You, The Healer; Maximizing the Energetic Effects of Treatment

Course overview

In this class Jill will share practical tools that practitioners can use in their own clinics to maximize acupunctures energetic effects. There will be a discussion of qi as the bodys intelligence and the role it plays in self-healing. We will explore the various prompts, physical, mental and emotional, that practitioners can give their patients to encourage the body to recalibrate. As part of a broader discussion on the science of connection, the class will look at the significance of the electro-magnetic fields around major organs in the body. As part of her research, Jill allowed the fields around her heart and brain to be measured with an EEG and EKG, whilst she was treating patients. The results showed that, as an acupuncturist, her body is making measurable adjustments and, due to the effect of mirror neurons, the patient responds by entering a more receptive state. There will be particular emphasis on breathing exercises and postural adjustments that help the practitioner to direct their own qi in order to enhance the vibratory effect of needling. And whilst looking at the scientific basis for acupuncture, Jill will explore the embryological foundation of the acupuncture points, the significance of de qi, and the effect of acupuncture on connective tissue, and, in particular, acupunctures relationship with the fascia.