Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Michael brown, dacm, lac
approved 5 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar via zoom saturday June 10th, 9:30am-3pm
Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
Live Webinar Saturday June 10th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 5/10/23 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
This Part III of a 3 part series, please join us for the other 2 sessions!
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Live Webinar Saturday June 10th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 5/10/23 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
- Analyze research correlating point location and organ system effects to understand
effectiveness and clinical value of points versus channels. - Discuss the complicated nature of placebo effect and explore research that demonstrates the
distinction between placebo effects and physiological effects of acupuncture. - Learn how acupuncture channels and effects explain the interrelating and interacting complex
of neuro-immuno-endocrine networks. - Review treatment strategies for various medical conditions (e.g. chronic pain, acute pain,
migraines, headaches, IBS, anxiety/depression, addiction, dysmenorrhea, urinary incontinence,
bowel pain, etc.) in the context of acupuncture neuroscience and the neuro-immuno-endocrine
networks. - Summarize the course material and provide simple clinical insights to improve effectiveness of
acupuncture treatment based in a new understanding of accurate Classical Chinese channel
theory and contemporary research.
This Part III of a 3 part series, please join us for the other 2 sessions!
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Michael brown, dacm, lac
approved 5 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar via zoom saturday may 27th, 9:30am-3pm
Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Live Webinar Saturday May 27th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 4/2723 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Live Webinar Saturday May 27th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 4/2723 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
- Perform a review of contemporary acupuncture research that explains the physiological
mechanism of acupuncture and its effects. - Explore and discuss the assorted perspectives of acupuncture mechanisms comparing
neurological versus mechanical. - Demonstrate the many layered effects of acupuncture, looking at deqi versus noxious stimuli,
local versus non-local, peripheral versus central nervous system, and downstream effects of
acupuncture on other systems. - Understand the significance of acupuncture neuroscience research and its implications for
acupuncture mechanisms and effectiveness. - Review the correlation of peripheral nerves and their correspondence to the traditional Chinese
acupuncture channels.
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Michael brown, dacm, lac
approved 5 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar via zoom saturday may 13th, 9:30am-3pm
Illuminating Channel Wisdom: Bridging Ancient Theory and Modern Science in Acupuncture: Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Live Webinar Saturday May 13th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 4/13/23 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens;
Objective:
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Live Webinar Saturday May 13th 9:30am - 3pm PDT
25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 4/13/23 // Full Price $115 thereafter
Approved CA CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 for 5 Live CEUs
The purpose of this course is to update how we see and treat the various layers of communication and distribution embedded within the body, which we call “channels”, by reviewing contemporary research and advances in anatomy. The nervous and cardiovascular systems remain central to qi & blood dynamics. With new scientific understandings of acupuncture points, neuroscience, myofascial chains, and physiology, this course aims to add layers of information onto the persistent and mysteriously accurate wisdom of ancient channel/point locations and functions. The goal is to add new depth to your medical vocabulary and to enhance your practical integrative knowledge of acupuncture in the biomedical context.
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens;
Objective:
- Examine the newest translation and historical context of the classics with the current, up-to-
date basis of historical and biomedical understandings, to better appreciate their wisdom &
ensure proper valuation of Chinese medical history. - Review and update the classical basis for channel theory via new translations and anatomical
cadaver studies. - Analyze classical texts’ descriptions of anatomical pathways for new insights into meanings
insights into clinical and anatomical significance of Traditional Chinese medical understanding. - Analyze classical texts’ descriptions of point locations for new insights into meanings insights
into clinical and anatomical significance of Traditional Chinese medical understanding. - Explore the interpretations of the Classical Chinese meanings of empirical observations of
acupuncture’s physiological responses.
Part I - Updating Channel Theory: Looking At the Past Through a Fresh Lens
Part II - The Science of Acupuncture's Mechanisms: Looking at the Latest Research to Bridge Past and Present
Part III - What Works & What Doesn't: Using the Science to Practice More Effective Acupuncture
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
The Integrative Healing Institute
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
SPIRITS OF THE POINTS
PRESENTED BY: Professor neil r gumenick, lac
12 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191 (2 PER SESSION)
TUESDAYS 6-8PM PST 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28
Spirits of the Points - with Professor Neil R Gumenick, MAc, LAc, DiplOM
Live Webinar Tuesdays 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28 6-8pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 1/21/23
2 CA & NCCAOM CEUs per Session (Total 12) CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
The work of a truly wholistic practitioner is to address the needs of patients at all levels. The majority of patients, aside from their physical symptoms, are often also imbalanced at the levels of mind and spirit. Every acupuncture point has a name, translated from the ancient Chinese characters, which suggests the mental and spiritual connotations of the point. This course will cover the names, meanings, and uses of spirit points on all 12 meridians, as well as the Ren (CV) and Du (GV) channels.
