Congratulations!
You have been offered a position in the
2024 Classical Acupuncture Mentorship & Training
Here is a reminder of what's included
Weekly Live Lectures with 10 Detailed Modules and 24 Main Lessons. From pre-treatment to post-treatment, I’ll help tune your mindset, refine your diagnostic skills, and treat any condition with each of the complement channels with or without needles.
Weekly Q & A’s, 24 Sessions . This is the opportunity to have all your questions answered, so you can easily digest, assimilate and incorporate the theory and practice into your life.
Practitioner Cultivation and Mentoring, 24 Sessions . In this time, students raise issues they experience in the clinic or problems related to the self, including doubt, conflict, confidence, uncertainty, fear, awareness, practice maintenance, patient communication, handling the patient, physical, written and spoken interaction with the patient, philosophy of practice, life and the channels, the mind, self-cultivation, etc. This time can also be spent discussing pre-recorded live patient treatments.
Food & Herbal Medicine Bonus, 7+ Lessons. Know how to pair the perfect Classical Food Strategy and Herbal Medicine Formula to your Classical Acupuncture treatment.
Private Mentoring Sessions. Enjoy 1:1 personal guidance throughout the mentorship with both Ann Cecil-Sterman and Cody Dodo, to help you unlock personal blockages that hold you back from being an extraordinary practitioner.
BONUSES INCLUDE: Online live treatments, Channel Meditations, Entity Treatments, Complete tutorials on Needling Techniques for each of the Complement Channels of Acupuncture, Complete training in Remote Acupuncture, Complete tutorials on point Location for each of the Complement Channels of Acupuncture, Opportunities to present cases.
FOLLOWING THE MENTORSHIP, YOU WILL ENJOY LIFETIME ACCESS TO THE COURSE
✅ Approved for 135 CEU’s
BONUSES
To enhance your learning
Bonus 1
Classical Food Principles & Dietary Strategies Course.
If you’d like to know the exact dietary advice to give your patients after any Complement Channel treatment, this bonus course will help you maximize your patients long-term success. These teachings will help you know exactly which ingredients could be holding your patient’s condition in place, and what to do about it. This section is taught by Andrew Sterman, for 22 years, a student of Dr. Jeffrey Yuen’s in food, herbs and qigong
Bonus 2
Classical Formula & Herbal Medicine Course.
By the end of this bonus course, you will seamlessly compliment your Acupuncture treatments with a Herbal formula that perfectly aligns with your intention. This section is taught by Andrew Sterman, for 22 years, a student of Jeffrey Yuen’s in food, herbs and qigong
Bonus 3
Needling Technique for points along the Trajectories.
If you’re unsure on how to needle the Acupuncture points on any Complement Channel, these bonus tutorials will walk you through a thorough demonstration on how to location and needle every single point
Bonus 4
1:1 Mentorship Sessions with Ann Cecil-Sterman & Cody Dodo
Toward the conclusion of your 6 month mentorship, you will be mentored directly by Ann in a 20 minute 1:1 consultation during which you will voice any doubt you have about your ability in the clinic that you did not feel comfortable raising in the group mentorship sessions. You will also have 2x 30 minute private sessions with Cody Dodo throughout the program.
Bonus 5
Ghost / Entity Workshop
This bonus workshop will train you on the step-by-step Classical Protocols to diagnosing and treating entities, so you can feel equipped to deal with unusual and complex psycho-emotional conditions.
Bonus 6
Channel Meditations
Experience a guided meditation on each of the Complement Channels with Ann live, so you can viscerally connect to the energetics of each trajectory when treating.
Bonus 7
Access to post-Mentorship support
Enjoy two months free access to The Classical Medicine Academy
Bonus 8
Course Material Discount
Each participant will receive discounts on required textbooks, and free access to bonus supplementary course material, live-demonstration recordings and module guides.
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To see what you'll be learning.. *Note the lesson sequence is subject to change
module 1: mindset & Self-Cultivation
In one of the most important modules of the mentorship, you will learn how to manage your thoughts, hold space, cultivate your state as a practitioner and show up consistently.
- Lecture 1 – Managing Your Mind
- BONUS – How to Prescribe Food effectively in a therapeutic relationship
MODULE 2: Bedside Manner
In this module you’ll learn how to work with patients in a way that guides them from the beginning to end of their condition. You will learn how to create genuine optimism, handle objections, and navigate difficult conversations.
- Lecture 2 – The Therapeutic Relationship
MODULE 3: Eight Extraordinary Vessels
By the time you have finished this module, you will know how to treat conditions originating between the ages of 0-7 years.
- Lecture 3 – Chong Mai, Dai Mai, Da Bao & Bao Mai
- Lecture 4 – Ren Mai & Du Mai
- Lecture 5 – Yin Wei Mai & Yang Wei Mai
- Lecture 6 – Yin Qiao Mai & Yang Qiao Mai
- BONUS: Fundamentals & Terminology for Remote Healers
MODULE 4: Sinew Channels
In this module you’ll learn how to treat acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions (both external and internal) and dermatological conditions.
- Lecture 7 – Sinew Channel Theory
- Lecture 8 – Sinew Sequence & Methods
- Lecture 9 –Treating all conditions through the Sinew Framework
- BONUS: Combining Herbal Formulas & Food with Sinew Treatments
MODULE 5: Luo Channels
By the time you have finished this module, you’ll know how to treat Psycho-emotional and Blood-related pathologies.
- Lecture 10 – Luo Channel Theory
- Lecture 11 – Luo needling technique and Psycho-Emotional Pathologies
- Lecture 12 – Treating all conditions through the Luo Framework
- BONUS – Combining Herbal Formulas & Food with Luo Treatments
MODULE 6: Primary Channels
In this module, you will reinvent your understanding of the Primary Channels through the Classical lens. You’ll learn the classical diagnostic parameters and organ functions, including the most important point functions, point locations and needling techniques.
