Introduction to the Five Elements
This is for any practitioner interested in learning about the basic principles of the five elements or for five element acupuncturists wanting to review and deepen their knowledge of the basic principles, functions, and gifts of five element acupuncture. Course materials include Nature, the seasons, the five elements, applying the five elements to daily life, and a relaxing 15 minute ‘Five Element Guided Healing Meditation’.
1 hour
Course Duration
Downloadables
Free of charge
About the Course
This online course covers the foundation principles of Five Element acupuncture: Nature, the Seasons, the Five Elements, and their functions and gifts in the body-mind.
Whether you are a practitioner of the Five Elements, TCM, or another healing tradition, this course covers valuable foundation information to deepen your knowledge of the Five Elements. Bring your beginner’s mind and learn energetic principles that you can readily apply to your daily life and also bring into your treatment room to help your patients in their healing journey.
What’s included in this online course?
Magnify your treatments
Educate and help your patients understand the relationships between their symptoms, their five elements, and their healing process.
Cultivate your own healing
Apply these principles to yourself and deepen your awareness of the five elements to serve your own skills as an instrument of Nature, as well as your own health and well-being.
Bring your "Beginner's Mind"
Receive the gifts of the Five Elements in this educational, engaging, on line course.
Content
This course will include audio presentation and slides, educational charts, learning exercises, and a Five Element guided healing meditation.
Wendy Weiss
Wendy Weiss has been practicing Five Element acupuncture for thirty two years. She was in the 1986 class of the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in Columbia Maryland, and received her California license in 1991.
After many years of clinical practice she is moved to ‘widen the circle of healing’ and share her experience and education beyond the treatment room, to teach practitioners, clients, and the public about the gifts of the Five Elements and self-healing.
Click here to read more about Wendy’s healing journey and what led her to become a Five Elements Acupuncturist. READ MORE
NCCAOM Participant Attestation
Course Participant Attestation
I understand that the information in this course presented by the Provider and/or Instructor(s) is for educational purposes only and should only be applied with appropriate clinical judgment and used by a trained and licensed practitioner.
Governmental laws and regulations vary from region to region and the contents of this course vary in permissible usage. The participant is required to check their local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice requirements and scope of practice issues and the use of the information of this course including, but not limited to, theory, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. I acknowledge that NCCAOM does not endorse any specific treatment regimens of any kind. Furthermore, if I use any modalities or treatments taught in this course, I agree to waive, release, indemnify, discharge, and covenant not to sue NCCAOM from and against any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action whatsoever, arising out of any injury, loss, or damage that a person may sustain related to the use of the information in this course. I understand that this Release is governed by the laws of District of Columbia, U.S.A. and shall survive the termination or expiration of this course.
