Academics

Continuing Education

Certification program CEU Course Public Classes
Date Type Course Hours/
CEUs		 Campus
2012-11-12 4周一期 中医师培训班赴美中医师培训班 240小时/期  KCCM Campus
9/27/2011, 9/28/2011 Chair Massage 15  KCCM Campus
8/2/2011, 8/3/2011 Facial Rejuvenation 15 KCCM Campus

4/26/2011, 27/08/2011

 Evergreen Wellness Reflexology 15 KCCM Campus
TBD Thai Massage 30 KCCM Campus
TBD
 Qi gong Class TBD
 KCCM Campus
TBD Sports Massage 30 KCCM Campus
TBD Tuina for Rehabilitation 30 KCCM Campus
TBD Couples Massage I, II, III, IV. TBD KCCM Campus
TBD Infant Massage TBD KCCM Campus
6/7,7/2011, 6/29/08/2011 Melting Muzscles TBD KCCM Campus
TBD Advanced Atlas Axis TBD KCCM Campus
7/27/2011 Reiki I 7 KCCM Campus
07/27/2011 Ethics Workshop 7 Class Hour KCCM Campus
TBD Bigu Wight loss TBD KCCM Campus
Chair Massage
Instructor: Dr. Qizhi Gao 15 hours/CEUs 
This course is designed to teach you a safe, convenient, and affordable method of making massage available to a greater number of people. A fifteen-minute massage routine designed to reduce stress and relax the client will be taught. The routine concentrates on the upper body: including neck, shoulders, back, arms, hands, and head. The client is seated on a specially designed chair and remains fully clothed. No oils are used.

Course Objectives:
1. Apply a 15-minute acupressure sequence for the neck, shoulders, back, arms, hands, and scalp.
2. Apply variations of the sequence for 5,10, and 20-minute formats.
3.Perform the sequence on standard chairs as well as on special massage chairs.

Intended Audience:
Massage therapists or individuals interested in applying chair massage in the corporate environment.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: 9/27/2008, 9/28/2008
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus 		Cost: $225.00
Facial Rejuvenation
Instructor:TBD 15 hours/CEUs 
Chinese Facial Massage has been used for centuries as a way of maintaining health and retarding the aging process. This technique improves blood circulation and nutrition to the skin, over time changing a pale and lifeless complexion into one with a healthy and lustrous glow. It can also enhance the elasticity of the muscles, make the sweat glands and sebaceous glands secrete unobstructively by eliminating aging and dead epithelial cells, thus resulting in smooth, glossy skin and reduced wrinkles.

Course Objectives:
1. Explain the purposes, major benefits and contraindications.
2.Apply acupressure and common massage techniques to reduce the signs of aging.
3.Apply Chinese herbal formulae to improve Qi and blood flow while enhancing a youthful and radiant look.

Intended Audience:
Massage therapists, skin care professionals & individuals working in the spa or cosmetic industry.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: 8/2/2008, 8/3/2008
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus 		Cost: $280.00(Includes Handout & herbal facial products) )
Evergreen Wellness Reflexology
Instructor:TBD 15 hours/CEUs 
Evergreen Reflexology™ is a holistic healing procedure that incorporates foot soaking with special herbal formula blends and reflexology. Apart from treating disease, the procedure is an extremely effective therapy in cases of stress and tiredness. And, like acupuncture, Evergreen Reflexology? is used as a preventive measure against ill health. It also diminishes the signs of aging, rejuvenates the body and relieves pain.

Course Objectives:
By the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Define the features of Evergreen Reflexology TM .
2. Apply appropriate herbal formula for foot soaking .
3. Apply appropriate reflexology for client .
4. Develop and apply the treatment plan .

Intended Audience:
Massage therapists and other health care professionals.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date:4/26/2008, 27/08/2008
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus 		Cost: $280.00
Thai Massage
Instructor:TBD 30 hours/CEUs 
his course provides an introduction to the basic techniques of traditional Thai Massage. Students will gain an overall understanding of proper body mechanics, application of acupressure along the Sen lines, as well as various stretching techniques.

