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 Lorie Eve Dechar, M.Ac. designs educational programs based on the principles of Taoist alchemy and traditional Chinese medicine. Her commitment as a teacher is to support individuals, couples and organizations in transforming problems into possibilities and manifesting their fullest potential for healing on the planet. For more information or details on any of the offerings you see here, please contact Lorie.
Workshops
Professional Training
WORKSHOPS
Alchemical Acupuncture: An Integral Approach to Whole Person Healing
Saturday/Sunday: May 3-4, 2008
Hume Hotel, 422 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC Canada
Cost is $375 before January 1, $425 after this
date
To register or for more information, please
contact Jennifer Gawne, Spirit Mountain Seminars,
250-357-2360 or acosbookstore@acos.org
For lodging at the Hume Hotel, call 250-352-5331
This two-day seminar will help you to become a person who can
use the tools of traditional Chinese medicine
and various other holistic
healing modalities to support yourself and
your patients in discovering a new vision
for the healing process. The primary goal
is to support you to in learning to become
a “whole person
healer,” someone
who pays close attention to what cannot be
seen, touched or measured with our ordinary
senses as well as what can be; who is committed
to mending the rift that has developed between
matter and spirit, between our physical bodies
and the non-physical, emotional, psychological
aspects of our being; who recognizes that we
and the planet we live on are one, our illnesses
and our healing are intertwined.
While the seminar will introduce key theories drawn from Taoist
and European alchemy, Zen Buddhist practice,
Western depth psychology and
contemporary studies of consciousness, the
work will also be hands-on and practical
so that you can take the information presented here out with you
into your life and your work
with patients. Exercises,
meditations and case studies will support the
development of specific diagnostic and therapeutic
skills as well as the states of consciousness
and expanded vision necessary for soul and
spirit level healing work. Beyond the acquisition
of theoretical understanding, skills and clinical
expertise, the purpose of this seminar is to
support each participant in discovering his
or her own unique alchemy, his or her own way of
bringing spirit to the tools of healing and
transforming the lead of pain and suffering
into the gold of wisdom, compassion and new possibilities.
The goal of this kind of healing work is to restore communication
between heaven and earth, mind and body, and thus to bring a person
closer to the experience of his or her own wholeness and connection
to Tao. Our tools include needles, moxa, breath, movement, touch, poetry,
myth, imagination and expanded states of awareness. Many of the principles
and tools introduced in this seminar can be used not only by trained
acupuncturists but by all practitioners (including massage therapists,
herbalists, psychotherapists, chiropractors, nurses and medical doctors)
who are dedicated to tuning into the subtle wisdom of their bodies,
their qi and the natural world.
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Tri-State College of Acupuncture
Lorie is a faculty member and senior clinical supervisor at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture. At Tri-State, her regular classes include Focusing for Acupuncturists, A Heart-Centered Approach to Professional Ethics, An Introduction to Five Element Acupuncture, The Five Spirits, Counseling Skills for Acupuncturists, and ongoing clinical supervision of third year students.
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Alchemical Acupuncture Mentorship 2009
Registration materials are available for the 2009 Alchemical Acupuncture Mentorship.
This year-long mentorship is offered to practitioners and students interested in an in-depth exploration of Alchemical Acupuncture and the Five Spirits. The goal of the mentorship is to provide advanced training to acupuncturists who are strongly motivated to work with psychological and emotional symptoms using the tools of traditional Chinese medicine. In the process, we seek to create a community of healers who are qualified to work in the tradition of neidan or internal alchemy (the Taoist approach to psychological healing and psycho-spiritual transformation), and who are dedicated to honoring the energies of the soul and spirit in their acupuncture practice.
As we delve into the alchemical secrets at the heart of Chinese medicine, we discover ways to work not only with physical pain but also with many complex psychosomatic and psycho-spiritual symptoms that often do not respond to standard Western medical or psychological treatment. Shock, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, insomnia, stress-related chronic pain, depression and allergies are just a few of the common symptoms that respond well to this form of treatment.
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Ongoing Supervision
Lorie conducts a bi-monthly day-long case
supervision group for practitioners and
senior students in Nyack, New
York. In addition, she is available to
practitioners and students who want individual
supervision. Both the case supervision
group and the individual supervision offer
the opportunity to have one-on-one support
and personalized learning as well as to
gain a deeper understanding of Five Element
and spirit-level acupuncture. The individual
supervision sessions can
be in person or on the phone and include
email correspondence, “homework,” and
recommended readings between sessions.
The cost of the day-long case supervision
group is $175.00/session and the cost of
the individual supervision sessions is
$150/session. If you are interested in
either of these opportunities, please e-mail
Benjamin Fox and
he will provide the necessary details for
your participation.
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