
Practitioner Training
HTMA Success
accredited Hair Analysis & Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Practitioner course
Want to jump-start your nutrition practice? Or add a modality that complements your client-centered wellness practice?
Let me teach you how to make Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) work for you.
Let’s set you up for success!

Not everyone uses HTMA the way I do.
I use HTMA as the foundation for developing Mineral-Nutritional Balancing programs for my clients.
Hi, I’m Susan Cachay, an educator, psychology counsellor, and holistic nutritionist.
I’ve specialized in HTMA and Mineral-Nutritional Balancing for 15+ years.
For ten years, I worked closely with Larry Wilson, M.D. (author of Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis: A New Science of Energy).
I’ve reviewed thousands of HMTA charts as a practitioner and coach for other practitioners.
Among the 100+ practitioners I’ve coached, many came to me lacking a thorough understanding of stress patterns, they were unsure how to interpret HTMA results, and didn’t have the confidence to develop recommendations. Yikes!
I noticed a gap in the available HTMA training that I’m uniquely qualified to fill.
I can’t wait to help you better your skills and find fulfillment in helping others through healing—plus take your business to the next level!
I designed this course for you to develop:
- a thorough foundation in the science and practical application of HTMA and Mineral-Nutritional Balancing
- a high level of competency in how to review and interpret HTMA charts, how to design Mineral-Nutritional Balancing programs, and how to deliver the results and recommendations to clients

Why HTMA?
As the saying goes “Don’t guess. Test.”
- non-invasive
- precise
- affordable
HTMA is a screening test using a small amount of hair from close to the scalp.
When correctly interpreted by a practitioner, the result—shown as levels and ratios of nutrient minerals and toxic metals on a chart—gives a nuanced picture of metabolic trends, stress patterns, and how different body systems are functioning.
Why Mineral-Nutritional Balancing?
Think of minerals as ‘spark plugs’ for our bodies. Why? They’re needed by many enzymes as co-factors, facilitators, and inhibitors, and as part of the enzymes themselves.
Mineral-Nutritional Balancing improves the body’s energy-producing mechanisms, which makes energy available for healing, regeneration, detoxification, and all other activities.
- Thanks to HTMA, Mineral-Nutritional Balancing is a comprehensive, personalized, easy-to-follow road map—like a GPS for our bodies. A program covers:
– nutrition
– supplementation
– detoxification
– lifestyle - My clients and I can objectively track progress. It’s validating for clients to see on a HTMA chart what’s happening on a cellular level.
- For practitioners, few up-front expenses means a comfortable profit margin.
By the time you complete this course, you’ll be ready to help clients restore normal biochemical balance, often resolving many nutritionally‐related endocrine, neurological, and even emotional imbalances.
Some training has a narrow focus on aspects of HTMA results, such as copper toxicity and magnesium deficiency. Mineral-Nutritional Balancing is about balancing all the minerals, and addressing any metal toxicity.

