Faculty
Todd Caldecott, Dip. Cl.H., RH(AHG)
Todd Caldecott is a clinical herbalist, practitioner of Ayurveda and a registered professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. He received his diploma at the Coastal Mountain College of Healing Arts in 1996, and continued his training in India at the Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam. From 1997 through 2001 Todd maintained a clinical practice in Nelson BC, producing wildcrafted herbal products for the local market, and worked as a consultant for the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) industry to help develop a market for native medicinal plants. From 1998 through 2004 Todd was Director of Clinical Herbal Studies at the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary AB, where he developed and taught a three year clinical program in herbal medicine. Todd is author of the acclaimed textbook Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life, and editor of the book Ayurveda in Nepal, which summarizes the 800 year old Bajracharya tradition of Nepalese Ayurveda. His most recent book, Food As Medicine: The Theory and Practice of Food (www.foodasmedicine.ca) is highly regarded an eminently thorough, concise and practical book outlining the use of food, nutrition, dietary therapy and detoxification. Todd continues to work with traditional Ayurvedic physicians in Nepal to help preserve this ancient system of knowledge, while also serving as a consultant for both the natural products and IT industries. Todd teaches Herbal Medicine at The Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Vancouver.
