Module I: 21-22 January 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Acupuncture training
Trainers: Ferdinand Beck & Rayén Antón

Module II: 18-19 February 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module I
Trainers: Ferdinand Beck

Module III: 10-11-12 March 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module II
Trainers: Rayén Antón

Module I: 25-26 February 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Acupuncture training
Trainers:  Rayén Antón & Gemma Casasampera

Module II: 22-23 April 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module I
Trainers: Rayén Antón & Gemma Casasampera

Module III: 2-3-4 June 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module II
Trainers: Rayén Antón, with Gemma Casasampera

1-2 April 2023

Review class to refresh your knowledge about the Ba Mai palpation references already learned in Module 3 of our Basic Training, especially the Morphology felt on the Fluid Body. 

If you want to have some more practice to further imprint in the hands the references for each vessel, and maybe also connect them a bit more to the theoretical background that explains their dynamics, this review class is for you!
 

Topics covered during the Ba Mai Review: 

• Revisiting basic Morphology felt on the Fluid Body
• Basics of Ba Mai physiology and pathodynamics
• Integration of Ba Mai findings in the context of other Engaging Vitality listenings (Local Listening, Yang Rhythm, Visceral, etc.) and the general development of the treatment
• Needling in the context of the Ba Mai listening
• [Depending on the group] revisiting Ba Mai Inherent Movement.

Requirements: Basic Training -recommended but not mandatory: Ba Mai palpation class
Instructor: Rayén Antón
Table trainers: depending on the size of the group
Days of training: 2 

27-28 May 2023

Course Topics: 

• Revisiting the Shape of the Qi
• Revisiting the Fluid Body 
• Revisiting pulse and abdominal diagnosis for the Ba Mai 
• The Ba Mai as fields of influence. General indications. Trajectory and treatment holes. 
• The morphology, mapping the terrain. 
• Walking the path: practice session on the morphology. How it feels under our hands. How to work with it in clinic. 
• Inherent movement: generalities and conceptual frameworks.
• Palpation and recognition: practice sessions to learn how to tune into the inherent movement of the vessels. 
• Putting it all together: practice sessions to cross reference the multiple ways of listening at the Ba Mai and work with it in clinic

Prerequisite Requirements to take this class:  Basic training
Days of training: 2 
Instructor: Rayén Antón

27-28-29 May 2023

One of the most fascinating and useful results of applying osteopathic palpatory concepts to TEAM (Traditional East Asian Medicine) is the clear realization that the yin and yang organs described in our core texts are clearly connected to the actual physical organs and that these connections are palpable.
 
 In this three-day class we will go over the living anatomy of the most important viscera, learn palpatory techniques to listen to them, and go over some ways to integrate this information into the practice of TEAM, both with acupuncture and herbal medicine.

Requirements: Basic Training -
Instructor: Dan Bensky
Teaching Assistants: 1-2 depending on the size of the group
Days of training: 3 

3-4 June 2023

Building on the basic skills and concepts covered in Visceral 1, in this workshop we will continue to work on keeping a three-dimensional view of the body, refining our layer palpation skills, and deepen the connection between feeling the structure and motion of the viscera and the practice of TEAM. We will focus much of this class at seeing/feeling the gut as a single structure and its connection to the TEAM idea of Spleen/Stomach and Stomach and Intestines. In addition we will learn some ways to engage with the heart and kidneys as structures and the implications of this engagement for our practices.

Requirements: Basic Training - Visceral I
Instructor: Dan Bensky
Teaching Assistants: 1-2 depending on the size of the group
Days of training: 2 

8-9 July 2023

The specific topics vary according the particular groups, provided we stay within the framework of the 3 modules basic training. 
Topics we revisit: 
Shape of Qi - Qi Signal Assessment - Yang Rhythm - Local Listening - Shape of Qi needling - Global Listening - Channel Listening Selection - Channel Listening Evaluation - Fluid Body and Fluid Tide - Use of Extraordinary Vessels at the service of palpation.  
Days of training: 2 
Instructors: Ferdinand Beck & Rayén Antón

16-17 September 2023

Every year, since more than 10 years now, Engaging Vitality practitioners from around the world gather in Barcelona to refresh, reconnect and callibrate. This gathering is meant to both review and move forward; we explore and share experiences, and work on what we don't know, using what is already familiar. 

The yearly meeting always has a hub topic. This one is yet to be decided... 
If you're interested on coming, and you have a topic you want to work on, drop us an email!!!! 

Days of training: 2 
Instructors: European team 

Module I: 6-7-8 October 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Acupuncture training
Trainers: Felix deHaas & Bart Wintjes

Module II: 2-3 December 2023

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module I
Trainers: Felix deHaas & Bart Wintjes

Module III: 2-3-4 February 2024

This class is sequential. 
Requirements: Module II
Trainers: Rayén Antón

28-29 October 2023

This module is not sequential. As long as you have completed the core training, you can take this class when ever you want.

Mid-space

In East Asian Medicine and Inner Cultivation traditions we find many references to the Mid-space. 

 We can see the Mid-space as the core of our system, or as the central axis, on which our whole system organizes itself around. In the clinical setting is the free flow in and openness of the Mid-space essential. If we are able to palpate the mid-space and are able to open it up, we can greatly improve the whole self-reorganizing ability of the system.

Ignition

 Ignition is a palpable process in which we perceive comprehensive transformations related to the influence of the Yuan Qi 元氣  (Primal Qi) on the body. These transformations express themselves as improved coherence, communication, connections and organization.

Ignition could be viewed as a kind of super De Qi 得氣, a situation in which the whole system makes a major shift towards a therapeutic change. If it happens it is a pretty reliable measure that some significant and lasting shift in momentum of the health of the patient took place.

Trainers: Felix deHaas
Requirements: Basic Training