2022 Course calendar
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june 2022
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).
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.
august 2022
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.
OCTOBER 2022
PASSION & COMPASSION: CAREGIVING FOR SELF & OTHERS
PRESENTED BY: ram dev dale borglum, phd
pending 8 CEUS CA #1650 / NCCAOM #9191
LIVE WEBINAR SATURDAY OCTOBER 15, 2022 9AM-6PM PST
Passion & Compassion: Caregiving for Self & Others with Ram Dev Dale Borglum PhD
*Live Webinar Saturday October 15, 2022 9am-6pm PST*
(pending) 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, 25% Off Early Bird Discount Ends 9/15
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.
NOVEMBER 2022
LIVING AT OUR EDGE: CONSCIOUS LIVING, CONSCIOUS DYING
PRESENTED BY: ram dev dale borglum, phd
pending 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
(pending) 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.
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.
