Herbs Are Music in Plant Form
Our herbal program is unique. I recently spoke with some future Academy students, and as we spoke about our program, I realized it warrants a blog as [...]
Our Chinese Herbal Medicine Program
Herbalists are connectors that bring life and love to both sides of the human-plant relationship. That quote is from Guido Mase, and herbalist and teacher in Vermont. I [...]
A Commencement at Harvest-Time
The Commencement ceremony for Class 28 will take place this coming Saturday. Having guided them through the initial application process and watched them work through each stage of their education [...]
Observation Leads to Inspired Acupuncture Practitioner
In my last post I mentioned a comment from one of our student's, Banghan Nabi Kim in which she described acupuncture treatment as "offering a gift of points" and [...]
A little Summer Love on the Solstice
Thank you all for your patience as you waited for the next installment of our blog! It's been a busy couple of months, coinciding with my maternity leave. That's [...]
Clinical Impressions II: What About Family?
There's a countdown going on among the intern class. In less than two weeks, they hit the road for spring break, and it's clear how much they're looking forward [...]
Here’s to Not Worrying About the NCCAOM Exams
The interns seem to have arrived at THAT time of clinic. And I'm not talking about "senioritis." I'm talking about that moment when the big hurdles of clinic have [...]
Hints of Spring
It seems a little insensitive, if not indecent to talk about the coming spring when each succeeding week in February has brought a new storm-turned-blizzard warning for the majority [...]
For the Love of Herbs
The January flurry has come and gone. The Class of 2016 has finished their first intensive and they have headed home to begin integrating what they learned into their [...]
“He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.”
Yesterday we welcomed to newest cohort to Academy for Five Element Acupuncture. The winter class of 2016 began their first acupuncture intensive this week, starting Monday with a day [...]