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July 27, 2021
Embodying Life: Therapeutic Strategies in Person-Centered Collaborative Care
Embodying Life: Therapeutic Strategies in Person-Centered Collaborative Care
with Mitch Stargrove
July 27, 2021
7pm PDT, 10pm EDT
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In Embodying Life we look at contrasting worldviews and approaches in medicine from historical and clinical perspectives. In particular, the three worlds mythophysiology of Chinese medicine provides a guide to observing living systems and sets the stage for understanding modern systems theory and its clinical application. The Therapeutic Strategy Map and the 4Cs Collaborative Care system offer operative models for cultivating the therapeutic relationship, facilitating self-healing in patients, and framing relationships within multidisciplinary medical interventions.
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July 27, 2021 - 7pm PDT, 10pm EDT (2 hrs)
Contrasting traditions of healing and medicine in the WestChinese physiology and Systems Analysis of Meta-PhysiologyTherapeutic Strategy Maps: 3x3 Map of frames and levelsPerson-Centered Collaborative Care
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Mitch Stargrove
Mitchell Stargrove is an acupuncturist and naturopathic physician in Oregon and practices with Dr. Lori Beth Stargrove at A WellSpring of Natural Health. Drs. Mitch and Lori teach therapeutic strategies in person-centered collaborative care, host the GaiaStar Temple, and coordinate The Blue Lotus Mystery School as they explore embodied methods of self-healing, cocreativity and respectful living.
August 21-22, 2021
The Low Back, Hip and Groin - Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
Module II - Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Webinar Program
The Low Back, Hip and Groin - Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
Module II - Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Webinar Program
with Matt Callison and Brian Lau
August 21-22, 2021
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This 2-day anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM sinews (jingjin) channel theory. Each day of this workshop is divided into distinct morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session consists of didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels that are integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the low back, hip and groin. This information is followed by the afternoon session that consists of: 1) Assessment, 2) Motor Point Location and Protocols, 3) Cadaver Presentations.
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August 21, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (3 hrs)
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August 21, 2021 - 12:30pm PDT, 3:30pm EDT (4.5 hrs)
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August 22, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (3 hrs)
Day 2 Morning -
August 22, 2021 - 12:30pm PDT, 3:30pm EDT (4.5 hrs)
Day 2 Afternoon
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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from May 13, 2020
The Traditional Diagnosis - Part 2
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The Traditional Diagnosis - Part 2
with Neil Gumenick
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from May 13, 2020
Overview
The Traditional Diagnosis is the initial meeting, and where it all begins with a new patient. It sets the tone of what may well be a long, close, and rich relationship. Learn how you can use the Traditional Diagnosis to gain the patient's trust, confidence, compliance, as well as to diagnose and treat at the levels of body, mind, emotion, and spirit.
This event covers the second half of the presentation.
Your Teacher
Neil Gumenick
In practice for 40 years, Professor Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. is Founder and Chief Instructor of The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. An accomplished author and international lecturer, he has taught at Yo San University, Emperor's College and SAMRA University.
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Recording
from April 16, 2020
Rapport in the Burgeoning Realm of Distance Healing
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Rapport in the Burgeoning Realm of Distance Healing
with Mary McCullough
Recording
from April 16, 2020
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In our new world of “social distancing”, we are embarking on an exciting time of exploration as practitioners. Distance Healing and Telemedicine are hot topics. Now more than ever, having excellent rapport skills plays an important and dynamic role in patient care. Learn more about how to connect with your patients on the mental and spiritual level via phone and video as we explore distance rapport in this new course.
Your Teacher
Mary McCullough
Mary McCullough is an Acupuncturist and Professor. She serves as Senior Faculty member at the Institute of Classical Five Element Acupuncture in California.
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Recording
from April 2, 2020
The Traditional Diagnosis - Part 1
Free
The Traditional Diagnosis - Part 1
with Neil Gumenick
Recording
from April 2, 2020
Overview
The Traditional Diagnosis is the initial meeting, and where it all begins with a new patient. It sets the tone of what may well be a long, close, and rich relationship. Learn how you can use the Traditional Diagnosis to gain the patient's trust, confidence, compliance, as well as to diagnose and treat at the levels of body, mind, emotion, and spirit.
This event covers the first half of the presentation.
Your Teacher
Neil Gumenick
In practice for 40 years, Professor Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. is Founder and Chief Instructor of The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. An accomplished author and international lecturer, he has taught at Yo San University, Emperor's College and SAMRA University.
