Extraordinary Vessels in Barcelona
Opening to the Source:
Li Shizhen’s Exposition
on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
in clinical practice
with Charles Chace, Lac
Barcelona
17-18 October,
2014
9:00am - 5:30pm
For
information and registration contact:
The Eight Extraordinary
Vessels are an interface between Chinese medical practice and the Chinese
traditions of internal cultivation. Although this relationship spans the spans the breadth of Chinese
history, it is is crystalized in Li Shizhen’s Exposition on the Eight
Extraordinary Vessels (Qijing bamai kao,
1576). A
central premise of Li’s approach hinges on the skillful use of attentive and
dynamic stillness to optimally access these vessels. This seminar will present
a theoretical basis and practical tools for approaching the extraordinary
vessels in this way.
This training introduces a
system of practical palpatory techniques drawn from both traditions designed to
help practitioners more fully engage the eight vessels in clinical practice. These principles are relevant to all
aspects of acupuncture practice. Most notably, they are an invaluable tool in
helping practitioners refine both their point selection and needling technique.
Participants will be introduced to a variety of palpatory techniques including manual
thermal diagnosis, cranial rhythmic impulse (CRI), Mid Tide, and general and
local listening.
The Morning session on Day
1 begins with an
introduction to the principles and practices of qi engagement common to the osteopathic
and neidan traditions. The afternoon session presents a general overview of
Li Shizhen’s approach to the extraordinary vessels and their clinical
application using the tools introduced in the morning session. We also introduce the practice of manual
thermal diagnosis (MTD) as an optimal means of point selection.
Day two introduces Li Shizhen’s unique approach to the
morphological structure of the extraordinary vessels, and how osteopathic palpatory
sensibilities allow us to more fully experience that structure and assess our
engagement of the eight vessels. The final afternoon session on day two builds
on the concepts and techniques presented thus far, introducing an approach to
engaging the eight vessels as an expression of the body’s midline, its energetic
core.
Hands-on practice sets accompany each module
affording ample time for participants to work directly with Chip in developing
these palpatory skills. Class size is also limited.
As a student of Chinese medicine and palpation
based forms of acupuncture for more than twenty years, Chip is uniquely
positioned to teach this class. He has maintained a longstanding interest in
the medical literature of China and is the translator of a wide variety of
books and articles on premodern acupuncture and Chinese medicine including a
translation of the first textbook of acupuncture from 100 C.E., The Yellow Emperor’s Systematic Classic of
Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Huang Di Zhenjiu jiayi Jing), and with Miki
Shima, An Exposition on the Eight
Extraordinary Vessels; Acupuncture Alchemy and Herbal Medicine, a translation
and commentary (2010), Li Shizhen’s
seminal text on the extraordinary vessels. He is a
long time practitioner of meridian therapy and has completed advanced Toyohari
training. Chip has practiced acupuncture for over twenty-five years and is on
the faculty of the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine where he teaches
palpatory approaches to acupuncture. He maintains a clinical practice in
Boulder, Colorado.
To find out more and
register please contact rayn@engagingvitality-europe.com
NOTE: Once you have completed this
class you’ll be eligible to attend the yearly Follow-Up class. This year it will
be celebrated this same weekend, 19 & 20th of October, in the
same venue.
µSpecial offer for the 4 days training: 400€
Single price Opening to
the Source: 280€
Single price Follow-Up
Class: 280€
Class size limited in
both cases, don’t miss your chance!!