Course Objectives:
~ Participants will learn the names, meaning and uses of points to resolve a Spirit level block
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings and uses of Spirit points appropriate to conjoin with treatment of any of the Five Elements
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Fire Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Earth Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Metal Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Water Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Wood Meridians
Option to sign up for single sessions, links to each session sign up in the full course sign up description.
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Live Webinar Tuesdays 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28 6-8pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 1/21/23
2 CA & NCCAOM CEUs per Session (Total 12) CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
The work of a truly wholistic practitioner is to address the needs of patients at all levels. The majority of patients, aside from their physical symptoms, are often also imbalanced at the levels of mind and spirit. Every acupuncture point has a name, translated from the ancient Chinese characters, which suggests the mental and spiritual connotations of the point. This course will cover the names, meanings, and uses of spirit points on all 12 meridians, as well as the Ren (CV) and Du (GV) channels.
Course Objectives:
~ Participants will learn the names, meaning and uses of points to resolve a Spirit level block
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings and uses of Spirit points appropriate to conjoin with treatment of any of the Five Elements
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Fire Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Earth Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Metal Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Water Meridians
~ Participants will learn the names, meanings, and uses of points on the Wood Meridians
Option to sign up for single sessions, links to each session sign up in the full course sign up description.
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
DAO OF THE NIGHT - DREAM SERIES 2023
PRESENTED BY: ERIN LANGLEY, LAC AND CLARISSA GUNAWAN
40 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
FIVE PART LIVE WEBINAR - SATURDAYs & SUNDAYs
WEEKEND 1: 2/18-19, WEEKEND 2: 4/29-30, WEEKEND 3: 6/17-18, WEEKEND 4: 8/26-27 AND WEEKEND 5: 11/4-5
The Dao of the Night - Dream Series with Erin Langley, LAc and Clarissa Gunawan
*Five Part Live Webinar 2/18-19, 4/29-30, 6/17-18, 8/26-27 and 11/4-5 *
40 CEUs NCCAOM #9191 and CA #1650
“All good teachers recognize that you can’t just do daytime practice, you have to do night-time practice. There’s no daytime practice strong enough to make this unnecessary. This vivid aspect of our experience, night, is too much what we are. So we have to have a relationship with it.” --Liu Ming
This dream series is a complete cycle of teaching broken into in five parts, designed by late Daoist priest Liu Ming. It will present all the profound potentials found in our natural need to sleep. Beginning with the physiological aspects of dream and using dream symbols to interpret medical conditions, then going into an understanding of shamanic dreaming (divination and healing), before finally presenting the spiritual practice of path dreaming, where life and death become dreams.
Early Bird Rate is $790 until 1/9/23 // Regular rate is $990
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
*Five Part Live Webinar 2/18-19, 4/29-30, 6/17-18, 8/26-27 and 11/4-5 *
40 CEUs NCCAOM #9191 and CA #1650
“All good teachers recognize that you can’t just do daytime practice, you have to do night-time practice. There’s no daytime practice strong enough to make this unnecessary. This vivid aspect of our experience, night, is too much what we are. So we have to have a relationship with it.” --Liu Ming
This dream series is a complete cycle of teaching broken into in five parts, designed by late Daoist priest Liu Ming. It will present all the profound potentials found in our natural need to sleep. Beginning with the physiological aspects of dream and using dream symbols to interpret medical conditions, then going into an understanding of shamanic dreaming (divination and healing), before finally presenting the spiritual practice of path dreaming, where life and death become dreams.
- Part 1: Healing - Dream and illness: using dream for healing: In part 1, we will take time to understand the difference between the Western versus Chinese / Daoist cosmology. And from this foundation, learn about the five spirits and the four categories of sleep disorders which can be used to assist in patient diagnosis; can’t fall asleep, can’t stay asleep, no dreaming, and can’t wake up.
- Part 2: Divination - Shamanic dreaming: world of symbols: In part 2, you will be introduced to the world of symbols in shamanic dreaming. We will learn the meaning behind common dream symbols such as travel, traveller and vehicle symbols, animal and plant symbols, and significant places like childhood homes. This weekend will also include teaching about differences between the red and black shaman paths, as well as on the technique of ‘solemnising’ a dream to close off a particular life chapter.
- Part 3: Shamanic - Dream as spiritual path: introduction to path dreaming and types of dreams: In part 3, we learn how dream can be used as a spiritual path, and what the initial, middle and final stages of this may look like. We will explore in more detail the cosmology held by path dreamers; their View, Method and Fruition. And finally, we will discuss the types of dreams that occur at different parts of the night; ordinary dreams in the first part of the night and dreams of clarity (including ancestral resolution dreams) which occur in the middle and last stages of the night.