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Recording
from April 1, 2020
The Relationship of the Bladder Channel and Intrinsic (Exercise-Induced) Asthma; and How to Treat It.
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The Relationship of the Bladder Channel and Intrinsic (Exercise-Induced) Asthma; and How to Treat It.
with Janice Walton-Hadlock
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from April 1, 2020
Overview
Recent research with people with intrinsic asthma shows that they all have a blockage or pathological re-routing somewhere along the Urinary Bladder, the shunt into the Kidney channel at UB-40, or the portion of the Kidney channel that runs from the knee to the adrenal gland: the route of the UB channel divergence. Restoring the correct channel qi flow throughout this route terminates not just a person’s asthma attack, but ends the person’s tendency for asthma. Period.
Your Teacher
Janice Walton-Hadlock
Janice Walton-Hadlock, DAOM, L.Ac., is a professor at Five Branches University, and specializes in Channel Theory, Yin Tui Na, Psychology and Counseling; she is the founder of the Parkinson's Recovery Project, and is an author on topics relating to Channel Theory and Parkinson's.
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From Seed to Blossom
Nourishing the Essence with Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine
with Josephine Spilka
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We’ll take a look at essential oils made from seeds, roots, branches and flowers as we explore how you can engage the essence in your body to nourish, enrich, heal and grow. Each special plant part offers unique functions that support our bodies, hearts and minds in novel ways, inviting you into a deeper relationship with nature while nurturing yourself. When you nourish the essence you strengthen your foundation, creating security and stability while fostering creativity and inspiration.
Offered are some basics for working with the essential oils. Some of the oils featured are Caraway Seed, Carrot Seed, Jasmine, Neroli, Cedarwood and Vetiver. We’ll also take a look at some Chinese herbal medicinal essential oils such as Bai Zi Ren, Wu Wei Zi and Dang Gui. You’ll be able to use these oils right away for yourself, your family and your clients to nourish from the roots right to the tips of the branches, from seed to blossom!
Learning Objectives
- Participants will become familiar with up to 20 essential oils for use in nourishing the essence (jing)
- Participants will become familiar with how different plant parts used as essential oils can influence different aspects of the interaction with jing-essence.
- Participants will be able to discuss the basics of essential oils including note, type of Chinese medical action and associated organ systems.
- Participants will be able to discuss and understand how jing-essence works in the body and how it influences aging and disease.
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Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module IV (Neck, Shoulder, and Upper Extremity) - Course 1
Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
with Brian Lau, and Matt Callison
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Overview
This 2-day anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM channel sinews (jingjin) channel theory. Each day of this workshop is divided into distinct morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session consists of didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels that are integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the neck, shoulder and upper extremity. This information is followed by the afternoon session that consists of: 1) Assessment, 2) Motor Point Location and Protocols, 3) Cadaver Presentations.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
- Learn in theory how to determine which my myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
- The practitioner will learn postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction based on TCM theory.
- Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the neck, shoulder and upper extremity and its relationship to the shoulder girdle.
- Learn neck, shoulder and upper extremity myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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Treating Children, Level 1: Foundations - Course 2
Module 2: Essence, Needling Method and Family Dynamics
with Julian Scott
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Overview
This module is part of series that provides you with the essential tools to expand your acupuncture practice to include treating babies and children. Having focused on the Spleen in module 1, this module covers three commonly seen patterns of Kidney weakness; Kidney Jing insufficient, Kidney organ weak and Kidney Qi Xu. Understanding how to treat the kidneys is essential to working with children, as is knowing the methodology. Because children are so sensitive to the benefits of acupuncture, this module teaches you how to needle children safely and to maximize your results. In addition, the "Mother and Child" relationship will be explained as working with children extends beyond your little patient. This course is essential to give you confidence treating children.
Learning Objectives
- Learn about the differences between Kidney: weakness; Jing insufficient; organ weak and Qi Xu.
- Have a greater understanding of the role of the Kidneys in children's health.
- Understand how the "Mother and Child" will determine the effectiveness of treatment and prognosis.
- Learn how administering acupuncture with children is different to needling adults.
