Information for
Advanced
Classes
1/2/2008 - 9/30/2008
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ABUSE ISSUES
Prerequisites: Basic & Int Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn to work with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse through discussions, hands-on and verbal healing techniques. Discover how trust, compassion and safety are the foundations for dealing with abuse issues. |
ACU-ONCOLOGY MASSAGE I - BLENDING EAST WITH WEST
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
21 Class Hours Price: $495
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ACU-ONCOLOGY MASSAGE II
Prerequisite: Acu-Oncology I
No Text Required
21 Class Hours Price: $495
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ACUPRESSURE CLINIC
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn to do an effective intake, create a workable session plan, and implement that session plan by providing sessions under Instructor Supervision. Clinic clients are pre-screened to insure their “case presentations” are highly instructional, and thus show clearly common signs, symptoms, and complaints. Each time the course is offered it will focus on one or more specific focus areas, such as Women’s Health, Pain Relief, Spleen Qi Vacuity, and Tongue Assessment via a clinical format. |
ACUPRESSURE FIRST AID
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn first aid responses for emergency situations. Discover acupressure points for heart attack, seizures, general pain, joint injuries, back and neck injuries, common colds, burns, cuts and other first aid applications. Class includes discussions, hands-on sessions, role-playing and handouts for emergency situations. |
ACUPRESSURE FOR ANIMALS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn to help your animal friends be healthier and happier by using touch techniques to enhance their physical and emotional well-being. Class will include animal communication skills, acupressure points for common conditions, injuries, emotional balancing, a daily tune-up and practice on live animals. |
ACUPRESSURE FOR HIV/AIDS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn about the common conditions related to living with HIV/AIDS and Acupressure principles and techniques useful in balancing these conditions. Learn the 12 "Positive Points" that optimally address HIV conditions through hands on practice. |
ACUPRESSURE FOR MENOPAUSE
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Appreciating menopause from both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western physiological approaches enables you to better support female friends, family and clients. Information and suggestions for making a smooth transition during menopause will be covered. Hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, osteoporosis, and alternatives to hormone replacement therapy will be discussed. Sensitize your ability to understand body imbalances, refine your TCM assessment skills, acupressure point applications and gain nutritional support. |
ACUPRESSURE-OIL MASSAGE II
Prerequisites: Acupressure Oil Massage; Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Integrates Swedish and Esalen massage techniques with meridian and five element assessment skills. Learn how to assess your client through touch, physical body language clues and verbal communication along with intuition. Present and past injuries as well as emotional wounds are addressed. Good body mechanics are emphasized to increase practitioners’ effectiveness and decrease fatigue. |
ACUPRESSURE'S POTENT POINTS
No Prerequisite
Text Required: Acupressure's Potent Points
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn somatic self-care applications and the point location for relieving common ailments from A to Z. Discover Acu-Yoga, Chi Gong breathing exercises and how to relieve chronic shoulder tension, headaches, anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue, ankle sprains, carpal tunnel, wrist pain, toothache, backache, stiff neck, TMJ and more. Includes educational resources and career opportunities for going further in practicing acupressure and yoga. |
ACU-YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Prerequistes: Acu-Yoga & Basic Acupressure
Text & Materials Required: Acu-Yoga Book & DVD
24 Class Hours Price: $650
Learn how access the power of both Yoga Therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine by combining acupressure points with Yoga postures for relieving common ailments and emotional balancing. Study the location of the points stimulated in traditional Yoga postures and what meridians are activated. Learn what points can be held while in Yoga poses to enhance their benefits. Explore partner work, using acupressure techniques in Yoga postures. Discover how Chi Gong breathing exercises enhance stretching & meditation. Learn a Yoga exercise for balancing each organ meridian. Experience how to integrate acupressure points with mudra meditations, and sound healing to heighten healing experiences in your Yoga classes. An Acu-Yoga Teacher Certificate will be awarded upon completion. |
ADVANCED FIVE ELEMENTS
