A one-day introduction to weight loss diagnosis and techniques for healthcare practitioners, with Stacey Beckitt and Jamie Hedger.
Coming to York in 2009.
As acupuncturists we have found that using only the principles of acupuncture to treat weight gain has its limitations. What about the person who eats well, exercises and enjoys a good quality of life but still gains weight? Or the person who diets, looses weight and then puts it straight back on afterwards? CM theory will usually help you to understand the process, for example spleen deficiency or a disruption to the qi of a particular element or an emotional factor and this approach can work. But what do you do when it does not? The modern Chinese solution appears to involve using up to 100 needles on the abdomen and electro acupuncture but isn’t this addressing the consequences rather than the true causes? The techniques we are using still work with the key concepts of energy and meridians but they go further than that to the level of beliefs, allergies, cellular memory and metabolism.
The course will bring together Stacey’s knowledge and experience with Jamie’s experience in acupuncture, teaching and training. It is based on the work of numerous energy psychology techniques incorporating acupuncture theory, EFT and kinesiology. This course is well suited to acupuncturists because they have already developed energy skills through pulse taking and point location etc. However most health care professionals will find it of interest even if they do not have a working knowledge of Chinese Medicine. Obviously it is only an introduction to a vast subject but the intention is that at the end of the day participants will have a basic protocol to use for weight problems and an extended view of the causes and treatments.
Schedule:
Introduction: The causes of weight gain, Blocks, Beliefs, 5 element constitutional types.
Diagnosis techniques: Learning Muscle testing technique (practical, developing skill). Formulating questions and questioning techniques.
Metabolic type: Learn how to analyse a person’s type and the diet they should be having, starting with yourself/your colleagues.
Treatment modalities: Learning and practising ear point’s protocol. Gate theory standard protocol using acupuncture points. Muscle testing and energy re alignment techniques. The role of constitutional treatment. EFT (standard starting protocol, 14 standard statements to work with).