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​ Courses in ​2024

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​Intro to Kiiko Matsumoto style acupuncture

Saturday 20 April 2024

Acupuncture without needles - Japanese style

Sunday 21 April 2024

Intro to Thai Tok Sen massage*​

Saturday 21 September 2024

Intro to Korean Hand Therapy *

Sunday 22 September 2024

Recorded Courses​​​

​Interpreting the zangfu 臟腑 organs
of Chinese Medicine​*
​learn about the Chinese characters which form a semantic cloud around each organ

 - a great way to deepen your understanding of organ functions

An afternoon with a Jiao​*
look at the tripartite division of the trunk - and learn more about acupoints in each jiao

Twenty four Solar fortnights​*
​these 12 separate 2 hour recordings are applicable to one month or a full year - including astronomy, astrology, food, ceremonies, acupuncture channels, acupoints, seasonal exercises and more

​​*open to students or anyone with an interest in this area *

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Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée was born in Paris in 1949 and holds degrees in Philosophy and the Classics and in Chinese Studies. She collaborated with the late Dr Jean Schatz and Father Claude Larre, both as a researcher and translator on classical Chinese thinking and medical texts. After a year in Taiwan (1974-75), she began teaching at the Ricci Institute in Paris; she was the secretary general until 2005. She worked for more than 12 years on the Grand Ricci, a comprehensive encyclopaedic Chinese-French dictionary, and was its chief editor until its publication in 2001. 

One of the most fundamental principles of life is balance, equilibrium, harmony. The right measure and correct alternation create the balance necessary to build a foundation for an abiding equilibrium. To be moderated is not a limitation or a constraint, rather the condition for perfect and whole development.

Bamboo gives us a lesson: its fast growing does not diminish its strength coming from its roots. Its nodes show its ability to stop and rest in order to build again its impulse and thrust and so grow another segment.

In space and time, the growth and nodes set an example of the harmonious yin yang relationship of life. This is the reason why paintings of bamboo decorate the walls of  the scholar’s studios, offering a model for meditation.

Around the Chinese character for the bamboo’s node, jie 節, we will study Chinese classical texts explaining how to temperate one’s mood, to regulate one’s emotions, and to adjust to all the rhythms of nature, so as to avoid any form of excess and harmoniously nurture life.

She is the senior lecturer at the European School of Acupuncture and has exceptional knowledge of the Chinese Medical classics, grounded by her experience as an acupuncture practitioner.She teaches Chinese Philosophy, Chinese classical language and Chinese traditional medicine in more than fifteen countries at various universities, Institutes and Schools. She has written numerous books and pamphlets in several languages, specially, in English, those published by Monkey Press.

     Date         Friday 6 March 2020
    Time         10am - 6pm
    Cost          £75 (Students £65) No ACMAC discount
    Spaces      Max 25
    Tutor         Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée

Jie 節 'vital rhythms': the lesson of bamboo