Balance System Acupuncture: Level 1 & Level 2 Seminar Recording

Event recorded from 18th November to 20th November 2022

N.B: To be able to attend Level 3 and 4 in September 2023, Students will need to first complete Level 1 and 2 as a prerequisite along with attend a half day practical assessment for point location and needling assessed by Sonia and her selected teaching assistants. 

Complimentary access is provided for those who register for Dr. Sonia F. Tan’s upcoming live workshop The Intensive and Accelerated Balance System Acupuncture Workshop Levels 2.5RP, 3 and 4.

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Course Description

This course that was recorded over 3 days provides the knowledge and skills of the basic Foundations of Balance System Acupuncture (BSA), Level 1: Single System Balance and Level 2: Multiple/Global System Balance.

In part one, learn the basic structures of the five main systems of Balance System Acupuncture, an evolution of the Balance Method. The systems are rooted in the concept of healing the body by balancing channels. Students will learn the history of the Balance Method/System, the basis of each of the Five Systems, and the logical processes for determining the channels to acupuncture, including an easy-to-use format to outline the treatment plan. A detailed explanation of the Mirroring and Imaging Formats will also be explained to assist participants in effective point selection. Dr. Tan will show how to use distal points in order to avoid aggravating the area of discomfort and will include demonstrations. Particular attention will be paid to musculo-skeletal conditions in this introductory level.

Part two expands on the basic principles taught in the Single Systems: Balance System of Acupuncture Level I. This class will discuss treatment of functional and internal disorders and how to treat them with multiple systems of the Balance System of Acupuncture. Students will expand on the knowledge from Level I, extending their clinical reach from musculoskeletal (MSK), orthopedics and pain, to treating internal medicine disorders, including the discussion of complicated cases that include both MSK pain and functional internal disorders. The mirror and imaging format will be further discussed and how it is used in clinical practice to treat internal issues and body pain. Advanced treatments will be discussed for use in clinic such as an Eight-Meridian combo for gynecological issues. A Four-Meridian will also be discussed as a treatment strategy to treat bronchial disorders, cardiology symptoms, digestive disorders and urogenital diseases. Practitioners will understand how to approach complicated cases involving multiple channels in clinical practice.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Part One – A student who successfully completes this course will have demonstrated the ability to:

• Contextualize the Balance Method/System within the history of the acupuncture field
• Outline the development of the six systems/strategies.
• Identify the name and numbers of the six systems/strategies and describe how each balances a channel
• Apply a mirror and imaging concept to choose the acupuncture points on the body
• Locate specific acupuncture points within the Balance System
• Outline and follow the steps used in the Balance System to diagnose and treat health conditions
• Diagnose which channels are sick and apply a treatment plan

Part Two – A student who successfully completes this course will have demonstrated the ability to:

• Select the most efficient meridians to heal multiple sick channels
• Differentiate dynamic and static balance
• Design a treatment plan/strategy that incorporates dynamic and static balance to heal multiple channels
• Apply pre-designed strategies to treat a variety of health conditions
• Locate specific acupuncture points within the Balance Method/System

N.B: To be able to attend Level 3 and 4 in September 2023, Students will need to first complete Level 1 and 2 as a prerequisite along with attend a half day practical assessment for point location and needling assessed by Sonia and her selected teaching assistants. 

About Dr. Sonia F. Tan (BA (Econ & Psy), BA (Hons Kin), DTCM Dip., DAOM, RAc, RTCMP)

Dr. Sonia F. Tan, BA, BA(H), DAOM, RAc, RTCMP, is an educator, author, practitioner and consultant. She has been helping guide people on their pathway to balance in the Chinese Medicine and metaphysical world since 2006. She is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM degree), a Registered Acupuncturist, and a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practitioner. Dr. Sonia Tan obtained her clinical research Doctorate degree from Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles, California. She is also a graduate of the five year Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine program from the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Vancouver. Dr. Sonia F. Tan is one of few certified Gold Level practitioners of the late Dr. Richard Tan. His most advanced level courses after all Balance Method levels, were first completed by a group of 16 senior students. Sonia was among those 16. With the blessings of fellow senior students to pass on the Balance Method legacy, Dr. Sonia Tan developed and created the very first Balance Method/System Acupuncture Certificate program at an accredited public post-secondary institution–Langara College –launched in 2018. Dr. Sonia Tan is the author of The Foundations of Balance Acupuncture: A Clinical Reference Manual.

In addition to Balance Method and following in her grandfather’s footsteps, the Tan lineage, and the classical umbrella of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Sonia Tan has completed apprenticeships in Chinese Metaphysics in the areas of Chinese Astrology, Face Reading, and Classical Feng Shui under various teachers, and has been certified since 2011. She is a certified Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui practitioner under Master Marlyna Los, and a certified Ba Zi Chinese Astrology practitioner and direct and first graduating class disciple of the late Grandmaster Dr. Richard Tehfu Tan. Dr. Sonia Tan has also completed many adjunct and advanced courses, such as Sound Healing, TCM Clinical Aromatherapy & Essential Oils, and Dr. Jeffrey Yuen & Dr. Yvonne Farrell’s Eight Extraordinary Vessels approach. She is also an ongoing student of a variety of Martial Arts since 1995, and is grateful to her Shifu the late Dale Johns for her foundation, and to Shifu Matthew Dyck for continued guidance.

Dr. Sonia F. Tan is immersed in all aspects of Chinese Metaphysics, and thoroughly enjoys educating and inspiring others!

What You Get After You Complete The Course

• Notes to keep
• Acknowledgement of Completion Certificate
• 5 year access
• Unlimited revisions during access period