Course Objectives:
By the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Define the basic history and principles behind Thai Massage.
2. Apply appropriate herbal formula for foot soaking
3. Apply appropriate reflexology for client
4. Develop and apply the treatment plan

Intended Audience:
Attendance is required in all classes. Students may fail a course if 10% of the class sessions are missed. Please refer to any current policies in the Student Handbook for additional information.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: TBD
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus 		Cost:TBD
Qi gong Class
Instructor:TBD  
Qigong is a powerful form of healing that has been practiced for thousands of years in China. An integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong works by harmonizing mind, body movement and breath to enhance the flow of Qi (energy) in the body. Bigu Qigong is a specialized practice of the art of Qigong, which has been shown to aide in weight loss. By using simple breathing and meditative techniques, Bigu Qigong practitioners are able to naturally suppress feelings of hunger while increasing their energy levels. If you are interested in weight loss through the practice of Bigu Qigong and in teaching others how to lose weight with Bigu Qigong, the Bigu Qigong Instructor Class provides you with the needed certification.

Course Objectives:
1. To facilitate the education and training of Bigu Qigong instructors
2. To provide a basic instruction model for the application of Bigu Qigong theory and practice
3. To expand awareness and improve the professional practice of Bigu Qigong in the weight loss and management industry

Learning and Behavioral Objectives:
To obtain Instructor Certification and successfully complete this program, participants must lose a minimum of six (6) pounds and be competent in the following:
1. Application of basic Bigu Qigong Theory to guide the Qigong practice
2. Control hunger utilizing the Bigu Qigong exercise
3. Increase energy levels with less food intake through the practice of Bigu Qigong exercise
4. Experience the following three (3) beneficial effects of Bigu Qigong on weight loss:
  • Confidence in the ability to control hunger
  • Increased self esteem
  • Increased energy levels

Admissions:
This program is open to those individuals interested in weight loss through the practice of Bigu Qigong and in teaching others how to lose weight with Bigu Qigong.
An application for Admissions Form must be completed and returned within 3 weeks (21 days) of class start date. Your application should also contain the following:
1. Curriculum Vita including education and work experience
2. A statement describing what motivated your decision to pursue this training
3. Health Verification and Physician release

The completed application form and documentation should be submitted along with the full tuition fee. Please indicate your first and second choices for a program start date.

Enrollment is limited. To ensure a position in your preferred class, it is beneficial to complete the application process early.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: TBD
Time:TBD
Location: KCCM Campus 		Cost: $225.00
Sports Massage
Instructor:TBD
 30 hours/CEUs 

Sport Massage helps athletes to achieve their best performance, reduce the chance of injury and recover from injury and fatigue.


Course Objectives:
1. Explain the purposes, major benefits and contraindications.
2. Perform pre-event and post-event massage and general procedures for each.
3. Apply Chinese herbal formulas for common injuries.

Intended Audience:
Massage therapists, physical therapists, physical trainers, chiropractors and other health care professionals.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: TBD
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus
Cost: $450.00
Tuina for Rehabilitation
Instructor:TBD 30 hours/CEUs 
Tuina involves a variety of bodywork techniques for treating a broad range of musculoskeletal and internal organ disorders. It is used at hospitals for orthopedic, stroke, and other forms of rehabilitation in China. This is the first in a series on rehab care.

Course Objectives:
1. Explain purposes, major benefits of Tuina.
2. Apply Tuina techniques for Cervical Spondylopathy, Tendonitis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
3. Apply commonly used Chinese
herbal formulae to enhance the healing result.

