*Make great friends *Community of like-minded people *Support in working with your own issues (food related and unrelated) *Great guest speakers *Inspiring to change to a more balanced lifestyle *Weekend classes every other week or once a month.

The negatives:

*No exams, tests or structured curriculum. *Way too much (subtly) forced dancing, massage, and participation in kumbaya moments. *No state or national accreditation. *Posing as a \'revolutionary-against-the-grain-institute\' but does not take too kindly to students who put forth questions to them about their accredidation or curriculum....if it isnt adoration for the school or program they really dont want to hear it. *Very expensive for a certification that is not recognized anywhere. *They rely more on emotional response to the classes than on hard information and true education. (they give you guest speakers, books and practice health consultations and then send you off to do health counseling). *The alumni are......very very dedicated to the school. *They use a lot of time for \'fillers\'.

Having said that, I do not belive its worth it unless you are going to incorporate the health counseling into another healthcare practice to further it. Fast Track also is not worth the extra 1500. You can get their books and supplies online and the information given can be found in those books as well.