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Lectures, Workshops and EventsPacific Rim College is pleased to offer, host and support various public-oriented events in Natural Health including topics such as Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, Phytotherapy, Holistic Nutrition and Integrative Medicine. Please see below for information on our current professional Continuing Education activities.For details about our multi-week Continuing Education courses intended for the general public, please visit Continuing Education. Yoga for Seniors: "When a Chair becomes
your Friend"with Celeste Mallett Jason, May
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PRC Workshops
Celeste Mallett Jason Yoga for Seniors: "When a Chair becomes your Friend" May 25-26, 2013 Betty-Ann Thomson Launching Your Heart Centered Business June 1-2, 2013 Tracy Boyd Yoga Therapy for Cancer Patients "Healing & Recovery" June 8-9, 2013 Michael Lium-Hall Community Acupuncture 101: From Start-Up to Success September 7-8, 2013 Margi Flint Reading the Body: Western Herbal Medicine Diagnosis September 21-22, 2013 Will Maclean Lingering Pathogens in Chinese Medicine September 28-29, 2013 Stephen Harrod Buhner Sacred Plant Medicine October 19-20, 2013 Robert Rogers Medicinal Mushrooms of Western Canada November 2-3, 2013 Dr. Bruce Ferguson Integrating Dr. Tan's Balance Method with Distal Point Microsystems November 9-10, 2013 Dr. Bruce Ferguson Natural Health Care for Companion Animals November 16-17, 2013 Bev Maya Create Hormonal Bliss: Avoiding Common Mistakes made by Natural Medicine Practitioners November 23-24, 2013 Jason Robertson Channel Palpation Clinicals: Diagnosis and Treatment December 7-8, 2013 Peter Conway Transmuting Fear: herbs and strategies for treating anxiety in an uncertain world February 22-23, 2014 Peter Deadman Live Well, Live Long: Teachings from the Chinese Health Tradition April 5-6, 2014 |
Celeste Mallett Jason's
teaching experience spans more than 30 years. She holds certificates in
Iyengar, Sivanada and Ashtanga Yoga and has studied with many popular North
American and European teachers. She has lost count of the number of students
who have attended her classes and the ones whom she assisted in training to
become Teachers themselves.
Her integrative style is based on strong alignment principles, no longer
specified by one school or another, but on the practical applications of grace
and ease of movement and peace of mind. Celeste is particularly interested in
Yoga Therapy and offers Private Sessions with this as a focus. Nature inspires
her, as do the rigours of Life, which keep one both curious and humble. Visit Launching Your Heart Centered-Business
with Betty-Ann
Thomson, June 2013Course Information:
If having your own "Heart-Centered" studio or practice is a dream of yours, this is the perfect workshop for you. Your heart has been open to healing, growth and balance, which you now want to share and facilitate others to experience. You may be ready to expand your thinking and see how you can make a difference by moving your practice into an extraordinary opportunity. Being in a growth industry facilitates an exceptional stage to not only do what your passion drives you to do, but to expand your vision to a much larger experience.
Creating a heart-centered business is exciting in that your heart leads and everything follows. Our goal is to explore the five main pillars that make up a business along with discussion about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. You will go away with a clearer understanding of the key components to starting a business and what is needed to be outrageously successful.
The following topics will be covered:
- What skills do you have that equate to a successful business entrepreneur?
- Where to start when launching your own business?
- What is it going to take to help my business succeed?
- 5 Pillars of Business Plan structure.
- How to market a heart-centered business.
- Even the best practitioner won't be the best business owner...why?
- An exceptional time to show up as a professional, an entrepreneur and a leader!
Course Instructor:
Betty-Ann Thomson has
experienced first-hand the unique complexity of how to maneuver in an
intricate yet very exciting business world. Her personal experience combined
with workshop facilitation and training has revealed a passion for helping
people look at business in a very real and meaningful way. A background which
has included work with IBM Canada Ltd., the Business Development Bank of
Canada, Women's Enterprise Centre, Community Futures Development Corporation,
etc. along with being a business advisor and mentor has given her a wealth of
knowledge that she is excited to share.
As a consultant/trainer/facilitator/teacher that has helped hundreds of
start-up businesses, she works to help entrepreneurs clarify their vision,
build relationships and grow their businesses. Betty-Ann teaches business
development and management at Pacific Rim College.Course Dates:
June 1-2, 2013, 9:00am- 5:30pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until April 12)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until April 12)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until April 12)
*PRC Diploma of Yogatherapy students will receive academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Yoga Therapy for Cancer Patients "Healing
& Recovery"
with Tracy Chetna Boyd, June
2013Course Information:
This experiential workshop provides an overview of Yoga for Cancer. Benefits of a Restorative and modified Yoga practice will be explored, along with specific "Healing and Recovery" foundations for working with this population. The workshop will include an educational overview describing "What is Cancer?" from the Western (Allopathic) as well as Eastern (Yoga Therapy) perspectives. Various types of cancer and the role of modified Asana applications for healing will be addressed.
