2023 Course calendar
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January 2023
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
FEBRUARY 2023
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.
march 2023
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 sports basement, presidio, san francisco- 9am - 6pm, sunday march 26, 2023
Differential Diagnosis & Treatment of Lower Back Pain Using an Integrative Approach with Dr. Samantha Hodges, DAOM, LAc
*In-Person Course Sunday March 26th, 2023 9am - 6pm Sports Basement, Presidio, San Francisco 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 2/26/23 // 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.
april 2023
uncovering the uniqueness of your brand
Align your brand message with your inner truth
PRESENTED BY: ryan rigoli
approved 5 cat 2 CEUS CA #1650 / 8 ceus NCCAOM #9191
live webinar two parts - April 1-2, 2023 9am-1pm
Uncovering the Uniqueness of Your Brand with Ryan Rigoli
*2 Part Live Webinar Saturday 4/1/23 and Sunday 4/2/23 9am - 1pm PST (time subject to change)*
I often hear from healers, coaches, and therapists that when they try to market their business, a number of questions arise: How do I stay connected to my inner truth when giving voice to my work and building my business? How can my website & messaging reflect the depth of who I am and what I do? How do I express my purpose & gifts in a world that seems to care more about image and selling?
These questions can surface whether developing messaging for a new website, promoting a new offer or business, sharing through social media, or just having a conversation. This course will be addressing all of these topics so that, as a healer and business owner, you can begin to uncover and share the uniqueness of your work in a way that feels clear, authentic, and connected to your deeper purpose.
To support you in this discovery, we 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 offer a safe container where you will have the opportunity to work with others and be guided through a brand exploration and inner alignment process to start uncovering what is true for you. Additionally, it will help you to access the unique tone, or essence, of your brand so that it begins to feel more natural to share your business with others. Through brand marketing & spiritual development concepts, small group exercises, guided visualizations, and Q&A, you will gain a stronger foundation from which to create a brand & message that aligns with your inner truth.
This course is good for healers of all types – acupuncturists, therapists, coaches, energy healers, body workers, meditation teachers, yoga instructors, and more. It can also be supportive of those just starting out in the healing or personal development professions and haven’t yet launched a business or website.
Approved 8 CEUs CA Cat 2 (5 apply) and NCCAOM.
Early Bird Rate is $121.75 until 3/2/23 // Full Price $161
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.
We are seeking innovative teachers! apply today
Are you passionate about alternative medicine? Or simply bridging the gap between allopathic and Eastern medicine? We are seeking innovative and captivating instructors to book for our 2021 roster.
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We are especially interested in topics that translate to Chinese Medicine, Energy Medicine, Spirituality, Acupuncture and much more such as...
Qi Gong, Acupuncture Theory, Reiki, Spirituality (any kind), Chinese Medicine, Herbalism, Anti-Aging, Holistic Beauty, Body-Mind-Spirit Connection, Quantum Field, Scalar Physics, Ancient Studies, Dreamwork, BIPOC and LBGTQI Inclusivity Training, Wim Hoff, Meditation, Mindfulness Practices and more.
