SHAKUJU THERAPY COURSES - BEGINNER CLASS, INTRODUCTION & ADVANCED
With Kobayashi Shoji
NESA is eager to host this course for the Shakuju Association of North America (SANA) and is proud to welcome Kobayashi this August - we will need to confirm a minimum number of registrants by June 1 in order to run his program. So please send your $100 deposit, applicable to the cost of the program, by June 1st to confirm your interest in the course.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer practitioner discounts for this program, therefore practitioner costs listed below are for all practitioners, including NESA faculty and assistantship hosts. If you have questions regarding the course content, please contact Ellen Leifman at eleifman@gmail.com
About Shakuju:
Shakuju Therapy is a method of treatment using acupuncture and moxibustion. This is a non-insertive technique for practitioners to use on pediatric or adult patients for any condition. Shakuju Therapy shares the same roots as Keiraku Chiryo, or meridian 5 Phase. The emphasis is on abdominal diagnosis and the use of back-shu point areas. It was designed as a method of balancing the entire body. Points are selected based on an evaluation of the abdomen and the pulse. This principle is based on the idea that the spinal energy is at the core of the vital process from the beginning of life. The back, where the governing vessel and bladder channels run, is where the "root" of the energy system is treated. This root system is the deepest level of the energetic being. Even the points on the limbs typically used in acupuncture for root treatment are "branches" of this nucleus of vital flow.
In Shakuju theory, the foundation and center of the human body is the abdomen, or hara. Palpating the hara is an important diagnostic tool used to confirm the success of treatment, and will reveal areas of temperature and texture changes, hardness, pain and pulsation. The term Shakuju comes from shaku and ju, tight or painful areas palpable in the abdomen that are of critical importance for evaluating the patient and developing a treatment strategy. The Nanjing refers in particular to subjective pain, palpation pain, sensations of hardness under pressure, and palpitations. After regulating the pulse, the practitioner locates shaku in the abdominal region using anatomical divisions that are classified according to the five phases. This is the basis for determining the five classifications of abdominal patterns, or sho.
Contact needling (sesshokushin), a technique where the practitioner moves the needle with light contact on the skin, is performed on the abdomen at several points in succession as one of the first treatment techniques. The technique has a profound influence on the entire body and will change the pulse.
The precept of Shakuju is that if the clinical findings can be reduced to the root concepts-the hara, jīng qì and the governing vessel-then treatment will have a meaningful impact on regulating the patient's qì. By translating these clinical findings into the language of yīn and yáng, from which the five phases are derived, the therapy will resonate with the deepest wellspring of the patient's vital source.
Beginner Shakuju
Diane Iuliano, LicAc
Thursday, August 5
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$195 (Practitioners); $150 (Students)
5 CAEs
This is a basic class designed for students and practitioners who have had no introduction to Japanese style acupuncture. This class is also suitable for those who have taken the Introductory and/or Advanced Shakuju courses in the past and who wish to gain additional supervised practice time.
For those with no training in Japanese Acupuncture, this class is prerequisite to the Introductory and Advanced courses. The course will give very basic information regarding palpation of the pulse, and the positioning of the practitioners body and hands. Basic abdominal palpation and abdominal zones will be taught. Additionally, instruction on how to hold the needle for adjusting the pulse and contact needling will be taught. The position of hands, left oshide and right sashide, are critical to adjusting the pulse, contact needling and the treatment of the back.
The Beginner Shakuju Class will be taught by Diane Iuliano, L.Ac., M.Ac., Dipl.Ac (NCCAOM). She is certified by the Shakuju Association of Japan to teach Shakuju Therapy.
Introduction to Shakuju Therapy
Saturday & Sunday, August 7-8
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$395 (Practitioners); $350 (Students)
10 CAEs
Prerequisite: Japanese acupuncture training or completion of the Beginner Shakuju Class on Aug 5th
The course will have a lecture and demonstration in the morning, and there will be guided practice time in the afternoon, with a question and answer period and discussion at the end of each day.
This introductory course is for both acupuncturists and acupuncture students. Participants will learn the basic treatment style of Shakuju Therapy. This course will teach the students to understand the theory behind the treatment style, and to work with a Shakuju silver needle and the Shakuju teishin. The course will outline basic treatment forms and sequences. These treatments can be practiced both as a root and adjunctive (local or symptomatic) treatment in Oriental medicine. Participants will learn methods for diagnosing and treating using the Shakuju Therapy method, and to integrate the steps of Shakuju Therapy into a comprehensive treatment protocol.
Advanced Shakuju Therapy
Monday & Tuesday, August 9-10
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$425 (Practitioners); $425 (Students)
10 CAEs
Prerequisite: Introduction to Shakuju Therapy course on August 7 & 8 or other comparable Shakuju training.
The course will have a lecture and demonstration in the morning, and there will be guided practice time in the afternoon, with a question and answer period and discussion at the end of each day.
This advanced course is for both acupuncturists and acupuncture students. Participants will learn advanced treatment techniques of Shakuju Therapy. This course will review the theory and concepts behind the treatment style, and delve further into treatment and understanding, and the use of diagnostic tools of Shakuju Therapy. Participants will learn in depth the procedure of Shakuju Therapy that is composed of fundamental treatment and supplemental treatment.
The advanced course will teach additional ways of clearing the abdomen. The course will show how to use the appropriate treatment forms and sequences and introduce supplemental treatment strategy to enhance treatment results. Participants will learn to detect changes in the movement of qì, which directly relates to the efficacy of the treatment.
Introduction to Shakuju Therapy & Advanced Shakuju Therapy (Combined Format; 4 Days)
Saturday thru Tuesday, August 7-10
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$795 (Practitioners); $750 (Students)
20 CAEs
Prerequisite: Japanese acupuncture training or completion of the Beginner Shakuju Class on Aug 5th
The Introduction to Shakuju and Advanced Shakuju courses will be taught by Kobayashi Shoji, Lic.Ac. (in Japan), who graduated from Sophia University in 1965 and from Toyo College of Acupuncture in 1969. He also completed the Physiotherapy Instructors Program at the Tokyo Education University in 1972 and soon after began his private practice, establishing the Taishido Acupuncture Clinic. He began teaching acupuncture at the Kanto College of Acupuncture in 1976. He is currently the president of the Shakuju-kai, the study group for Shakuju Therapy in Japan.
We will email course confirmation after June 1st. If we are unable to run the program, all deposits will promptly be refunded.
Newton, MA 02458