Date: Apr 9, 2022 - Apr 10, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Online bookings are not available for this class, please see registration info below.
Joy McIlvaine, MS, RN, ANP-BC, LAc
Lecture / Hands – On
$560
14 CEs NCBTMB/NY State Certified
Prerequisite: Introduction to Oncology Massage
Contact michael@catanyc.com to register
The purpose of this course outlines the larger field of study of schools of philosophy, history, culture and styles of Asian bodywork including basic acupressure, tui na (gentle style), An Mo, shiatsu, Japanese styles, Thai massage, naturalistic school, ayurvedic, and chakra systems. Discussions provide an overview of “What is Qi?”, yin and yang, breath, movement, meridian theory of 12 channels and 8 extraordinary channels and auxiliary pathways. Eight parameters, organ theory and five element theory, classifications of points, basics of point location, body reading and hara diagnosis are introduced. Practical application of introduction to tui na and acupressure are explored with energetic balancing as the goal of the bodywork session. The exploration of movement through qi gong breathing is experienced.
Joy A. McIlvaine, MS, RN-BC, ANP-BC, LAc is an educator for nurses and bodywork therapists. She has practiced acupuncture, acupressure and massage therapy concentrating in Asian styles for over 20 years. She currently works as an Assistant Director of Quality, Patient Care Services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. She has a varied history of studies including massage therapy, therapeutic yoga, meditation, Jin Shin Jyutsu and Asian Medicine including acupressure, acupuncture and herbal therapy. She received her Masters of Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, CA and had a private practice in Mill Valley, CA. With a desire towards the integrative vision of medicine, Joy studied nursing and received an Adult Nurse Practitioner degree from Columbia University in New York City. Her training included a specialty in Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Supplements and a second specialty in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. She also completed a post-graduate fellowship in Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine at formerly known as Beth Israel’s Center for Health and Healing. For CATA’s Oncology Massage Training and Certification curriculum, she teaches courses in Asian Bodywork & Energetics for the Symptom Management of Cancer; Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help; and Ethics, Professionalism & Boundaries.
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