- Part 4: Path - Path dreaming advanced: intentional and lucid dreams: In part 4, we continue the learning about how to be come a path dreamer. For path dreamers, life and death are a dream rather than a self-created fantasy. Birth, the emergence of an appearance of life, is a dream. Death, the dissolution of the appearance of life, is also a dream. We will learn that though dreamers recognise many types of dreams, the fruition of dreaming is ultimately the dissolution of duality, that is, the artificial boundary between waking and sleeping, and life and death.
- Part 5: Death - Dream as death practice: the five eyes and five 'bardo' transitory states: In part 5, our last weekend will be focused on dream as death practice. You will learn about the cosmology of the five eyes and how it corresponds to the five bardo or transitory states after death.
Early Bird Rate is $790 until 1/9/23 // Regular rate is $990
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
Beginning the Journey™
PRESENTED BY: Professor neil r gumenick, lac
16 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Saturday & Sunday January 14-15, 2023 9am-6pm PST
Beginning the Journey - with Professor Neil R Gumenick, MAc, LAc, DiplOM
Live Webinar Saturday & Sunday January 14-15, 2023 9am-6pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 12/14/23
15 CA & NCCAOM CEUs CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
This course is an in-depth overview of the Classical Five-Element Acupuncture tradition. The course will cover the concepts of Causative Factor, the levels of disease: physical, mental, spiritual, the five elements, and the twelve organs/functions and their correspondences. Rapport/interview skills will be practiced, as well as a demonstration of diagnosis and treatment of actual patients (case studies on video). We will cover pulse diagnosis, as well as specific blocks to successful treatment: Possession, Aggressive Energy, Husband/Wife imbalances, and Entry/Exit Blocks. The course will cover the uses of Source, Junction, Horary, and Tonification Points, Windows of the Sky, and the spiritual connotations of selected, commonly used points.
Who this is for: Students, graduates, and practitioners of East Asian Medicine who are seeking a deeper understanding of Five Element Acupuncture.
Course Objectives:
The webinar is an in-depth introduction to the theory and practice of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture.
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins
Live Webinar Saturday & Sunday January 14-15, 2023 9am-6pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 12/14/23
15 CA & NCCAOM CEUs CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
This course is an in-depth overview of the Classical Five-Element Acupuncture tradition. The course will cover the concepts of Causative Factor, the levels of disease: physical, mental, spiritual, the five elements, and the twelve organs/functions and their correspondences. Rapport/interview skills will be practiced, as well as a demonstration of diagnosis and treatment of actual patients (case studies on video). We will cover pulse diagnosis, as well as specific blocks to successful treatment: Possession, Aggressive Energy, Husband/Wife imbalances, and Entry/Exit Blocks. The course will cover the uses of Source, Junction, Horary, and Tonification Points, Windows of the Sky, and the spiritual connotations of selected, commonly used points.
Who this is for: Students, graduates, and practitioners of East Asian Medicine who are seeking a deeper understanding of Five Element Acupuncture.
Course Objectives:
The webinar is an in-depth introduction to the theory and practice of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture.
- Participants will learn the 5 Elements and 12 Officials at the levels of body, mind, and spirit.
- They will learn the diagnostic correspondences of the elements and how to use their own senses to see, to hear, to feel, and to smell as diagnostic tools.
- They will learn the concept of the Causative Factor and how to identify it.
- They will learn and gain greater proficiency in pulse diagnosis.
- They will learn diagnosis and treatment of energetic blocks:Possession, Aggressive Energy, Husband/Wife Imbalance, Exit/Entry Blocks, and Akabane Imbalance.
- They will learn treatment planning and the use of specific categories of points: Tonification, Source, Junction, Horary, Exit and Entry, Associated Effect (Back Shu), Windows of the Sky, and the spiritual connotations of selected points from all meridians.
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins
LIVING AT OUR EDGE: CONSCIOUS LIVING, CONSCIOUS DYING
PRESENTED BY: ram dev dale borglum, phd
15 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
LIVE WEBINAR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19-20, 2022 9AM-5:30PM PST
Healing at Our Edge: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying with Ram Dev Dale Borglum, PhD
Live Webinar Saturday & Sunday November 19-20, 2022 9am-5:30pm PST
15 CA / NCCAOM CEUs CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Physical healing, emotional healing, spiritual healing, collective healing – the journey to wholeness takes many forms and has as many starting points as there are people who embark upon the journey. Each of us is at a particular point on her or his healing path, confronting our next challenge, often without clearly knowing whether attitudes or practices we have been using to facilitate growth in ourselves or in our clients are becoming stale, without knowing which direction we should now turn to create meaningful transformation.
