Certificate in Medical Qigong

Duration of the Course:

 Six months followed by two months supervision.

 Entry Requirements:  Participants must be at least 18 years old.  Although the course is not too physically demanding participants should be in a reasonable state of health and fitness in order to carry out Medical Qigong.

 It is a requirement that all students should have completed an appropriate course in Anatomy and Physiology.   Where this has not been undertaken prior to the course the School can make arrangements for a distance-learning course to be provided by Alternative Training for an additional fee.  This Certificated course, based on home study and assignments, can be taken alongside the Medical Qigong Certificate.

 Anatomy & Physiology course prices

	UK Home Study	Europe Home Study	Int'l Home Study	USA Home Study	Canada Home Study
Additional registration fee	£25	£25	£25	$55	C$65
Complete course	£295	£325	£345	$625	C$795
Basic course No tutor	£120	£140	£155	$295	C$375

 An extract from their Website: www.alternative-training.com  where you will find more details of the A & P course

  Special Entry Requirements

  These apply to appropriately qualified TCM practitioners and those with relevant Three Treasures School of TCM qualifications..

The weekend sessions have been designed so that one of the days is focussed on Core TCM modules relevant to all courses, the other to a specific therapeutic method.  This enables those who have prior learning in the content of the core TCM modules to be exempt from these aspects of the courses, at each level.  They will need to attend only the one-day per weekend that is devoted to the theory and practical study of a specific therapeutic method.  Fees for those with such prior learning will be reduced and they will be assessed only on that part of the course undertaken.

Examples:

·         A holder of the Three Treasures Certificate in Tui Na Massage joining the Certificate in Medical Qigong course will only need to attend one day per weekend of the course.

·         A qualified TCM acupuncture practitioner need only attend one day for each weekend of each of the Certificate and Diploma Levels to gain a Medical Qigong Diploma.

CERTIFICATE COURSE WEEKENDS

The Certificate in Medical Qigong Course starts at the School

on the weekend of:            9/10 May 2009

 Followed by these weekends in 2009: 

6/7             June 

4/5             July

25/26          July

5/6             September

3/4              October

Followed by 2 months Supervision

 The Certificate in Medical Qigong

Medical Qigong Course books

  Certificate level:

  “The Foundations of Chinese Medicine” by Giovanni Maciocia published by Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  “The Way of Qigong – the Art and Science of Energy Healing” by Kenneth S Cohen, published by Ballantine Books

 CORE Module C1.   Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine  (TCM)

  A brief history of TCM and Medical Qigong

• The concept of Yin and Yang

• The Three Treasures – Essence, Chi (Qi) and Shen  

• Key Internal Organs and their functions

• Causes of disease

CORE Module C2.   The Body’s Energy System – Channels and Points

•   Location and function of Energy Channels (Meridians)

• Function of Acu Points

• How to locate Acu Points

• Location of 60 points and their therapeutic functions

• The use of these points in the treatment of a range of conditions

 

Module QC3 Introduction to Medical Qigong

•   The place of Medical Qigong in Traditional Chinese Medicine

• History and development of Medical Qigong (MQg)

• Different forms and Schools of MQg

• MQg and The Three Treasures

• Milestones in the practice of MQg

• The human body from an energetic perspective

• Experiments with Qi (energy)

• Generating and Storing and using you personal Qi (Stage One)

• Cautions and contraindications in MQg

 

Module MQgFC4.   Medical Qigong Practice

•   Qigong posture

•  Taoist breathing techniques

• Nei Gung (Internal) and Wei Gung (External) exercises

• A Qigong programme for the development of personal Qi, including Warm-up, Practice and Closedown

• A basic Qigong Healing Procedure

  Supervision

• Supervision will consist of submission of the Qigong (Chi Gung) Journal recording the continuing practice of MQg and its effects. Supervision will also include attendance  one day for a summative assessment of competence in the Certificate Level Qigong exercises