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This goes 1, 2, 3 .. or 3, 2, 1 … depending on how you look at it. The M.Ac.OM degree contains all three programs. The M.Ac. degree contains the ABT/Tuina program. The ABT/Tuina program can be pursued as a two year standalone certification.

Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

M.Ac.OM - A Master's in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at ASAOM will require the time-honored knowledge of the Zangfu system of physiology and elements, foods and their beneficial harmonies within the body, traditional herbs and formulas, tuina body therapies and massage (through to AOBTA accredited ABT certification), Western and Chinese medical language, anatomy and physiology of the body and the energy channels within it, the sacred art of acupuncture and pressure, as well as the complexities of diagnoses - the sacred flow, the healing movement, and the cultivation of life's energy through Qi Gong practice.

Master of Acupuncture

M.Ac. - As a Masters in Acupuncture student, you will study the foundations of Chinese medicine: diagnostics, physiology, pathology, clinician technique, elements, balance, and qi. The M.Ac. degree program will include the ABT certification program. Through the ABT program students will learn the therapies of tuina (baguan: cupping and guasha) to expel stagnant or blocked qi (energy) from the body. Furthering and strengthening their ABT method, students will learn the manipulation of hair-thin needles (acupuncture) to stimulate qi flow along the body's paths and meridians. The therapeutic focuses of acupuncture are extensive; students may have the opportunity to pursue focuses and continue on through the OM degree.

Tuina - Asian Body Therapy Program

ABT/Tuina Cert - In the ABT program students will employ therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicinal bodywork and massage. Tuina is a subtle art requiring the honed knowledge of meridian and energy flow, and the experience and sensitivity to feel a body's energy, release, and open the healing process. Though students may find some similarities to other massage modalities, tuina at its depth moves well beyond movements and manipulations - into the push and grasp of energy. Tuina, in a master's hands is energetics imbued with the soft language of a body's paths; energy may be lead, moved, infused, focused, brought to the surface and expelled, all dependent on the 'read' of the therapy.