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Acupuncture & Massage for Facial Rejuvenation

with Virginia Doran, LAc

Friday – Sunday, February 3 -5
1pm – 6pm (Friday), 9am – 5:30pm (Saturday & Sunday) • 20 CEUs

Regular Tuition: $550 • AIMC Community Tuition: $450
AOM Student Tuition: $500

(All pricing includes supplies)

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For thousands of years, the people of the Orient have known that beauty comes from the inside out. In order for a person to look their best, they must radiate health. Early on, the Chinese discovered and utilized ways to change the energy flow within the body to initiate the healing process for rejuvenation. They knew that many meridians either begin or end on the face and some have internal branches that go to the face. With Virginia Doran’s highly effective method of Facial Rejuvenation, one can simultaneously benefit a person’s appearance and overall health.

In this course you will learn

• How to customize facial rejuvenation treatments utilizing an Oriental Medical approach
• How to assess which meridians are involved in the various ways that individuals physically manifest the aging process
• Point selection and needle technique for conditions such as acne, dry skin, age spots, sagging skin, wrinkles, scars, double chins, and bags and dark circles under the eyes
• Acupressure, Qigong, and Virginia’s own massage techniques for preserving youthful appearance and combating signs of aging on the face
• How to make your patients look and feel their best, and save them from unnecessary surgery and risk

Click here for a day-by-day course schedule.

Read more about Virginia and the Ultimate Facial Rejuvenation Program at www.luminousbeauty.com.

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Virginia Doran, MAc, LAc

As an experienced international teacher and practitioner of Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture, Virginia Doran is a recognized expert in the field and has had the great honor to be the first Westerner to teach acupuncture in Japan in their 1500 year acupuncture history. Ms. Doran has been a teacher and lecturer in the field of holistic health since 1980 on the subjects of massage therapy, acupuncture, aromatherapy, flower essences, Chinese and Western herbs, nutrition, and supplements. She graduated from the Swedish Institute of Massage and Allied Health Sciences in 1978 where she has since taught post graduate courses and has been a licensed massage therapist practicing since 1979. In 1995 she graduated the Tri-State College for Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, and in 1995 she received their postgraduate degree in Chinese Herbology. In addition, Ms. Doran is nationally certified (NCCAOM) in acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. Ms. Doran has been sought out by major television networks to demonstrate acupuncture facial rejuvenation, and she has been featured in and been a consultant to many magazines and newspapers on acupuncture for facial rejuvenation and dermatological conditions. She is currently writing two books on facial rejuvenation: one for practitioners and one for the public.

Aromatherapy for Facial Rejuvenation

(part 2 of the Ultimate Facial Rejuvenation Certification Program)

with Virginia Doran, LAc

Friday – Sunday, February 10 – 12 • 5pm – 9:30pm (Friday), 10am – 6pm (Saturday & Sunday) • 18 CEUs

Regular Tuition: $500 • AIMC Community Tuition: $400
• AOM Student Tuition: $450*

*Pricing includes supplies

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This unique course will train practitioners to customize aromatherapy facial rejuvenation treatments for their patients utilizing an Oriental Medical approach. Learn the cosmetic uses of individual essential oils, carrier oils, and hydrosols (an exciting new branch of aromatherapy that is extraordinarily useful in treating and caring for the skin). Highly effective formulas will also be revealed for specific conditions such as dry, combination, oily, acneic, and sensitive skin; puffiness; sagging skin; age spots; scars; and wrinkles. Protocols using essential oils on distal acupuncture points as a root treatment will also be taught for these conditions. This highly effective combination root- and branch-style of aromatherapeutic treatment provides more dramatic and lasting effects than either approach used separately, thus providing the ultimate benefit to a person’s appearance and overall health.

