Workshop Days 2024

The Bird Physician

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Didactic Workshop Days take place as part of week-long teaching clinics, sometimes in Maine, Vermont and NYC. At most there are two/year. You are welcome at the workshop as a single event or as part of the clinical week. The study of the classics is rooted in the treatment of patients and the ethics of medical practice. Laura weaves lecture, questions, work with the Classics and clinical stories to awaken the inspiration and the disciplines to be able to work at the level of the 5 Spirits.  She teaches theory of the Officials and Channels, the energetics of points/protocols and the relationship of true and xie qi. She works with the group of students actively inside of the patient/practitioner relationship. Ethics of practice are emphasized and challenged, to develop greater stability and depth of service. 

• What is meant by the level of disease, the potential for health?

• What is meant by diagnosing and then treating at the level of the spirit?

• How do we become instruments of this discipline?

• How does one train in a tradition of medicine that works in the miracle of authenticity? When potential and pathology are addressed at the same point?

Part of every workshop is interactive, practicing our capacity to relate with each other via the spirits and the 5 energetics, how to become instruments of the causative factor at the level of the Body, Mind and Spirit. The group is both practitioner and patient as the energetics come alive.  Laura commonly uses the last 2 hours of the day for active clinical treatment, utilizing the teaching of the day.  NCCAOM approved PDA's are offered for these Workshop Days (including 2 pda's for ethics requirements.)

“The yang qi is like the sun in heaven. When it loses its place, life is broken and the being no longer shines. Whether the heavenly influx is regularly distributed depends on the solar radiance; thus the yang soars upwards and ensures the defense of the exterior.”  SuWen 3

2024 ACUPUNCTURE WORKSHOPS:  

VERMONT WORKSHOP DAYS PART I AND II: MONTPELIER AND PUTNEY

PART I

WHEN: Friday April 19, 2024
WHERE: MONTPELIER, VT ~ 3 Spring St. #2 We will adjust numbers and location for safety during the pandemic.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT: CLICK HERE
CONTENT: The 5 Spirits / Diagnosis and Treatment at the level of the Spirit PART I

“The Great Acupuncturist is an artist and a wise person with a generous heart. The Tradition has initiated her into the mystery, and he stands before the door of all wonders. Her hand is guided to the “places” of the body where the Spirits are rooted in the crossing of the breaths. this clever and helping hand is surrendered completely to the Spirits that dwell within the acupuncturist. Her science is monumental, his dexterity supple, her touch like that of a blind musician, his heart makes magnanimous leaps. The movements of the needle receive their quality from all of this. The needle goes in to meet the breaths of a patient whose immediate condition and appearance have been recognized.” p.80 Rooted in Spirit Claude Larre, S.J. & Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée

• SPRING: To Become an Instrument of the Spirits / Part I: The 5 Spirits / Diagnosis and Treatment at the level of the Spirit
  NCCAOM PDA’S AVAILABLE FOR THE WORKSHOP (including 2 credits for Ethics.)

PART II—CANCELLED

WHEN:
WHERE: Sword Hands Acupuncture & Qi Gong ~ 133 Main St. (located in the Gleanery building)
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT: CLICK HERE
CONTACT:  Sarah Laplante  EMAIL or PHONE our office. For info about housing for the week, please contact Sarah. There are some local relatively inexpensive housing options.
CONTENT: The 5 Spirits / Diagnosis and Treatment at the level of the Spirit PART II

• AUTUMN: To Become an Instrument of the Spirits / Part II: The 5 Spirits / Diagnosis and Treatment at the level of the Spirit
  NCCAOM PDA’S AVAILABLE FOR THE WORKSHOP (including 2 credits for Ethics.)

The NCCAOM PDA Attestation—to be signed by every participant at the 24 Vermont workshop days: “I understand that the information in this course presented by the Provider and/or Instructor(s) is for educational purposes only and should only be applied with appropriate clinical judgment and used by a trained and licensed practitioner. Governmental laws and regulations vary from region to region and the contents of this course vary in permissible usage. The participant is required to check their local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice requirements and scope of practice issues and the use of the information of this course including, but not limited to, theory, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. I acknowledge that NCCAOM does not endorse any specific treatment regimens of any kind. Furthermore, if I use any modalities or treatments taught in this course, I agree to waive, release, indemnify, discharge, and covenant not to sue NCCAOM from and against any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action whatsoever, arising out of any injury, loss, or damage that a person may sustain related to the use of the information in this course. I understand that this Release is governed by the laws of District of Columbia, U.S.A. and shall survive the termination or expiration of this course.”

NEW YORK WORKSHOP DAY

WHEN: Friday JUNE 21, 2024
WHERE: West 30th St. New York, NY
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT: CLICK HERE
CONTENT: The 13 Ghost Points: the first two trinities
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR THE WORKSHOP