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Julian Scott
Dr Julian Scott is the world's most eminent Paediatric Acupuncture Specialist with 40 years experience treating babes and children with acupuncture, dietary advice and western herbs. He is author of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children, Natural Medicine for Children and Natural Medicine for Women, and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Eyes.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 4
Postural Assessment and Corrective Exercise
with Ian Armstrong, Brian Lau, and Matt Callison
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Overview
Instructor: Ian Armstrong
Assisted by Brian Lau and Matt Callison
This 2-day cutting-edge course will teach the practitioner how to assess postural dysfunction and prescribe therapeutic exercises for postural, muscle and channel imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient's musculoskeletal injury. This course will teach the acupuncturist important skills to prescribe specific exercises in the management of their patient’s health care. Exercising different body parts simultaneously in specific and coordinated motions activates the myofascial sinew channels so that form and function can align. The practitioner will learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including how to use intra-dermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
This PACE course will build from what was taught in PACE (Module II) that focused on the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and its relationship to the lower extremity and foot/ankle complex.
The remainder of this class will get the practitioner ready for information taught in Module IV: The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity. The practitioner will learn to assess, through static and functional assessment techniques, postural disparities and associated muscle imbalances that can cause injury to these regions of the body.
Participants will learn how to effectively prescribe therapeutic exercises that will help balance ribcage, neck, shoulder and upper extremity imbalances.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise, including intra-dermal needle prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
- The practitioner will learn visual assessment skills for postural imbalances.
- Participants will learn how to effectively prescribe therapeutic exercises that will help balance the foot and ankle disparities such as pes planus and neck shoulder imbalances such as forward head, forward shoulder, cervical rotation.
Your Teachers
Ian Armstrong
Ian is an experienced teacher of both the Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders (TOD) and Advanced TOD classes at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and current supervisor at the RIMAC center at the University of California San Diego where he supervises acupuncture students in treatment of UCSD collegiate athletes working alongside the athletic trainers.
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 1
Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
with Brian Lau, and Matt Callison
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Overview
Instructors: Matt Callison and Brian Lau
Each day of this webinar workshop is divided into distinct morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session consists of presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels. These lectures are integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the lower extremity. This information is followed by the afternoon session that consists of: 1) Assessment Guidelines 2) Motor Point Location and Protocols, 3) Cadaver dissection presentation.
The information presented in this 2-day workshop will help the TCM practitioner to build a good foundation and to better understand the information presented in subsequent classes in this Module: Assessment and Treatment of the Channel Sinews and also Postural Assessment and Corrective Exercise (PACE) courses.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will learn postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction based on TCM theory.
- Learn in theory how to determine which my myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
- The practitioner will learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
- Learn lower extremity myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
- Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the lower extremity, ankle/foot complex and its relationship to the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex.
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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The Nectar of Plants: Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine Series - Course 2
Heart & Will
with Josephine Spilka
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Part II - Heart & Will looks at what happens after we take in our world, begin, you could say, to make it our own. In effect, this is our inner world. Looking at emotional disorders, sleep disorders, and anxiety disorders, in the context of our relationship to our conscious selves, our emotional lives and the way these aspects affect our bodies.
This section of the course explores the mechanism of ying qi, the relationship between the blood and the spirit as it manifests in our daily lives, as well as in how we sleep, in how we relate to others and how we discover who we are in our world. Ying qi is intimately connected to how comfortable we feel in our bodies and whether we can adequately respond with post-natal resources to the stresses in our lives.
This section features many precious oils such as Frankincense, Neroli, Rose and Sandalwood as well as detailing the specifics for safe and effective use of all essential oils.
You'll learn to use these essential oils to calm the spirit, ease the stresses of life and build capacity for healthy interaction, opening the heart and focusing the will in service of peace, contentment and spiritual alignment.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the unique properties of essential oils including use of notes, effects on the spirit and their relationship with essence.
- Understand and discuss the relationship between wei qi, ying qi and yuan qi as a framework for post-natal life dynamics.
- Articulate the basic theory and practice of using essential oils from Chinese medical perspective.
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Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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Dr. Manaka’s Yin-Yang Balance Protocol
with Paul Movsessian
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The chief feature of Dr. Manaka's protocols is the ability to treat the constitution of each patient regardless of complexity of symptoms.
One of Manaka's greatest contributions to acupuncture was his development of the X-Signal System model and its relationship to meridian treatment. Dr. Manaka also formulated the Octahedral Theory of Structure-Function Regulation: This refers to the ancient yin-yang categorizations of the body into antagonistic halves, for example inferior-superior, anterior-posterior. Examples of this ancient categorization have appeared in medicine and biology.
