NAJOM’s 2023 Seminar Series – No. 4 with Takahiro Funamizu
This seminar is at capacity! To be placed on a waiting list in case of cancelations, email Eric Michaelsen at Eric@highdeserthari.org.
Teishin-TST (Takahiro-Style Technique)
Dates: March 23-24, 2024 (9am-5pm)
Cost: USD $310
Location: Sourcepoint Shiatsu Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Translator: Stephen Brown
15 NCCAOM CEUs pending. Only 20 seats available.
This seminar will present the basic concepts and techniques of TST（Takahiro Style Technique). Teishin techniques based on TST principles of qi will be taught, using the original teishin Sazanami. The techniques include Hamon (concentric rings), Sazanami (ripple waves), Samidare (rain drops) and Arare (hail). For the sake of beginners, everyone will be carefully instructed on how to hold and use teishin, and on the last day techniques for mental healthcare and facial treatment will be presented.
Ordering the original teishin Sazanami: Since these teishin are made one at a time by hand, it takes about a month. Those who wish to purchase one must send an order in to najom@shaw.ca by January 31, 2024. The price depends on the exchange rate, so please inquire at the time of ordering.
Funamizu Takahiro is head of the Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Massage section of the Tokyo Medical College, Director of The Japan Traditional Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society, and a board member of The Meridian Therapy Association. He is also a member of the Japanese Society of Transcultural Psychiatry and was a member of the implementation committee, WFAS Tokyo/Tsukuba 2016. He lectures in Japan and internationally on treating mental illness with Meridian Therapy and the teishin. 2023 Appointed as a director of Femtec Meister Association.
He is planning to publish TST2 Beauty Techniques in March 2024
Sponsored by High Desert Hari Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Acupuncture and Moxa Seminar with Dr Katai Shuichi in Tsukuba, Japan
The 2024 Acu Abroad with Dr. Katai is an interactive immersion in traditional Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. Together, we will receive a blessing for a successful acupuncture practice from the sacred Ejima Sugiyama Shrine, explore the Edo Tokyo Museum, stroll around the Imperial Palace, marvel at the technology in Akihabara and hike Mt Tsukuba to integrate the technical learning in the splendor of nature. After easing into Japan with cultural activities, we will spend two days in Dr. Katai’s nature-enclosed clinic, learning and practicing pain management and OB/GYN theory and techniques directly from this well-published senior practitioner. Additionally, we will make rounds through the Tsukuba Technical University Integrative Medicine Center, observing real treatments with acupuncture, moxibustion and Shiatsu, followed by a tour of the kampo herbal medicine compounding facility at the Tsukuba Hirayama Clinic. We will finish off the trip with a round of treatment and observation in Dr. Katai’s International Doho Park Acu-Moxa Institute to experience how he implements his unique style of gentle distal needling and moxibustion.
Cost: $1975. Payments made online incur a non-refundable 3% processing fee
What is Included? The program fee covers all costs associated with lodging, ground transportation within Japan, entrance fees for the Edo Tokyo Museum and Imperial Palace Garden, the welcome dinner and the closing dinner celebrations, technique instruction, clinical observation, spoken translation services within Japan and registration processing and handling.
What is NOT Included? Airfare to Japan from the student’s home country, daily meals and souvenirs.
Cancellation policy: All requests for cancellation must be submitted no less than 90 days from the start of the trip to be eligible for a full refund.
Sponsored by High Desert Hari Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.