The tide moves in, reconnects with the ocean, is restored and refreshed, and then moves out again. Come to this highly experiential event and learn practices for your own moving in, restoring, and opening again. Using these easy-to-learn practices, you can feel more connected with the source of calm and quiet within, giving you the ability to experience being relaxed, peaceful, and grounded, as well as more creative. The day is designed to enhance self-awareness; when self-awareness is strong, the mind is clear and the body healthier. You are invited to join Anne for the day whether you are dealing with a hectic and pressured life or simply seeking a little more stillness.

Fee: $90.00/$75.00 – Early registration on or before November 6
CEUs: 6
Instructor(s): Anne Strozier Adams, LAc, MAc

The NADA auricular (ear) detoxification protocol has expanded in scope beyond its original role in substance abuse treatment, and is now being used in mental health settings, disaster relief efforts, African refugee camps, at-risk youth programs, and other public health initiatives. You are invited to join Michael Smith, MD, LAc, the internationally renowned pioneer of acupuncture detox, in a workshop on the dramatic expansion of this simple method’s role on the global stage. In addition, Dr. Smith will discuss the importance of treating beyond the symptoms and helping patients develop their capabilities for living in wholeness as members of their communities.

Fee: $85/$75 – Early registration on or before November 20
CEUs: 4
Instructor(s): Michael Smith, MD, LAc

Read about auricular acupuncture in the November 2009 Baltimore magazine article
“Points of Light: Acupuncture helps addicts on the road to recovery.”

Promoting healthy behavior is a primary goal of health coaches and practitioners. However, it is often quite difficult for patients to develop and maintain new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centered, goal-oriented method of communication designed to elicit and strengthen intrinsic motivation for positive change. MI has been shown to be effective in helping individuals develop and maintain a wide variety of health behaviors.

During this two-day workshop you will: 1) become familiar with the spirit of Motivational interviewing; 2) experience and understand the basic principles of MI; and 3) practice MI for health behavior change. At the end of the weekend, you will have the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to use Motivational Interviewing techniques to assist others in engaging in healthy behaviors.

Fee: $295, $195 Tai Sophia alumni and students
CEU’s: 12
Instructors: Stephen Wegener, PhD, and Arlene Dalcin, RD, LD

Tai Sophia’s signature program has the ability to influence the way you relate to others and to yourself. You will have at least 20 practical skills to use immediately when you leave this workshop. Based on ancient wisdom and anchored in the modern world, learn ways to set priorities in the context of partnership with others, without opposition and judgment. Redefine your fear with courage, your upsets, your relationships, your career, your life, your future as well as your health.

Redefining Health is a program that addresses life’s questions and puts the unknowing in a context that is at once simple and profound. Participants from around the nation and around the globe have reported that this program has influenced their lives by giving them an empowering, effective framework for daily living.

Click here to read more about Redefining Health in the Spring 2009 edition of The Report (article begins on page 4).

Fee: $175/ $165 - Early registration on or before January 20, 2010
CEUs: 12
Nursing Contact Hours: 12.5
Instructor(s): Dianne M. Connelly, MAc (UK), PhD, and Bob Duggan, MAc (UK), MA

The nature of fertility is mysterious and wondrous. Acupuncture can have powerful effects on the ability to conceive and carry to term. Looking deeply into the biological intricacies of the reproductive cycle through the lens of Chinese Medicine, we will discuss how to craft treatments and use point combinations to address your patients’ specific needs and to affect optimum change for their bodies, minds, and spirits. Infertility can have deep and devastating effects on the spirit, and women may experience a cycle of hope and grief month after month. Specific points and point combinations can soothe and heal their spirits.

Because nutrition plays a significant role in restoring balance to the body, we will also look at the way Chinese Medicine views the energy of certain foods and teach you how to coach your patients to deeply understand that food is medicine. We will explore evidence-based dietary recommendations and herbs, including the ways in which they complement energetic or traditional recommendations. Tips for interacting with reproductive endocrinologists and other conventional medical practitioners also will be provided.

You will leave this course with a deeper understanding of infertility as well as a greater confidence in your ability to affect optimum change in your patients who are struggling with infertility by helping them create a balance between body, mind, and spirit.

Fee: $295 non-alumni, $195 Tai Sophia alumni, $115 Tai Sophia students
CEU’s: 12
Instructors: Kaiya Larson, MAc, L.Ac, and Camille Freeman, MS, CNS, RH (AGH)

What are the internal states, or patterns of disharmony, which cause us to perceive neutral factors in the environment to be pathogens? In an allergic reaction, how does the hyper-reactivity of the wei qi affect the sensory orifices and the clarity of our perceptions? What are the different ways in which the channels and collaterals help us adapt to changing and toxic environments? We will explore allergies and the concept of the immune system as viewed by Chinese Medicine.

The scope of our discussion will include treatment strategies using both the primary channels and the secondary vessels, as well as Chinese Herbal Medicine. Insights from the Chinese Medicine specialty of Wai Ke/External Medicine will be integrated into an understanding of Five Element Constitutional dynamics.

Fee: $295 non-alumni, $195 Tai Sophia alumni, $115 Tai Sophia students
CEU’s: 12
Instructor: Evan Rabinowitz, MAc, LAc

Traditional Chinese Medicine has an essentially ‘embryonic’ view of life. The virtue of the child, zi, has always been held in the highest esteem by the ancients for its innocence, its closeness to the “source,” and its ebullient qi. The dynamic equilibrium, so evident in the growing child, has much to teach us about our own health and well-being. Can we approach life with the same playfulness with which a child discovers the world? Can we tap that utter pliancy within ourselves and those we treat in order to foster real recovery from the natural challenges of life?

We will explore how to recapture the spirit of the child using the principles of Chinese Medicine and developmental pediatrics for two primary purposes: 1) to reveal a deeper understanding of the dynamics of growth, and 2) to learn to apply these principals in the treatment of common disorders of childhood such as asthma, allergies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and autism.

Fee: $295 non-alumni, $195 Tai Sophia alumni, $115 Tai Sophia students
CEU’s: 12
Instructor: Stephen Cowan, MD, FAAP, CAc