Ageless Pathways Level I: The 12 Meridians

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In this 12 week course you will learn everything you need to know to gain a working knowledge and an embodied awareness of the 12 Meridian system of East Asian medicine.

The 12 Meridians are the access points to the internal organs and structures. The points that lie along them interact with various bodily tissues, physiological processes, fascial sheaths, mental activities and emotional states. The 12 Meridians offer protection, nourishment, detoxification, inter bodily communication, mind body communication, and are profoundly affected by our environment and seasonal change.

They are on a circadian rhythm that helps us to know which activities to engage in when throughout a 24 hour cycle so that we can live in harmony with ourselves and the world around us. Knowing the 12 Meridians has a multitude of applications for anyone wanting to understand themselves, their patients, clients or students, and the natural world at both a visceral and an energetic level.

In this course you’ll learn:

Yin/Yang Theory

Basic Channel Theory

Internal and external pathways and connections

Seasonal and 5 Element affiliations

The Sinew Channels (what gets stretched in Yoga)

How to visualize and connect with the channels

Meridian Assessment

Acupressure Points and Techniques

Qi Gong to clear and purify the channels

In each class we’ll do meridian mapping exercises enabling you to completely memorize that month’s channels during the class. It’s so much fun to do! You’ll be able to trace them on yourself and others and leave with a working understanding of what that pathway does and what it connects to. You’ll also know the key acupoints on that channel that you can start using right away.

You’ll receive handouts, book recommendations, guided channel work recordings, and a certificate of completion once you’ve finished the course. Each class will be recorded, and potentially live streamed if anyone needs to tune in remotely.

Dates are listed below. We will add in a class along the way that works time wise for everyone. Most of the Friday classes are listed at an hour and a half but plan for two hours as we may run over.

I’m capping this class at 6 people. Register by 2/20 to receive $150 off the standard tuition.

Level 2: The 8 Extraordinary Vessels coming this Fall.

In this 12 week course you will learn everything you need to know to gain a working knowledge and an embodied awareness of the 12 Meridian system of East Asian medicine.

The 12 Meridians are the access points to the internal organs and structures. The points that lie along them interact with various bodily tissues, physiological processes, fascial sheaths, mental activities and emotional states. The 12 Meridians offer protection, nourishment, detoxification, inter bodily communication, mind body communication, and are profoundly affected by our environment and seasonal change.

They are on a circadian rhythm that helps us to know which activities to engage in when throughout a 24 hour cycle so that we can live in harmony with ourselves and the world around us. Knowing the 12 Meridians has a multitude of applications for anyone wanting to understand themselves, their patients, clients or students, and the natural world at both a visceral and an energetic level.

In this course you’ll learn:

Yin/Yang Theory

Basic Channel Theory

Internal and external pathways and connections

Seasonal and 5 Element affiliations

The Sinew Channels (what gets stretched in Yoga)

How to visualize and connect with the channels

Meridian Assessment

Acupressure Points and Techniques

Qi Gong to clear and purify the channels

In each class we’ll do meridian mapping exercises enabling you to completely memorize that month’s channels during the class. It’s so much fun to do! You’ll be able to trace them on yourself and others and leave with a working understanding of what that pathway does and what it connects to. You’ll also know the key acupoints on that channel that you can start using right away.

You’ll receive handouts, book recommendations, guided channel work recordings, and a certificate of completion once you’ve finished the course. Each class will be recorded, and potentially live streamed if anyone needs to tune in remotely.

Dates are listed below. We will add in a class along the way that works time wise for everyone. Most of the Friday classes are listed at an hour and a half but plan for two hours as we may run over.

I’m capping this class at 6 people. Register by 2/20 to receive $150 off the standard tuition.

Level 2: The 8 Extraordinary Vessels coming this Fall.

Tentative Dates and Times:

March 20 4-6 Introduction: Key Concepts in Meridian Theory

March 25 5-7 Lung/Large Intestine

April 1 5-7 Stomach

April 15 5-7 Spleen

April 17 4-5:30 Heart/Small Intestine

April 29 5-7 Bladder

May 1 4-5:30 Kidney

May 13 5-7 Pericardium

May 27 5-7 San Jiao (triple warmer/heater)

May 29 4-5:30 Gallbladder

June 10 5-7 Gallbladder/Liver

June 12 4-6 Liver


Syllabus: In each class we learn two new meridians and its key acupoints.

Classes I-3: Introduction to Ageless Pathways

Introduction to the energy system of Chinese medicine.

Meridians: What they are and how they work

Sequence of flow of qi through the meridians

Lung/Large Intestine aka hand taiyin and hand yangming

Luo: Connecting Vessels

Sinew channels (Fascial tracts of meridian pathways)

Surface and internal channel pathways of the Lung/Large intestine meridians and internal connections.

Qi: What it is, what it does

Yin and Yang

History of meridians, how they got their names and how they’re categorized, ie: 6 levels/Internally-Externally Paired

Introduction to the 5 Elements and channel/meridian correspondences.