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The Association for Professional Acupuncture is Pennsylvania’s state organization for non-physician Acupuncturists. Our goal is to support the educational and professional needs of Oriental Medicine in Pennsylvania. Educationally, we sponsor and announce continuing education events throughout the state and have helped bring prominent members of our profession to PA. Legislatively, we are continuously working in Harrisburg to fight for fair practice standards so we can provide the very best care for our patients.
Next APA Meeting:
February 19, 2012: Regular meeting, 3-5 p.m. at the Won Institute.
Speaker: Elise Rivers, M.Ac., Dipl.Ac., presenting on “How to Build a Unique & Sustainable Community Acupuncture Practice”
1 PDA – Meeting to follow presentation.
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Dear Pennsylvania Acupuncturist:
The APA is pleased to announce its Spring and Summer calendar of meetings and educational presentations. Regular meetings are free and open to all acupuncturists. APA members earn 1 PDA for each regular meeting!
Mark these events on your calendar and remember that APA members receive discounts on all one-day and two-day seminars.
All presentations will be held at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies,
137 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038, unless otherwise noted.
Check our website, www.acupuncturepa.org, for most up-to-date information!
See below for the calendar of events:March 4, 2012: Seminar, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Won Institute.
Presenter: Rene J. Navarro, Dipl.Ac., on “DragonWell QiGong,”
DragonWell QiGong is a healing sequence of traditional practice that are part of Taoist self-cultivation for healing and longevity. Rene J. Navarro is an internationally known teacher, martial artist, licensed acupuncturist, published writer and poet, healer, and alchemist.
7 PDA’s pending.
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March 18, 2012: Regular meeting, 3-5 p.m. at the Won Institute.
Speaker: Shaune D. Ralph, L.Ac., on “Shaku Ju Therapy”
1 PDA – Meeting to follow presentation.
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April 15, 2012: Regular meeting: 3-5 p.m. at the Won Institute.
Speaker: C. Pierce Salguero, Ph.D., on “History and Myth in Chinese Medicine, Part II”
1 PDA pending.
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May 20, 2012: Special Presentation: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
“Chinese Herb Walk at the Morris Arboretum” – with Cara Frank, L.OM., and Jean Giblette, owner of High Falls Gardens, a mid-Hudson Valley farm that grows Asian medicinal plants. The presentation is at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.
3 PDA’s pending.
Meeting to follow presentation.
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June, 2012: Seminar, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Won Institute.
(Final date in June to be announced)
Presenter: Anastasia White on “The Five Spirits: The Heart of Chinese Medicine”
The Taoist alchemical tradition of the Five Spirits and its correspondences to human psychology and physiology will be explored. Anastasia White has been a practitioner, teacher and consultant of Chinese herbal medicine for over 25 years.
7.5 PDA’s pending.
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August 4-5, 2012: Two -Day Seminar, 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. both days.
Presenter: Kiiko Matsumoto, Master Acupuncturist, on Advanced Japanese Strategies:
Specific topic to be posted as a later date.
Seminar held at The Lambertville House
The 1812 Conference Room, 32 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530
(More information will be posted soon. Save the dates!)
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Upcoming Continuing Education:
