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Anatomy of Movement: In the Flow of Qi
This course educates the practicing Acupuncturist in the fields of Anatomy, Kinesiology (the science of human movement) and Human Structural Analysis, and how these sciences relate to the overall health of ourselves and our patients. It is applicable for Acupuncturists studying Orthopedics, Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine, Movement Analysis, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy.

Acupuncture Techniques for the Treatment of Pain
This Seminar is a 2-hour professional development presentation on the treatment of acute and chronic pain, utilizing acupuncture and related techniques. The audio format is an informal dialogue between Dr. Charles Ventresca and Dr. James Ventresca, facilitated by a PowerPoint-style video presentation.

Acupuncture Techniques for the Treatment of Pain
This Seminar is a 2-hour professional development presentation on the treatment of acute and chronic pain, utilizing acupuncture and related techniques. The audio format is an informal dialogue between Dr. Charles Ventresca and Dr. James Ventresca, facilitated by a PowerPoint-style video presentation.

Lo-han Qigong for Strength
This is an instructional video showing a brief set of exercises that is designed to strengthen the body, alight the posture, and improve the breathing of its practitioner. Students will the basic warm ups and preparatory postures to prepare their musculature and spine for the movements. Students will learn the 4 postures that increase strength and range of motion to the majority of the body.

The exercises taught in this video are effective and easily-learned. They can either form the basis of a lifelong qigong practice or provide patients with a simple form of physical rehabilitation. The exercises were designed for people who have short attention spans and a minimal amount of time to practice, i.e. the modern urban professional.

Natural Eye Care: Preserving Healthy Vision through Eye Exercises and Qigong
Qigong is an ancient Chinese method of healing that predates acupuncture and Tai Chi, as early as 4,000 years old. Learning and practicing Qi Gong daily helps maintain a strong, healthy constitution, and promotes healing for any health condition. Learning and practicing Qigong will also enhance the benefits of healing techniques used by all hands-on practitioners by enabling the practitioner to be more in touch with his/her energy and being able to focus that energy to enhance hands-on healing strategies such as acupuncture, acupressure, massage, Reiki, and othe healing touch techniques.

The goal of this course is to provide fundamental information and techniques to get the viewer both started in Qigong, as well as provide the practitioner with specific exercises to offer the patient for both overall health and specifically eye health related to common eye conditions such as Macular Degeneration, Open-Angle Glaucoma, Eye Floaters and Cataracts.

This course is excerpted from Healing Your Eyes With Chinese Medicine, Lecture Series Part Two.

Natural Eye Care: Preserving Healthy Vision through Eye Exercises and Qigong
Qigong is an ancient Chinese method of healing that predates acupuncture and Tai Chi, as early as 4,000 years old. Learning and practicing Qi Gong daily helps maintain a strong, healthy constitution, and promotes healing for any health condition. Learning and practicing Qigong will also enhance the benefits of healing techniques used by all hands-on practitioners by enabling the practitioner to be more in touch with his/her energy and being able to focus that energy to enhance hands-on healing strategies such as acupuncture, acupressure, massage, Reiki, and othe healing touch techniques.

The goal of this course is to provide fundamental information and techniques to get the viewer both started in Qigong, as well as provide the practitioner with specific exercises to offer the patient for both overall health and specifically eye health related to common eye conditions such as Macular Degeneration, Open-Angle Glaucoma, Eye Floaters and Cataracts.

This course is excerpted from Healing Your Eyes With Chinese Medicine, Lecture Series Part Two.

Introduction to TCM Dermatology
This course aims to introduce the participants to the basic principles of dermatology in TCM including:

- Etiology and pathology of dermatopathy
- Differentiation of primary and secondary skin lesions
- Internal Treatments for skin diseases including methods and herbal formulas
- External Treatments for skin diseases including topical formulas
- Differentiations of oils, creams, powders, etc. according to pathology
- Application methods for topical formulas

Do You Believe in the Yellow Emperor? The Roots of Chinese Medicine Theory
Have you ever wondered how acupuncture first began or why there came to be 365 points and 14 qi pathways? How about the concepts of yin/yang, the Five Elements or the Tao that form the foundation of Chinese medical theory? In this groundbreaking two part series, acupuncturist and Taoist philosopher Matthew D. Bauer delves deep into the past to offer what may be the first comprehensive theories to address these questions.

"The Roots of Chinese Medical" Theory will ponder the earliest origins of the primary concepts that form the foundations of Chinese medicine: yin/yang, The Five Elements, the Tao. This course will review current scholarly thinking on the origins of Chinese medical theories and contrast this with long-standing folk legends regarding those origins. Participants will learn there is much more that is not known about the roots of Chinese medical theory than what is known, but current thinking is at odds with traditional folk legends.

By considering varied sources such as modern anthropology and archeology while looking closely at the teachings of Lao Tzu’s Tao Teh Ching, theories will be proposed that seek to reconcile modern scholarly thinking with folk legends. This course will take you on a journey that traces not only the evolution of Chinese medicine’s primary concepts but that of human thought as well. If you have ever questioned if there was something deeper and profound yet mysterious behind Chinese medicine, this course will offer you many answers.