In this workshop we will draw upon the wisdom of Buddhism, the diagnostic message coming from the connection between stages of early childhood development and energetic patterns in the adult body, as well as the softening and the passion of an open heart. Having explored these wisdom traditions during 30 years of being a guide to the dying, a clear and practical paradigm for the healing path has become apparent to me. Healing occurs through direct contact with the Sacred, through realization of our true nature. There are no shortcuts, but certainly neither taking unnecessary detours nor spending time spinning our wheels can inspire us along what is often a difficult journey to a life consciously lived.
During this workshop we will explore together a clear, concise and usable model of the healing process that can specifically diagnose and identify the next step that is transformational for each of us, even during crisis. Short, intensive, guided meditations and other practices will be presented in order to create a healing experience that will lead to a life consciously and compassionately lived and eventually to a conscious death. We're all caregivers and are all seekers of healing. These deeply uncertain times are an incredible opportunity.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe the defining characteristics of compassion.
- Distinguish between compassion and pity.
- Fully understand the somatic foundation for being able to let go of identification with separateness.
- Understanding how to transmute the separateness of grief into the connectedness of compassion.
- Be familiar with several contemplative practices that will help a client transmute fear of dying into acceptance.
- Skillfully work with one’s own fear of death as it is resonated by the client’s situation.
- Enable one’s client to use the prognosis of a life-threatening illness as an opportunity to become more present and alive.
$345 Registration Fee / 25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 10/19
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
PASSION & COMPASSION: CAREGIVING FOR SELF & OTHERS
PRESENTED BY: ram dev dale borglum, phd
pending 8 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
LIVE WEBINAR SATURDAY november 19, 2022 9AM-6PM PST
Passion & Compassion: Caregiving for Self & Others with Ram Dev Dale Borglum PhD
*Live Webinar Saturday November 19, 2022 9am-6pm PST*
8 CA / NCCAOM CEUs CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Compassion, literally with passion, is at the heart of the caregiving process and is the essence of all great religions. Without compassion, contact with suffering will eventually lead to burnout. With compassion, our open heart meets suffering, the suffering within each of us and the suffering that is all around each of us. This movement is the movement from contraction to spaciousness, from judgment to connectedness and requires all of our passion. How alive are you willing to be?
In our culture, compassion for self is mostly ignored and compassion for others is confused with pity. Hence approaching caregiving as one’s spiritual practice, as work on oneself, is not common practice. We don’t have to be Mother Teresa to find joy in working with suffering. There is a joy that goes beyond happiness and sadness, wellness and illness, even beyond life and death. Compassion is our true nature. Life becomes incredibly simple when we experience this truth.
This presentation is intended for those who wish to take better care of themselves, of those they love, of those they work with, for those who wish to prevent burnout, for those who are ill, and for those who wish to transform caregiving into the joy of selfless service.
Guided meditations from the Christian and Buddhist traditions will be explored. Together we will work with self-investigative exercises including communications dyads and exploration of different internal energetic states in relationship to self and to other. We will also learn to recognize and transform our psychological blocks through compassion; to find value and sacredness in the simple, in the immediate, in the difficult; to cultivate compassion for that which blocks our passion, for those parts or ourselves and of others that we fear, reject, or avoid; to hear the message of that which is asking to be heard through our illnesses, our problems, our habits; to enter into symptoms rather than to reflexively try to fix them; to become aware of that which has been hidden to us; to find the Presence that our personality often masks. Finally compassion unlocks our hearts so that we each may live authentically.
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
–H. H, the Dalai Lama
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe the defining characteristics of compassion.
- Distinguish between compassion and pity.
- Fully understand the somatic foundation for being able to let go of identification with separateness.
- Understanding how to transmute the separateness of grief into the connectedness of compassion.
$161 Registration
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
bell's palsy - a mind, body, spirit approach
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Kim peirano, dacm, lac
pending 4 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
LIVE WEBINAR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2022 5PM - 9PM PDT
Bell's Palsy - A Mind, Body, Spirit Approach
*Live Webinar Wednesday October 12, 2022 5pm-9pm PDT*
(pending) 4 CA / NCCAOM CEUs CEP #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Acupuncture treatment is one of the few treatment options for Bell’s Palsy, but few understand the mechanism of action behind the pathology and treatment which can ensure a more committed patient and better treatment outcomes. Bell’s Palsy isn’t just a dysfunction of the physical body and nerves either, for most it’s a huge disruption to life when the patient has lost sight of themselves and their needs through a period of extreme stress. This course will look at not only the biomechanical aspects of Bell’s Palsy, the Chinese medicine treatment options and diagnoses, but also the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects that occur with such a diagnosis. Knowing this information can help your patients heal more thoroughly or even experience a chronic case in a new light.
