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WELCOME!
The Natural Therapies Certification Board is now
accepting applications from experienced Shiatsu practitioners interested in helping us
build a viable and vibrant presence in the professional Shiatsu community.
NTCB ACUPRESSURE BLUEPRINT
Level I: Certified Acupressure
Technician - 150 Hours of Study
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Copy of Certification
from school or training facility
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Proof of Anatomy and
Physiology course
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Complete an approved
course on Professional Ethics
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Candidates are
required to have studied and passed a Professional Ethics course which
includes: values clarification, mission statements, Code of Professional
Ethics, informed consent forms, and time management skills.
Level II:
Certified Acupressure Specialist 600 hours of study
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Introduction
to Chi//Ki
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Yin/Yang
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Eight
Principles
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Five Elements
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Seven
emotional factors
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Elements
and meridians
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Biological clock and meridians
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Fourteen Meridians/location lines
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Fourteen meridians and emotional states
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Six
Pernicious Evils
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Moxibustion
cautions and indications
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Magnet cautions
and indications
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Tonification
cautions and indications
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Cupping cautions
and indications
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Acupressure
diagnosis by means of:
Sight
-Touch
-Smell
-Questioning
-Testing body
rigidity/flexibility
-Sixth sense
(Intuition)
-Spiritual
insight
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Key acu-points
on ears, tongue, face, hands, and feet
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Introduction to
Chakras
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Self-acupressure
therapy
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Candidates will
be expected to know: active listening skills, reflective listening, supporting
others, endorsing others, offering choices, and making requests of clients.
They will also be expected to know how to demonstrate and teach
self-acupressure techniques for at-home therapy for continued energy
rebalancing.
Level IV:
Diplomate in Acupressure 300 hours of study (1,050 hours
total)
- Meditation
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12 organ
meridian pulses on wrist
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Excesses and
deficiency in pulse reading
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Eight strange
flow meridians
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Advanced Chakra
studies
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Exemplary
lifestyle: knowledge/experience/wisdom
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Candidates would
be expected to learn the function and application of Intermediate Acupressure
Skills, as well as the cautions and contraindications when using those skills.
In addition, they should know how to make assignments, request clients to ask
self-investigative questions, and prompt client to embrace self-empowering
thoughts. They will also be expected to have a more in-depth understanding of
the basic esoteric (ancient and spiritual) aspects of Acupressure, which
prepares the acupressurist to transmit their skills, knowledge, expertise, and
wisdom to their clients. Also, candidates should have a basic knowledge of key
acu-points in the ears, face, tongue, hands, and feet.
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Candidates will
be expected to learn the function and application of Advanced Acupressure
Techniques, as well as the cautions and contraindications for using those
techniques. They will be required to continue expanding their study and
knowledge of Acupressure, with greater emphasis placed on the traditional and
esoteric dimensions.
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Candidates for
Level IV certification will be expected to know and understand, through
personal experience: the psychological, spiritual, and physical benefits of
regular meditation practice; the physiologic affects of compacted mental and
emotional energy; the correlation between specific emotions and its affect on
related meridians; the spiritually inspired, informative wisdom contained in
each of the chakras, and the influence of the external environment (weather,
seasons, noise and air pollution, etc.) on overall health and wellbeing.
Certified
Acupressure Instructor
APPLICATIONS
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