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Learn to use 30 command points, tonification, sedation, and ‘lo’ points with pulse reading. Examine the five elements with the control and breeding cycles. |
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
This workshop applies the material learned in the Basic and Advanced Training programs. Through small-group interaction, students expand their assessment and clinical experience; develop point patterns and session plans. |
AROMATHERAPY & ACUPRESSURE
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn how to integrate aromatherapy with acupressure points for relaxation, common ailments, and emotional balancing. You will learn the uses and contra indications working with and blending essential oils. We will discuss and practice balancing points, source points, yu points, yin/yang, and the 5 elements with the ancient and therapeutic properties of essential oils. Experience having fun while making and using compresses, massage creams/lotions, spritzers, and roll-on oils for the points and meridians. |
AROMATHERAPY ACUPRESSURE 2
Prerequisite: Aromatherapy 2
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn how to integrate aromatherapy with acupressure points for relaxation, common ailments, and emotional balancing. You will learn the uses and contraindications when working with essential oils. We will discuss and practice balancing potent points, source points, yu points, yin/yang, and the 5 elements with the ancient and therapeutic properties of essential oils. Experience having fun while making and using compresses, massage creams/lotions, spritzers, roll-on oils for points and more. You will have extra products to take home with you! |
ARTHRITIS RELIEF
No Prerequisite
Text Required: Arthritis Relief at your Fingertips
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn how to locate and stimulate 12 anti-inflammatory points. Practice easy Arthritis Relief stretch routines for the morning and evening will be covered. Participants will understand the principles for using Acupressure for relieving Arthritis and learn how to lead arthritis relief self-help groups. |
ASHIATSU II
Prerequisites: Ashiatsu I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Expand the methods learned in the basic Ashiatsu class by adding seated position techniques, alternative lifts, and Ashiatsu that promotes even deeper balance. Gain a broader understanding of Ashiatsu theory, practice and anatomical landmarks. |
ASHIATSU III
Prerequisites: Ashiatsu I & II
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Expand the methods learned in the basic Ashiatsu class by adding seated position techniques, alternative lifts, and Ashiatsu that promotes even deeper balance. Gain a broader understanding of Ashiatsu theory, practice and anatomical landmarks. |
ASHIATSU SKILLS CLINIC
Prerequisites: Ashiatsu I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Technique, theory, rational observation and intuition are combined to produce a powerful strategy for healing. Specific attention is given to abdominal palpitation, pulse and face reading and special Ashiatsu patterns for common problems. |
ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY (ABT) EXAMINATION PREPARATION
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
In this class you will receive training and coaching to help you prepare to pass the National Certification Exam. Using practice tests and role-playing, we will help you gain confidence with both the content and format of the test. |
ASSESSING THE FIVE ELEMENTS
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Assessing the Five Elements encourages a deep exploration of the various facets of the elements, understanding the presence of the elemental dance in our own individual lives and learning to recognize the underlining virtues and imbalances within the Five Element paradigm. Through creative expression, meditation, group discussion and working with each other, we will learn to place ourselves in the elements in a balanced way to benefit the acupressure client and learn a focused system for assessment and treatment. |
ASSESSMENT & APPLICATIONS I
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Learn the four methods of Seeing, Hearing/ Listening, Smelling, and Touching. Learn to incorporate this information in assessing clients through the 8 Principals and 5 Elements. |
ASSESSMENT & APPLICATIONS II
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure; Assessment & Applications I
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Deeper study of the comparisons and contrasts of 8 Principles, 5 Elements Assessments, and their Clinical Applications. A major focus in this course is on 24 Zang Fu (Organ) patterns of disharmony that provide a key understanding TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) assessment and practice. Numerous significant systems of Acu-Points (Yuan-Source, Mu-Alarm, Luo-Connecting, etc.) are examined and their common usages explained. |
BASIC LOMI LOMI
No Prerequisite
Recommended Text: Chi and Creativity
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Hawaiian Lomilomi massage is a traditional healing practice that
affects cardiovascular, lymphatic, endocrine, digestive, nervous, and
musculoskeletal systemsof the body in a soothing and dynamic way.