In this course you will learn:
- Differential Diagnosis for Bell’s Palsy (western and Chinese)
- Overview of anatomy involved
- Red Flags
- Acupuncture specific treatment protocol and multi-needle technique
- A spirit - mind - body approach to facial paralysis
- Supplements and herbal considerations
- Contraindications and healing timeline
$92 Registration, 25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 9/12
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins
differential diagnosis and treatment of lower back pain using an integrative approach
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Samantha Hodges, daom, lac, cmt
pending 8 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
in person session (location tbd bay area ca)- 9am - 6pm, sunday august 28, 2022
Differential Diagnosis & Treatment of Lower Back Pain Using an Integrative Approach with Dr. Samantha Hodges, DAOM, LAc
*In-Person Course Sunday August 28th, 2022 9am - 6pm Location TBD Bay Area, CA*
Students will learn how to identify low back pathologies using orthopedic and neurological examinations in addition to identifying the TCM pattern. This course will cover basic MRI terminology, when to refer out, how to safely needle the back, basic myofascial techniques, and corrective exercises. The students will leave the class with tools they can utilize immediately in their practice. There will be 4 hours of lecture and 4 hours of practical hands on practice.
Space is LIMITED!
Early Bird Rate is $200 until 8/5/22 // Regular rate is $260
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
Freeing the blocked patient
PRESENTED BY: Professor neil r. gumenick, mac, lac, diplom
pending 3 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar, Tuesday august 23, 2022
Freeing the Blocked Patient - with Professor Neil R Gumenick, MAc, LAc, DiplOM
Live Webinar Tuesday August 23, 2022 6pm-9pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 7/23/22
Pending 3 CEUs CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Freeing the Blocked Patient is a 3-hour in-depth live event that will cover how to detect and remove a number of specific health-threatening energetic blocks that practitioners will encounter in practice. Some blocks, unless resolved, have fatal consequences. Any block, unless resolved, will hinder or prevent your patient from getting well.
This knowledge can be immediately and successfully applied by all acupuncturists, regardless of their style of practice,
These include the energetic blocks of:
~ Possession
~ Aggressive Energy
~ Husband/Wife Imbalance
~ Exit and Entry Blocks
~ The Umbilical Pulse
~ Akabane Imbalance
Who this is for: Students, graduates, and practitioners of East Asian Medicine who are seeking a deeper understanding of Five Element Acupuncture and freeing blocks to treatments
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
Live Webinar Tuesday August 23, 2022 6pm-9pm PST // Early Bird Discount Ends 7/23/22
Pending 3 CEUs CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Freeing the Blocked Patient is a 3-hour in-depth live event that will cover how to detect and remove a number of specific health-threatening energetic blocks that practitioners will encounter in practice. Some blocks, unless resolved, have fatal consequences. Any block, unless resolved, will hinder or prevent your patient from getting well.
This knowledge can be immediately and successfully applied by all acupuncturists, regardless of their style of practice,
These include the energetic blocks of:
~ Possession
~ Aggressive Energy
~ Husband/Wife Imbalance
~ Exit and Entry Blocks
~ The Umbilical Pulse
~ Akabane Imbalance
Who this is for: Students, graduates, and practitioners of East Asian Medicine who are seeking a deeper understanding of Five Element Acupuncture and freeing blocks to treatments
We are looking forward to sharing this information with you!
Refund Policy: Full refund given if requested 7 days prior to course start. Partial refund (75%) given if requested within 7 days of course start. No refunds offered on or after course begins.
the three treasures
PRESENTED BY: Dennis von elgg, lac
pending 5 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar saturday 6/18/22 9am - 2pm pst
Dennis von Elgg, LAc dives into an exploration of the Three Treasures: Essence, Qi, and Shen. In this workshop, you’ll investigate how this trifecta serves as a cornerstone of our medicine—a foundation for your work as practitioners and a support for the deep healing of your patients.
Essence is the abundant knowing that only you can bring your tools to the table. Essence is the driver, the source of all change, to become the practitioner that only you were meant to be.
Qi is the preparation: the acquisition of the tools and the fearless courage to use them confidently, above and beyond yourself. This patient is my magnum opus. I am here, now.
Shen is the listening, the presence, the generosity, the wisdom, the power. Here we are inspired and understanding. It is limitless and sustainable.
What you get:
- Stories
- Diagnostics
- Points
- Herbs
- other clinical shenanigans to help you become the practitioner you are meant to be!
Who this is for: Students, graduates, and practitioners of East Asian Medicine who are seeking a deeper understanding of the Three Treasures and how it applies to their practice.