Intended Audience:
Physical therapists/assistants, massage therapists, chiropractors and other health care professionals.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: TBD
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus
Cost: TBD
Couples Massage I, II, III, IV.
Instructor:TBD TBD/CEUs 
There is no information on this course
Date: TBD
Time:TBD
Location: KCCM Campus
Cost: TBD
Infant Massage
Instructor:TBD TBD/CEUs 
There is no information on this course
Date: TBD
Time:TBD
Location: KCCM Campus
Cost: TBD
Melting Muscles
Instructor:Lara Pollock TBD/CEUs 

Melting Muscles is the patient method of waiting to feel a muscle melt before moving on.  Presence with the muscle shape and fiber direction is also taught.  Muscle guarding is not judged as bad, so we do not fight to lengthen the muscle.  Instead, we move the muscle into a shortened position.  Then the brain feels its need to guard has been aided, and the muscle melts of its own decision.  
           
The two-day workshop includes elements of Specific Treatment massage as well as creating a new Full Body massage. Assessments are shown for hip rotation, shoulder rotation, lumbar rotation, and lumbar side bending, for those who wish to prioritize which muscles need more treatment.  You will learn to palpate, shorten, and melt many lesser-known muscle groups, including piriformis, psoas, subscapularis, wrist flexors and extensors, neck extensors and side benders. 


Many practitioners embraced the techniques simply from reading the articles and the workbooks.  The workbooks are left-brained tools, beginning with step-by-step instruction, including lots of pictures, then gaining assessments, theory, and philosophy.  The workshops, on the other hand, are right-brained, fun training.  In the workshops there is no lecture, no pens, no books, 100% hands-on work at the tables.  Your hands become your best teachers.


Course Objectives:
1. Palpate muscle fiber direction in each of the exercises.  Each person must attain this capability before the exercise is finished.  Instructor verifies by watching the palpating hand, to ensure that it makes a visible “thumping” as the muscle fibers are “strummed.”
2. Demonstrate ability to place a muscle in its shortened position with one hand while palpating the muscle belly with the other hand.  Each person must gain this skill for the muscle group
being shown, before the group moves on to the next exercise.
3. Explain the benefits of treating muscles in the shortened position
4. Discern the onset and duration of a muscle melting
5. Respond to muscle melting and follow through with one or more options such as riding the melting by moving up the muscle; gradually lengthening the muscle; increasing or decreasing pressure; or verbally interacting with the person "Can you feel the muscle melting?"  Instructor watches for one or more of these responses from each participant
6. Feel (or mimic the speed and quality of) cranial motion.  Instructor watches the speed and quality of motion
7. Apply the philosophy of melting muscles.  The instructor assesses this by quizzing participants with questions like the following: “Let’s say the recipient has a shoulder that is higher (elevated) than it would naturally be.  How will you treat the shoulder, by elevating or depressing it?” and “Why do you think this is more effective?”

This course is presented by Elenchus Publishing & Workshops and is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider.

"Both Melting Muscles and Advanced Atlas Axis workshops provide 14 and 7 Category A hours for NCBTMB, by using the certificate and provider number that Lara Pollock will provide."

"Any workshop that is NCBTMB Category A approved also fits the criteria for ABMP, AMTA, and most State requirements for continuing education."

Please bring your own massage table .

Letter to participants

View Article here

View Brochure here

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date:6/7/2008, 6/8/08/2008, 6/29/2008
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus		 Cost: TBD
Advanced Atlas/Axis
Instructor:Lara Pollock TBD/CEUs 

Melting the Muscles that control the Atlas and Axis utilizes the patient method of waiting to feel a muscle melt before moving on. Presence with the muscle shape and fiber direction is also taught. Muscle guarding is not judged as bad, so we do not fight to lengthen the muscle. Instead, we move the muscle into a shortened position. Then the brain feels its need to guard has been aided, and the muscle melts of its own decision.


