Tibetan Moxibustion Course (CEU's available)

Dear all,

The American Branch of the Shang Shung Institute is pleased to announce an intensive course of Moxibustion, an external therapy of Tibetan Medicine. This course will be taught by Elio Guarisco, from May 18-30, 2009. This very special course is a rare and amazing opportunity to learn Moxibustion in the tradition of our founder, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, as well as his Root Master, Rigdzin Changchub Dorje.

This course will be open to the public, and is pending NCCAOM PDA points (continuing education credits) for acupuncturists.

For more information or to register for this summer intensive course, please contact the Shang Shung Institute secretary, Diane Sievers, at secretary@shangshung.org or (413) 369 - 4928.

American Branch, Shang Shung Institute
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Please pass this message on to all who may be interested. This course is open to the general public.

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Who: Elio Guarisco, student of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, and skilled practitioner and teacher of Moxibustion.

What: A 9-day course on Tibetan Moxibustion, According to the Tradition of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. This course will take place over 13 days.

When: Monday, May 18 - Saturday, May 30, 2009. The course will be taught in three, three-day sessions. Each three-day session will be followed by a two-day break.

Where: The Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine at Tsegyalgar East, 18 Schoolhouse Rd, Conway, MA

Why: To preserve and distribute knowledge of TIbetan Medicine, especially this characteristic technique

How Much: $550 for the general public.

Course Description

Tibetan medicine, known as Sowa Rigpa, is an ancient form of natural medicine indigenous to the Tibetan people and still practiced today throughout Tibet, the Himalayan regions, China, India, Mongolia, Siberia and in the Western world where ever Tibetans live in exile. The Tibetan medical system is a complex synthesis developed over millennia drawing on both indigenous Tibetan culture and from other traditions such as the Greek (via Persia), Ayurvedic (from India) and Chinese systems. Integrating these with the already robust pre-buddhist culture of ancient Tibetan civilization known as Zhang Zhung, Sowa Rigpa flourished amid intercultural dialogues with the leading physicians of India, China, Nepal, Byzantium and Persia who traveled to Tibet as early as the 7th century. These exchanges resulted in a magnificent body of accumulated knowledge unrivaled for its depth of understanding still intact within a vast literary tradition unknown outside of Tibet until recent times.

Moxibustion is the king and most effective of all external therapies in Tibetan medicine. Moxa uses the power of heat to unblock the causes and the effects of illnesses. With few exceptions, heat works to solve both problems that are of a cold nature as well as problems of a hot nature. In an era in which medical care depends more and more on machines both for diagnosis and for treatments, the ancient knowledge of moxibustion offers a method of healing that anyone can apply for himself in any given circumstance. Moxibustion can be very helpful in curing or relieving many types of illnesses such as: loss of digestive heat, anemia, edema, tumors, cysts, gastric disorders, lymphatic disorders, bile disorders, bad digestion, stress, insanity, epilepsy, neurological and vascular disorders, arthritis. In particular it is effective for all illnesses that are a result of cold conditions, energetic imbalance, and nerve and lymph problems.

This moxibustion course is inspired by the work and exhaustive researches done in this field during the course of many years by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu who studied and compared a large number of ancient sources of Tibetan moxibustion. The result of such researches is now materialized in his manual of Moxibustion entitled The Clear Crystal Mirror, a Concise Guide to the Practice of Moxibustion.

During the course, the practice of moxibustion will be introduced along with the basic principles of Tibetan medicine. Five hundred points of moxibustion will be described together with their therapeutic indications, and the various methods will be taught and practically applied. Complementary to the main subject of the moxibustion, one will also learn various other ancillary external therapies.

This course is structured in three, three days sessions. Between each session will be a two day break. Each of the three sessions comprises a total of 13.5 hours for a total of 40.5 hours. This course is pending NCCAOM PDA points (continuing education credits) for acupuncturists. Tweet