Is this course for me?
Yes! If:
- you’ve decided to add to your clients’ success and your bottom line by incorporating HTMA and/or Mineral-Nutritional Balancing into an existing client-centered wellness practice, or
- you’ve taken general nutrition courses and want a comprehensive, precise, personalized, easy-to-follow road map to jump-start your practice, or
- you’re on a Nutritional Balancing program and ready to guide others (or just want to deepen your knowledge)
There are other HTMA courses—how does this one set me up for success?
You’ll receive:
- a Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Practitioner (MNBP) certificate that allows you to open an account with Analytical Research Labs, Inc. (ARL) and Endo-met Laboratories, Inc.
- ARL pioneered the field of HTMA interpretation and Endo-met produces supplements
- both were founded by Dr. Paul Eck (D.N.), who developed Mineral-Nutritional Balancing
- reference guides, quick views, and checklists to make interpretation and developing program recommendations easy
- a practitioner listing on Hair Analysis & Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Science website
- unlimited access to the Hair Analysis Report app during the course (learn how to save time interpreting results and generating reports in your practice)
PLUS
- one year of coaching
- for the first year after you complete the coursework, I’ll review your clients’ HTMA charts and support you in designing Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program recommendations (based on using ARL and Endo-met)
- professional start-up materials to get your practice up and running right away
- new client and retest questionnaires (fillable PDFs)
- professionally written and referenced articles on:
- Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Science
- self-care practices (e.g. sauna, coffee enemas, dry skin brushing, meditation, foot reflexology, sleep hygiene, forgiveness)
- food/diet
- other topics such as personal care products, cleaning products
- food & feelings tracker (fillable PDF)
- client handbook (70+ pages) containing the articles mentioned above and the food & feelings tracker with a cover page and linked index (PDF)
- illustrated hair sampling instructions
You have the option to have your logo added to the start-up materials.
- 25 upgrade credits if you’re a member of International Organization of Nutritional Consultants (IONC)
What’s the investment?
$2500
Note: If you are an experienced HTMA practitioner, email me for a discount code.
I’m ready to enroll!
Step 1
Step 2
Tell me a bit about yourself, including:
- educational background
- current wellness practice? what kind?
- on a Nutritional Balancing program? how long?
Step 3
I’ll send you a student enrolment & disclaimer
Sign and send it back
Step 4
Access to the course materials is on its way!
FAQs
Do I need to be on a Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program to take the course?
If you’re already a wellness practitioner, you don’t need to be on a Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program before starting the course, but to best support your clients I strongly encourage you to begin the program while doing the course.
When does the course start and finish?
You have up to one year to review the readings and videos, and complete the coursework and exam, but it has been done in as little as three months.
Will this course qualify me to set up an account with an HTMA lab?
How do I get certified?
Successful completion of the course requires a minimum average 90% on the coursework and exam.
The coursework consists of:
- short-answer and short-essay questions
- case studies: interpret and develop recommendations for initial analysis (4) and retest (2)
The exam consists of you presenting one case study via video with me in the role of the client.
My course is about setting you up for success so I’ll provide supportive, actionable feedback.
What's covered in this course?
You’ll be grounded in key concepts of HTMA and Mineral-Nutritional Balancing.
You’ll become proficient at interpreting a HTMA chart by understanding:
- healthy mineral levels and possible symptoms associated with deficiency or excess
- how to use mineral levels and ratios to identify significant patterns
- physical symptoms and emotional meanings of patterns
- significant mineral ratios and what they represent
- stages of stress (oxidation rates)
- key indicators (immune function, liver and kidney function, digestive function, thyroid and adrenal stress, overall vitality)
- effects of toxic metals and symptoms associated with toxicity
You’ll learn to design and present Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program recommendations, including:
- specific supplementation for each client’s unique biochemistry
- basic food/diet, detoxification, and lifestyle recommendations
- how to effectively review HTMA charts and program recommendations with clients
What are the learning materials?
These are included in your investment.
PDFs
- reference and interpretation guides, quick views, and checklists to streamline hair analysis interpretation and program recommendations
- Energy: How it affects your emotions, your level of achievements, and your entire personal well-being. An interview with Dr. Paul Eck by Colin & Loren Chatsworth
- Mineral Reference Guide
- Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis: A New Science of Energy, by Lawrence Wilson, M.D.
- Toxic Metals Sources and Symptoms Guide
A link will be provided for
- articles on the Analytical Research Laboratories, Inc. website
Videos
- how to explain HTMA results
- tips to increase client satisfaction and retention
- lifestyle, food/diet, detoxification
- 8-part introduction to Mineral-Nutritional Balancing
- unlimited access during the course (learn how to save time interpreting results and generating reports in your practice)
What distinguishes your course from other HTMA training?
This combination of deliverables:
- thorough training in HTMA and Mineral-Nutritional Balancing so you’re ready to launch a comprehensive, precise, personalized, and easy-to-follow nutritional program
- Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Practitioner (MNBP) certificate that allows you to open an account with Analytical Research Labs, Inc. (for HTMA) and Endo-met Laboratories, Inc. (for supplements)
- one year of coaching
- for the first year after you complete the coursework, I’ll review your clients’ HTMA charts and support you in designing Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program recommendations (based on using ARL and Endo-met)
- professional start-up materials to get your practice up and running right away
- new client and retest questionnaires (fillable PDFs)
- professionally written and referenced articles on:
- Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Science
- self-care practices (e.g. sauna, coffee enemas, dry skin brushing, meditation, foot reflexology, sleep hygiene, forgiveness)
- food/diet
- other topics such as personal care products, cleaning products
- food & feelings tracker (fillable PDF)
- client handbook (70+ pages) containing the articles mentioned above and the food & feelings tracker with a cover page and linked index (PDF)
- illustrated hair sampling instructions
You have the option to have your logo added to the start-up materials.
- reference guides, quick views, and checklists to make interpretation and developing program recommendations easy
- practitioner listing on Hair Analysis & Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Science website
- unlimited access to the Hair Analysis Report app during the course (learn how to save time interpreting results and generating reports in your practice)
- 25 upgrade credits if you’re a member of International Organization of Nutritional Consultants (IONC)
Are payment plans available?

Questions?
I’m all ears.
Let’s set up a phone or video chat.


Questions?
I’m all ears.
Let’s set up a phone or video chat.