Healing Your Eyes With Chinese Medicine Lecture Series, Part Two
This course will teach you a western biomedical model of vision, including anatomy, physiology, the visual pathway and a review of major eye conditions, such as macula degeneration, glaucoma, dry eyes, cataracts, and other vision impairments. In addition, the course will explain a comprehensive TCM approach to major, common degenerative eye conditions with attention to the etiology of each eye disease, basic western diagnostic methods, TCM patterns and treatment strategies; including acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation, moxibustion, tui-na, gua sha, as well as basic herbal treatments for each disease. You will learn how to teach your patients the basics of self-care utilizing acupressure, Qigong and eye exercises to improve vision.

This series is the second of many more courses to come. They can be viewed independently or as a collective, but it is not necessary to view them in order. Please review the Topics listed below in order to see what is specifically covered in this course.

Healing Your Eyes With Chinese Medicine Lecture Series, Part Two
This course will teach you a western biomedical model of vision, including anatomy, physiology, the visual pathway and a review of major eye conditions, such as macula degeneration, glaucoma, dry eyes, cataracts, and other vision impairments. In addition, the course will explain a comprehensive TCM approach to major, common degenerative eye conditions with attention to the etiology of each eye disease, basic western diagnostic methods, TCM patterns and treatment strategies; including acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation, moxibustion, tui-na, gua sha, as well as basic herbal treatments for each disease. You will learn how to teach your patients the basics of self-care utilizing acupressure, Qigong and eye exercises to improve vision.

This series is the second of many more courses to come. They can be viewed independently or as a collective, but it is not necessary to view them in order. Please review the Topics listed below in order to see what is specifically covered in this course.

Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine Lecture Series, Part One
This course series will teach you a western biomedical model of vision, including anatomy, physiology, the visual pathway and a review of major eye conditions, such as macula degeneration, glaucoma, dry eyes, cataracts, and other vision impairments. In addition, the course will explain a comprehensive TCM approach to major, common degenerative eye conditions with attention to the etiology of each eye disease, basic western diagnostic methods, TCM patterns and treatment strategies; including acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation, moxibustion, tui-na, gua sha, as well as basic herbal treatments for each disease. You will learn how to teach your patients the basics of self-care utilizing acupressure, Qigong and eye exercises to improve vision.

This series is the first of many more courses to come. They can be viewed independently or as a collective, but it is not necessary to view them in order. Please review the Topics listed below in order to see what is specifically covered in this course.

Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine Lecture Series, Part One
This course series will teach you a western biomedical model of vision, including anatomy, physiology, the visual pathway and a review of major eye conditions, such as macula degeneration, glaucoma, dry eyes, cataracts, and other vision impairments. In addition, the course will explain a comprehensive TCM approach to major, common degenerative eye conditions with attention to the etiology of each eye disease, basic western diagnostic methods, TCM patterns and treatment strategies; including acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation, moxibustion, tui-na, gua sha, as well as basic herbal treatments for each disease. You will learn how to teach your patients the basics of self-care utilizing acupressure, Qigong and eye exercises to improve vision.

This series is the first of many more courses to come. They can be viewed independently or as a collective, but it is not necessary to view them in order. Please review the Topics listed below in order to see what is specifically covered in this course.

Do You Believe in the Yellow Emperor? On the Origins of Acupuncture
Have you ever wondered how acupuncture first began or why there came to be 365 points and 14 qi pathways? How about the concepts of yin/yang, the Five Elements or the Tao that form the foundation of Chinese medical theory? In this groundbreaking two part series, acupuncturist and Taoist philosopher Matthew D. Bauer delves deep into the past to offer what may be the first comprehensive theories to address these questions.

“On the Origins of Acupuncture” will examine how this practice came to be at an advanced level by the time of the Yellow Emperor’s Classic more than 2,000 years ago. This classic book laid the foundation for the practice of acupuncture that survives to this day but offers no explanations about how it first began or how the point/meridian system was formulated.

This class will consider the 4 main theories regarding acupuncture’s roots, and detail which of these theories is most likely. In addition, the point/meridian (jing-luo) system will be considered in detail culminating with the surprising and thought-provoking theory that it was inspired by discoveries in ancient astronomy. By pondering acupuncture’s roots, participants of this class will gain a deeper understanding of this healing art and how to practice it in our present time.

Where the Qi Flows-Connective Tissue/Acupuncture Anatomy
An exciting course for all acupuncturists to visually see where the qi flows in the human body. It is applicable for acupuncturists studying Orthopedics, Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine, Movement Analysis, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy.

This course presents an exploration of connective tissue anatomy and the flow of Qi - as Qi flows through the connective tissue of the body. This course is based on Pamela Maloney's experience as a Hellerwork trainer, and instructor of Connective Tissue Dissection at Pepperdine University. This course includes two episodes of the Pamela Maloney Show discussing the flow of qi and Structural Integration bodywork, as well as anatomy power point images to illustrate the applicable anatomy.