Learn a basic Hawaiian Lomilomi full body (prone and supine) oil
massage sequence. Learn a Hawaiian pule (prayer) for healing and
Tiger's Breath Chi Kung sequence to make your body a vessel that is
grounded, protected and vibrant with universal Chi. |
CANCER AND THE EMOTIONS
13 Class Hours Price: $340
Cancelled |
CHAIR SHIATSU
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn Shiatsu techniques to use on clients in a regular chair and a massage chair. Covers two chair Shiatsu routines: a short 10-minute and complete 30-minute session. Includes marketing and business ideas for on-site work. |
CHAKRA APPLICATIONS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
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CHAKRAS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn how to balance the psyche through the Chakras. The emotional and mental states of each Chakra will be discussed, as well as the related organs and glands. Also learn the points and emotional correspondences for each Chakra. |
CHI GUNG FOR BODYWORKERS
Recommended: Basic Level Course
Required Text: Chi and Creativity
15 Class Hours Price: $370
Learn Chi Kung physical postures and movement to maximize and deepen
your healing practice, use your body and energy efficiently, and help
prevent injury. Learn Chi Kung techniques to harvest cosmic energy,
build your personal energy, promote cleansing and protection, and
prevent burnout. Learn to apply Chi Kung energy techniques for
transmitting energy in healing and bodywork. (This experiential class
entails lots of learning Chi Kung techniques and applying them on the
table. |
CHI GUNG INTRO
No Prerequisite
Required Text: Chi and Creativity
3 Class Hours Price: $45
Learn Chi Kung exercises for flexibility and joint mobility, to
protect against arthritis and repetitive stress syndrome. This Chi
Kung form will also increase your energy and its flow, improve
functioning of your internal organs, and enhance your immune system.
Learn to ground, connect, expand, harvest and distribute Chi. This
class is excellent for bodyworkers, office workers, musicians, or
anyone who does lots of repetitive movement. |
CHINESE HERBS FOR WOMEN
Traditional Asian Theory; Tongue & Pulse Assessment
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Discuss the use of Chinese herbs for a variety of issues including PMS, menopause, pregnancy bladder and yeast infections. Learn traditional formulas and over-the counter products and Chinese patent medicines commonly used to address women’s problems. Focus on traditional Chinese Medicine assessment to learn how to use herbs safely. |
CHINESE PATENT HERBS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn how to use 30 patent formulas. Based on the 5 elements and yin yang balancing theories, these prepackaged popular herbal pills and ointments compliment acupressure meridian work. Learn how to choose appropriate formulas for basic conditions. |
COUNSELING SKILLS
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn how to combine verbal techniques with bodywork to cultivate emotional healing. Work on your own attitudes that get in the way of being an effective counselor. Students also role play difficult situations for gaining new perspectives and awareness to work with clients toward resolution. |
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
No Prerequisite
Text Required: Atlas of Human Anatomy
15 Class Hours Price: $370
Introduces and explains the Craniosacral system. Learn techniques for harmonizing specific cranial bones and the sacrum. Develop palpation skills to balance the cranial rhythm while using key acupressure points. Supervised practice of fundamental Cranial Sacral Therapy Skills included. |
ELDER CARE
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn to care for elderly patients in a clinical setting. Class includes field trip to the Chaparral House, a skilled nursing home located in Berkeley. |
EMOTIONAL RELEASE
Prerequisites: Basic & Int Acupressure
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Learn to use communication and counseling skills. Discover how to guide and focus awareness to cultivate and facilitate an emotional release. Learn points and emotional correspondences for each Chakra. |
EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 1
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Devoted to the Central, Penetrating and Belt Channels, Master Points and their uses, discussion of the energies and uses of these vessels. Lecture, demonstration, hands-on point location, alternative pattern presentations, and extensive practice time. Substantial handout. |
EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS II
Prerequisite: Extraordinary Vessels I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Deeper discussion and experience of the Bridge and Regulator Channels. Continuing discussion of Master Points, energies of the vessels and their applications. Lecture, demonstration, hands-on point location, alternative pattern presentations, and extensive practice time. Substantial handout. |
FIVE ELEMENT CHI GUNG
Recommended: Advanced Acupressure Class
Required Text: Chi and Creativity
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Deepen your awareness of the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese
Medicine in relationship to your organs, meridians, emotions, and
life process. Learn meridian body clock massage and a Five Element
Chi Kung movement form for health, harmony, and alchemical
