"Healing with Sho-Ni Shin" A week-end seminar on treating children with Oriental Medicine "From Menses to Menopause" A week-end seminar on treating women with Oriental Medicine Soma Glick D.O.M., L.Ac., CHom. (USA) ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS Seminar #1 WELLINGTON This comprehensive course covers the treatment of children from newborn to 10 years of age. It will greatly benefit practitioners who wish to add various Oriental techniques into their existing paediatric practice AND those who have never worked with children before. THIS COURSE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR 15 CEU'S (PDA'S) BY THE NCCAOM (USA) and 14 CPE's by the AACMA (AUS) The course is tailored for immediate results in clinical practice and includes: Practical demonstration of sho-ni-shin techniques, a Japanese style of acupunture using special non-invasive tools for children. Identification of important features that makes the diagnosis and treatment of children very different than adults Acupuncture points, herbal formulas and homeopathy for acute disorders such as fevers, respiratory and digestive problems that form the core of paediatric practice Long-term management techniques of some chronic illnesses such as allergies, asthma and eczema Dietary and lifestyle recommendations Preventative tips to maximize the health of paediatric patients Practical demonstration of Sho-ni-shin on children on Day 2 SEMINAR #2 AUCKLAND This seminar on women’s health will present a deeper understanding of a woman’s hormonal cycle from the TCM perspective. You will learn to diagnose and treat the various pathological factors affecting women from the menses through the menopause. We will look at how acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas can be a powerful help during pregnancy and labor and we will focus on the management of immediate postnatal care as well as on recognizing long term disorders originating from untreated postpartum conditions. On Sunday we will go in-depth into perimenopausal and menopausal disharmonies and cover specific complications such as fibroids, osteoporosis and uterine bleeding. We will also cover the basic syndromes of endometriosis and how to manage it with Oriental Medicine through acupuncture and Chinese herbs. This 2 day seminar covers 12 hours toward recertification purposes ABOUT THE PRESENTER Soma Glick is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a licensed acupuncturist from the USA with a diplomate in acupuncture and herbology from the NCCAOM and certification in classical homeopathy. After graduating from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico she has completed internships in Beijing, China and Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. She studied Paediatric Sho-Ni-Shin with Miki Shima (a Japanese Sho-Ni-Shin Master). She was a professor at the Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, Colorado from 1998 to 2005 where she developed and taught the paediatric acupuncture course and taught many other core curriculum classes. She ran the professional paediatric clinic and personally mentored several students. Since 2003 Soma has taught weekend seminars on paediatric acupuncture around the world. She has taught with Jake Fratkin at the CSOMA symposium in San Francisco and lectured on treating children with Oriental medicine at the Boulder community hospital. Soma was also invited to speak on healing and spirituality in India and Singapore. Dr. Soma, as she is affectionately known, has relocated to the island of Bali and currently donates one day a week to the children's clinic of the ‘Bumi Sehat’ birthing clinic. There she treats up to 30 local Balinese infants and children in the course of a morning, with sho-ni-shin, acupuncture, Chinese herbs and homeopathy. Soma Glick has been published in the ‘Journal of Chinese Medicine’ and in ‘Acupuncture Today'. For more information ablot Soma, please go to her website: somadevi.com Registration Information Oriental Medicine Paediatrics DATES & VENUE PEDIATRIC SEMINAR Oct 11/12 NZ School of Acupuncture-Level 10 57 Willis Street, CBD, Wellington WOMEN'S SEMINAR Oct 18/19 NZ School of Acupuncture 1/272 Jervois Parade, Herne Bay, Auckland COST Student / Early bird rate until 1st September 2008, Practitioners $400 NZD ($310 USD) Enrolment from 1st September 2008 Practitioners $450 NZD ($350 USD) Cancellations before 1st September 2008 Full refund minus $25.00 processing fee Cancellations 1st– 30th September 2008 50 % refund will be issued. Cancellations after 30th September 2008 No refund available. If for any reason the course is cancelled by Soma Glick, a full refund will be processed. For inquiries or bookings: Tracey Walker Physical Therapy Centre Gisborne email: traceywalker@ihug.co.nz Or: Soma Glick: somadevi@yahoo.com ENROLLMENT DETAILS Please note that registration is essential. Due to the popularity of this seminar places are limited. A confirmation of registration will be sent to you to confirm your place. Step #1: All the details below are required for successful registration processing. Please email them to: somadevi@yahoo.com and traceywalker@ihug.co.nz Name :   No. of places required :   Clinic name :   Modalities practiced :   Address :   Post Code :   Phone :   Email :   Step #2: Payment should be made by credit card in USD via PayPal (preferred), or by DD in NZD to Tracey Walker. Your place can not be reserved until payment is received. PAYMENT DETAILS Please go to Soma’s website: www.somadevi.com, click on the contact page Or click on this link: http://www.somadevi.com/contact/ Scroll down and click on the 'Payments by PayPal' logo Enter your credit card information etc. Payment should be in the USD amount. Or you can pay with your own PayPal account if you have one. In that case, Soma Glick’s PayPal ID is: somadevi@yahoo.com Or you can make a DD (direct deposit) in NZD into the checking account of Tracey Walker ASB bank. Gisborne. New Zealand. 12-3170-0049409-00 A receipt for your registration and payment will be sent to you via email. Step #3: Please email: Tracey Walker to advise her of your payment and to complete the registration process. traceywalker@ihug.co.nz Sho-Ni-Shin kits are strongly suggested to have for the Paediatric seminar. They can be ordered from Tracey: traceywalker@ihug.co.nz for 165.00 NZD each.   Soma Glick D.O.M. (NM) - http://www.somadevi.com