From there, participants will examine and learn:
- The impact that Cancer has on the Koshas (5 dimensions of body, vitality, emotions, intellect, spirit)
- Assessment tools for Kosha analysis
- "Do's and don'ts" regarding the various stages of cancer (such as post surgery, and active chemo treatments)
- Langhana (reduction/ cooling practices) vs Brahmana (energising/ warming practices)
- And tonifying vs detoxifying practices
Some of the specific healing tools will include breath work, Mudras, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and affirmations. Additionally, Restorative Healing and the 8 foundations of "healing and recovery" will be explored. Participants will also be led through 90-minute yoga therapy practice designed for specific- condition cancer patients.
Course Instructor:
Tracy Boyd has been
studying yoga in its many aspects since 1999. She began teaching in 2003 and
is a graduate of the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, where she was certified in
classical ashtanga and hatha yoga. She completed her Professional Yoga Therapy
500 hour training through Integrated Yoga Therapy and joined the faculty of
the SSCY Yoga Teacher Trainings in 2007 and is a 500 hour RYT. Tracy teaches
private yoga therapy sessions as well as public and corporate classes in
Victoria. Her compassionate approach to teaching promotes an environment that
is relaxing and encouraging, empowering and fun.Course Credentials:
This workshop is approved for continuing education credits from the Yoga Alliance.
Course Dates:
Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm (Registration now Open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until April 19)
Students - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until April 19)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until April 19)
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Community Acupuncture 101: From
Start-Up to Success
with Michael Lium-
Hall, September 2013Course Information:
Want to grow your practice? Community Acupuncture is a viable, sustainable business model this is widely practiced throughout North America. This 2-day workshop covers what the acupuncturist needs to know about setting up and running a successful Community Acupuncture clinic. Topics include the basic systems of a well-run clinic, the art of the sliding scale, marketing, scheduling, finding a clinical location, setting up a clinic, and clinical approaches within Community Acupuncture practice.
Saturday:
- Nuts and Bolts: an in-depth look into the systems we use to run our clinics and why
- Patient Panel: discussion directly with people who utilize this service
Sunday:
- Clinical aspects of Community Acupuncture
- Channel-based acupuncture and how to treat 6 people an hour
- Q&A
Course Instructor:
Michael
Lium-Hall has accumulated more than 20 years of study and practice
in the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture,
Massage, Yoga Therapy, and Addictions, all of which inform his
practice. He has been and instructor at the Canadian College of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and Pacific Rim College. He
served on the board of the Community Acupuncture Network (now
POCA), and currently serves as the Western Canada representative
for POCA, providing education and support for people interested in
establishing Community Acupuncture clinics in their communities. He
currently serves as the clinic director for Hemma Community
Acupuncture. Course Dates:
September 7-8, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $275 (Early Bird - $260, until July 15)
Students* - $250 (Early Bird - $235, until July 15)
PRC Alumni - $260 (Early Bird - $245, until July 15)
POCA Members - $260 (Early Bird - $245, until July 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 ACU academic credit for this workshop.
Course Prerequisites:
This course is suited for Acupuncturists and TCM practitioners and students. Registrants must meet one of the following prerequisites: be a student currently enrolled in a TCM program or be a practitioner of TCM or Acupuncture.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Reading The Body: Traditional Western Herbal
Medicine Diagnosis
with Margi Flint, September 2013Course Information:
Learn to read the face, nails, tongue and body to understand indications of lines, blemishes, marks and colours. Understanding the cues of the organ/body correspondences is a precious gift (and a curse). Indications of hot, cold, damp dry and wind conditions can easily be read once you train your eyes to see. Margi Flint shares the knowledge learned from her teachers and clients over the past three decades.
Topics include:
- Facial signs: lines and markings of the tongue, ears, eyes, mouth and nose and their organ/body correspondences.
- Nail signs.
- Significance of tissue color in diagnosis.
- Signs of hot, cold, damp and dry conditions.
- Elimination analysis by stool and urine appearance.
- Discussion of herbs for organ systems.
- Use of pulse analysis when selecting remedies.
The weekend will be spent partly in lecture and partly in looking at the face, tongue and nails of participants as well as pulse-testing for confirmation of herbs. Each day concludes with a plant meditation.
