Racial Healing For Acupuncturists

Mini Course with Just the Gems

What you'll learn

Be able to create a working definition of Cultural Competence

Be able to explain the types of trauma and how the pain of trauma evolves

Be able to learn body practices to metabolize trauma

Be able to awaken one's observer

Be able to help patients in settling and safeguarding the body

Be able to describe the benefits of acupuncture for trauma recovery in prisons

Be able to describe how classical Chinese medicine addresses trauma

Be able to encourage patients of color to seek acupuncture for trauma therapy

Requirements

An open mind

An open heart

Interest in acupuncture or Eastern medicine

Description

Transgenerational Racial Healing Through Acupuncture, Herbalism and East Asian MedicineWe help holistic practitioners and individuals unlearn prejudices, get informed about racial trauma, and find support for self healing.Unique Goals for LearningMany states are now mandating implicit bias training for new and existing acupuncturists and other practitioners.Designed and built for everyoneAlthough the courses we offer focus on acupuncture and herbalism, other individuals and professionals are welcome to learn with us and share their interests with us.learn how to recognize, respond to and counter forms of everyday racismunderstand the influence of transgenerational racial trauma on the body, mind, and spirit.revisit history of racism, white supremacy, and white fragility in America relevant to mental and somatic health.This is a shortened version of the Racial Healing for Acupuncturists Course that I offer on my personal site. I've taken some of the best videos and gems from the full course and created a shorten version here on Udemy. If you are interested in doing the live sessions that we have or getting CEU credits for this content, please consider taking the Full course. The full course offers 20  NCCAOM CEUs. You can also take each module individually for separate CEUs. Acupuncturists treat physical and emotional traumas every day. Acupuncturists have the capacity to help people heal from racism-specific traumas, which plague our patients. We just need the right tools to educate ourselves, and emotionally prepare ourselves to take on the role as healing justice practitioners.The Two Most Fundamental Learning Objectives:To become more racially literate (how to recognize, respond to and counter forms of everyday racism.)To understand the influence of transgenerational racial trauma on the body, mind, and spirit.Also walk away with ….The necessary tools to engage with your BIPOC patients and people in your life with compassion and understanding.A comprehensive and forever growing library of books, articles, films, interviews and other resources on the topics of racial trauma and traditional medicine

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Why This Course

Lecture 3 Why This Course 2

Lecture 4 Read - References for the Course

Lecture 5 Watch - Helpful Book References

Lecture 6 Required Reading for FULL course

Lecture 7 Watch - Racial Healing, Healing Justice

Lecture 8 National Trauma Resources

Section 2: Introduction to Cultural Competence (CC)

Lecture 9 Module 1: A Brief Overview of Cultural Competence

Lecture 10 Watch - Video Slides on Cultural Competence

Section 3: Module 3: Trauma in Our Bodies

Lecture 11 Watch - Dr. DeGruy PTSS talk from 43:34m to 47:59m

Lecture 12 Read - Notes on Trauma Retention

Lecture 13 Complete the Body and Breath practice

Lecture 14 Reflection Responses from Ta-Nehisi Coates's Quote

Section 4: Module 5: Awakening the Observer, Somatic Sensing

Lecture 15 Watch - Guest Interview with Alaine Duncan on the Self Protective Response

Lecture 16 Listen - Guest Interview on Awakening the Observer with Stacey MacFarland

Lecture 17 Awakening the Observer

Lecture 18 Read - Notes on Settling and Safeguarding your Body

Section 5: Module 6: Police, Correctional Facilities, Lincoln Hospital

Lecture 19 Watch -Interview with Dr. Sharon Jennings-Rojas on Acupuncture in Prisons

Lecture 20 What are your 3 takeaways from the interview with Dr. Sharon Jennings - Rojas?

Lecture 21 Read - Lincoln Detox Center Article

Lecture 22 Summarize the story of the beginnings of the Lincoln Hospital detox program.

Section 6: Module 11: How Does Chinese Medicine Treat Trauma? Points, Techniques?

Lecture 23 Watch - Short Explanation of Special Points

Section 7: Module 12: How to Encourage Patients to Seek Acupuncture for Trauma Therapy?

Lecture 24 Listen - Tonya Waddell Interview

Section 8: Final Exam

For anyone interested in having a few new tools to tools to fully engage with compassion and understanding with their BIPOC patients, family and friends