Homeopathy
Higher Diploma (Part 2)
Course Teachers

Misha Norland
The School’s Founder and course leader, Misha Norland was a Fellow and a founding member of The Society of Homeopaths and was the first editor of its journal. A practitioner for over 30 years, he was Head of Homeopathic Research at the first UK homeopathic college. Widely respected for his teaching and practice skills, he taught many of the world’s leading homeopaths. He was also an international clinical facilitator, lecturer and author and was well known for his contributions to journals, conferences and new materia medica. In addition to running the School in the UK, he was the principal clinical teacher for the School’s International Study programme. Misha loved to blend old and new ideas and weave information together in a noteworthy and memorable way.

Janet Snowdon, RSHom
One of our most popular senior lecturers, Janet has been in practice for over 25 years. She has studied with many leading homeopaths including George Vithoulkas, Jayesh Shah and Rajan Sankaran. Sankaran has provided her with an insight into practice, which she has made her own and with which she enchants us as she teaches cases. She has a busy practice in Bath, England and has also been involved in proving new remedies. Practical and with a deep appreciation for the mystery of healing, Janet offers many insights into the topics of her teaching and is an inspiration in her readiness to be amazed and delighted.

Jenny Grist, DSH, RSHom
Jenny’s interest in homeopathy began in 1987 with much experimentation on her own farm animals and other friends. Jenny studied at The School of Homeopathy, graduating in 2002, and also completed the Dynamis Course of Advanced Homeopathy. She runs a thriving rural practice in the green depths of Mid Devon, but regularly takes herself away to teach Homeopathy at ‘Wellie’ Level. Jenny enjoys the magic of matching spirit to substance.

Mani Norland, BA (Hons), DSH, RSHom
Mani Norland is Principal at the School of Homeopathy. He is Misha Norland's eldest son and grew up with homeopathy all around him. He trained with the School, and practices from his clinic in Stroud. He develops and manages the School in conjunction with members of the core team. Other responsibilities include interviewing students, the teaching timetable, preparation of teaching materials, hiring teachers and staff, running the School clinic. In addition, he is responsible for the School brand, marketing and promotion. Mani is also the Managing Director of The School of Health, a business that manages home study courses and books.

Mani is a founding member of Homeopathy Course Providers Forum and a founding member of the 4Homeopathy (the pro homeopathy group of 11 organsations in the UK). With this group Mani has been instrumental in the re-branding of homeopathy in the UK with the development of a new logo, celebrity campaigns and media intervention. Mani also teaches students in the 4th year about setting up in practice. In his ‘other life’ Mani worked in London as a brand and business consultant for over 10 years. He advised board level directors on business creation, vision and image. Mani is passionate about the positive promotion of homeopathy to the general public and has written many consumer facing articles on homeopathy and been interviewed on BBC radio several times.

Jon Didymus, PhD, DSH, RSHom
Jon Didymus originally trained as a research scientist, studying the way crystals form in living organisms. Since graduating from the School of Homeopathy in 1999 he has practiced in Bath at a GP surgery and at The Holistic Family Practice with his wife who is a medical doctor and herbalist. Jon is a keen student of the Sensation Method and fuses his scientific background with interests in meditation, counselling and supervision.

Kate Chatfield, BA(Hons), MSc, MNWCH, FSHom

Kate is the course leader for MSc Integrated Healthcare (e-learning) at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, where she is responsible for teaching research methods and ethics to postgraduate students from a wide variety of healthcare disciplines. Initially a philosopher, and then a practitioner of homeopathy for 15 years, Kate now focuses exclusively upon education and research. Kate has been teaching at UCLan since 1999 and has been instrumental in establishing and delivering a number of courses including BSc Homeopathic Medicine, MSc Homeopathy and MSc Integrated Healthcare. In addition to teaching Kate is also in the final stages of her PhD studies, analysing ethical objections to traditional and complementary forms of medicine. Kate’s area of teaching expertise includes qualitative research methods, philosophy of science, ethics, sustainability and integrated healthcare.

Miranda Castro, RSHom (NA), CCH
Miranda Castro is a British-trained professional homeopath who has been in practice since 1983. She is a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths (UK) and past President of the North American Society of Homeopaths. Miranda has a background in acupuncture, iridology, healing, supervision and humanistic psychotherapy. She has been teaching and talking about homeopathy to the lay public and interested health care professionals since 1988, including groups of midwives, nurses, counsellors, doctors – and homeopaths.

Rachel graduated from The College of Homeopathy, London in 1997 and has been in private practice ever since. She has a background in biological sciences, specialising in physiology, which has lead to a particular interest in the integration of homeopathic and medical knowledge during homeopathy training. Rachel has taught homeopathy and medical sciences for over 10 years as a visiting lecturer at various homeopathic colleges in the UK, Ireland and Iceland, as well as being a regular presenter of CPD seminars. She is also author of the Mat Med Cards published in 2007. Rachel was a speaker at the Society of Homeopaths’ Conference in 2005, Student Conference in 2007 and the British Homeopathic Congress in 2012. Rachel held the post of Research Consultant for the Society of Homeopaths from 2008-2012 and joined the Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI) as Chief Executive in 2010. The HRI is an innovative charity, dedicated to promoting high quality research in homeopathy.