Course Instructor:
Margi Flint
owns and operates EarthSong Herbals, a busy family practice and herb school in
Marblehead, Massachusetts . For over thirty years she has worked as a labour
coach, polarity therapist, and herbalist. She has been Adjunct Professor at
Tufts University School of Medicine where she taught a four-week rotation in
clinical herbal medicine for Fourth Year Medical Students and practitioners at
Union Hospital and her clinic in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She continues to
teach Herbal Pharmacology at North Shore Community College, and for The Masters
of Applied Natural Products course at Massachusetts College of Pharmacology. She
is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild and serves as an Herbal
Mentor for those who aspire to professional membership in the organization. She
oversees two Practitioners Circles, one at her clinic in Marblehead and one in
Newport Rhode Island.Course Dates:
September 21-22, 2013, 9am-5pm (Registration now open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until August 15)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until August 15)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until August 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Lingering Pathogens in Chinese
Medicine
with
Will Maclean, September 2013Course Information:
Lingering pathogens are a common and often unrecognized cause of a wide range of sometimes baffling and protracted disorders. Lingering pathogens have always been a problem for humanity, and indeed the classical references to them go back to the Nei Jing, and beyond to antiquity and the Shang dynasty. The Shang Han Lun and Wen Bing, usually considered to be about acute infection, are in fact largely dedicated to the lingering variety. With the advent of new medicines and protective therapies, the incidence of what we can describe as lingering pathogens seems to be increasing. Chinese Medicine has perhaps the best and most rational model for understanding these problems, and when correctly utilized the results are swift and reliable. Herbs are the dominant therapeutic medium, but acupuncture has a lot to offer as well. Regardless of the modality used for treatment, all practitioners should be familiar with the model, and know how to identify a lingering pathogen and what to do to get rid of it.
Participants will gain a new synthesis of old and effective ideas combined with many years of clinical experience to produce a more user friendly model for the analysis of lingering pathogens. The course will present in detail a clear methodology for understanding the etiology, nature and location of lingering pathogens, and clear and concise strategies for dealing with them based on real clinical experience gathered over 20 years of practice.
This workshop is suitable for all practitioners of Chinese Medicine regardless of primary therapeutic modality.
Course Instructor:
Will Maclean
graduated from the Sydney College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1987,
trained in China at the Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital and completed a Master of
Chinese Medicine degree from the University of Technology (Sydney) in 2004. He
has practiced acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for 23 years. He also has
a background in marine biology and genetics from the University of Sydney.In addition to practice, Will teaches in Australia and internationally, and is the principal author of several textbooks in the field of clinical Chinese Medicine and acupuncture including the distinguished Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine series.
Will utilizes a diverse range of tools for solving clinical problems, combining
the best of the classical Chinese approach with the precision and focus of
modern science. He specializes in the treatment of pain and digestive problems,
and has a special interest in nervous system imbalance, the immune system, and
chronic and persistent infections. Course Dates:
September 28-29, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm (Registration now Open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until July 15)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until July 15)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until July 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 OM academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Sacred Plant Medicine
with Stephen Harrod Buhner,
October 2013Course is currently SOLD OUT!
Extra registration spaces may be added. Register below to be added to the course waitlist.
Course Information:
Internationally known herbalist, author, and speaker Stephen Harrod Buhner will offer a two-day workshop on Sacred Plant Medicine. Stephen will explore the ancient medicine gathering approaches of pre-industrial peoples, the incredible nature of plant intelligence, and the power of the human capacity to engage the living world around us. The workshop will also delve into the use of heart perception in plant communication, some of the new material from his sequel to The Secret Teachings of Plants, Gaia's Mind, the intelligence of bacteria, the ecological and medicinal significance of invasive plants, and a great deal more. The workshop will be approximately half didactic and half experiential. Stephen is one of the most gifted storytellers and teachers working in Herbalism in North America. This will be his last year of teaching and is not to be missed.
Course Instructor:
Stephen Harrod Buhner is an Earth poet and the award-winning author of 15
books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine. He
comes from a long line of healers including Leroy Burney, Surgeon General of
the United States under Eisenhower and Kennedy, and Elizabeth Lusterheide, a
midwife and herbalist who worked in rural Indiana in the early nineteenth
century. The greatest influence on his work, however, has been his great-
grandfather C.G. Harrod who primarily used botanical medicines, also in rural
Indiana, when he began his work as a physician in 1911.Stephen's work has appeared or been profiled in publications throughout North America and Europe including Common Boundary, Apotheosis, Shaman's Drum, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. Stephen lectures yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. He is a tireless advocate for the reincorporation of the exploratory artist, independent scholar, amateur naturalist, and citizen scientist in American society - especially as a counterweight to the influence of corporate science and technology.
The following are his most recent publications:
- Ensouling Language: On the Art of Nonfiction and the Writer's Life, Inner Traditions, September 2010. (Although this does not appear to be, it is actually the first sequel to The Secret Teachings of Plants and develops his original work with biognosis and the pregnant point in some depth)
- Pine Pollen: Ancient Medicine for a Modern World, Surthrival Press, December 2011.
