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VAAOM 2008 Continuing Education Series April 5-6, 2008 9 am to 5pm 13 PDA Hours
in Stowe, Vermont at Ye Olde England Inn
* deadline for early registration is March 15th...
Transcending Dogmas The Art of Energetics in Practical Language by Avi Magidoff, LAc, DiplAc Saturday April 5th We all revert to established ideas (e.g. Spleen Dampness), but we forget where these concepts came from and our ideas can easily become mechanical dogmas that have little inspiration left in them. This class will take a practical approach to this issue and awaken in us the sense of freshness and awe for a variety of ways of thinking. We shall examine the physical body as a vehicle, trying to avoid specialized metaphors so that we can delve more deeply into connections that might otherwise be missed. Thus we might see how tension in the neck/throat obstructs the nervous system and creates digestive issues, or how an organ imbalance might create shoulder pain. The core of this class is the treatment of real patients and through the day we will be working with different people to understand and treat the root of their complaints. Avi Magidoff, LAc DiplAc, is a 1991 graduate of the San Francisco College of Acupunture and Oriental Medicine. He has studied extensively with Jeffrey Yuen, Kiiko Matsumoto, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee, and Miriam Lee. He has published extensively and taught Japanese acupuncture and the philosophy of the meridian system in the US and Europe.
Free Class on Needling Techniques 5 pm—6pm Following Avi’s workshop, he will be offering a free one-hour class on improving needling techniques specifically aimed at finding qi at the points. This class will also include a discussion of cultivation of the practitioner to help facilitate
The Five Transformations of Virtue by Thea Elijah, LAc Sunday April 6th Chinese medicine approaches emotion differently than Western psychology does. In Chinese medicine, emotion is integral to physiology as well as spirit. How do we respond to our client’s emotion processes in keeping with our Chinese medicine paradigm? If we do not have these skills, we may be tempted either to ignore the emotional content of our client’s presentation, or to psychologize and “counsel” in the Western style. In this seminar you will learn practical ways of assessing and supporting your clients’ emotional processes (or emotional “stuck places”) through specific behavioral cues including body language, voice tone, and energetic presence. In this way strong emotions which could otherwise be a cause of illness, can become instead a pathway to deeper health of both body and spirit.
Thea Elijah, LAc MAc, has studied Chinese herbal medicine for over twenty years. A graduate of Traditional Acupuncture Institute, she has studied with Ted Kaptchuk, Leon Hammer and Lonny Jarrett. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee and J.R. Worsley have been equally influential in shaping her understanding of the depth of Chinese medicine. The former director of Chinese Herbal Studies at the Academy for Five Element Acupunture and TAI Sophia Institute, Thea currently practices at the Great Turning Healing Center in Putney, Vermont and conducts workshops and seminars on herbal use and Five Element acupuncture.
to register, see the flyer above for the fee schedule and mail in your payment with registration information to VAAOM PO Box 337 Williston, VT 05495
please send any further inqueries to webminister@vaaom.org
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