The Live Webinar is scheduled for Saturday 6/18/22 from 9am-2pm PST
Course notes and the link for the webinar will be released on Friday 6/17
$80 Early Bird Rate Ends 6/1/22 - Full Price $105
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
Acupuncture Alchemy: Embracing the Five Spirits
PRESENTED BY: DR. KIM PEIRANO, DACM, LAC
Live webinar Saturday June 11, 2022 9am - 6pm
8 CEUs CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
Acupuncture Alchemy - Embracing the Five Spirits is a course designed to enliven your relationship with the Five Spirits in Chinese Medicine. Dr. Kim takes us through a thorough journey of each spirit to understand how detachment of each spirit leads to physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms which are often the crux of conditions which are difficult to treat in clinical practice. By understanding the nature of Acupuncture Alchemy - how healing works, the levels of consciousness and true integration of spirit and body we can provide transformational healing of all levels of mind- body - spirit.
$100 Early Bird Pricing ends 5/20/22 // Full Price $125
In this course you will learn:
- The theory of Acupuncture Alchemy - including the levels of consciousness, vibration, power vs force, cause vs effect and the healing process from a mind- body - spirit perspective
- An in depth overview of each of the five spirits - Shen, Hun, Yi, Zhi and Po
- In relation to each spirit you will learn:
- The physical symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- The mental / emotional symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- The spiritual symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- What changes occur as someone re-integrates that spirit - what the healing looks like
- Treatment protocols and processes to heal and integrate that spirit
- Meditations to integrate and heal that spirit
- Overall this course will give you a deeper understanding of the Five Spirits and how they relate to our well being in all ways, how addressing the spirit can unlock blockages to physical healing and how to recognize these detachments in your patients.
For non-Acupuncturists who are energy healers or therapists - this course is a great overview and introduction to the Five Spirits theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Understanding these spirits and how to heal them can be translated into many healing practices (with the exception of the actual acupuncture protocols themselves).
Ancestor series: Origins, Dreams & the poetics of medicine
presented by erin langley, lac
6 ceus CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
three part live webinar: Saturdays april 23, april 30 and may 7th 2022 10am-12pm pst
Ancestor Series: Origins, Dreams and the Poetics of Medicine with Erin Langley, LAc
*Three Part Live Webinar 4/23, 4/30 and 5/7 10am-12pm PST*
(pending) 6 CEUs NCCAOM #9191 and CA #1650
Early Bird Pricing $85 until 4/5/22
Full Price $115
Knowing who we are is medicine. Deepening our roots helps us become better doctors. Thriving human ecosystems maintain awareness of ancestors, dreams, and art. We will explore these facets of good health for our ourselves and those who seek our care.
This course is applicable for anyone in the healing arts with a background in Chinese Medicine, Taoism or interest in these areas, we are approved for CEUs for Acupuncturists with NCCAOM and CA state licenses.
uncovering the uniqueness of your brand
presented by ryan rigoli
8 cat 2 ceus CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
two part live webinar: 9am - 1pm pst saturday april 2nd & sunday april 3rd, 2022
Uncovering the Uniqueness of Your Brand with Ryan Rigoli
*Two part Live Webinar - 9am-1pm PST Saturday April 2nd 2022 and Sunday April 3rd, 2022*
(approved) 8 Cat 2 CEUs (5 max apply) and NCCAOM #9191 and CA #1650
Early Bird Pricing $100 until 3/15/22
Full Price $125
As a healer and business owner, knowing the uniqueness of your brand is essential to developing marketing communications and creating a web presence that is clear, engaging, and aligned with who you are. In this course, we will first introduce the concept of Brand Resonance and the three foundational components that can help you create an authentic connection with your best-fitting clients: 1) Brand Clarity, 2) Relatable Messaging, and 3) Inner Alignment.
Through brand marketing and personal development concepts, Ryan will explore how building resonance and trust with your audience is not just about what you say, but who you are being when marketing your business. We will then do a deep dive into the Four Key Elements that support Brand Clarity and show how uncovering this deeper clarity for yourself can create greater efficiencies and resonance in your marketing communications, as well as ease within yourself. Through brand marketing concepts, case studies, small group exercises, and guided visualizations, you will have an opportunity to explore the essence of your unique brand and identify ways that you can stay in alignment with yourself across all of your marketing efforts.
This course is good for healers of all types – acupuncturists, therapists, coaches, & energy healers who are struggling with developing communications on a website, or in conversation, that reflect the depth of who they are and what they do.
What is a Brand?
- Defining a Brand
- Branding for Healers (Opportunities and Pitfalls)
What is Brand Resonance?
- Brand Strategy + Relatable Messaging + Inner Alignment = Unique Resonance of a Brand
A Deep Dive into Brand Strategy
- The 4 Key Elements of a Brand Strategy
- WHY: Purpose/Vision, Story, Stands
- WHO: Audience Circumstances, Needs, and Aspirations
- HOW: Approach, Gifts, Voice
- WHAT: Services, Benefits, Impact
Brand Essence: The Heart & Soul of your Brand
- Exploration
- Case Studies
- Journaling
- Small Group Exercises
This course is applicable for anyone in the healing arts, we are approved for CEUs for Acupuncturists with NCCAOM and CA state licenses.
