National Acupuncture Day- Clinic Open House
Get your free health screening- Tongue and pulse diagnosis and blood pressure readings by student interns Enter a raffle for free acupuncture treatments or a Chinese herbal first aid [...]
Windows of the Sky with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee
This class will elucidate the meaning of the series of points known as Windows of the Sky (Tian You, Heavenly Windows), to give a better understanding of these remarkable [...]
Restoring the Natural Flow of Health
What is sickness and what allows for healing? Students at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture may find themselves asking these questions again and again. The clinical residency inspires [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
Skepticism vs. Compassion in Health Care
The clinic at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture is thriving. This community isn't spending much time worrying about how acupuncture works because they experience it firsthand, and then they [...]
Celebrating the Acupuncture Experience on National Acupuncture Day
Happy National Acupuncture Day! All across the country acupuncture clinics are celebrating the beauty and benefits of Chinese Medicine in different ways. A brief look at Facebook over the [...]
Abundant Splendor
Another busy month has passed at Academy for Five Element Acupuncture. We sent a new class of acupuncture practitioners out into the world at the beginning of September. In [...]