Tai Sophia Institute
Acupuncture
Office of Graduate Admissions, 7750 Montpelier Road
Laurel, MD 20723 U.S.A.
Send E-mail to:
admissions@tai.edu
Phone: 1-800-735-2968 /1-410-888-9048
ext.6647
Fax: 1-410-888-9004
Description:
The Master of Acupuncture program at Tai Sophia Institute is designed to
utilize the five Element tradition as the basis for seeing the whole person
and to provide students with a basic familiarity with all acupuncture
traditions . The Institute is a learning community that engenders both
personal awareness and intellectual growth in order to develop the student's
abilities to practice effectively. We are dedicated to exemplifying high
standards and norms for the development of acupuncture in the U.S. in order
to further the use of acupuncture as an effective and important form of
diagnosis and therapy.
Degree(s):
Master of Acupuncture
Tai Sophia Institute
Applied Healing Arts
Office of Graduate Admissions, 7750 Montpelier Road
Laurel, MD 20723 U.S.A.
Send E-mail to:
admissions@tai.edu
Phone: 1-800-735-2968 /1-410- 888-9048
ext.6647
Fax: 1-410-888-9004
Description:
The Master of Arts in Applied Healing Arts program at Tai Sophia is designed
for experienced individuals who are established in occupations and for those
who are seeking to design a new work experience. It is for all individuals
who want to enlarge their repertoire of ways to respond to the challenges
and possibilities at work, at home, and in the community. this program
offers the practices by which an individual "becomes the needle, " soothing
the flow of events in and around themselves, their relationships, and their
work. These skills are highly applicable to health care, education,
business, and family life. Students who have completed the program will
possess a basic knowledge of the philosophy of healing, will have gained
competence in the daily practice of shifting from small mind to
larger-minded ways of speaking and acting, and will be able to coach others
in the principles and practices learned.
Degree(s):
M.A. in Applied Healing Arts
Tai Sophia Institute
Botanical Healing
Office of Graduate Admissions, 7750 Montpelier Road
Laurel, MD 20723 U.S.A.
Send E-mail to:
admissions@tai.edu
Phone: 1-800-735-2968 /1-410- 888-9048
ext.6647
Fax: 1-410-888-9004
Description:
This is the first Master's Degree in herbal medicine program in the country.
Students may concentrate their program in three main areas of study:
clinical practice, research, ethnobotany or production and standards of
botanical remedies.
The Institute's quarter century of experience in teaching and clinical
practice is based on an ancient philosophy rooted in nature. Tai Sophia is
dedicated to graduating people prepared for employment in the $4.5 billion
American herb industry as advisors, consultants, teachers, clinicians, and
professional staff hired bynatural product companies, pharmacies, medical
centers, private practices, and educational institutions. * Students in the
new Botanical Healing program will learn the skills necessary to recreate
the neighborhood apothecary tradition as knowledgeable individuals making
and selling their own products and interacting directly with clients.
* Students will be prepared to serve as bridges between the worlds of
conventional medicine and traditional healing practices. Knowledge of both
worlds and their language is an essential component of the effective and
responsible translation.
* Students will spend time with Jim Duke in his "Green Farmacy," an
herbal garden three miles from our new campus.
* Materia medical courses will be directed case study projects as part of
an international partnership creating an academically rigorous and
accessible database on botanical medicine. * Students will be able to
evaluate treatment options based on the best evidence available.
Degree(s):
M.A. -Botanical Healing
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