Healing the yi - intuitive eating & chinese medicine
PRESENTED BY: DR. KIM PEIRANO, DACM, LAC
8 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar sunday 2/27/22
This course focuses on unpacking diet culture, weight stigmatization and unhealthy obsessions with thinness, dieting and even clean eating. We take a deep look into the Yi spirit, learn to listen to it and befriend it as it applies to us along with the other spirits. We will look at the science behind why dieting doesn’t work and why weight is actually not a risk factor for disease or death. We also dip our toe into Intuitive Eating, what that is, what it means and how we can help our patients with putting down dieting for good, and tuning in to what brings them joy, peace and progress. This course helps us to call in our Yi, and begin to work with it and enjoy all that it helps us with, releasing codependency, healing from disordered eating and body image, letting go of circular thinking and finally being able to manifest our ideas into reality.
The Yi spirit is perhaps one of the lesser known or understood of the 5 Spirits, yet it is an integral part of how we exist in the world and manifest our ideas into reality. Without the Yi, we simply don’t accomplish much, we don’t live our uniqueness into the World. We often know the Yi for its association with the Earth element and the Spleen and know that disordered eating can be a big factor in a patient with a Yi disturbance, yet addressing this is a very delicate balance of subtle change with compassionate understanding. The Yi helps us to stand our ground, set boundaries and ask for what we need and accept help when we need it. Modern day diet culture injects a hefty dose of shame into practically everyone’s psyche, particularly those who don’t fit the mold of the ‘perfect figure.’ This rampant disregard for true health and beauty, compulsory and chronic dieting or exercise contributes to an entire society and culture that exhibits some element of Yi disturbance. The Health at Every Size movement aims to de-stigmatize weight and help patients learn to take action on their health while not aiming to lose weight, to truly learn to love ourselves and stand up for what we know is right for us.
$100 Early Bird Rate Ends 2/1/22 - Full Price $125
Objectives:
-Learn and understand the Five Spirits in Chinese Medicine and what they do
-Understand the Yi spirit more deeply - what it does, what a disturbance looks like, what causes it
-Learn why diets fail along with other statistics and research on the problems with using weight / BMI as an indicator of health
-Learn what does correlate with poor outcomes that isn’t weight
-Understand other causes for common diseases that are not weight based - PCOS, Heart Disease, Fatty Liver Disease, etc
-Learn about the Health at Every Size movement
-Learn about Intuitive Eating - what it is, what it isn’t
-Learn tangible practices for introducing your patients to intuitive eating, HAES and unpacking diet and weight stigma
For non-Acupuncturists who are energy healers or therapists or Nutritionists - this course is a great option for anyone who has a background in Chinese Medicine theory, the Five Spirits and / or Five Element Theory who is also interested in a new approach to HAES / Intuitive Eating.
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
Integrative Cosmetic Acupuncture
The Integrative Cosmetic Acupuncture method is based on Dr. Kim's decade of experience with cosmetic acupuncture treatments and methods. She has integrated different methods, evidence based treatments and methods with her intuitive guidance to make a protocol that is effective, safe and embodies the 4 Pillars of Holistic Skincare. Her classes are taught with a focus on truly learning and understanding the biological mechanisms behind why this treatment works and what makes it ideal for patients who are concerned with aging but not wanting to use traditional western treatments.
Learning Objectives
- Have a general understanding of facial anatomy and structure including vessels, nerves and muscles of the face, scalp and neck.
- Have a general understanding of common disorders of the face and skin.
- Understand and be able to identify acupuncture points and trigger points on the face / neck / scalp used in cosmetic acupuncture.
- Learn the Four Pillars of Holistic Skincare, what they are, why they are important and what treatments activate them.
- Understand Fibroblast division and elastin / collagen production
- Understand the Dermal Papillae layer and its importance
- Understand the muscles of the face and how they play a part in the appearance of aging.
- Understand the importance of treating the whole person for anti-aging treatments and the spiritual component of the cosmetic acupuncture treatment.
- A brief understanding of telomeres, what they do, why they are important and how acupuncture has an effect on them.
- Develop a base knowledge of skin anatomy, Fitzpatrick skin scale, common skin disorders and those that are well treated with acupuncture.
- Develop a base knowledge of skincare and how to use it including serums, peptides and stem cells.
- Understand how diet, nutrition and supplements play a role in skin health and what are some key go-to’s for addressing aging concerns and other skin conditions as recommendations to be able to make to patients.