- The Transformational Power of Fasting (re-release of The Fasting Path, with a new introduction by the author), Inner Traditions, February 2012.
- Herbal Antibiotics, Second Edition, Revised, Expanded, Updated: Natural Alternatives for Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Storey Books, July 2012.
- Natural Healing for the Coinfections of Lyme: Bartonella and Mycoplasma, Raven Press, November 2012 (estimated).
Course Dates:
October 19-20, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm (Registration now Open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $325 (Early Bird - $310, until July 15)
Students* - $300 (Early Bird - $275, until July 15)
PRC Alumni - $310 (Early Bird - $290, until July 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $60 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Medicinal Mushrooms of Western Canada
with Robert
Rogers, November 2013Course Information
In this weekend course, students will explore the world of medicinal mushrooms and lichens, how to prepare your own tinctures, examine the top 20 mushrooms and their use in a clinical setting, including contraindications and positive drug interactions. The course will be presented from the perspective of a registered herbalist with 18 years of clinical practice, and include case studies involving chronic disease, including auto-immune conditions.
Saturday:
- Introduction to the Kingdom Fungi
- Growing conditions, production of primary and secondary compounds
- Edible vs. Medicinal uses
- Health conditions that benefit from fungi
- Review of primary pathways involved in immune response, inflammation
- Thirty most important medicinal mushrooms-energetics and influence
- Contraindications and adjunct therapies
- Preparing your own tinctures, decoctions and oils
- Lichens- the curious cousin
- Homeopathic and Fungal/Lichen essences for mental/emotional patterns
- Bioremediation, mycoforestry
- Growing your own- inoculation techniques, cultivation
- Resources, books, guides, preparing for harvest
Sunday:
- Walk in the Woods* - a Medicinal Mushroom exploration on Vancouver Island
*Students will be required to make arrangements for travel to and from the designated walk site.
Course Instructor:
Robert Dale Rogers has been a
student of native plants and fungi from the Canadian prairies for over 40 years.
He is a retired
clinical herbalist, mycologist, and professional member of the American
Herbalist Guild. He was recently
nominated a Fellow of the International College of Nutrition.Robert is the author of seven volumes of native and cultivated plants, called Sundew, Moonwort - Medicinal Plants of the Prairies. He has written Rogers' Herbal Manual that accompanies a 7 volume DVD series with Mors Kochanski on edible and medicinal plants of the Boreal Forest, and co-authored "Herbal Drug Interactions", a publication of Capital Health and the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Robert teaches plant medicine at Grant MacEwan University, and the Northern Star College of Mystical Studies in Edmonton at www.northernstarcollege.com. The Fungal Pharmacy, Medicinal Mushrooms of Western Canada, published in 2006 has proven very popular with mycophiles across the region. Robert is a consultant to the herbal, mycological and nutraceutical industries, and is past Chairman of the Alberta Natural Health Agricultural Network and Capital Health Community Health Council. He is currently vice president of the Alberta Mycological Society, chair of the Medicinal Mushroom Committee of the North American Mycological Association, and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms.
Course Dates:
November 2-3, 2013, 9am-5pm (Registration now open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until September 15)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until September 15)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until September 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Integrating Dr. Tan's Balance Method with
Distal Point Microsystems
for Rapid Clinical Results
with Dr. Bruce Ferguson, DVM,
MS, November 2013Course Information:
If you missed this incredible workshop in 2012, this is your chance to again participate and learn amazing clinical skills from an inspirational teacher. This 2-day workshop will focus on strategies for rapid and obvious positive clinical outcomes using minimal acupuncture needles. If you missed Dr. Richard Tan's seminars, you will not want to miss this review of the Local Balance Method and 5 primary acupuncture subsystems. For many disharmonies, but especially in cases of acute or chronic pain, the Local Balance Method can give the patient 75% or more relief with 1 to 5 needles in just a few seconds.
Dr. Ferguson will also introduce the concept of Global Balance, which is used to treat functional disharmonies of the body or multisystem diseases, and also for treating diffuse or broad areas of pain. The workshop includes a review of Dr. Tan's 4 Magic Points, 8 Magic Points, and 12 Magic Points and their application. Both the Local Balance Method and the Global Balance Method will be demonstrated on volunteers from class.
