A Five-Channel System Practicum
March 8-10 & October 10-12, 2025
(includes two days of workshop and one clinical experience day on October 13)
In-Person Attendance in Cary, North Carolina
(Not available online)
The Heart in the Clinic is a unique opportunity to fully engage the 5 channel systems of classical Chinese medicine in practice. In each day we will review theory, strategy and formulation for treatments in each of the 5 channel systems. In supervised sessions each participant will have the opportunity to needle, to take pulses, to formulate herbal remedies and to discuss lifestyle recommendations.
In this small and intimate setting that mirrors your clinic, you will get to experience a range of perspectives from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic, from the terrain of substance to the temple of spirit, inviting new insights to illuminate the many facets of the clinical dialogue. Unique in this setting will be the way we will work with each other. You will be asked to consider being giver and receiver in many capacities; as practitioner, client, teacher, student, animal, and human. Fundamental to the view inherent in the classical system is to allow yourself to experience the whole, the world as it were, while holding the specifics of the moment. In this intensive and focused setting it is possible to gain an experiential knowing that reflects both precise intention and myriad possibilities while bringing your work with classical Chinese medicine to a new level of depth and understanding. Following in a deep long-standing lineage of medical practitioners, together we will nurture your own knowing as the firm foundation for every treatment.
- Theory, strategy, and treatment guidelines for each of the 5 channel systems
- Experience and application of needling and pulses for each channel system
- Opportunity for live case review with attention to your specific questions
- Discussion of long-term treatment plans for acupuncture, herbal remedies, essential oils, stones, and/or lifestyle recommendations in each of the 5 Channel Systems
We will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day.
Each day will include lecture, demonstration, supervised practice and discussion.
Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 8 participants to ensure the quality of your experience.
$695
19 PDA total – 12 for Workshop Days + 7 for Clinical Experience Day
NCCAOM.
(price includes 2 lecture/supervised practice days, 1 clinical experience day )
The group for this practicum will be limited to 8 people.
The prerequisite for joining is prior experience and knowledge of the 5 channel systems of classical Chinese medicine.
If you have not had instruction or are not familiar with Josephine or the teachings of classical Chinese medicine you may choose to partake of the following online courses as an alternate prerequisite for this practicum. Each of these courses is a 10-hour CEU offering presenting aspects of the 5 channel system and laying the foundation for using the classical styles of acupuncture in your practice. Ideally, to join for these dates you will have completed one or more of these courses before we begin.
Body Geography: An Introduction to the 5 Channel Systems of Classical Chinese Medicine
This course will be available as an online course by September 1, 2022.
If you attended the course live on June 11-12, 2022 you are ready to join The Heart in the Clinic!
Clinical Application of the 5 Meridian Systems
(Available online at Healthy Seminars and taught by Josephine)
The Three-Legged Vessel: Past, Present and Future on the Primary Channels
This course is a unique method developed in the clinic for using classical Chinese medical thinking on the Primary channels.
