Study with Fritz Smith, MD, founder of Zero Balancing (ZB), in this exciting form of bodywork that uses touch to align body energy and body structure for health and healing. This class, Core ZB I, teaches the basic ZB hands-on protocol, theory and skills.

Fee: $595/$545 – Early registration on or before October 5
CEUs: 25
Instructor(s): Fritz Smith, MD, DO, MAc (UK)

Do you have a vision for your professional success? Building, Managing, and Marketing Your Practice is designed to prepare you to manage a successful business or clinical practice. Creating a strong business foundation during your start-up phase will save you hours of work and thousands of dollars. We will cover what you need to know about setting up your business including record keeping, registering your business, implementing a business plan, client contracts, billing and payment practices, as well as client attraction.

Additionally, we will take the mystery out of marketing by presenting the essential activities in an understandable, practical, and easy-to-implement manner. You will learn how to create a marketing plan that combines a variety of activities including referral building, public speaking, and email/internet marketing, plus much more. We will also discuss building your confidence and reducing fears so that you are set up for success.

At the end of this course, you will have sound business practices and manageable steps you can apply immediately towards building a successful practice.

Fee: $295 / Tai Sophia Alumni $195 / Tai Sophia Students Free
CEUs: 12
PDAs: pending
Instructors: Robert Notter, BS, and Rose Payne, CHHC, AADP

In this course, participants will learn the Eight Pieces of Brocade, a specific system of Qi Gong that, through a series of body-opening movements, cleanses, accumulates, and circulates energy in the mind/body system for health, healing, and longevity. Attendees will also practice meditation for quieting the mind and relaxation techniques to heal the body. The course will address the particular application of these principles for healthcare providers and other professionals, offer specific suggestions for personal practice, and share insight from current scientific Qi Gong-related research.

Fee: $145/$130 - Early registration fee on or before October 30
CEU: 6
Instructor(s): Jeremy Harlow, LPN, LMT

The tide moves in, reconnects with the ocean, is restored and refreshed, and then moves out again. Come to this highly experiential event and learn practices for your own moving in, restoring, and opening again. Using these easy-to-learn practices, you can feel more connected with the source of calm and quiet within, giving you the ability to experience being relaxed, peaceful, and grounded, as well as more creative. The day is designed to enhance self-awareness; when self-awareness is strong, the mind is clear and the body healthier. You are invited to join Anne for the day whether you are dealing with a hectic and pressured life or simply seeking a little more stillness.

Fee: $90.00/$75.00 – Early registration on or before November 6
CEUs: 6
Instructor(s): Anne Strozier Adams, LAc, MAc

The NADA auricular (ear) detoxification protocol has expanded in scope beyond its original role in substance abuse treatment, and is now being used in mental health settings, disaster relief efforts, African refugee camps, at-risk youth programs, and other public health initiatives. You are invited to join Michael Smith, MD, LAc, the internationally renowned pioneer of acupuncture detox, in a workshop on the dramatic expansion of this simple method’s role on the global stage. In addition, Dr. Smith will discuss the importance of treating beyond the symptoms and helping patients develop their capabilities for living in wholeness as members of their communities.

Fee: $85/$75 – Early registration on or before November 20
CEUs: 4
Instructor(s): Michael Smith, MD, LAc

Tai Sophia’s signature program has the ability to influence the way you relate to others and to yourself. You will have at least 20 practical skills to use immediately when you leave this workshop. Based on ancient wisdom and anchored in the modern world, learn ways to set priorities in the context of partnership with others, without opposition and judgment. Redefine your fear with courage, your upsets, your relationships, your career, your life, your future as well as your health.

Redefining Health is a program that addresses life’s questions and puts the unknowing in a context that is at once simple and profound. Participants from around the nation and around the globe have reported that this program has influenced their lives by giving them an empowering, effective framework for daily living.

Click here to read more about Redefining Health in the Spring 2009 edition of The Report (article begins on page 4).

Fee: $175/ $165 - Early registration on or before January 20, 2010
CEUs: 12
Nursing Contact Hours: 12.5
Instructor(s): Dianne M. Connelly, MAc (UK), PhD, and Bob Duggan, MAc (UK), MA