Course Overview:
Day 1
8:30-10:30 - Overview and Introduction to Microsystems Acupuncture
10:30-10:45 - Morning break
10:45-12:45 - Introduction to Local Balance Methods 1-2
12:45-1:45 - Lunch
1:45-3:45 - Introduction to Local Balance Methods 3-5
3:45-4:00 - Afternoon Break
4:00-5:30 - Treatment of Human Cases with Microsystems and Local Balance
Day 2
8:30-10:30 - Review of Microsystems and Local Balance
10:30 -10:45 - Morning Break
10:45-12:45 - Introduction to Global Balance
12:45-1:45 - Lunch
1:45-3:45 - Introduction to Magic Points
3:45-4:00 - Afternoon Break
4:00-5:30 - Treatment of Recalcitrant Human Cases with Global Balance
Course Instructor:
Dr. Bruce
Ferguson DVM, MS (www.naturalvet.org) is an
internationally renowned clinician and lecturer in TCVM who is known for his
information-packed enthusiastic presentations. He is the president of the
American Association of TCVM (www.aatcvm.org) and publishes clinical
research and practical application articles in the only English-language
Evidence Based Medicine TCVM journal in the world (www.ajtcvm.org). Dr. Ferguson incorporates
Qigong exercises into his lecture breaks to keep mental health and clarity
among the participants. Dr. Ferguson is currently an Adjunct Senior Lecturer
at Murdoch University's School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences in Perth,
Western Australia.Course Dates:
November 9-10, 2013, 8:30am-5:30pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until September 6)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until September 6)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until September 6)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 ACU academic credit for this workshop.
Course Prerequisites:
This course is suited for Acupuncturists and TCM practitioners and students. Registrants must meet one of the following prerequisites: be a student currently enrolled in a TCM program or be a practitioner of TCM or Acupuncture.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Natural
Health Care for Companion Animals: Simplified Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Disharmonies
with Dr. Bruce
Ferguson, DVM,
MS, November 2013Course Information:
Anyone interested in Natural Medicine applied to companion animals or those simply wanting to hone their holistic diagnostic skills will benefit from attending this weekend seminar. The seminar will be a broad introduction to "energetic" medicine with holistic therapies as the prime example. We will review basic physiological parameters which are common to all species and illuminate the nature of the disease process or bodily disharmony with such factors as tongue diagnosis, pulse diagnosis, nose/ear temperature/moisture, etc. Then we review the primary disharmonies in most species and their pathoetiology: dichotomies of Hot/Cold, Damp/Dry and Excess/Deficiency. Next we will focus on Food Therapy, but also herbs, as treatment modalities to heteropathically modify each disharmony. Finally we will put it altogether with some companion animal case analyses. By the end of this weekend seminar, the astute student should feel confident in their diagnostic approach and treatment protocols for their beloved companion animals and have greater skills in their human medical practice as well.
Course Overview:
Day 1
9:00-9:50 - Course Overview, Energetic Medicine Review
9:50-10:40 - Basic Dichotomous Perturbations and Diagnosis in Clinical Practice
10:40-11:10 - Morning Break
11:10-12:30 - Eight Principles of Disharmony in Clinical Practice
12:30- 1:40 - Lunch
1:40-3:20 - Tongue Diagnosis and Dichotomies for Diagnosis and Treatment
3:20-3:50 - Afternoon Break
3:50-5:00 - Basic Pulse Diagnosis and Dichotomies for Diagnosis and Treatment
Day 2
9:00-9:50 - Introduction to Food Therapy based upon Energetic Medicine
9:50-10:40 - Basic Applied Natural Food Therapy
10:40-11:10 - Morning Break
11:10-12:30 - Commonly used Orthomolecular Nutraceuticals in Veterinary Practice
12:30- 1:40 - Lunch
1:40-2:30 - Plant Materials used in Veterinary Practice
2:30-3:20 - Common Herbal Formulas for Common Health Perturbations
3:20- 3:50 - Afternoon Break
3:50-5:00 - Putting it All Together: Case Analyses
Course Instructor:
Dr. Bruce
Ferguson DVM, MS (www.naturalvet.org) is an
internationally renowned clinician and lecturer in TCVM who is
known for his
information-packed enthusiastic presentations. He is the president
of the
American Association of TCVM (www.aatcvm.org) and publishes
clinical
research and practical application articles in the only English-
language
Evidence Based Medicine TCVM journal in the world (www.ajtcvm.org).
Dr. Ferguson incorporates
Qigong exercises into his lecture breaks to keep mental health and
clarity
among the participants. Dr. Ferguson is currently an Adjunct Senior
Lecturer
at Murdoch University's School of Veterinary and Biomedical
Sciences in Perth,
Western Australia.Course Dates:
November 16-17, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until September 13)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until September 13)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until September 13)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS/NU academic credit for this workshop.
Course Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It is suited for anyone with an interest in natural health and caring for animals.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non- refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Create Hormonal Bliss:
Avoiding Common Mistakes
made by Natural Medicine Practitioners
with Bev
Maya, November
2013Course Information:
Natural Medicine strives to keep all bodily functions in harmony to allow for optimum health. The wholistic approach used by many natural medicine practitioners is to listen to these signals and address its origins.
