The Fall High Season at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
Daylight is growing shorter, nights are getting cooler (even here in Florida), and the summer haze has lifted. It's finally fall- last week's Autumnal Equinox made it official. And [...]
Exam Day
This past Sunday, as you already know, was the 10th anniversary of September 11th. Here at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, we honored the day with Year One exams. [...]
The Season of Late Summer, the Earth Element, and the Return to School
This week's post was contributed by Jim Brooks, M.Ac, A.P., who practices in Gainesville, FL and graduated from AFEA with Class 23 in 2010. Five Element acupuncture is deeply [...]
Day One: The Journey of a Thousand Steps
On Wednesday of this week, August 17th, we welcomed Class 29A to AFEA. It's been an intense number of weeks finalizing acceptances, putting financial aid in order, and preparing [...]
Abundant Summer
Locating the health of humanity as part of the natural world is emblematic of the Five Element Tradition. The following poem, written in 1912 by Amy Lowell is a tribute [...]
Academic Readiness: The Pursuit of Anatomy & Physiology
One of the biggest questions prospective acupuncture students ask themselves is: am I ready? There are many facets to this question ranging from mental preparedness, financial ability, and family [...]
Passing the NCCAOM Exams
This post is dedicated to all of our recent grads who have signed up to take the national Biomedicine exam this month. We wish you much luck and success for [...]
Shedding Light on the Intensive Structure
The intensive structure at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture (AFEA) is...unique. You might call it weird; we call it flexible and immersive. Both our Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Studies [...]
Reflections on the Summer Open House
I want to take a few moments to thank everyone who participated in our annual summertime Open House at the end of June. We had a large turnout of [...]
Beginning the Admissions Process
As the Admissions Coordinator, I answer a lot of questions from prospective students. A lot of questions. And I love answering every single one, because, essentially, all of those [...]