Structural Integration: In the Flow of Qi Phase One
Applicable for all acupuncturists studying Orthopedics, Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine, Movement Analysis, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, this course presents Structural Integration Bodywork in a fashion that promotes and respects the existing flow of Qi. It includes a live demonstration of Pamela Maloney applying the technique to a real model as she would in her private practice.

Instruction includes training manual illustrations combined with anatomy power point demonstration to illustrate the applicable anatomy and stroke directions.

Building a CHS Life Membership Based Practice
This session is the first in a series of education modules offered by Richard A. Covello, Operations Manager for CHS Life (Complete Healthcare Solution for Life).

The course aims to empower AOM providers with the information and technology needed to build a membership based practice or participate in CHS Life balanced healthcare programs.

The course will provide you with FREE technology, detailed training, outline requirements, and member benefits.

It is paramount that healthcare providers have access and training in the latest technology, resources, and trends in healthcare industry.

Meditation: Yin Organs, Section Five: Exploration of Liver and Pericardium
This course is Section Five of five independent sections in the Meditation: Yin Organ series. Section Five will explore the Liver and Pericardium.

Students will study and learn beginner and intermediate level philosophies, forms and practices of meditation. Each experiential class will primarily consist of guided or silent meditation practice, but will also include class discussion and lecture. Covering principles via exposure to traditional Taoist images of yin organs, visualizing five channel depths pertaining to each of the six meridians, exploring the five element system, deepening our understanding of yin channels utililizing the ying qi cycle and its connection with spirit cultivation, and gaining exposure to human organs by studying pictorials, the intention of this course is to empower and inspire TCM students to develop insight by building comprehensive therapeutic relationships with the six yin organs to continue a lifelong, rewarding relationship with "just sitting".

These meditations can also be taught to patients to improve their health and wellness. For those who are willing, the promise of this course and this art form is the cultivation of mind and heart. It is by way of such cultivation that a doctor may become what the ancients termed a "Superior Physician".

Meditation: Yin Organs, Section Four: Exploration of Heart and Kidney
This course is Section Four of five independent sections in the Meditation: Yin Organ series. Section One will explore the Heart and Kidney.

Students will study and learn beginner and intermediate level philosophies, forms and practices of meditation. Each experiential class will primarily consist of guided or silent meditation practice, but will also include class discussion and lecture. Covering principles via exposure to traditional Taoist images of yin organs, visualizing five channel depths pertaining to each of the six meridians, exploring the five element system, deepening our understanding of yin channels utililizing the ying qi cycle and its connection with spirit cultivation, and gaining exposure to human organs by studying pictorials, the intention of this course is to empower and inspire TCM students to develop insight by building comprehensive therapeutic relationships with the six yin organs to continue a lifelong, rewarding relationship with "just sitting".

These meditations can also be taught to patients to improve their health and wellness. For those who are willing, the promise of this course and this art form is the cultivation of mind and heart. It is by way of such cultivation that a doctor may become what the ancients termed a "Superior Physician".

Meditation: Yin Organs, Section Three: Exploration of Lung and Spleen
This course is Section Three of five independent sections in the Meditation: Yin Organ series. Section Three will explore the Lung and Spleen.

Students will study and learn beginner and intermediate level philosophies, forms and practices of meditation. Each experiential class will primarily consist of guided or silent meditation practice, but will also include class discussion and lecture. Covering principles via exposure to traditional Taoist images of yin organs, visualizing five channel depths pertaining to each of the six meridians, exploring the five element system, deepening our understanding of yin channels utililizing the ying qi cycle and its connection with spirit cultivation, and gaining exposure to human organs by studying pictorials, the intention of this course is to empower and inspire TCM students to develop insight by building comprehensive therapeutic relationships with the six yin organs to continue a lifelong, rewarding relationship with "just sitting".

These meditations can also be taught to patients to improve their health and wellness. For those who are willing, the promise of this course and this art form is the cultivation of mind and heart. It is by way of such cultivation that a doctor may become what the ancients termed a "Superior Physician".

Meditation: Yin Organs, Section Two: Organ Viewing
This course is Section Two of five independent sections in the Meditation: Yin Organ series. Section Two will cover a general overview of the anatomical images of each organ and their common pathologies.

Students will study and learn beginner and intermediate level philosophies, forms and practices of meditation. Each experiential class will primarily consist of guided or silent meditation practice, but will also include class discussion and lecture. Covering principles via exposure to traditional Taoist images of yin organs, visualizing five channel depths pertaining to each of the six meridians, exploring the five element system, deepening our understanding of yin channels utililizing the ying qi cycle and its connection with spirit cultivation, and gaining exposure to human organs by studying pictorials, the intention of this course is to empower and inspire TCM students to develop insight by building comprehensive therapeutic relationships with the six yin organs to continue a lifelong, rewarding relationship with "just sitting".

These meditations can also be taught to patients to improve their health and wellness. For those who are willing, the promise of this course and this art form is the cultivation of mind and heart. It is by way of such cultivation that a doctor may become what the ancients termed a "Superior Physician".