In this talk I will present an overview of his work and methodical treatment plan. He was able to bridge the world of Quantum Physics with Traditional East Asian Medicine and find a common language for East and West.
Topics we will cover include:
Background of Dr. Manaka;
History of the Toplogy Association in Japan and the Plus-Minus School;
Information Theory & General System Theory as it relates to Heaven Earth Person and disease;
The X-Signal System as it relates to Qi/Ki;
Yin-Yang Topology as it relates to the Octahedral model of the Extraordinary Vessels;
Isophasility and the Five Elements;
The use of polarity tools such as the Ion Pumping Cords and Triple By Pass Cords;
The use of SSP's instead of needles;
Diagnosis of the Hara/Abdomen for selection and differential diagnosis of the Extraordinary Vessels;
Dr. Manaka's Mu Points;
Dr. Manaka's 5 Step Protocol
Learning Objectives
- Learn about Dr. Manka's 5 Step Protocols his diagnosis method, differential diagnosis using the abdomen to select Extraordinary Vessel treatments.
- Learn who Dr. Manaka was and his contributions to Japanese Acupuncture.
- Learn about the tools used in Polarity Medicine such as Ion Pumping Cords, Triple By Pass Cords, and SSP's.
- Learn about how Dr. Manaka bridged the world of Quantum Physics with Traditional East Asian Medicicne terminonolgy and theory, developing a highly practical clinic treatment strategy.
Your Teacher
Paul Movsessian
Paul Movsessian is a practitioner of Traditional East Asian Medicine, having been trained by some of the greatest teachers of Japan, and being in practice for 34 years. He lectures extensively and takes great joy in sharing the clinical pearls he has been given and has collected over the years.
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The Encounter with the Patient: Sparkles and Traps
The main issues in the clinical relationship to improve therapeutic results
with Elisa Rossi
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Please Note: This course is presented in English and is verbally translated into German during the presentation.
The workshop focuses on the process of co-building a working alliance.
We discuss some main features of the therapeutic relationship: the structure of communication and the emotional, mental, physical space of the treatment.
We see how to deal with:
the daily management of time, requests, money
the dynamics of empathy and neutrality
the deep movements stirred up by the use needles
the expression of hidden or violent emotions
the yin attitude of “being there”
We work with illnesses and suffering, it is a delicate matter.
The encounter of patient and practitioner requires a specific attention.
To improve therapeutic results we need not to be submerged by what takes place inside the relationship.
The classics give a great attention to it – quotations will be discussed in the workshop.
Clinical cases are given throughout all the issues.
Learning Objectives
- Refer to the Classics and Recognize deep relational movements in given clinical cases
- Paths to deal with dysfunctional behaviours
- Learn how to address the clinical relationship in daily practice. Deal with questions about ethics, communication, clinical interview. Understand how to handle interpersonal issues that arise in the clinic.
- Cope with the therapeutic setting, empathy, expression of emotions, silence and words. Not be invaded or drifted away by what may happen during the treatment. Use a yin attitude of “being there”
- Why we have chosen this profession, what deep needs it responds to, how we deal with it all
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
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Supporting Teenagers Through Extraordinary Times
with Rebecca Avern
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Adolescence has only been defined as a distinct psychological phase since early in the twentieth century. It was therefore obviously not discussed in historical Chinese medical texts. This talk will discuss in detail the huge transformation that occurs in the balance of the Organs, Substances and 5 Phases during adolescence, and how these manifest in the young person.
We will then take a detailed look at 2 key aetiological factors that often arise in teenage pathology: namely lack of sleep and family dynamics. We will explore these from a Chinese medical perspective, and suggest ways of minimizing the disruption they may cause.
We will then take an in depth look at each of the 5 Phases, and describe how each of them resonate with different aspects of adolescence, how the constraints of lockdown may impact them and what we can do to support their development.
Participants will leave with a better understanding of the processes underpinning adolescence, how pathology related to them may manifest and how, as parents and practitioners, we may help young people to ride this important 'gate of life' smoothy.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the developmental phase of adolescence from a 5 Phase perspective.
- Develop an understanding of sleep during adolescence from a TCM perspective and learn ways to help optimise it.
- Understand the energetic changes that underpin adolescence from the TCM perspective.
- Develop an awareness of how family dynamics impact on development throughout adolescence.
