Chinese Bodywork for Clinical Practice ONLINE Edition

Drawing from his years training in the Yin Style Bagua tradition, this rigorous learning course covers Dian Xue (Chinese Shiatsu), Tuina, Amma, Songgu (bone loosening), and Qi healing. This five module program follows the same learning path Andrew Nugent-Head had in China, beginning with Daoist Zangfu Acupressure, moving into Yin Style Bagua's application of Tuina, Anmo and Songgu for internal and external issues, and ending with learning Deep Qi healing techniques to awaken the Yuan, or Source, Qi.

Our quality of touch has the greatest impact on the treatments we give and the clinical success we achieve. Handskill is both the highest and most fundamental aspect of treatment. The ancient Chinese realized and focused on this from the beginning of their medicine. Using medical theory and clinical experience, they developed touch into the highest healing tool within the field of Chinese medicine. Just as the sword depends on the warrior’s handskill, the efficacy of a needle depends on the practitioner’s touch. To treat internal diseases or external injuries without deeply training the hands greatly limits the speed and success of our clinical results.

Featuring over 40 hours of core material, plus bonus footage will be posted from the 2025 Asheville and Frankfurt seminars seminar by seminar!

• Daoist Zangfu Organ Massage for digestive & OBGYN/fertility issues

• Yin Style Bagua Bodywork to differentiate Qi vs Blood Techniques

• Tui You Medicinal Liniment Massage (oil based Tuina for musculature)

• Chinese Foot Massage for internal illness & nervous system disorders

• Chinese Full Body Massage to free the skeletal system & benefit ROM

• Deep Qi Meditative Massage to shift mind, body & spirit

This Course is Taught by Andrew Nugent-Head

Module 01 Focus: Daoist Zangfu Acupressure
Focused on regulating the Qi flow in the viscera of the body cavity, Daoist Zangfu Acupressure is a powerful bodywork treatment method to return fundamental health to very sick patients. Originally passed on by a wandering Daoist, it was nearly lost in the Cultural Revolution. It was the first clinical treatment method learned by Andrew Nugent-Head, taught to him by the late Professor Wang Jin-Huai. Whether treating consumptive diseases (such as auto-immune, parasitic or viral illnesses), addressing the full range of digestive conditions (IBS, GERD, food sensitivities, loose colon, prolapses and more), or OBGYN issues (dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, cysts, fibroids, fertility, etc), Daoist Zangfu Acupressure is one of the most successful tools a practitioner can have in the clinic.

Module 02: Yin Style Bagua Bodywork Techniques I
This module introduces the medical bodywork of Yin Style Bagua. Bodywork is the fundamental treatment method of Yin Style Bagua medical practitioners, the core of their Qi based skillset and the source of their acupuncture skill. Passed onto Andrew by the late Dr. Xie Peiqi, these modules cover basic hand work, the differences between Qi focused vs. Blood focused techniques, skeletal alignment, protocols and treatment demonstrations. Participants also begin learning the Foot Massage Protocol from the Alternative Clinic to grasp the importance and power of acupressure on internal health.

Module 03: Yin Style Bagua Bodywork Techniques II
Modules 03 continues the medical bodywork of Yin Style Bagua. Bodywork is the fundamental treatment method of Yin Style Bagua medical practitioners, the core of their Qi based skillset and the source of their acupuncture skill. Participants continue learning YSB hand techniques, Qi vs. Blood work, and skeletal alignment. Participants continue practicing the foot massage protocol and learn Deep Muscle Release, known as 推油 Tui You in Chinese, an oil based massage to unbind the sinew channels and muscles of the body.

Module 04: Yin Style Bagua Bodywork Techniques III
Modules 04 completes the introduction to the medical bodywork of Yin Style Bagua. In this module, learned hand techniques are combined into sequences commonly integrated into massage and acupuncture focused treatments used in the clinic. Training continues in the foot massage, deep muscle release, and learn the classic 全身 Quan Shen, a full body dry massage to relax the sinews and soften the muscles.

Module 05: Awakening the Yuan–The Deep Qi Protocol
Using Qi work as the focus, the final module introduces the skills to address the intangible yet most fundamental Qi of sickness and health, the Yuan Qi. It focuses on understanding what we must tangibly do to get to and awaken the Yuan Qi when working with the chronically, systemically or terminally ill. Candid discussions on the possibilities of spontaneous healing, giving quality of life through the dying process, the successes and failures of both Chinese and allopathic medicine, and practitioner maturity are balanced by learning and practicing a protocol sequence for awakening the Yuan Qi as well as adapting it to redressing physical and emotional imbalances in our patient base. Practice also continues in the wellness protocols of the Alternative Clinic to solidify familiarity and skill.