The one-day advanced workshop includes learning to assess and create the three directions of movement: pure rotation, pure flexion / extension, and pure side bending.  Palpating spinous and tranverse processes of C2 and the other cervical vertebrae.  Participants will learn the attachments and function of the Obliquus Capitus Inferior. Also palpation and treatment of SCM, subocciptals, traps, splenius capitus, the hyoids, and other muscles of the head and neck.  Participants will integrate the rhythm of cranial motion with treating the muscles that control Atlas, Axis, and other cervical joints.


As the Melting Muscles Workshop covers the macrocosm that is the body, the Advanced Workshop focuses on the microcosm of the OA/AA joints.  It is a ‘deconstruction’ of the intricate structures involved in the movement of the head and neck.


Course Objectives:

1. Find the origin and insertion of the obliquus capitus inferior, and bring these closer to each other, using one hand.
2. Discern the differences between rotation, flexion/extension, and sidebending of the neck. 
3. Create pure rotation, flexion/extension and sidebending by demonstrating moving the head slowly and smoothly enough that the person’s brain does not enact additional guarding.  Speed of motion; transitions between left motion, stopping, and starting right motion will be practiced until proficiency is observed.
4. Apply these three actions to the upper and mid-cervicals.
5. Discern the difference between ‘range’ of motion and ‘quality’ of motion.
6. Experience and discern a difference in quality (called ‘motion palpation’) between OA and AA joint motion to the left and right.
7. Describe three methods for assessing joints: visual
assessment, motion palpation (discerning quality and range of motion), and cranial palpation (for direction of cranial motion).
8. Assess the cervical joints using at least two of the three methods.

This course is presented by Elenchus Publishing & Workshops and is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider.

"Both Melting Muscles and Advanced Atlas Axis workshops provide 14 and 7 Category A hours for NCBTMB, by using the certificate and provider number that Lara Pollock will provide."

"Any workshop that is NCBTMB Category A approved also fits the criteria for ABMP, AMTA, and most State requirements for continuing education."

Please bring your own massage table .

Letter to participants

View Article here

View Brochure here

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: TBA
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: KCCM Campus
 Cost: TBD
Reiki I
Instructor:TBD 7 hours/CEUs 

Reiki Level One is a simple way to channel naturally-occurring energy toward healing and other tasks.  During your Level One training, you will receive an attunement, which establishes new channels for you to receive energy and transfer it to others.  The workshop and attunement are based on Mikao Usui’s system: Usui Reiki Ryoho.


Course Objectives:
1. To help people establish a reliable connection with universal life force.
2. To explore the nature of healing energy.
3. To perform the initial Reiki Level One attunement.
4. To practice the twelve hand positions for a one hour Reiki treatment session.
5. To practice a standard self-treatment.
6. To discuss various concepts and personal experiences in the group setting .

Intended Audience
Massage therapists and other health care professionals.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: 7/27/2008
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Location: KCCM Campus
 Cost: TBD
Ethics Workshop
Instructor:TBD 7 hours/CEUs 
This course is intended to identify and explore concepts of ethics in a professional therapeutic environment. Participants are asked to consider and fill out a series of questions relating to their practices and interactions with people in a professional setting. The questions will be discussed at the workshop. People are encouraged to actively participate in the workshop by describing, expressing opinions, and exploring their responses.

Course Objectives:
1. To help people consider and explore the nature of pain.
2. To help people consider and explore the meaning of a therapeutic relationship.
3. To help determine the nature of an equal relationship, as well as, an unbalanced professional relationship.
4. To discuss methods of managing expectations of the recipient and of the practitioner in a professional environment.
5. To explore different approaches to interacting with people in an equal therapeutic relationship.
6.To develop an understanding of how to best serve people in an equal therapeutic relationship.

Intended Audience:
Massage therapists and other health care professionals.

For Continuing Education Application form click here
Date: 07/27/2008
Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: KCCM campus
 Cost: $115.00 (includes class materials)
Bigu Wight loss
Instructor:TBD TBD/CEUs 
There is no information on this course
Date: TBD
Time:TBD
Location: KCCM Campus
Cost: TBD