FOUNDATIONS, BODY TYPING, AND SEASONAL APPROACHES

FOUNDATIONS AND BODY TYPING (Feb 10th from 10am to 5pm):

1.  Practitioners will learn a systematic approach to use food therapeutically according to Chinese Medicine. Integrated with yin yang, 5 elements, and 8 principles, the core will be focused on the 7 body types. (Hot, cold, damp, dry, deficient, excess, and balanced).
2. Practitioners will be able to identify 7 body types according to 8 principles, yin yang, and 5 elements.  This will help practitioners easily identify body types according to Chinese medicine. Each body type will be broken down into qualities, characteristics, and symptoms that are associated with each body type.
3. Practitioners will learn characteristics of food according to temperature, flavor, color, channels entered and how to match them to the patient's body types. Food will be taught according to its flavor and taste (bitter, sweet, spicy, salty, sour), temperature (cold, cool, neutral, warm, hot), and channels entered (lu, Li, St, Sp, Ht, Si, Ub, Kd, Pc, Sj, Gb, Lv).

SEASONAL APPROACHES (Feb 11th from 9am to 4pm):

1. Practitioners will learn the energetics of each season and what flavors benefit each season. Each season will be described in relation to its corresponding element, allowing practitioners to know what food grows in what season, what food/flavors will benefit the corresponding organ, and how to care for and promote balance and harmony within each season.
2. Practitioners will learn about cooking methods that benefit the seasons and also dietary principles according to 5 elements and yin and yang. Cooking principles will be taught in relation to its energetic influence on food in addition to food's energetic qualities and what to eat during each season.
3. Practitioners will be able to come up with a diet plan for each body type using food and seasonal approaches, that are all based on yin and yang, 5 elements, and 8 principles. Through TCM diagnostic methods a body type will easily be identified.  One will be able to choose foods to balance the body type imbalances and also be able to balance seasonal imbalances using a seasonal eating plan.

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