Help Us Build A Beautiful New Sign
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture is delighted to announce our newest project and how you can be part of a growing tradition! Based on the Five Element philosophy of [...]
Are You Ready for Graduate School?
Written by Angela Xistris, reposted from 2012 Ah, Spring Break. There are no intensives in session and Class 27, our resident interns, headed for their respective hills last Friday. [...]
Needles as Symbols of Love
[reposted from last year, by request] A recent email from one of our faculty members reminded me that Spring is quickly transitioning into Summer, the season of the Fire [...]
Be a Part of Our History
We are so excited to announce our newest project at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture and how you can be a part of it! We have decided to replace [...]
Prescribing Herbs: Which Way is Best?
By Carrie ChauhanAssistant DirectorChinese Herbal ProgramThere are many questions and some debate around choosing which way to prescribe herbal medicine, especially for the Interns during their clinic year. I [...]
Learning from the Unknown
Learning from the Unknown Catherine A. Hollingsworth When I enrolled in AFEA two years ago, I expected initiation into a precise field of knowledge that I would soon be [...]
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 [...]