Your Teacher
Rebecca Avern
Rebecca Avern is a senior lecturer, clinical supervisor and teaching clinic director at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, UK. In 2012, she founded an acupuncture centre for the treatment of children in Oxford – the Panda Clinic - and her clinical work is now entirely with children. She teaches paediatrics online and at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
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As the essence of the plant, essential oils represent a very special and dynamic relationship of wei qi and yuan qi. In this introduction to the use of essential oils from a Chinese medical perspective, we will discuss the way in which any essential oil operates on the body via its nature and functions. We will discuss the care and formulation of essential oils and how to discern good quality and retain therapeutic action through a course of treatment. We will then consider specific essential oils created from both common plants such as Eucalyptus and Chinese herbal medicinals such as Schizandra. We’ll examine how they can be used to work with disorders occurring at the essence level such as cancer, infertility, personality disorders and auto-immune conditions.
Learning Objectives
- Provide a framework of Wei, Ying, and Yuan for understanding both how essential oils work with consciousness and how Chinese medicine views both destiny and consciousness.
- Describe the nature, taste, note, channels and dilution rate for 18-25 essential oils that are especially associated with the essence. These include essential oils made from seeds and herbs found in the Chinese material medica.
- Comprehension of basic energetics of essential oils and Chinese medicine, including Wei Qi, Ying Qi, and Yuan Qi.
- Explain the relationship between essential oils, Chinese medicine, and epigenetics, the science of how the environment affects our genes.
- Comprehension of what differentiates essential oils from other types of herbal medicine, i.e. note, preparation and applications.
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Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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Ethics is a balance between passion and caution. This course covers a full spectrum of principles for maintaining an acupuncture/eastern medicine practice, whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned practitioner. We’ll address ethical models in different medical modalities, the patient-practitioner relationship, disclosure, confidentiality, payments, setting up your practice, taking time away or moving your practice, record keeping, sexual attraction, relationships with and covering for other practitioners, advertising, professional surroundings, and your role in the global community, and more - all within a clear and easy through-line that will guide you to success via integrity.
Learning Objectives
- Students will learn core principles to determine what is ethical as pertaining to the practice of Acupuncture and East Asian medicine.
- Students will understand the various base categories of maintaining a practice and how ethics are applied within each.
- Students will be able to create a framework for creating and building an ethical practice of high integrity.
Your Teacher
Mary McCullough
Mary McCullough is an Acupuncturist and Professor. She serves as Senior Faculty member at the Institute of Classical Five Element Acupuncture in California.
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The Alchemy of the Organs - Course 1
The Red Bird and the Dark Stag (The Heart and the Kidneys)
with Peter Firebrace
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Overview
A detailed study of the heart and the kidneys, the north-south, jing-shen axis of Chinese medicine. Linked with fire and water, li and kan, the exchange between these two organs has always been considered of prime importance for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, from fertility to longevity in tranquility and serenity. We will study the Daoist, alchemical and medical aspects of the heart and the kidneys from ancient texts and images and crystalize this knowledge into useful clinical practice by studying key points on the heart, kidney and other meridians from Shen Feng, Spirit Seal (Kid 23) to Shen Men, Spirit Gate (Ht 7), from Ming Men, Gate of Destiny (Du 4) to Zi Hu Door of the Child (Kid 13). Restoring the Shao Yin interweaving of heart and kidneys, the cooling and warming of midnight and noon, the retreat and resurgence of December and June, restores brightness to the mind, peace to the heart, strength to the body and resilience to the spirit.
Learning Objectives
- To apply this knowledge to help patients with a lifestyle that will nurture life, yang sheng, and improve their health.
- To give cases and acupuncture points for clinical application.
- To restore the insights of the Neidan Inner Alchemy tradition to Chinese medicine.
- To deepen our understanding of the heart and kidneys and their inter-relationship.
- To present the teachings in the Neijingtu, Inner Landscape Map and the Xiuzhentu, Cultivating Authenticity Map.
Your Teacher
Peter Firebrace
A graduate of the International College of Oriental Medicine, Peter Firebrace, FBAcC, has extensively studied TCM and Chinese language and philosophy. He was a co-founder of Monkey Press, teaches internationally, and also produces songs and poems on topics pertaining to TCM. Peter is in the process of setting up Guan Academy of Chinese Medicine for online teaching.