Reproductive challenges such as pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) and perimenopause come in many different packages. No two people seem to experience the same combination of symptoms. Additional hormonal aberrations are common during this transition and may compound the picture. Common symptoms may include, but are not limited to, forgetfulness, irritability, depression, anxiety, insomnia, restless legs, heavy or erratic periods, sore breasts, hot flashes, night sweats, bloating, bowel habit changes and fluid retention. And the list goes on!
When treating women who experience acute and severe PMS and menopausal symptoms, the temptation to focus only on the normalization of reproductive hormones with natural remedies or bio-identical hormones is great. However, in many women, this approach does not lead to the resolution of their symptoms long term.
Reproductive hormone imbalance is a harbinger of global hormonal dysfunction. Since the body is an integrated organism, continual dialogue between all endocrine organs (adrenals, pancreas, thyroid, parathyroid, and ovaries) determine a women's sense of well-being. The endocrine system also networks with the nervous and immune systems while being nurtured and cleansed by the primary elimination organs (liver, kidney and digestive tract) to complete the orchestra of life.
This seminar covers the following topics:
- Just Hormones: The instructor will provide a detailed description and discussion of the intricate endocrine connections between adrenals, thyroid and parathyroid, and pancreas that profoundly effect the production of estrogen and progesterone. Clinical pearls for treatment specific to menopause will be discussed.
- The Second Brain: The instructor will discuss the importance of the enteric nervous system in global neurotransmitter function and outline specific communications between the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system relevant during a woman's reproductive years.
- Terrain: This section provides a detailed review of primary elimination organ function (liver, kidney and GIT membrane) and links their dysfunction to endocrine, immune and nervous system dysfunction.
- Laboratory tests: The instructor will discuss the value of laboratory testing, which tests are of value when treating hormonal dysfunction and how existing lab results from blood can be used to identify factors that contribute to hormonal imbalance.
- Solutions: The instructor will provide lifestyle, nutrition and botanical solutions to balancing hormones through support of the body systems described above.
About the Instructor:
Bev Maya, BSc (Hon),
DPhyt, MNIMH, AHG, is a practicing Medical Herbalist and
international speaker
at medical conferences and colleges. Back in university, Bev earned
a reputation
as a tenacious inquisitive driven to make sense of nature through
scientific
endeavours. This reputation has withstood the test of time. Today,
Bev focuses
on demystifying menopause for patients that don't respond to
traditional
medicine. Bev's unique background informs her deep investigative approach. Her science studies led her to work in fundamental research, pharmaceuticals, anaesthesia, oncology, urology, transplantation and neurology for 12 years before training as a Medical Herbalist and opening her own clinic. This unique blend of education and experience provided her with a rare ability to study the intricacies of our nervous, endocrine and digestive systems for physiological, emotional and spiritual root causes to medical concerns associated with the menopausal process, some of them deep seated and lifelong.
Bev's inquiring personality (encouraged by both parents being teachers) has lent itself to her style, as a generous and passionate speaker particularly adept at empowering her audience to deconstruct complex ideas into their simplest form and apply this learning in the context of their own medical practices.
In addition to her work at Maya Natural Health, Bev also works in collaboration with several Medical Doctors specializing in wholistic solutions during midlife at Westcoast Women's Centre for Hormone Health, Vancouver, BC.
Course Dates:
November 23-24, 2013, 9am-5pm (Registration now Open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until September 15)
Student - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until September 15)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until September 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please phone toll-free 1-866-890-6082 or email the Registrar at admin@pacificrimcollege.ca. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Channel Palpation Clinicals: Diagnosis and
Treatment
with Jason Robertson, MS, LAc, December 2013Course Information:
Channel palpation is a classical diagnostic technique not often taught in modern acupuncture schools in the west. Emphasized in the earliest acupuncture texts (Nei Jing/Nan Jing), palpation of the channels is extremely helpful for confirming diagnosis and refining point selection. The 2-day clinical class will be both a continuation of previous Channel Palpation workshops offered by Jason Robertson and an opportunity to see channel palpation and diagnosis with real patients. The format for this workshop will involve both lectures on new material and clinical demonstration on patients. Workshop registrants will have the opportunity provide complex patients who will consent to be treated by Mr. Robertson, and palpated by the class.
Each hour of the class will entail a hands-on learning experience with a focus on channel palpation, differential diagnosis, and treatment. In the course of treating patients, Mr. Robertson will talk about what he feels while palpating the channels, how he arrives at his diagnosis, and how he would choose a treatment plan for each patient in front of him. A treatment plan will involve discussion of point prescriptions for the current and future treatments as well as an estimate of how many treatments each patient might need.
