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Asian Institute of Medical Studies Newsletter
Building Community Through Community Involvement
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Cyberletter #3 March, 2009
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 Where Did My Energy Go?
Tuesday, March 24, 8:00 - 10:00 am
at the Arizona Inn
In our busy, often stressful lives we frequently wonder, where did my energy go? Join Alex at the Tucson Integrative Health Professionals Networking Breakfast www.tucsonintegrative.com to find out his perspectives on this too common problem from a Traditional Chinese Medical viewpoint.
Alex Holland, M.Ac., L.Ac., President of the Asian Institute, graduated from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 1985 and did clinical training in China, in 1985. He is a faculty member with Andrew Weil's Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Alex has taught extensively and is the author of Voices of Qi - An Introductory Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is also a commissioner for the Accredition Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
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NEW BOARD MEMBER
JOINS THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD
Medical Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Horwitz received a B.S. degree in biochemistry from the University
of Illinois, and a PhD in Immunology and Molecular Biology from the
University of Florida. He received his MD from the University of
Illinois. He completed a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at
the University of Arizona in 2003.
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OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, May 31st
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Asian Institute
3131 N. Country Club, #100
(South of Fort Lowell)
Please join us for a special open house event featuring:
* Lecture and demonstrations of acupuncture, tuina, shiatsu and gigong.
* Meet faculty, students and administration and have your questions answered.
* Door prizes and drawings for attendees.
* Light refreshments will be served.
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Five Element Workshop 
with
Patrician McCarthy
April 18 & 19
(location to be announced)
Patrician McCarthy, Asian Institute Board member and author of The Face Reader, is offering a weekend workshop on Five Element Theory, which is foundational to the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other Taoist practices, such as feng shui, Chinese astrology and Taoist Environmental Medicine.
If you are interested in Facial Diagnosis and Face Reading training, this is an important introduction.
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AIMS WELCOMES TWO NEW FACULTY MEMBERS!
Education is about opening the doors to expanding knowledge. The
Asian Institute is pleased to welcome two new members to our esteemed faculty:
Jan Schwartz has more than a decade of teaching under her belt. She is a founding member and on the executive committee of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC). She also co-chairs the education working group for the organization. She is the owner of Education and Training Solutions, LLC, and is doing research for her master's thesis on attitudes about distance education in alternative health care educational institutions. Her degree will be in business with a focus on distance education. Jan will be teaching Practice Management * * *
Don Lightner, L.Ac., graduated from the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in January, 2000, and has been working in private practice at the Providence Institute since graduation and at Miraval Resort and Spa since 2003. Don practices acupuncture, Chinese herbs and tuina, is ordained in the Zen Buddhist tradition and teaches the Japanese tea ceremony in the Urasenke Tradition of Tea. He is also an accomplished artist and has been studying Chinese calligraphy since 1996. Don will be teaching Introduction to Chinese Herbology and Chinese Prepared Medicines. * * *
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. - Confucius
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FOUNDATIONS OF TRADITIONAL
CHINESE MEDICINE
Public Education Class
5 Fridays and 2 Saturdays
5/1 - 6/6/09
(No class Memorial weekend, 5/22)
$335.00
This 5-week, 29-hour course series is designed for all those drawn to the Asian culture who desire a deeper understanding of the theoretical roots from which Asian medicines are derived. This includes Asian art practitioners, form practitioners and body workers. Included in the course:
- Brief history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- Yin/Yang theory in physiology and disease
- Vital Substances: Jing, Qi, Shen, Blood, Body Fluids
- Qi transformation
- Eight Principles
- Cause of Disease: External, Internal and the 7 other causes
- Zangfu-Introduction to functions of the 12 'organ systems'
For more information contact AIMS at 322-6330
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