The Mission of Five Element Acupuncture Interns
The last several weeks have been an extremely busy time for the students and staff here at AFEA. Having two clinic classes in session, one class at the end [...]
Food as Medicine at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture is taking part in Blog Action Day, whose topic this year, in honor of World Food Day on October 16, 2011, is Food. I [...]
Five Element Acupuncture at Work in India
We had a special visitor at AFEA this week. Long-time acupuncture practitioner and Senior Faculty member, Susan Weiser Mason spent some time with us on Monday. Susan is a [...]
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 [...]