COURSE DETAILS

October 13 – November 17
6 Weekly Classes on Thursdays from 12 – 1pm EST
12 OM CEUs pending (NCCAOM Provider #287)
Live on zoom and recorded.

This course will provide participants with an overview of the contents and history of the Huang Di  Neijing. Participants will gain the orientation necessary to pursue further study of the text, and to  engage with the ongoing conversation about the Neijing in our profession today.  

The Huangdi Neijing is the foundational text for all Chinese medicine, and we are all aware of the  current conversations in our profession regarding its relevance (or lack thereof) in the modern world.  We have also all heard the oft-repeated statements about how difficult it can be to make sense out of  the Neijing, and indeed the challenges to fathoming the Neijing are substantial. 

However, we find that by making use of modern research techniques, participating in networks of high  level scholarship, and accessing the breadth of cross cultural information and understanding available  today, the Neijing texts come into focus in a way that is truly unprecedented.  

The Neijing presents us with a highly developed, rational, and beautiful worldview focused on the relief of suffering through an insightful scientific understanding of the natural world. Studying it is very satisfying on a personal level, while on a societal level, modern  Neijing scholarship represents a blend of eastern and western traditions. In this blending is a place  where we hope to find solutions to some of our most pressing global challenges.  

This course will provide a broad overview of the Neijing text, including: 

  • History and Structure of the text 
  • The philosophy and science of the Neijing 
  • Anatomy and physiology  
  • Pathology 
  • Diagnosis and treatment 

In addition to recorded lectures, there will be weekly live question and answer sessions, and  discussions on the course forum. These will be used to clarify lecture topics, as well as provide  opportunity to develop other topics of interest, such as the future of Neijing research, applications in  modern clinics and other health care settings, links with western approaches, and any other ideas  people might like to discuss.

White Pine Circle Members

$36000

General Public

$40000

A 75% refund will be granted up to 1 week after the start of the course.

INSTRUCTORS

Ethan Murchie and Stefan Grace

Ethan Murchie has been practicing Chinese manual therapy, acupuncture, and herbs for over 30 years. He’s trained in Chinese language at National Taiwan University in Taipei, is currently focused on reading and translating Classical Chinese and pursuing Huang Di Neijing research. He served as president of the North American Tang Shou Tao Association for 12 years and he founded the Montreal Gongfu Center, in Montreal, Quebec, where he practices and teaches Chinese medicine, tuina, xingyiquan, baguazhang, qigong and tai chi.

Stefan Grace has 13 years of experience practicing Chinese manual therapy, and he has been practicing professionally as an acupuncturist for seven years. He attended NUNM, in Portland, OR, where the focus of his studies was the Shang Han Lun and the clinical application of classical Chinese herbal formulas. Stefan lives and practices Chinese Medicine in southern Vermont, where he is an instructor for the North American Tang Shou Tao Association, and teaches baguazhang, xingyiquan, and qigong.