- Lecture 13 – Classical Theory of the Primary Channels
- Lecture 14 – Classical Point & Branch Functions; Location and Needling for key points on the Primary Channels
MODULE 7: Pulse Diagnosis
In this crucial module, we will integrate all our previous lessons into the practice of Classical Pulse Diagnosis, where you will leave having confidence in your ability to understand the pulse and derive the most relevant treatment plan.
- Lecture 15 – Pulse Mindset & Pulse Qualities 1
- Lecture 16 – Pulse Qualities 2, Directional Pulses, Complement Channel pulses
- Lecture 17 – Pulse practice
- BONUS – Remote Pulse-taking
- BONUS – Identifying Dietary Imbalances through pulse diagnosis
MODULE 8: Divergent Channels
In this module, you will learn how to confidently treat to reverse chronic degenerative disease.
- Lecture 18 – Divergent Theory
- Lecture 19 – Divergent Trajectories & Point Functions
- Lecture 20 – Treating all conditions through the Divergent Framework
- BONUS – Combining Herbal Formulas & Food with Divergent Channel Treatments
MODULE 9: Tongue Diagnosis
In this module you will learn to read the body’s response to pathology through tongue diagnosis so you can confidently perform remote treatments.
- Lecture 21 – Theory & Case Studies 1
- Lecture 22 – Theory & Case Studies 2
- BONUS – Identifying Dietary Imbalances through Tongue Diagnosis
MODULE 10: Service
In this final module, we will be integrating everything you have learned throughout the program. We will cover Ghost Treatments, revise the entire Channel System, and discuss the management of your clinic.
- Lecture 23 – Ghost Treatments, The Channel System in Practice
- Lecture 24 – Clinical Management, Service
- BONUS – Structuring a Dietary Session
Here's what my students are saying...
“I applied for the mentorship program to re-inspire myself in my work and practice and to deepen my understanding and embodiment of the channels. I knew this was a lineage I could put my trust and confidence in and I knew that Ann’s teaching style and intention were ones I could align and engage with.
As a result of the mentorship, I am a different practitioner. I can lean into the knowledge that has come through Ann and also into the wisdom of the channels that are in me and the world I have access to, a resource that is always available. This, along with finally recognising the absolute vitality of intention, gives a trust in myself as a practitioner but also and maybe more importantly, in the medicine, the person, the body, and in life itself.
I am now more and more able to meet my clients with a broad spectrum of conditions and ailments and to meet each person as a unique individual whose whole life has led them to this place where they have come for treatment. The treatments are leading to much more meaningful change and resolution for my clients than before, along with a deeper understanding in them of how they got to this place and what will lead them out.”
Lila Thanos
“Ann takes material that could be potentially overwhelming and helps us love it and engage with it in a calm and exciting way. I also love that Ann repeatedly addresses the issues of lack of confidence in the clinic and encourages us to trust ourselves and connect to our inner knowing. This has been SO important for me. I also love the focus on cultivation of self as a practitioner. I am so very happy and thankful that I joined this program. I know that I have landed in the right place.”
Adina Kletzel
“I wanted to do this program to understand Chinese medicine in the deepest way. I wanted to feel like I can treat anything without needing to look to other people for protocols. I wanted to be able to think and feel my way through the medicine based on my understanding. I am 100 percent receiving this through the class. I feel like with each lecture Ann is introducing me to the channels in a new way and yet in the way I have always longed for in the medicine. I have settled into my practice and am now easily using Luo, sinews, extraordinary and now beginning to form my relationship with the primary channels.”
Rachel Nevas
Ann is a remarkable teacher—her depth of knowledge of Classical Chinese Medicine is astounding and her teaching is clear, immediately clinically applicable and inspiring.
I am so happy that I took the leap and signed up for the 2023 Graduate Mentorship program. I am coming away with a much deeper understanding of Classical Chinese Medicine as well as a whole new tool kit as a practitioner. I am far more confident about my ability to treat anyone that walks through my door and I am excited about my future as a practitioner of this beautiful, intelligent medicine!
Melissa Rathbone
“I am enjoying this program so immensely, it’s hard to express it… Putting the full channel medicine into practice is a many layered experience which is changing my life and those of my clients. Often the changes are so big and so fast that clients cannot link it to the acupuncture – which is quite humorous for my ego :-), but after all these years in practice, I know that what is happening is not what I have experienced in the past… I am just listening to the Monday lecture on Primary Channels and weeping as we do the meditations (fluids moving, inspiration flowing) to be meeting my old friends so deeply, finally, after all these years together. It’s a very emotional experience, as I had expected the Primary Channels to be “boring”! And I am moved to my core. This class is wonderful. It’s what I had been waiting for and expecting on that first day of acupuncture school, sitting at the back of the classroom with deep reverence and expectation thinking to myself, “I have finally met my mate…” And here it is, the actual meeting I had intuited when I first saw an acupuncture chart on the wall of the Ohashi Institute as a young girl. Thank you to all of you for making this transmission possible!”
Sharon Kraus
“I’m so glad that I went ahead and signed up for the mentorship. My only hesitation was that the material might be too advanced for me and that I would be in over my head as a channel practitioner. Not so. Ann so obviously lives and breathes the medicine and explains everything so beautifully and patiently that I know I can learn and practice at my own pace and that I’ll be supported. Thanks for a wonderfully enriching program!”
Lydia Ochoa
Tuition Fees
Once your application is approved, you will gain access to $25,800 worth of lectures, trainings, bonuses and mentoring for $7970
$25,800 USD