Chinese Medical Qigong Anmo Therapy
Asian Bodywork Therapist Certificate Program

Enhance Your Treatment Skills. Experience firsthand the benefits of a consistent qigong and meditation practice. Change not just what you do, but who you are in the world. Become a Nationally Certified Asian Bodywork Therapist!

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Overview
The new 500-hour medical qigong anmo therapy certification program, which qualifies participants to sit for the NCCAOM Asian Bodywork Therapy exam, is taught by Dr. Suzanne Friedman, who developed our popular 200-hour qigong certification program. Friedman is a nationally renowned qigong master, Doctor of Medical Qigong specializing in oncology, and author of Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions, The Yijing Medical Qigong System, and Heal Yourself with Qigong (New Harbinger Publishing, Spring ’09). Our one-of-a-kind program takes a unique approach in which students become scholar-practitioners by studying the healing art along with the words of classic Daoist and medical texts. “It’s really about personal development,” says Friedman of the new program, which emphasizes the importance of personal qigong practice. “Once you have developed your own qi, you can use your skills to help other people.” The program is the nation’s only Asian bodywork therapist certification program with a medical qigong anmo therapy specialty, and is recognized by American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), Associated Bodywork Massage Professionals (ABMP) and American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA).

The Chinese Medical Qigong Anmo Therapy Asian Bodywork Therapist Certificate Program is open to anyone with a strong interest in the healing arts, and is designed to accommodate students from outside the Bay Area. The program is made up of nine five-day, Thursday-Monday modules. Licensed acupuncturists and acupuncture students qualify for the NCCAOM Asian bodywork certification with Modules 3-8. It consists of two prerequisite Chinese medicine theory modules for people with no prior background in Chinese medicine, and seven medical qigong modules offered over the course of a year and a half. Students without prior TCM training or education must take the theory modules before beginning the medical qigong modules, while licensed acupuncturists can start with Module 3. All modules are scheduled with 1-3 month breaks between them. Modules 4-9 cover medical qigong theory and practice and include at least 80 hours of supervised classroom practice as well as medical qigong and Daoist history, ancient text review, and exercise practice. Students will complete 50 treatments/70 clinical hours during the qigong modules, and maintain records including a complete case history for first visits, session summaries for each treatment, along with participating in clinical rounds.

For more information, call Sara Szmodis, AIMC Berkeley CEU & Events Director, 510-666-8248 x106, email sszmodis@aimc.edu, or visit AIMC.edu.

Features & Benefits

• It's the only one of its kind in the nation

• You will gain skills that distinguish you from other practitioners in bodywork and Chinese Medicine

• Research shows that bodywork is the most sought after complementary healthcare modality, and insurance is beginning to cover it

• You will be eligible to sit for the NCCAOM national licensing exam, and you will automatically be eligible to join the American Organization of Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA)

• Study with a modern qigong master, Dr. Suzanne Friedman, author of Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions, The Yijing Medical Qigong System, and the forthcoming Heal Yourself With Qigong

• Your self-healing qigong & meditation practice will help balance your body and mind, and thus change your life on a profound level.

• Our program meets the requirements for a San Francisco Massage Practitioner Permit.

Bodywork in America—Facts & Figures

• Consumers visit a massage and bodywork therapists 114 million times per year, and spend $4-6 billion dollars per year on massage and bodywork therapy.

• More than half 54% of primary care physicians and family practitioners say they would encourage their patients to pursue massage/bodywork therapy as a complement to medical treatments.

• 78 of the country’s 125 medical schools, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, and John Hopkins, now offer courses in alternative medicine, up from 27 in 1995.

• Companies like Goldman Sachs, GE, Young and Rubicam, Motorola and American Airlines all offer massage and bodywork therapy to reduce stress and absenteeism.

• Many hospitals are incorporating massage and bodywork therapists into their pain management programs, offering bodywork to patients and staff for stress management.

Instructor Bio: Suzanne Friedman MSTCM LAc DMQ (China)

Suzanne is a medical qigong doctor and author of Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions: A Self-Healing Guide for Patients & Practitioners and The Yijing Medical Qigong System: A Daoist Medical I-Ching Approach to Healing. She was inducted into her teacher Grandmaster Bing Fan YeYoung’s lineage as a qigong master and teacher, and trained with Dr. Xu Hongtao at the Xiyuan Hospital in Beijing, China. Suzanne received her doctorate from the Beijing Western District Medical Qigong and TCM Research Institute in Beijing, China. Suzanne is the director of the Breath of the Dao Holistic Medicine Clinic in San Francisco, California.

What people say about AIMC Berkeley’s Medical Qigong Program

“The medical qigong program added a new dimension to my practice and deepened my understanding of classical Chinese medicine. Suzanne is an attentive and compassionate teacher. I am privileged to be her student.” —Bob McCallister LAc

“Suzanne has a combination of healthy skepticism, groundedness and skill rarely seen in the qigong field. Studying with her helped me develop as an acupuncturist and as a human being.” —Itay Neta LAc

“I have studied qigong with many different teachers, and the program that Dr. Friedman has put together is first rate. Her insight and vast experience takes students to levels that most instructors reserve for only one apprentice. I recommend this program to practitioners and laypersons alike.” —David Caruso-Radin LAc MQP Dipl ABT

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