What Makes a Good Five Element Admissions Essay
The new admissions cycle for the August 16th Master of Acupuncture class has begun, and already we’ve had numerous calls and emails from interested students. It seems that the [...]
Water’s Stillness
Winter is a time of stillness, a time to rest as we gather our resources for the coming Spring. As a result, it tends to be a time of [...]
A New Year, a New Circle of Experience
Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; [...]
The Admissions Interview: Remembering the “Why”
'Tis the end of the admissions season and all the applications are in for the January class. We have a rolling admissions policy here at Academy for Five Element [...]
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 [...]