When I started the school 20 years ago in a kitchen with 20 students, I only dreamed that Integrative Nutrition would be able to change the world.

Today, we have over 23,000 students and graduates in more than 90 countries, and we really are creating a ripple effect that is transforming the health and happiness of the world.

As part of Integrative Nutrition’s mission, we support the success of our students and graduates through life long learning opportunities such as our live events. And as we celebrate 20 years of health and happiness, I’m pleased to announce that we’re now taking our exclusive live events IINternationally.

It’s hard to believe that when Joshua Rosenthal founded the school in 1992, it was 20 students in the kitchen. Now, IIN is more than a school; it’s a movement of over 20,000 incredible students and grads in over 90 countries worldwide.

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Check out all the fun and IINspiration we had at the amazing Mega Conference in Long Beach, CA!

Music Credit: Caribe Steel Band

David Wolfe on stage
at the Mega Conference

The weekend came and went, but we’re still buzzing with all the energy powered by the 2012 Mega Conference at theLong Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California! Thousands of Integrative Nutrition students, graduates, teachers, staff and guests came together to accelerate the movement of transforming the world into one of health and happiness.

We heard from international students, who made the trip from various parts of the world, as well as successful graduates who are turning their dreams into realities. We were inspired and empowered by a list of renowned speakers including David Wolfe, Geneen Roth, Mark Sission, Paul Pitchford, John Robbins, Julia Ross, Gary Taubes, Eric Barron, Seane Corn, Stacy Morgenstern, and Carey Peters.

As 2011 comes to an end, it’s the perfect time for reflection. Protestors around the world demanded that their voices be heard, and we lost tech visionary Steve Jobs whose legacy defined a generation. Congress blocked new rules to make school lunches healthier, while Medicare joined the fight against obesity. Though the world is in a constant state of motion and change, we think of our accomplishments from previous months and set clear goals for the year ahead.

At Integrative Nutrition, we are committed to being the catalyst for change.  We think of 2011 as a monumental year for health coaching.

Our students and graduates are changing the face of health and wellness. They are making headlines, creating new products, and enjoying continued success. They are also coming up with innovative new ways to bring health and happiness to a world that is primed for a shift from the status quo.

We recapped the first half of 2011 back in July. (Read our Half Year in Review for all the details.) The second half of 2011 has been action-packed as well.

Hi IINer’s,

I have some exciting news for you!

We just announced our Mega Conference and Celebration in the Los Angeles area on the weekend of March 3-4, 2012. 

Hundreds of students and graduates rocked it out this past weekend at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for Rock the Ripple Effect! During this fantastic one-day conference, we heard from several inspiring speakers and discussed how the Integrative Nutrition community is helping others transform their lives. Many conference attendees connected and made new friends, while others picked up great tips for their business and felt a new sense of empowerment!

Andrew Weil, MD, the Founder and Director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, gave the keynote address. Dr. Weil is a best-selling author and a world-renowned expert on mind-body interactions and healing systems. He spoke about the dangers of fructose, his anti-inflammatory pyramid, and demonstrated a breathing exercise to help manage stress.

…The iPad!

We are so excited to bring our Health Coach Training Program to the next level by providing our new students with an iPad preloaded with our course material.

And it’s not just for our students while they are in school. They can also run their future health coaching practice right on their Integrative Nutrition customized iPad.

It’s a revolutionary way to learn. And a revolutionary way to run your health coaching business!

Students in the world’s leading Health Coach Training Program, can use the custom iPad to: 

• learn from anywhere in the world and have fun doing it 
• run your green + paperless practice, right from your iPad 
• meet your new community of healthy and happy classmates 
• build your personal and professional success network
  

We’ve got some very exciting news to share with you!

As some of you may already know, we will be hosting our next conference, Rock the Ripple Effect on November 6^th in New York City!

Rock The Ripple Effect
When: Sunday, November 6^th 2011 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Where: Jazz at Lincoln Center

We have an incredible line-up of speakers at this conference who will be lecturing on their various areas of expertise in the world of health and nutrition.

Wow! It’s been a few days since our 2011 Fall IINto Action conference and we’re still buzzing with the amazing energy that we, and the 4,000 Health Coaches that joined us from around the world, experienced at the Jacob Javits Center over the weekend!

We had students from Israel, Canada, Mexico, England, France, Aruba, Lebanon, Dubai, South Africa, Iceland, Shanghai, Chile, Turkey, Sweden, and Argentina in attendance!

We heard some incredible speakers including Deepak Chopra, Mark Hyman, MD, Dr David Katz, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Sally Fallon and a surprise visit from Kathy Freston.

Integrative Nutrition Founder Joshua Rosenthal inspired our students and grads to spread health and happiness worldwide.

We’ve heard from many of you already, and the feedback so far has been overwhelming! It sounds like you were pretty IINspired this weekend.