Tong Ren – Basics for Beginners – Nanaimo BC Canada

Upcoming Tong Ren training:

What: Tong Ren – Basics for Beginners workshop
When: Saturday Feb 26 and Sunday Feb 27, from 9am to 4:30pm both days
Where: Nanaimo, BC
Cost: $300 CDN (plus $36 HST) – cash or cheque only
Included: an overview manual plus a Certificate of Completion

Registration and payment must be received by Thursday Feb. 17 (in order to have time to print the required support manuals).

Also Required: Basic supplies of Tong Ren model, magnetic hammer and the “A Lazy Bum’s Healing -Tong Ren Therapy Cross Reference Manual” by Tom Tam ($100). All supplies and books are available here for purchase.

Workshop Topics
-the Tom Tam Healing system
-what is Tong Ren?
-what is Chi and the Chi Loop?
-what is a blockage?
-location of acupoints and spinal points on the Tong Ren model
-basic anatomy, nervous system, spinal nerves, cranial nerves, and dermatones
-how to use the “A Lazy Bum’s Healing – Tong Ren Therapy Cross Reference” manual to treat hundreds of health conditions with the listed acupoints and spinal points
-types of Tong Ren treatments – laser, magnetic hammer, disking, needle, electrical and long distance
-explore how to treat each student’s health conditions and also learn how to do distance treatments over the telephone or Skype
-learn the Qigong form “Tai Chi Dao Yin” by Tom Tam as we do warm up exercises once each day.

By the end of the two days, students will have detailed practical experience to be able to treat family, friends and clients – and themselves.

Instructor – Pat McLeod
This 2 day workshop is given by Pat McLeod. Pat initially took her training in Tui Na Massage with Mauro Pontarollo, R.AC, R.TCMP and has been providing Tui Na Massage treatments since 2002. In Dec 2003, Pat took her first Tong Ren Therapy training with Tom Tam and has pursued self directed studies in anatomy and physiology of the human body, continued her training with Tom Tam in Boston and Nanaimo, and treated many clients both in her studio and at a distance over the telephone ever since. In the spirit of the Tong Ren community, Pat has been offering free Tong Ren GP Healing sessions in the Nanaimo area since 2004. Recent Tui Na workshops were held in Edmonton/Two Hills, Alberta in April 2010, Nanaimo, BC in May 2010, Bellevue, WA in August 2010 and Nanaimo, BC in September 2010. Pat has been informally teaching people to do Tong Ren treatments during the nearly 7 years of offering Tong Ren GP Healing sessions and she is now offering workshops to cover the “Basics for Beginners” material in one weekend. For her workshops, Pat has created two support manuals to provide detailed information for students- “Tui Na Massage” and “Tong Ren Healing – Basics for Beginners” both part of the Tom Tam Healing System.

Please contact Pat McLeod – (250) 756-4721 or email p89_mcleod@hotmail.com for more information or to register for the workshop.
Remember – the last day to register and provide payment is Thursday, Feb 17, 2011.