift at my high school part-time job, I had the opportunity to help a woman through labour! During my university years, there was always someone coming by for a 'talk' and a massage, and I also worked on a Crisis Counselling line. I guess I had always been a healer, but never thought of it as a profession...until I was guided to the Holistic Health Practitioner Program at TAC where I received formal training in everything I already loved to do, and learned to excel in skills previously unrecognized.

Since my graduation from TAC, I have started my own business. I have practiced in France, Italy, Switzerland and the Bahamas. I have brought my skills to retreats, remote villages and high-stress movie sets. I am currently coordinating a training to help people who have suffered severe injuries in Toronto and am also practicing in two Toronto wellness clinics - Kew Beach Naturopathic and Comfortable Bodies for Life.

There is no doubt that my experience at TAC, with it's compassionate instructors, accommodating administration, and inspiring classmates from around the world, has indeed facilitated my own healing and inspired me to create a practice which reflects my experience, my passion and my vision. I am truly grateful to be able to experience the joy and fulfillment I was seeking in my everyday life. I recommend it."
Sabrina Pacini, BA, C.N.H.P., C.A.H.T., C.R.H.P., Reiki Intuitive and Holistic Practitioner
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"I found TAC at a time in my life where I had all but given up on my dreams. Switching careers all my working life, I had left a high stress, low income corporate job. Our family was struggling to make ends meet. I had low self-esteem and no idea what my purpose was anymore. I knew there had to be more to life. By some miracle, TAC dropped into my lap.there I found a loving and enriching environment where I learned to love and honour myself and the world around me. I learned to live a more choiceful life where joy and abundance are regular visitors, and almost as icing on the cake - I learned highly effective skills in the Spiritual Psychotherapist and Holistic Practitioner Programs that allow me to guide others in transforming their lives. I now live my dreams and watch others in awe as they begin to live theirs.. Thank you so much TAC."
Linda Hovanessian

"TAC has been a wonderful experience for me. I was looking for a place to study that would work around my hectic schedule. The staff was more than happy to work with me. I scheduled the Holistic Program classes when I could. I didn't feel I was rushed to get the course done.

I came away with a greater sense of awareness about what the energetic field is capable of. TAC's programs develop more than your mind. It's where the mind, body and spirit come together and achieve a true balance of health and healing.
Thank you TAC for being a supportive 'family' to learn and grow from. I enjoy working as a Reflexologist and Holistic Practitioner at Alternative Health Services in Toronto."

Lynn Green, C.R.H.P., Holistic Health Practitioner

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"On a Monday morning a few years ago, two students entered TAC not knowing exactly how their lives would change from that moment on. We are speaking of course of ourselves, Sandra Levy and Lynton Friedman. In an instant we not only knew a beautiful friendship would develop, but also that we would expand beyond our expectations.

We enrolled in the full-time Spiritual Psychotherapy/Spiritual Director Program. During that year we experienced an integration of our mind, body and soul. Through TAC's teachers' careful guidance, we were able to learn and apply such valuable tools into our journey and in the way we relate to others in every aspect of our lives. The result of this metamorphic experience ended in us founding our own wellness centre - SanLyn Wellness Centre.

Our philosophy in running the centre is based on sharing knowledge. We believe that through sharing knowledge, everybody involved grows and expands. TAC shared with us a river of knowledge that guided us to look from within and deal with the aspects of us that created resistance. It is an ongoing journey that we at the centre share with all our clients in the same nurturing and loving way we received it. Anyone entering TAC can look forward to experience movement, flow and clarity in their lives. We are Human Beings.

Most people know how to perform in a human world. TAC offers an opportunity to integrate our Being, so that we can stop performing and start living! We are grateful!"
Sandra Levy/Lynton Friedman, Psychotherapists/Hypnotherapists, Partners/Co-founders of SanLyn Wellness Centre

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"At Metaphysique we attend to the mind, body and spirit. It is Yorkville's centre for spiritual growth, made up of associates who incorporate modalities such as Quantum bio-feedback, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, past life regression, psychotherapy, coaching, massage, energy work and other techniques. Our practitioners work as a team and look at the client and their individual needs.

I have reached this place in my life largely to having had the opportunity to attend TAC, literally opening new worlds for me. I never imagined a school like TAC existed. TAC's faculty is caring, grounded and knowledgeable.

I have found their classes to be inclusive, inviting, instructional, inspirational and experiential. The Spiritual Psychotherapy classes honed my insight and allow me to help others from a purposeful place. Their Intensive weekends have the capacity to open doors that have been locked, allowing closure. The Spiritual Director classes allowed me to rediscover and share my sense of spirit with others. The Coaching program was exciting and motivational both personally and professionally. Group Therapy classes afforded an opportunity to learn how to lead, as well as take part in group therapy; quite the journey!

I will always be connected to TAC, keeping in touch with fellow students, attending lectures and taking upgrading courses. TAC is a school, and an oasis."
Linda Marvin, R.I.H.R. Intern, Spiritual Director, Life Coach and Owner of Metaphysique
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"The concept of a centre that offered Psychotherapy and Yoga as well as other complementary holistic therapies first came to me while I was in the Spiritual Psychotherapy program at TAC. During the two years I spent at the college as a student, I was able to experience and receive training in several modalities such as Body Psychotherapy and Energy Work as well the Intuitive Arts, Esoteric Studies and Spiritual Healing. Two years after graduating from TAC, I founded Soul Spa Wellness Studio.

Through my experiences at TAC, I realized that each individual begins his or her soul's journey from a unique starting point or inspiration and if we follow where that inspiration guides us, we can expect nothing short of miracles. As Soul Spa continues to evolve, our intention is to meet people at their 'starting point' and offer them guidance and support as they explore their inner world and begin to trust their own inspiration. In 2006, we opened our unique Aura Boutique which offers a collection of jewelry, clothing, candles, etc. that represent what it means to live an inspired lifestyle. When we are surrounded by these beautiful things, it becomes so easy to see and create little miracles everywhere!

TAC taught me many valuable tools for assisting others on their path to healing, but most importantly, it offered me a vehicle to explore my soul in a safe and nurturing environment. I may not have realized it at the time, but being surrounded by the positive energies at TAC helped me to embrace a higher vibration and guided me toward my ultimate purpose. I will always feel connected to TAC, its staff and its teachings and I feel blessed that I now have the opportunity to provide a similar environment for my clients and colleagues at Soul Spa."
Tracy Burger, Spiritual Psychotherapist, Founder and Director of Soul Spa Wellness Studio

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