embodiment. Learn Five Element sounds for emotional cleansing,
harmony and renewal of the internal organs. Experience guided imagery
relative to the inner alchemy of the Five Elements and create your
personal collage of your Five Element Medicine Wheel for deeper self
understanding. |
HEALING IMAGERY I
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn the four foundational skills of imagery. Practice these skills and receive feedback. Discuss practical ways of integrating Guided Imagery into your practice. Focus on special needs and advantages of combining bodywork, relaxation, and dialogue with Guided Imagery. |
HEALING IMAGERY II
Prerequisites: Healing Imagery I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Develop and refine skills introduced in Healing Imagery I. Learn advanced Imagery skills such as Grounding, Evocative Imagery, Parts Work, Inner Conflict Resolution, and Inner Child Work. Focus on discussing selected case studies from students’ own practices. |
INTEGRATED NUTRITION: EAST MEETS WEST
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn what foods support our emotional balance and contribute to depression, anxiety and chronic muscular pain. Key supplementation for balancing brain chemistry, nourishing nerves and building healthy joints and muscles will be discussed. Learn strategies for changing common destructive dietary habits, the physiology involved in a holistic nutritional approach and Chinese dietetics. |
INTUITIVE ACUPRESSURE
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Develop intuitive skills to enhance your acupressure practice for trusting your inner guidance. Learn to sense, feel and see energy, connect with healing guides, create boundaries, and cultivate your awareness. |
MAJOR MEDICAL DISORDERS
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
Text Required: Tsubo
15 Class Hours Price: $370
Study the mechanisms involved in major medical disorders to provide a more accurate assessment of clients. Learn about your own level of skill and knowledge so you know when and how to refer clients to appropriate specialists. Explore the changes, loss and emotional aspects involved in major medical illnesses. |
MERIDIAN LOMI LOMI
Recommended: Intermediate Acupressure Class
Recommended Text: Chi and Creativity
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Hawaiian Lomilomi massage is a traditional healing practice, using
hands and forearms in kneading, gliding strokes and joint
mobilization techniques. It affects the organ meridian,
cardiovascular, lymphatic, endocrine, digestive, nervous, and
musculoskeletal systemsof the body in a soothing and dynamic way. It
is the rhythm of the ocean -- deep and penetrating, gentle and
swaying. It reaches into the physical, energetic, emotional, and
spiritual levels of the body. |
MOXA, CUPPING & MAGNETS
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Study the history, precautions, and applications for using moxa. Learn moxa applications for deficient, cold or damp conditions. Use cupping techniques for sprains, cold and arthritis. Learn how to use magnets with acupressure applications. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: FOREARM AND HAND
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: HEAD & NECK
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $370
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: LEG AND FOOT
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: SHOULDER AND ARM
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: TORSO
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $370
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: INTRODUCTION
Prerequisites: Anatomy and Physiology or equivalent
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $320
This class prepares students for the practical anatomy series of classes. A series a classes that studies the different types of tissues and structures which make up the human body, and explores these though palpation and visualization. |
PRACTICAL ANATOMY: PELVIS AND THIGH
Prerequisites: Practical Anatomy- Introduction
Required: Trail Guide to the Body
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class is one of a series that studies and explores the different types of tissues and structures that make up the human body. Class content very closely follows the format presented in Andrew Biel’s Trail Guide to the Body. |
PRACTICAL TREATMENT POINTS
Prerequisites: Basic & Int Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn hands-on techniques for locating points. This class will cover how to relieve many common ailments such as nausea, indigestion, colds, and bronchitis. Explore clinical applications of various health conditions. |
PREGNANCY & BIRTHING I
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Students will learn acupressure, bodywork techniques, aromatherapy, holistic
remedies, and self-help prenatal yoga for all trimesters in pregnancy. We will
cover common discomforts and complications associated with pregnancy, as well as
contraindications. Approaches of western medicine vs. ancient wisdom will be
discussed for a balanced knowledge of how to help the pregnant woman make
educated choices for a healthy pregnancy. |
PREGNANCY & BIRTHING II
Prerequisite: Pregnancy 1
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Pregnancy & Birthing II; Labor, Postpartum Recovery, & Newborn Care
Students will learn acupressure, bodywork techniques, aromatherapy, holistic
remedies, and self-help yoga for labor, postpartum recovery, and newborn care.