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The Alchemy of the Organs - Course 2
The Green Dragon and the White Tiger (The Liver and the Lungs)
with Peter Firebrace
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A detailed study of the liver and the lungs, the rising-falling, east-west axis of Chinese medicine. Linked with wood and metal, the power to burst out of the earth and to bury within the earth, this expressive-reflective dynamic is key to the fulfilment and attainment of our desires and dreams - or knowing when to stop at our limits. As sea of blood and master of qi, the liver and the lungs are linked to the hun and the po, the one ever searching to connect with the shen, the other ever vigilant to guard and maintain the body. We will study the Daoist, alchemical and medical aspects of the liver and the lungs from ancient texts and images and explore their application to clinical practice in modern times through studying key points on the liver, lung and other meridians such as Xuan Ji Jade Pivot (Ren 21), which restores fluidity of respiratory movement and Li Gou, Woodworm Canal (Liv 5) which restores normality to the sexual region.
Learning Objectives
- To restore the insights of the Neidan Inner Alchemy tradition to Chinese medicine.
- To present the teachings in the Neijingtu, Inner Landscape Map and the Xiuzhentu, Cultivating Authenticity Map.
- To apply this knowledge to help patients with a lifestyle that will nurture life, yang sheng, and improve their health.
- To deepen our understanding of the liver and the lungs and their inter-relationship.
- To give cases and acupuncture points for clinical application.
Your Teacher
Peter Firebrace
A graduate of the International College of Oriental Medicine, Peter Firebrace, FBAcC, has extensively studied TCM and Chinese language and philosophy. He was a co-founder of Monkey Press, teaches internationally, and also produces songs and poems on topics pertaining to TCM. Peter is in the process of setting up Guan Academy of Chinese Medicine for online teaching.
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Sex has long been used as a healing tool in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The erotic healing arts practices are older than acupuncture and, though little known by the Western world, are still in use today. Sexual expression, when done with a proper understanding of how energy moves, can enhance and quicken healing. Sex, even “great sex”, practiced without TCM healing techniques, can decrease health and make your process of getting well longer and more difficult. It can even interfere with the treatments that your acupuncturist is giving you, resulting in less improvement per session.
In this 1 hour class, Dr. Felice Dunas will show you how, according to TCM theory, sex can support or inhibit health and healing. She will introduce simple practices that will enhance your pleasure while improving your health. Optimize your healing, no matter the nature of your illness or injury, with energy, or Qi (pronounced “chi”) cultivating sexual activities.
Learning Objectives
- To present the correlation between sex and health/disease according to TCM theory
- To introduce the sexual healing arts practices of TCM.
- To provide conversational tools for discussing this sensitive subject with patients.
- To give practical and theoretical info on how sex augments or detracts from the benefits of TCM treatment depending upon how it is practiced
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Felice Dunas
Felice Dunas, Ph.D., is an international speaker, consultant, intimacy educator, and holistic healer, who has used her understanding of behavior and the human body to help clients for over 40 years. An author, she has been the recipient of the 'Acupuncturist of the Year' award.
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Korean Hand Therapy Advanced - Course 3
KHT Five Element Therapy
with Dan Lobash
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This learning module is part of the KHT Advanced Topics Series, which covers more challenging topics following the basic courses. This is Module 3 of 6 in the Advanced topic series.
This course covers the Five Element, Four Point Micro-meridian tonification and sedation theory, location, and applications. Also included will be selection principles of points and applications for both hot (excess heat) and cold (excess deficiency) as well as a simplified two point treatment pattern. Application of both needles and pellets is explained. The focus of this Module is to understand the theory and application of the Five Element model in KHT.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand creative and control cycle relationships
- Students will understand the application of Korean Hand points using needles and pellets
- Students will learn the basic principles of the 5 Element Model
- Students will learn Five Element, Four point and Two point patterns for Tonification and Sedation
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Dan Lobash
Dr. Dan Lobash, Ph.D., L.Ac., practices KHT (Korean Hand Therapy) and Traditional Oriental Medicine and has been in practicing for over 30 years. He has taught KHT seminars internationally and is published in several TCM journals.
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Points Series - Course 2
A Study of Guan Yuan (Ren4)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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This course will explore the point called Guan Yuan (Ren4). The goal of this webinar is to study this point in-depth, and understand what symptoms are specific to it. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee will examine the Chinese name of this point, using the Chinese characters to reach a deeper understanding of the point's function within the framework of the body, and provide a detailed study from both classical and medical literature. The meaning of Guan Yuan, its description in the medical classics, presentation and explanation of its therapeutic indications, relationship with other points, and common combinations are explored.
Learning Objectives
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns.