The class will be open to both new attendees and students who attended the first channel palpation class. Attendees should be familiar with Mr. Robertson's book, Applied Channel Theory in Chinese Medicine, and complete a small prerequisite assignment (see Course Prerequisites below), or have attended a previous channel palpation lecture with Mr. Robertson.
Course Overview:
Saturday
9:00am-10:30am - Introduction, review of new-student questions, re-introduction of six levels
10:30am-12:30pm - First and Second Patients (Palpation by Jason Robertson, Class Palpation, Discussion, Diagnosis, Treatment by Jason Robertson)
12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm - Third and Fourth Patients (Palpation by Jason Robertson, Class Palpation, Discussion, Diagnosis, Treatment by Jason Robertson)
3:30pm-4:30pm - Lecture on san jiao and the nature of source points
4:30pm-5:30pm - Fifth Patient (Palpation by Jason Robertson, Class Palpation, Discussion, Diagnosis, Treatment by Jason Robertson)
5:30pm-6:00pm - Recap on Days Patients and Questions
Sunday
9:00am-10:30am - Lecture on cleft, collateral, he-sea and stream points
10:30am-12:30pm - First and Second Patients (Palpation by Jason Robertson, Class Palpation, Discussion, Diagnosis, Treatment by Jason Robertson)
12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm - Third and Fourth Patients (Palpation by Jason Robertson, Class Palpation, Discussion, Diagnosis, Treatment by Jason Robertson)
3:00pm-4:30pm - Combining palpation with Tung-style acupuncture; Recap on Days Patients
About the Instructor:
Jason D. Robertson, MS, LAc,
is the co-
author of the popular Applied Channel Theory in Chinese
Medicine (Eastland Press, 2008) with his teacher Professor Wang
Ju-yi. Mr. Robertson has studied Chinese language for over 20 years and
has studied Chinese medicine in Chengdu and Beijing. He currently
maintains a private practice in Seattle, WA and is a full-time faculty
member at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine. Course Dates:
December 7-8, 2013, 9:00am- 6:00pm (Registration now open)
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until October 5)
Student - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until October 5)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until October 5)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 OM academic credit for this workshop.
Course Prerequisites:
Registrants must have completed a previous Channel Palpation workshop with Jason Robertson or be familiar with the concepts in the book Applied Channel Theory in Chinese Medicine and complete the following small assignment:
- As a means of preparing new students for the clinical class, a reading from the Applied Channel Theory text will be assigned. New students will then submit 2-3 questions from the reading to Mr. Robertson. Questions will be chosen for discussion on the first day of the seminar. The goal of this assignment is to attempt to get all new students up to speed and to answer common questions regarding channel palpation. This assignment is a prerequisite, without exception, for new attendees.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Transmuting Fear: Herbs and
Strategies for treating Anxiety in an uncertain World
with
Peter Conway, February 2014Course Information:
In this seminar Peter will focus on what he calls "the epidemic of chronic anxiety at the heart of our culture". Holding this situation up to the light and considering it from all angles, Peter will lead an exploration into the origins and manifestations of anxiety before outlining the botanical medicines and related strategies that can be used to ameliorate it. This investigative and reflective seminar will visit Elizabethan alchemy, Jungian psychology, the physiology of the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis, phenomenology, the problems of certainty and suffering, the transformative qualities of herbal adaptogens, nervines and immunomodulators, and much more... Peter asserts that "anxiety is essentially an indicator of fear and there is a deep need for us to question just what it is that we fear, both individually and collectively as a culture, and why. Ultimately fear is transcended and healed by love - how can we make the journey from fear to love, that is the key issue to be resolved." Come and join Peter for what promises to be a powerful experience.
Course Instructor:
Peter is a
medical herbalist committed to radical education. He believes that
there is an urgent need for practical instruction in natural health
care to be underpinned by rigorous criticality and opened out by
daring connectivity. His teaching style has elements of art
performance and philosophical high-wire act as well as down-to-earth grounding in research and clinical experience. Peter relishes
putting so-called "conventional" and "alternative" perspectives up
against each other to see what emerges as the two interact. An
advocate of applying complexity theory in the practice of medicine
Peter also teaches from this perspective - he intends to facilitate
encounters where new properties can emerge and says: "I teach in
order to learn".Peter is a Visiting Professor at Pacific Rim College and practices at his clinic in Tunbridge Wells, England, where he specializes in supporting people with chronic and complex conditions. He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a Fellow and former President of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. He was a Director of the European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association and his political work includes being involved in drafting the National Professional Standards in Herbal Medicine and sitting on the UK Department of Health Steering Group on the regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture. His teaching experience at colleges of herbal and traditional medicine is extensive and his latest book was published in 2011 - The Consultation in Phytotherapy.