We will cover topics including labor induction, pain relief, complications, and
postpartum challenges. Students will also learn how to help parents learn
acupressure for newborns who are experiencing birth trauma, colic, stress, and
more. Approaches of western medicine vs. ancient wisdom will be discussed for a
balanced knowledge of how to help the woman make educated decisions on how she
gives birth and beyond. |
PULSE & TONGUE ASSESSMENT
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
Text Required: The Web That Has No Weaver
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Utilize both theory and assessment techniques based on face and tongue observation and pulse reading. Apply the 8 parameters and 5 elements to pulse and tongue reading in selecting acupressure point formulas. |
PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Integrates the material covered in the basic training classes and applies the points, meridians and flow patterns along with the techniques learned in elective classes into an hour professional session. Learn to apply simple assessment skills based on Extraordinary Channel applications, meridian and organ indications. Explore how to apply the specific flow patterns covered in the Basic Acupressure booklet, how to open a meridian, use master and source points, and the points selected in Acupressure’s Potent Points. |
REIKI
Prerequisites: Basic & Int Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Reiki, a gentle hands-on healing technique, stimulates the body's own wisdom to get to the cause of the problem. Learn how to use your hands to channel universal healing energy. |
REIKI AND THE MERIDIANS
Prerequisites: Reiki Level I & II and Intermediate Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Learn to use Reiki techniques and symbols with meridian treatment patterns. Explore energy clearing, deep breathing, and spiritual themes to use with the meridians. Connect more deeply with the spiritual aspects of Meridian flows. Tap into your intuition for guidance while using Reiki to balance the meridians. Develop skills in channeling Reiki through Acupressure points using Reiki symbols. Learn how to attune Reiki energy, broaden your knowledge of Reiki techniques, learn to transmit Reiki with the breath, Biosyen Scanning, a method for healing the aura using Reiki, and how to send Reiki as a laser beam through the points. |
SPIRIT OF THE POINTS
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn the spiritual uses and meaning of points through the five elements. Explore how the elements influence meridians. Clinical practice in seeing, hearing, smelling, and questioning the patient is covered to further develop your assessment skills. |
SPORTS TUI NA
Prerequisites: Tui Na I & II
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Apply Tui Na techniques to sports related needs such as injury prevention, performance enhancement and recovery. This hands-on class will present an overview of the needs of an athlete. Learn pre-event massage, post-event massage, and how to tailor Tui Na sessions to the needs of specific sports. Injury management techniques as well as proper methods to warm-up and cool-down during a workout session will also be covered. |
SPORTS UPPER BODYWORK
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $370
Gain an anatomical understanding of dysfunctional musculature in the upper body that causes pain. Learn how to work on these areas with acupressure and trigger points both for short-term relief and long term healing. |
STRETCHING: FOUNDATIONS
Prerequisites: Tissue Matters (Histology)
Text Required: Anatomy of Movement
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class prepares students for the Stretching & NMT regional application classes. A series that studies and explores (through application) the different types of techniques which affect one’s ROM, muscle tone, coordination, and posture. This series is designed for anyone who wishes to develop versatility and precision with the use of stretching and neuromuscular techniques to optimize the balance of these qualities. |
STRETCHING: LOWER BODY
Prerequisites: Stretching and NMT- Foundations
Text Required: Anatomy of Movement
15 Class Hours Price: $370
This class is one of a series that studies and explores (through application) the different types of techniques which affect one’s ROM, muscle tone, coordination, and posture. This series is designed for anyone who wishes to develop versatility and precision with the use of stretching and neuromuscular techniques to optimize the balance of these qualities. |
STRETCHING: UPPER BODY
Prerequisites: Stretching and NMT- Foundations
Text Required: Anatomy of Movement
15 Class Hours Price: $370
This class is one of a series that studies and explores (through application) the different types of techniques which affect one’s ROM, muscle tone, coordination, and posture. This series is designed for anyone who wishes to develop versatility and precision with the use of stretching and neuromuscular techniques to optimize the balance of these qualities. |