- Develop a knowledge of terminology and general concerns of aging on the face.
- Learn how to talk to patients and help them understand what the treatment can and cannot do and manage expectations.
- Learn how to identify a patient who needs to be referred elsewhere
- Learn how to set up the patient for a successful outcome.
- Learn contraindications and cautions for cosmetic acupuncture.
- Develop a base understanding of taking before and after photos.
- Learn, understand and practice the complete cosmetic acupuncture protocol including:
- Body points and why we use them
- Facial points
- Dermal needling
- Adjunct therapies - LED, microcurrent, gua sha, cupping, etc
Acupuncture Alchemy: Embracing the Five Spirits
Acupuncture Alchemy - Embracing the Five Spirits is a course designed to enliven your relationship with the Five Spirits in Chinese Medicine. Dr. Kim takes us through a thorough journey of each spirit to understand how detachment of each spirit leads to physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms which are often the crux of conditions which are difficult to treat in clinical practice. By understanding the nature of Acupuncture Alchemy - how healing works, the levels of consciousness and true integration of spirit and body we can provide transformational healing of all levels of mind- body - spirit.
In this course you will learn:
- The theory of Acupuncture Alchemy - including the levels of consciousness, vibration, power vs force, cause vs effect and the healing process from a mind- body - spirit perspective
- An in depth overview of each of the five spirits - Shen, Hun, Yi, Zhi and Po
- In relation to each spirit you will learn:
- The physical symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- The mental / emotional symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- The spiritual symptoms / signs of detachment of that spirit
- What changes occur as someone re-integrates that spirit - what the healing looks like
- Treatment protocols and processes to heal and integrate that spirit
- Meditations to integrate and heal that spirit
- Overall this course will give you a deeper understanding of the Five Spirits and how they relate to our well being in all ways, how addressing the spirit can unlock blockages to physical healing and how to recognize these detachments in your patients.
For non-Acupuncturists who are energy healers or therapists - this course is a great overview and introduction to the Five Spirits theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Understanding these spirits and how to heal them can be translated into many healing practices (with the exception of the actual acupuncture protocols themselves).
Acupuncture alchemy: the elements of emotion
PRESENTED BY: DR. KIM PEIRANO, DACM, LAC
pending 8 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
live webinar saturday 1/15/22
In this course we explore the complexities of emotion from a multi-pronged approach through a Chinese medicine theory perspective, a spiritual perspective and a bio-physiological perspective. Participants will learn the basics of healing from a truly integrative stance - including the body-mind-spirit axis, the basics of the process of disease or illness and tools to help them recognize this and become better healers. We’ll dive deep into the 5 main emotions and their connections with the 5 elements, how emotions are created, felt and processed through the lens of Chinese medicine. And finally not forgetting to look at the emotions and the bio-physiological role they play in the body. We call emotions ‘feelings’ because that’s exactly what they are - literal feelings in the body produced by neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes. By learning to recognize these feelings in the body we can have more awareness and insight into ourselves and our patients.
$100 Early Bird Rate Ends 12/15/21 - Full Price $125
Objectives:
-Understand the 5 elements and emotion associations
-Understand the interplaying roles of the emotions in the generating, insulting and controlling cycles
-Understand the complexities of the creation of emotion using the element cycles
-Understand a deeper level of healing and transformation
-Understand the body-mind-spirit connection with the process of disease creation and healing
-Understand the physiology of emotion
-Understand the correlations and connection with the 5 elements, emotions, 5 spirits and chakras
-Understand new ways to devise treatment plans and point protocols for emotional healing
For non-Acupuncturists who are energy healers or therapists - this course will give you a new perspective on emotional wellness according to Chinese medicine and Five Element theory, it may be helpful to have previous knowledge of these systems however much of the course will still be applicable.
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
$100 Early Bird Rate Ends 12/15/21 - Full Price $125
Objectives:
-Understand the 5 elements and emotion associations
-Understand the interplaying roles of the emotions in the generating, insulting and controlling cycles
-Understand the complexities of the creation of emotion using the element cycles
-Understand a deeper level of healing and transformation
-Understand the body-mind-spirit connection with the process of disease creation and healing
-Understand the physiology of emotion
-Understand the correlations and connection with the 5 elements, emotions, 5 spirits and chakras
-Understand new ways to devise treatment plans and point protocols for emotional healing
For non-Acupuncturists who are energy healers or therapists - this course will give you a new perspective on emotional wellness according to Chinese medicine and Five Element theory, it may be helpful to have previous knowledge of these systems however much of the course will still be applicable.
Refund Policy: Refunds will be given in full up to 7 days prior to course launch, within 7 days refunds will be given at a reduced rate of 75%, NO refunds once course has begun or after.