In this course you will learn:

• The history of aromatherapy
• How aromatherapy works scientifically on the body and the psyche and the importance of natural versus synthetic products
• How to identify and locate high quality products, ways to use them, proper methods of handling and storage, ethical issues, cautions and contraindications
• Guidelines for making aromatherapy blends and recommended books and sources for top quality oils, hydrosols, and ready-made aromatherapy products for facial rejuvenation

The Chinese medical energetics and esthetique uses will be given for numerous essential oils. Thirty carrier oils, and forty hydrosols will be discussed followed by formulas for local (branch) treatment and distal root treatment protocols for the underlying causes of these signs of aging and dysfunction. Through hands on participation, participants will create both a custom essential oil and hydrosol blend for their own use and learn how to apply essential oils to acupuncture points.

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is geared towards holistic health practitioners. While no prior knowledge of aromatherapy is necessary, attendees are expected to be comfortable with basic Oriental Medical theory and acupuncture/acupressure point uses and locations.

Read more about Virginia and the Ultimate Facial Rejuvenation Program at www.luminousbeauty.com.

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Virginia Doran, MAc, LAc
As an experienced international teacher and practitioner of Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture, Virginia Doran is a recognized expert in the field and has had the great honor to be the first Westerner to teach acupuncture in Japan in their 1500 year acupuncture history. Ms. Doran has been a teacher and lecturer in the field of holistic health since 1980 on the subjects of massage therapy, acupuncture, aromatherapy, flower essences, Chinese and Western herbs, nutrition, and supplements. She graduated from the Swedish Institute of Massage and Allied Health Sciences in 1978 where she has since taught post graduate courses and has been a licensed massage therapist practicing since 1979. In 1995 she graduated the Tri-State College for Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, and in 1995 she received their postgraduate degree in Chinese Herbology. In addition, Ms. Doran is nationally certified (NCCAOM) in acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. Ms. Doran has been sought out by major television networks to demonstrate acupuncture facial rejuvenation, and she has been featured in and been a consultant to many magazines and newspapers on acupuncture for facial rejuvenation and dermatological conditions. She is currently writing two books on facial rejuvenation: one for practitioners and one for the public.

Japanese Medicine: Contact Needling Techniques – The Essence of Dr. Bear

with Dr. Bear (blind master acupuncturist, Anryu Iwashina)

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 16 – 18, 2012 • 9am – 5pm • 21 CEUs

Regular Tuition: $500 • AIMC Community Tuition: $400

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Join us for a unique exploration of Dr. Bear’s clinically-proven Japanese contact needling techniques and protocols.

New material to be covered in this seminar includes:

• The importance of PC/HT treatment
• Detailed explanation of the Back-shu treatment

Dr. Bear will also summarize and talk about various diagnostic methods;

• The forearm diagnosis
• The Eight deficiencies
• Abdominal diagnosis
• Channel diagnosis
• Back-shu point diagnosis

And also various treatment methods:

• Fundamental treatment
• Meridian clock opposite treatment
• Extraordinary meridian treatment
• Meridian extension test
• Spinal treatment
• Dr. Bear’s empirical points

He will explain the above diagnostic and treatment methods in relation to many different disorders;

• External evil invasion
• Internal injury
• Non-internal, non-external diseases

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Anryu Iwashina (aka Dr. Bear)

Anryu Iwashina (or Dr. Bear as he is called by his American Indian friends) is a master practitioner and teacher of traditional Japanese acupuncture He began his study at the Tokyo National University for the Blind and trained with Kodo Fukushima, the developer of Meridian Therapy. Dr. Bear received his acupuncture license 1977 and has been practicing acupuncture since then, together with his wife, Suzuko–san. In 1989, he first came to America as a volunteer acupuncturist to treat the American Indian people, Navajo, Hopi. Dr. Bear’s specialty is contact needling. He treats many kinds of disorders using contact needling techniques and is especially adept at treating musculo-skeletal problems, and pain and numbness. He is also world-renowned and enjoys a very high success rate treating breach babies.

All AIMC Berkeley Continuing Education courses are approved by the California Acupuncture Board for continuing education credits.