Course Dates:
Saturday and Sunday, February 22-23, 2014, 9:00am-5:00pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $300 (Early Bird - $285, until January 5)
Students* - $275 (Early Bird - $250, until January 5)
PRC Alumni - $285 (Early Bird - $265, until January 5)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 WHS academic credit for this workshop.
Course Registration:
To register, please phone toll-free 1-866-890-6082 or email the Registrar at admin@pacificrimcollege.ca. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $40 non- refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Live Well, Live Long:
Teachings from the Chinese Health Tradition
with Peter
Deadman, April 2014Course Information:
We live in a world increasingly suffering from the burden of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, heart and vascular disease, cancer and dementia. Whatever kind of medicine we practice, we soon learn to that there are no magic solutions and it is very hard to treat these and many other diseases once they have arisen. Recognizing the limitations of medicine, since its very earliest days the Chinese tradition has focused first on prevention, and secondly on lifestyle changes to help heal disease. This is considered to be the highest level of Chinese medicine and one that is woven into its very fabric. Known as 'yangsheng' - the nourishment and cultivation of life - health preservation and rehabilitation is one of the major branches of Chinese medicine alongside herbs, acupuncture and tuina. Starting with the earliest texts on self-development from the 4th and 5th centuries BCE, through the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, to the writings of great teachers such as Ge Hong and Sun Simiao and numerous other (mainly Daoist) sources, great wisdom has been accumulated about how to conduct ourselves as human beings so as to enhance our physical and emotional health and well-being and extend our lives.
This weekend will cover the immensely practical traditional teachings on how to manage our mental and emotional life, our food and drink, our balance of exercise, work and rest, our sleep and sexual activity, and the self - cultivation we need to embrace throughout life - especially as we get older. These teachings will be compared to the findings of hundreds of research studies carried out in recent decades. The lectures will be interwoven with humour and mixed with practical qigong sessions throughout both days. Studying the rich tradition of the Chinese yangsheng teachings can transform our lives. And the better we understand and model them, the more profoundly we can change not only ourselves but our patients, families and friends. Put simply, they have the power not only to enhance health and happiness but to significantly extend our healthy lifespan.
Previous participants of Peter's health preservation lectures have had this to say: "One of the best lectures I have ever heard", "brilliant lecture...really interesting and inspirational", "great information, very well presented indeed", "enriching and inspiring", "such a wonderful approach to health and illness", "fun, well balanced and informative".
Course Instructor:
Peter Deadman is the
founder of Infinity Foods, a major natural foods business, founder and chair
of The Brighton Natural Health Centre (an educational charity), founder-editor
of The Journal of Chinese Medicine and co-author of A Manual of
Acupuncture, the principal English-language textbook on the acupuncture
points. He practisced both acupuncture and herbal medicine for 3 decades and
has lectured world-wide on Chinese medicine for more than 35 years, most
recently specializing in health preservation. He is a long-term practitioner
and teacher of qigong.Course Dates:
April 5-6, 2014, 9:00am-5:00pm
Course Tuition:
Regular - $315 (Early Bird - $300, until January 15)
Students* - $290 (Early Bird - $265, until January 15)
PRC Alumni - $300 (Early Bird - $280, until January 15)
*PRC diploma students will receive 1 OM/NU academic credit for this workshop.
Course Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course, although participants will find that basic knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine is helpful.
Course Registration:
To register, please click on the registration button below. Full payment is due at time of registration to confirm placement in the course. Payment can be made via MasterCard or Visa, debit, cash and cheque.
Withdrawal Policy:
For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person 30 days or more before the start of the course, registrants will receive a full tuition refund less a $60 non-refundable registration fee. For course withdrawals submitted in writing or in person more than 14 days but less than 30 days before the start of the course, registrants will receive a 50% tuition refund. Without exception, no refunds will be given for course withdrawals less than 14 days before the start of the course.
Accommodations for out-of-town registrants: PRC is pleased to extend preferred corporate hotel rates to all continuing ed registrants.
Stay in the newly renovated Dalton Hotel and Suites for as little as $79.00 per night (check hotel websites for specials as sale prices are sometimes cheaper). Seasonal rates do vary (please contact hotel for details). To receive discounted rates, simply phone the hotel at 1-800-663-6101 and ask for the "Pacific Rim College" rate.
Stay at Swan's Suites Hotel, Victoria's art and boutique hotel located steps from Pacific Rim College. Swan's hotel offers 29 unique and comfortable suites and is conveniently located in the heart of historic "Old Towne" Victoria. Swan's is a short walking distance to downtown's Inner Harbour, museums, galleries, events, entertainment, shopping and much more. Special PRC single and double occupancy rates are $90 from October 1 though June 15 and $145 from June 16 through September 30. All suites include kitchens. Please ask for the "Pacific Rim College" corporate rate when booking.
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