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During each visit to the UK, Niki sees patients at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, Haseley Manor, Hatton, Warwickshire CV35 7LU. Practitioners are most welcome to bring patient(s) for a second opinion/consultation on treatment strategy. Please discuss possibilities directly with Trisha Blatston, College Receptionist on (01926) 484-158. Consultations may need to be booked months in advance, due to the intensive nature of Niki’s schedule.

2010 dates:
Thursday 22nd July
Monday 6th December

Consultation fee: £75.00
Considerations: Please bring the patient’s treatment file in case you need to refer to it, plus a brief preface sheet stating the main complaint(s), treatment strategy to date, responses to treatment and, most importantly, your questions. Only in exceptional circumstances will Niki see a patient without the referring practitioner attending.   
 


Study groups meet in Birmingham at: Central England Holistic Therapies, 240 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6DR (tel. 0121 444 1110) website: www.cecch.com which has a comprehensive map and directions. Times are always 10 am – 5 pm daily.

Welcome Gate
This study group is designed for qualified practitioners with up to and including 9 years in full-time practice: new members are always welcome. Clinical Students who have obtained a provisional license to practice are also invited to attend the group. During each two day session and according to participants’ wishes, practitioners discuss topics arising in clinical practice (with specific questions submitted a month in advance), discuss case histories, review a chosen aspect of theory (with prior optional reading), and hone practical skills (e.g. pulse palpation). Extensive tutor input and feedback is available in all areas covered. There is normally an optional, extra clinical day, where 2-3 participants bring a patient from their practice. The tutor and all participants carry out a diagnosis and plan the treatment, which the practitioner then carries out. Participants take pulses and observe the treatment throughout, subsequently discussing future treatment recommendations.

2010 dates
Sunday 25th - Monday 26th July (covering blood and qi cycles, assorted point location and fertility treatment.
Monday 29th - Tuesday 30th November (study group), Wednesday 1st December (clinical)

Costs: £200 for the three days combined, £150 for just the two workshop days, £75 for just the clinical day. Fee per patient consult: £50.00 (to be paid on the day, but must be covered by the practitioner in the event of a no-show).

Please contact Dawn Cadman by email for more information: dawncadman@hotmail.com

Wider Horizons
This study group is for acupuncture practitioners with a minimum of 10 years experience in full time practice. New members are always welcome. The group organizes topics to be addressed according to the clinical priorities of the participants, covering theoretical, practical and clinical issues in presentations, discussions and exercises.  

2010 dates:
Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th December

Costs: £150 per two-day session or £80 per day.
Please contact Linda Winstanley by email for more information: linda@lwinstanley.plus.com

Two Day Wider Horizons Clinical
This is a clinical seminar for members of Wider Horizons. 5 patients will be seen per day at 9.30am, 11.00am, 12.30pm, 3.30pm and 5.00pm. Tutorials will be held from 9.00-9.30am, 2.00-3.30pm and 6.30-8.00pm.

2010 dates:
Sunday 25th - Monday 26th July
Venue: 134 Avenue Road, Acton, London W3 8QG (on the borders of Ealing and Chiswick, 5 minutes walk from Acton Town tube station)

Costs:
Cost per practitioner: £160.00 for the two days or £85.00 for one day
Fee per patient consult: £50.00 (to be paid on the day, but must be covered by the practitioner in the event of a no-show).

Please contact Linda Winstanley by email for more information: linda@lwinstanley.plus.com and/or confirm as soon as possible whether you will be attending.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY 29th-30th JULY 2010

INTERNAL DRAGONS AND EXTERNAL DRAGONS 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm Thursday
Acupuncture practice, historically, has always included a concept of possession, whether by xie gui (perverse spirits) during its shamanic origins or by xie qi (pathogenic qi) after the Warring States period. This day will present the two seven point protocols for bodymindspirit disturbances to the central axis of life, between the heart and the yi (IDs) and the heart and the zhi (EDs). The heart, intent and will, collectively charged with the expression of the spirits, are discussed within the thirteen servants of life and death, Lingshu Chapter 8. Aetiology, diagnosis, treatment techniques, location of points and fen depths will be discussed in detail. The clinical application of the dragon protocols will be compared with the uses of the twenty ghost points and the thirteen ghost point protocol.

YINYANG AND THE IMBALANCE OF HUSBAND-WIFE 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm Friday
Existence arises from Taiji or the Supreme Ultimate: yang generates movement which, reaching its limit, pivots into yin generating tranquility which, reaching its limit, pivots into movement. Yinyang is the Dao of HeavenEarth (Suwen Chapter 5), and yinyang theory allows us to understand and master the dynamics of change and harmony. One of the greatest threats to the natural cycle of life and death is a separation between the yang zang (heart and liver rooted in kidney yin) and the yin zang (lung and spleen rooted in kidney yang), i.e. between the officials who manifest in the left pulses (husband) and the officials who manifest in the right pulses (wife). This day will discuss the clinical principles of yinyang, and consider the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of a husband-wife imbalance, including all possible treatment protocols and techniques.

If you would like more information about this event, please phone Gillian on 07800 683240 or Linda on 07515 436307.

Haseley Manor, Hatton, Warwickshire, CV35 7LU

For information and booking, please contact Jeanette Harper: jeanette.harper@cta-uk.net
Tel: 01926-48-158. Fax: 01926 485 444. www.acupuncture-coll.ac.uk

“Niki Bilton is one of the most experienced teachers of Five Element Acupuncture internationally. Having trained and subsequently taught at CTA , she now teaches in both North America and Europe. Niki is an empowering and positive teacher with particular skills in bringing an immediate awareness of the elements into practical treatment protocols, and helping practitioners discover within themselves the potency of the inner practitioner.” College of Traditional Acupuncture publicity

Colour, Sound, Odour and Emotion Workshop
Coming again on Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th March 2011

Whether new to the world of the five elements or a practitioner with decades of experience, the diagnostics of colour, sound, odour and emotion are the foundation and mastery of five element diagnostics. This 2-day workshop is an interactive immersion into the senses as they perceive the qi of the elements. It will enhance diagnostic skills regardless of our lever of expertise, basing our insights in the current phase of our understanding and perception. The workshop will specifically equip practitioners and students with the ability to discern the subtleties of colours, sounds, odours and emotions as they relate to the CF, and to refine and extend those skills already present. This interactive event is suitable for all acupuncture practitioners and students from any tradition who are interested in five element diagnostics, as well as for students and practitioners of shiatsu and plant spirit medicine, and other traditions using the five elements as a core diagnostic rubric.

Seeing The Withins - The Artistry of the CF
Tuesday 27th - Wednesday 28th July 2010 (10am - 5pm)

This 2-day event is aimed at practitioners familiar with the basic clinical practice of treating the CF (the causative factor of five element acupuncture), and who want to develop the sophistication of clinical insight and effectiveness that the withins offer. This workshop is highly interactive and is most effective with large groups of people.

We will observe shades of difference and similarity between people who share the same CF diagnosis and increase our understanding of how this is influenced by the withins. Niki will guide us in working in a way where the intention and presence of the practitioner becomes part of the treatment as well as the needles, moxa and choice of points.

This workshop is only open to graduate practitioners.

This event will focus on developing our understanding of health in spring, in summer, in fall, in winter and in the transitions.  This knowing-how is a precursor to effectively treating the elements throughout the year, harmonizing the spirits with the qi of the season.  This workshop is open to graduate practitioners.