June 2, 2012

with Steven Cardoza, LicAc.

Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am – 6:00pm
$350 for the weekend (up to a 10% savings!)
$195 per day
7 CAEs, 7 NCCAOM PDA's

Most western exercises are designed to build muscle strength, flexibility, or aerobic fitness. These simple Chinese exercises build health and longevity by increasing the openness and functionality of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, the spine, internal organs, glands, and meridian pathways. They are drawn from many Chinese sources, including An Mo Dao Yin, Er Shi Duan Jin, Yang Shen Gong, Pai Da Gong, simple Qigongs, Daoist Yoga, and more.

Some of the exercises focus on a specific part of the body, while others influence the entire body at once. You’ll be introduced to ways of selecting the exercises prescriptively, best addressing your personal health goals, or those of your patients. Some theory will be included, giving you a better understanding of how each exercise works, and of how an exercise may enhance any qigong or taiji practice you may currently have.

June 3, 2012

with Steven Cardoza, LicAc.

Sunday, June 3, 2012
10:00am – 6:00pm
$350 for the weekend (up to a 10% savings!)
$195 per day
7 CAEs, 7 NCCAOM PDA's

Taiji Circling Hands is a simple single-movement qigong. Its gentle circular pattern effectively releases tension from the spine and nervous system, producing a calm focused awareness while relieving various joint and spine aches. Instruction in Daoist Natural Breathing is included. Students already knowing Reverse Breathing will be instructed how to use that to amplify all internal and energetic components.

The basic movement is perfect for learning deeper aspects of more advanced qigongs, neigongs and taiji, without requiring a complex choreography. Some of these include pulsing of the joints and body cavities, bending and bowing the spine, activating the Microcosmic Orbit, moving qi through specific organs to cleanse and heal them and projecting qi into and absorbing qi from the immediate environment. While not all of this may be presented in a one-day workshop, we’ll add deeper material throughout the day at a comfortable pace for the group.

June 9, 2012

Pan Gu Shengong, Moving Form

Saturday, June 9, 2012
10:00 am – 12:00pm
$120 for 2 CAEs

Pan Gu Shengong, Healing Skill Course

Saturday, June 9, 2012
2:00 – 4:00 pm
$120 for 2 CAEs
Pre-requisite: Moving Form

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MOVING FORM
The Moving Form is the basis of Pan Gu Shengong, and takes about 20 minutes to complete. This exercise cultivates Qi, and is designed to promote health, vitality, balance and a sense of well-being through the strengthening of Qi. You will learn: the basic principle of the moving form of Pan Gu Shengong; how to practice the moving form; and how and why Pan Gu Shengong is beneficial.

HEALING SKILL COURSE
Master Ou, Wen Wei will explore the pathways of healing with Qi and teach basic healing methods you can experience while learning. For many Qigongs, it requires you to practice for years before you are able to give qi healings. For Pan Gu Shengong, you can be a healer as soon as you learn the moving form and the healing skill. As long as you follow Master Ou's instruction, the healing you give could be very powerful and amazing.

Master Wenwei Ou is well known as a Great Qigong Master, an author, a poet, and a calligrapher. He is the originator of Pan Gu Shengong (PGSG), and currently serves as the President of PGSG Int'l Research Institute. He is the vice Chairman of International Heath, Fitness, & Longevity Research Institute, Senior Fellow, specialized in the Qigong Industry of Research Center of China Industry Development, and a council member of the International Qigong Science Association. He was a council member of the International Medical Qigong Association and the former Director of the Qigong Science Research Institute of Guangzhou University in China.

After intensively studying ancient Chinese ways of preserving health, in 1990 Master Ou, in order to enable practitioners to absorb the life force of the universe and to temper and improve their own life force and immune systems, created PGSG, based on the physiology of the human body and the miraculous relationship between man and nature. Since then, PGSG has successively treated many patients with ailments  such as cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, rheumatoid, apoplexy, lupus erythematosis, and others.

Master Ou has also expended much effort in applying PGSG toward scientific research. In 1997, with Guangzhou Ministry of Public Security, he took part in a study involving the effect of Qigtong therapy in the treatment of addictions in humans; the next year with the cooperation with the First Military Medical University in China he did the same for addictions in animals. All these research demonstrated PGSG's effectiveness in stopping drug addiction.

Due to Master Ou’s outstanding achievement to society, his biography is included in the Who’s Who In The World,  published by the World Cultural And Arts Research Center. He also received the award of Qigong Master of the Year in the 4th World Qigong Congress and the 4th American Qigong Association in year 2001. He won awards in three categories—best papers, outstanding qigong masters, and outstanding contributions to qigong—at the Fifth International Qigong Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 2006, where Pan Gu Mystical Qigong was also named as one of the outstanding qigong forms. He won awards in two categories—excellent papers and outstanding contributions—at of the Beijing International Health and Longevity Forum & the First Beijing International Health Industry Expo in Beijing, China, 2007 & 2008.

I have been practicing Pan Gu Shengong for three years. Regular practice of this simple qigong form has yielded wonderful results. My physical and emotional health has improved, and so has my practice. My own qi and shen are stronger than ever! I am an acupuncturist, and I am amazed at how beautifully Pan Gu Shengong blends into my treatments. The healing technique is extremely versatile - I know that no matter who walks through my door, I know I have something to offer them. Even animals love the Pan Gu energy! I have also learned Master Ou's advanced forms, and have become a certified Moving Form instructor. Teaching Pan Gu Shengong to my patients gives them a wonderful tool for self-healing. I highly recommend Master Ou's classes to anyone, practitioner or not. It will provide you with valuable healing tools that last a lifetime!

Thank you,
Abby Greiner (NESA Class of '10)

June 9, 2012

With Collins J. Allen, Lic.Ac., Dipl. CH., MAc

Saturday, June 9, 2012
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
$75
4 CAEs

Clinical reasoning in Chinese medicine is a manifestation of both traditional Chinese philosophy and scientific thinking, a unique mode of thinking that is undoubtedly different from the logical thought of modern science. 

The writing of an herbal formula in response to a patient’s specific needs is a creative endeavor that is influenced by many factors: education, cultural influences, clinical internship experience, assistantship with, and mentoring from an established practitioner. 

This class will examine Clinical reasoning as applied to Chinese medicine in an effort to reconcile the different styles of herbal clinical practice.  Why do some practitioners write small, concise formulas while others write large, comprehensive formulas with many ingredients?  Both styles render positive results.  Is there a right and wrong way of writing a formula?

Collins J. Allen, Lic.Ac., Dipl. CH., MAc is a graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture, is a licensed Acupuncturist and a nationally certified Diplomate in Chinese Herbology (NCCAOM).  He is an Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at NESA, teaching courses in both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, while presently supervising an intern herbal clinic at Pathways to Wellness in Boston. He has been a guest lecturer on Chinese herbal medicine for classes at Boston University, Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. C. J. maintains a private practice in Newton, MA.

June 10, 2012

with Kiiko Matsumoto, LicAc

Sunday, June 10, 2012
10:00am – 6:00pm
$225
7.5 CAEs, 7 NCCAOM PDA's

Continuation of structural disorders and musculoskeletal pain. With musculoskeletal disorders students will learn to obtain instant feedback not only on the clearing of the abdominal findings, but also the reward of clearing the symptom in a demonstrable manner. This will allow the students to feel confidence in and apply the technique more freely. Students will learn the use of diode ring, chain, and other implements. Ms. Matsumoto will utilize live patients to demonstrate the material. Students will have the opportunity to practice palpation and diagnostic skills under the supervision of Ms. Matsumoto.