TABLE SHIATSU
Prerequisites: Basic & Int Acupressure; Zen Shiatsu
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Learn how to utilize Shiatsu techniques on a massage table. Explore ways to most effectively use your whole body for protecting yourself and increasing energy flow with the client. |
TABLE THAI MASSAGE
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
14 Class Hours Price: $350
Learn a full body Thai massage for the table. |
THAI MASSAGE FOR THE BELLY
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
14 Class Hours Price: $350
Learn abdominal assessment and palpation. Special attention will be given to opening the breath and traditional Thai massage methods for approaching this vulnerable and powerful healing area of the body. |
THAI MASSAGE: FRONT & BACK
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
14 Class Hours Price: $365
Learn how to use powerful Yoga-like stretches along with Shiatsu and other bodywork skills. Perform a full-body routine covering the front, back, and legs in prone and supine positions. |
THAI MASSAGE: SIDES & SEATED
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
14 Class Hours Price: $350
Learn a full body Thai massage using side position stretches. Discover arm stretches and techniques for releasing shoulder and neck tension in a seated position. |
TISSUE MATTERS (HISTOLOGY)
No Prerequisite
Text Required: Anatomy of Movement
15 Class Hours Price: $380
This class prepares students for the practical anatomy series of classes. A series a classes that studies the different types of tissues and structures which make up the human body, and explores these though palpation and visualization. |
TOUCHING SPIRIT
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $320
Explore the traditional Chinese ideas relating to the unity of Mind, Body, and Spirit. Study the Chinese characters for the Five Aspects of Shen/Spirit andthe acupressure points that allow us to literally “touch spirit.” Learn how to incorporate these “spirit points” into your assessments and sessions. |
TRADITIONAL ASIAN THEORY I
No Prerequisite
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Learn to assess a person’s condition using the eight principles, common organ theory of Zang Fu, the six pathogenic factors as well as the theory of Qi, blood, Jing Qi, and Shen. |
TRADITIONAL ASIAN THEORY II
Prerequisites: Traditional Asian Theory I
No Text Required
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Continue with theories of Asian therapy presented in Traditional Asian Theory I. Learn to assess a person’s condition efficiently and accurately, integrating information on the tongue, pulse, face, and symptoms. Sessions plans are supplied for each syndrome. |
TUI NA APPLICATIONS YANG
Prerequisites:Tui Na Foundation
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
In this class we will combine the framework of five element assessment with passive range of motion techniques of tui na in order to address a variety of common complaints. |
TUI NA APPLICATIONS YIN
Prerequisites:Tui Na Foundation
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
This class will focus on the energetic movement in points and flows, bringing the subtle aspects of tui na into play to facilitate the balance of the five elements. |
TUI NA II
Prerequisites: Tui Na I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $370
These advanced Tui Na classes apply Traditional Asian Theories and present new hand techniques, movements and range of motion. Learn Tai Chi animal movements, Pa Kua (the 8 Gates) and the Wu Xing (five phases). |
TUI NA III
Prerequisites: Tui Na I
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $370
These advanced Tui Na classes apply Traditional Asian Theories and present new hand techniques, movements and range of motion. Learn Tai Chi animal movements, Pa Kua (the 8 Gates) and the Wu Xing (five phases). |
WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
Prerequisites: Basic, Int, & Adv Acupressure
No Text Required
12 Class Hours Price: $335
Deepen your understanding of a woman’s cycles using Traditional Chinese Medicine and a western physiological point of view. PMS, cramps, mood swings, fertility, ovarian cysts, fibroids, cystitis, hypothyroidism, endometriosis, fibrocystic breasts, pelvic inflammatory disease, eating disorders, and cervical dysphasia will be covered. Improve your assessment skills using the 8 principles of TCM. Gain knowledge of key acupressure points, hands-on techniques and nutritional support for addressing the unique needs of women. |
ZEN SHIATSU FOR COMMON COMPLAINTS
Prerequisites: Zen Shiatsu
Text Required: Zen Shiatsu
15 Class Hours Price: $380
Learn advanced Zen Shiatsu techniques along with potent points and meridian do’s and don’ts. Home therapy and exercises will be taught to address common complaints and promote healing. Refinement of the Zen Shiatsu form and body mechanics will be demonstrated and practiced in class. |