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
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Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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In Chinese medicine, Blood Stasis usually presents in one form or another due to the intimate relationship and physiology related to Blood in women. As such, Blood Stasis is seen in many gynecology-related conditions. Women are especially prone to Blood Stagnation in the pelvis due to the complex arrangement of the reproductive organs in that area. This can include numerous and diverse conditions such as abdominal masses, abdominal pain, ovarian cysts, flooding and trickling, heavy periods, no periods, scanty periods, painful periods, ectopic pregnancy, habitual miscarriage, infertility, menopausal syndrome, etc. This recorded lecture will give an overview of Blood Stasis as it occurs in different stages of a woman’s life.
There is a set of notes for download with this course.
Learning Objectives
- Cultivate an appreciation of how Blood Stasis is not isolated but connected to many different factors
- Learn basic treatments for Blood Stasis including diet and herbal categories
- Gain a deeper understanding of the various causes and manifestations of Blood Stasis
- Provide an overview of Blood Stasis in gynecology
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David Bray
A specialist in TCM Gynecology, David Bray, R.Ac., R.TCMP, Dipl C.H. (NCCAOM), graduated from Guangzhou University of TCM and has been in practice for over 35 years.
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The Ethics lecture on the “Patient-Practitioner Relationship from the Chinese Medical Classics” is perhaps considered one of the best talks on Chinese Medicine. It was first presented in 1990 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute, Maryland, presented by Father Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée.
The subject of this lecture has now been included within the body of CTA’s Masters degree, as well as being offered annually to new generations of practitioners. As our profession evolves with the changing landscape of healthcare, this area of study and expertise remains a treasure house of clinical efficacy and healing potential. This course covers the components outlined in this lecture.
Learning Objectives
- Raises his or her vision and conduct
- Invigorates his or her thought
- Allows the practitioner to develop his or her art
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Points Series - Course 1
A Study of Kun Lun (UB60)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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This course will explore the point called Kun Lun (UB60). The goal of this webinar is to study this point in-depth and understand what symptoms are specific to it. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee will examine the Chinese name of this point using the Chinese characters to reach a deeper understanding of the point's function within the framework of the body, and provide a detailed study from both classical and medical literature.
The meaning of Kun Lun, its description in the medical classics, presentation, explanation of its therapeutic indications, relationship with other points, and common combinations are explored.
Learning Objectives
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Problems of love and relationship may reflect the strength and movement of the body’s energy, and may not be rooted in psychology or how happy a childhood someone had. Did you know that romantic attraction, and the relationship that follows, especially if ignited for someone who is, ultimately, a bad match, can be a sign of poor energetic health, just like headaches, back pain or asthma, and can be treated by acupuncture? Knowing how attraction and relationship patterns affect one's strength and energy, and having the support of acupuncture, can speed up healthful changes in the body.
According to TCM, romance, love and a patient’s experience of them are directly related to the condition of their Qi. In this 1-hour class, Dr Felice Dunas will introduce you to how a patient’s experience of love, their romantic life and their physical health, can benefit from TCM support.
Learning Objectives
- The instructor will provide the practitioner with tools for discussing this topic with his/her patients
- Participants will learn TCM theoretical strategies for resolving love and romance related health problems
- Participants will be introduced to the correlation between a person’s behavior, in reference to love and romance, and the condition of their qi
- The instructor discusses patterns in love and romantic relationship behavior and how these patterns correlate to specific energetic syndromes
Your Teacher
Felice Dunas
Felice Dunas, Ph.D., is an international speaker, consultant, intimacy educator, and holistic healer, who has used her understanding of behavior and the human body to help clients for over 40 years. An author, she has been the recipient of the 'Acupuncturist of the Year' award.
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This audio/visual course by master acupuncturist Kiiko Matsumoto presents a detailed approach to common, severe digestive problems.
It includes a presentation of the 9 Star system, which is a foundational part of Chinese Medical thought. In Chinese Medical theory, the 5 Elements/10 Stems are considered related to the heavenly level. The 12 branches, 12 meridians, 12 yearly cycles are considered related to earthly level. The middle level between these is the 9 stars, the human level, between heaven and earth. Each section of the nine star map relates to one of the five elements, and 3 of the 9 star areas relate to Earth.
This class discusses these positions of the earth element on the abdomen, the direct relationship to the small intestine, and many digestive disorders that reflect on the abdomen (hara) with this exact pattern of pressure pain. Theory and didactic information is given on how to approach digestive disorders that may clearly have the diagonal 9 Star pattern of earth/small intestine pressure pain on the abdomen (hara), A base treatment of left SI 3, right Bl 62 is worked up, with multiple variations. Emotional and physical trauma accompany many painful digestive conditions, and is addressed using acupuncture points over related brain pain/memory areas.
