TUI NA FOUNDATION LEVEL DIPLOMA IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM) + ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (A&P)

The BODYHARMONics® Centre of Oriental Medicine was founded by Maria Mercati in 1992 to provide treatment and training to the highest possible standards in the traditional oriental healing systems.

Alan Orr is the only practitioner under Maria Mercati to be currently teaching the Tui Na Foundation course. The course Alan runs is to the guidelines and standards set out by the BODYHARMONics® Centre of Oriental Medicine. Once you have the foundation level you can then also go on to study the Master Practitioner Course and Acupuncture with Alans treacher Maria Mercati.

Tui Na which means to ‘push and grasp’ is a medical treatment related to acupuncture.

Tui Na aims to facilitate the flow of Qi (prounounced ‘chee’) through a system of channels called ‘meridians’. Stimulation of specific combinations of Qi-points on these meridians, regulates and balances the bodies internal organs.

The Tui na course is based on classical chinese medical theory. This places emphasis on function and wholeness. Tui na is a division of Traditional Chinese Medicine and ranks equally with acupuncture, herbal medicine and Qigong. The techniques of Tui Na and details of its uses in treating a range of health problems were already documented in a vast treatise - The Yellow Emperor’s Classics of Internal Medicine, written about 2500 years ago. After such a lengthy period of development and evloution, modern Tui na is the most tried and tested hands on therapy in the world.

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM THE COURSE

Anyone who wishes to learn the art of hands-on healing either for their personal development or for the well-being of their family can do the course without taking any exams. Those with no special prior experience who would like to develop a carrer in the fields of oriental hands-on medicine. Those professionals already involved in complementary and medical fileds such as Aromatherapy, Swedish massage, Reflexology, Spoerts and Remedial massage, Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Physiotherpay and Osteopathy who seek new and more effective hands-on treatments to relieve the forms of chronic pain.

The foundation level course provides sufficient skills for successful participants to earn money through basic Tui Na practice. It includes a qualification in ‘on-site Tui Na’ to be used in offices without the need for expensive massage chairs that the other on-site therapies require. It also includes training in basic healthcare and Tui Na techniques for infants 0-6 years.