JFACe, Japan Facial Acupuncture Council for e'
presents:
Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture
Certification Series™
New!! Facial syndromes and treatment
protocols, Western biomedical & Oriental medicine models
A 4-day facial acupuncture certification in 2 modules**
plus: a Master Class with Sensei Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, L. Ac., M. S., M. M.
November 20-21, 2009;
Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal
November 23; Master class (open to all interested
practitioners)
December 5-6, 2009; Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal
Nihon Kogakuin College, http://www.neec.ac.jp/cie/us/, Tokyo, JAPAN
Please note: these seminars are bi-lingual, and open to an international audience.
Please note: Module 1, Constitutional Facial
Acupuncture Renewal™, is a pre-requisite Advanced Constitutional Facial
Acupuncture Renewal™.
Practitioners/advanced
students who have taken module 1, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture
Renewal™, may register for module 2.
Module
1: Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™
This class will teach the acupuncturist how to assess and customize an
acupuncture treatment, by ascertaining the specific meridian
involvement in the aging process of the patient. This seminar will also
cover important contraindications for treatments, prescreening of
patients, and facial acupuncture intake forms and release forms, to
ensure safe and successful treatments. The special function of points
for Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™, in
particular, the muscular tonification/sedation techniques of French
acupuncturist Jacques Lavier and the use of facial motor points for
treatment of the neck muscles, will also be introduced.
Module
2: Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™
This class will cover advanced needling techniques such as: scar
needling, intradermal needling, Japanese techniques, threading, needle
depth and insertion techniques, as well as in-depth work with facial
muscles and motor points. Students will participate in a business
forum, and will be individually evaluated by the Instructor to
determine their proficiency with the details of the treatment protocol.
Please note: a ___ non-refundable materials fee is to be paid directly to the Instructor for herbal products, creation/maintenance of a Referrals web listing, & certificates of completion.
**More information about individual modules may be found online at www.chiakra.com/program.htm.
Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, AAAOM Educator
of the Year, is an internationally-recognized author,
teacher, Oriental medical practitioner and musician – a licensed
acupuncturist, herbalist, Zen shiatsu and cranio-sacral therapist, and
an opera singer. An outspoken and articulate advocate of
Oriental medicine, she is a creator of innovative treatment protocols
and writer for acupuncture periodicals – including a regular column in Acupuncture
Today magazine – and has contributed significantly to
raising public awareness of facial acupuncture as a viable, holistic
treatment modality.
She has likewise penned articles for CJOM, OM Journal, and The Lantern (AUSTRALIA), among other periodicals. She has appeared prominently in interviews and profiles in the national media, including The New York Times, Alternative Medicine, the Associated Press, and on The Discovery Channel, ABC-TV and FOX-TV.
Ms. Wakefield recently taught seminars in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and was the only North American acupuncturist invited to present at an international TCM Forum sponsored by Shanghai Shuguang Hospital, associated with the Shanghai University of TCM. To date, Mary Elizabeth has trained 2,500 practitioners from around the world in her unique philosophy and treatment protocols.
Mary Elizabeth’s system of Constitutional
Facial Acupuncture Renewal™ was featured in the Style
section of the New York Times, including her unique Diamond
Acupuncture Facial™ created for the Oscars in 2005.
She has been featured on Fox News, ABC-TV, the Discovery Channel’s Fit
Nation, in a number of periodicals including Luxury
Spa Finder, American Spa, Spa Asia, Dining Out, and Les
Nouvelles Esthetique, and in newspapers such as the Los
Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, The Seattle Times,
etc. Mary Elizabeth has contributed to and/or been
interviewed for articles in
Alternative Medicine, Qi Magazine, Oriental Medicine Journal, and
CA Journal of Oriental Medicine, and has trained
over 3,000 practitioners in her unique philosophy and treatment
protocols.
She currently holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Facial Acupuncture at Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College (AIMC) in Berkeley, CA; she has also created a successful facial acupuncture elective for the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York, based upon her own treatment protocols in Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™. Mary Elizabeth is a graduate of Tri-State College of Acupuncture in New York City, and has studied with such notable acupuncturists as Carolyn Bengston, Kiiko Matsumoto, Dr. Mark Seem, Arya Nielson, Jeffrey Yuen, Dr. Richard Tan, Fabien Maman, Yitian Ni and Donna Carey. She also holds a B. M. from the University of Michigan, and an M. M. from Indiana University.
Mary Elizabeth recently returned to Australia for a series of 5 consecutive weekend seminars in 4 cities (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, New Zealand). In May 2008, she taught in Brisbane, QLD, and then appeared as an invited speaker at the 2008 AACMAC in Sydney, NSW.
If you'd like to know more, you can download a syllabus here:
Fees(All fees include tax and PayPal fees include service charge):
When making bank wire transfer, participant is responsible for all service fees.
1. Basic Course(including master class)
Early registration by November 6, 2009
Bank wire transfer JPY 147,000
PayPal JPY 152,750
Registration after November 6, 2009
Bank wire transfer JPY 157,500
PayPal JPY 163,650
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2.Advanced Course(including basic course and master class)
Early registration by November 6, 2009
Bank wire transfer JPY 241,500
PayPal JPY 250,950
Registration after November 6, 2009
Bank wire transfer JPY 262,500
PayPal JPY 272,750
Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Certification Series™
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