Faculty

Sam Adkins 

Mani Norland, BA (Hons), DSH, PCH, 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, the findahomeopath website, 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, lectured internationally and been interviewed on BBC radio several times.

Amanda Norland, BA (Hons)
Amanda Norland is Course Manager at the School of Homeopathy. In 1999, she started her homeopathic training alongside Mani at the School and they now both run In-Light Limited, which includes the School of Homeopathy and The School of Health. Amanda’s primary focus in the School is people, she looks after student and staff wellbeing and all course enquiries. Amanda originally trained in graphic design, qualifying with an honours degree in 1990 and she enjoyed fifteen years in the creative world, growing from magazine designer, art director, interior designer to design director. Her natural ability and love of coaching and nurturing people culminated in her becoming ‘Head of Talent’ at the design consultancy 20/20, where should looked after the extensive design team’s wellbeing. Her role involved hiring the best people, reviewing and managing their progress, with the aim of fulfilling each individual’s creative potential and life goals. This work continues at the School where Amanda is passionate about helping students and staff to get the most out of the courses.

Karen Leadbeater, RSHom
Karen graduated from the School in 1998, and has since maintained a close link through mentoring and supervising students. More recently she has lectured regularly at the School with a focus on casework, and also works with students on the international home study programme. After establishing a busy practice in Bath, Karen relocated to Dartmoor in 2005. She now practises and supervises students from her clinic in Tavistock, Devon.

Luke Norland, RSHom
Luke has a homeopathy practice in Frome and Bristol, combining this with his role as the UK coordinator for RadarOpus and his teaching work at the School of Homeopathy. He has already gained valuable experience working with the school’s provings, compiling rubrics for the new remedies; Carbo fullerenum, Passer domesticus, Fulgurite, Galium aparine, Clupea harengus & Meles meles. This grounding in the repertory and provings has become an essential facet in Luke’s process of finding a similimum for a diverse range of patients.

Janet Taylor, RSHom
As a graduate of the School of Homeopathy, Janet practices as a homeopath in Plymouth and in Cornwall where she lives. She is also a tutor on the attendance and home study programmes and a clinical supervisor for students moving into supervised practice. From her background in education she loves the fact that her role with the School brings together her homeopathy and mentoring experience. She uses a synergy of different ‘tools’ to prescribe for her clients drawing on her study at the School and continuing CPD, particularly benefitting from 3 years in a study group with Graz Baran on the Joshis’ approach to Sensation Method.

Jennie Stickland (Administrator)
Prior to working at the School Jennie worked in administration as a Sales/Order Operational Advisor which involved looking after a large customer base, she stayed in the role for 14 years before joining the School. Jennie maintains the School databases and keeps all records up-to-date. She ensures all paper and electronic filing is completed and looks after and updates the website. She provide students with information and electronic versions of school documents, she also sets up meetings, organises agendas, takes minutes and circulates information after meetings.