Learning Objectives
- Provide didactic information on the application of the 9 stars to many digestive disorders, including Celiac, Crohn's, GB disorders, Colitis, Reflux, and chronic Stomach pain, using variations on the base treatment.
- Teach practitioners to differentiate between the usage of acupuncture point choices as they are applied to specific incidents, and include trauma release points as appropriate.
- Educate practitioners in Classical Chinese theory of the 9 Stars.
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Kiiko Matsumoto
Kiiko Matsumoto is a licensed acupuncturist, internationally recognized for her scholarly work interpreting the Chinese Classics and her unique and practical acupuncture style that integrates the work of important Japanese masters. An author on numerous acupuncture texts, she maintains a private practice in Boston and frequently lectures around the world.
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Intimacy and relationship issues can be awkward to discuss with patients unless you are sufficiently trained to do so. Dr. Dunas has created educational tools for your patients so they can learn about these topics on their own. You benefit by prescribing an educational opportunity without having to teach the subject yourself. Patients learn without having to engage in a direct conversation with you. Once they have been exposed to Dr. Dunas’ work, a conversation between you can be more comfortably approached from either side, should there be a need. TCM can, truly, help heal a patient’s love life and their body. A key component in the implementation of this modality is the principle of “healing through pleasure”, a perspective easily overlooked by our Western views of life and medicine, but pivotal to TCM as practiced in the past.
In this one-hour recorded presentation, Dr. Felice Dunas introduces a subject for which she received the Acupuncturist of the Year Award by the AAAOM: single-handedly bringing the “Sexual Healing Practices” of Chinese medicine to the North American acupuncture profession.
Older than acupuncture and consistently used to the present day, our professional ancestors reserved sexual teachings only for those patients whose lives would require optimal intelligence, power, vitality and longevity - in essence, the rulers of feudal China. That is how important, but secretive, these practices have always been. Why are these teachings important for acupuncturists today to understand? Because the quality of a patient’s sexual life and their ability to cultivate intimacy closeness directly affects and is affected by health. In essence, the effectiveness of your work can be helped or hindered by how a patient “loves”.
Once practitioners have viewed this initial webinar, they may be interested in directing their patients to view two recorded webinars geared specifically for patients.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will understand two of the TCM theories utilized in the erotic practices, Qiand Yin Yang
- Participants will be introduced to the sexual healing arts concepts in TCM
- Participants will learn simple, highly impactful erotic healing techniques
- Participants will learn appropriate indicators when a patient’s relationship may have a negative impact on health and when to recommend patient self-learning on these topics
- Participants will explore Western vs. Eastern attitudes towards activities that include 'healing through pleasure,' and understand how to address those concerns with patients and other medical professionals
Your Teacher
Felice Dunas
Felice Dunas, Ph.D., is an international speaker, consultant, intimacy educator, and holistic healer, who has used her understanding of behavior and the human body to help clients for over 40 years. An author, she has been the recipient of the 'Acupuncturist of the Year' award.
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This recorded webinar presents an in-depth use of Heart-9 with clinical cases.
Cases demonstrating dramatic changes when using this point will be covered; conditions such as persistent migraines, depression, allergies, memory loss, etc., can all be affected when Ht-9 is applied correctly.
This recorded webinar will discuss how it is helpful to understand the whole concept and usage of the ‘Jing well-point,’ as it leads to a better understanding of the relationship of the heart and Shen. This in-depth understanding will expand the learners’ clinical abilities when one is working on mind-body-spirit transformation using acupuncture.
This informative recorded webinar presents the special use of this single, but very important, point.
Learning Objectives
- Different acupuncture techniques: Tonifying, reducing, bleeding, and their various effects
- Use of jing-well points
- The use of a single acupuncture point for emotional transformation
- Understanding the concept of Shen and its relationship for memory and thinking
- The relationship between pulse presentation and the selection of acupuncture techniques
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Yair Maimon
With over 25 years of clinical, academic, and research experience, Dr. Yair Maimon, (OMD, Ph.D., Ac.), integrates Complementary and Chinese Medicine in a western medical set-up. He currently heads an integrative oncology research center (Tal Center) at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, as well as the Israeli Center for Research in Complementary Medicine.