The Tao of Trauma: Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Healing – Next Cohort Starts in October, 2019. Please join us!
Join Acupuncturist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Alaine Duncan for a year-long exploration of her East-meets-West approach to restoring balance and regulation in survivors of traumatic stress.
Watch the video for an introduction to the Tao of Trauma course.
- Integrate theoretical and clinical concepts from Western neuroscience with the Five Elements of Acupuncture and Asian Medicine (AAM)
- Learn interaction, observation, and body-informed clinical skills to support balance and regulation in trauma survivors.
- Receive in-depth didactic and hands-on instruction and practice to help trauma survivors through each phase the self-protective response.
- Acupuncturists, Somatic Experiencing Practitioners and Intermediate level SE students – and other providers with equivalent training are welcome.
70 CEUs available for Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, RNs, MTh, through R.Cassidy Seminars: https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/Order.aspx?selectedId=2351&offerGuid=be687e25-9b0c-4ddd-a07b-07ad3f5e808f. PDAs available for L.Acs. via the NCCAOM.
Pricing
- $1900
- Early bird: Pay in full by August 12, 2019: $1700
- Pay in two installments due October 11, 2019 and March 14, 2020: $1,000 each
- Pay in four installments due October 11, 2019, January 3, March 2 and May 30, 2020:$525 each.
Cancellations made 30 days prior to the first day of series will be given full refund, less $100 administrative fee. All other cancellations will receive pro-rated credit towards a class held in the next 18 months.
In the spirit of reparations, and in solidarity with the immigrant experience, if you are of African American or Native American descent, or a first-generation immigrant to the U.S., please take 25% off these fees.
Two Locations!
Crossings Healing and Wellness
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 300
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
The Maryland Series will be held on Fridays and Saturdays, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Sane Living Center
316 East Matilijia Street
Ojai, CA 93023
The California Series will be held on Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.
This CA Categroy 1 course has been approved by the California Acupuncture Board, Provider No., 1576, for 70 hours of continuing education.
NCCAOM PDA’s pending.
MD – October 11 & 12, 2019
CA – October 19 & 20, 2019
The Self-Protective Response begins and ends with somatic awareness, supported by the Metal Element. Embodying successful survival leaves our interoceptive system available to provide clear and unencumbered information to awaken arousal to future risks. Practice cultivating somatic mindfulness, touching the skin as a boundary organ, and restoring regulation in the diaphragms after global arousal.
More info: ToT-Autumn
MD – January 3 & 4, 2020.
CA – January 18 & 19, 2020.
The whole body is alarmed when the Water Element signals threat. Explore the Kidney/Heart axis, the Polyvagal System, the impact of consuming fear on morbidity, mortality, and the inter-generational impact of traumatic stress. Learn skills to restore a sense of safe container, build capacity in the Kidney/adrenal system, and re-establish regulation in the brain stem.
More info: ToT-Winter
MD – March 20 & 21, 2020.
CA – March 14 & 15, 2020.
The Wood Element mediates our fight or flight response. Thwarted mobilization can result in chronic pain, lack of embodied awareness and challenges in orienting to safety and danger. Learn skills to support proprioception in the sinews, capacity to orient to threats, and a return to benevolence in the Liver Blood.
More info: ToT-Spring
MD – June 12 & 13, 2020.
CA – May 30 & 31, 2020.
The Fire Element functions of relationship, connection and coherence are deeply impacted by trauma. Profound vulnerability and shame require nuanced approaches to restore the Kidney/Heart axis, the pericardium’s capacity for connection, the Triple Burner’s infrastructure for connection and the Heart spirit’s gift of coherence, propriety and regulation.
More info: ToT-Summer
MD – August 28 & 29, 2020.
CA – September 12 & 13, 2020.
The Earth Element is vulnerable to freeze/shutdown in trauma. Explore the visceral brain and the impact of pre and peri-natal trauma on adult morbidity and mortality and community health. Learn ways to help move memories out of muscle tissue, support restoration of the gut biome, help patients digest food and experiences, and find stability.
More info: ToT-LateSummer