About Steven
Steven Alpern, L.Ac., practices acupuncture and Chinese medicine as applied clinical philosophy. He is also a teacher, author and speaker. His efforts to discern the nature of individual health draw upon the classics of Chinese medicine and several historical traditions and specialties. Learn more...Subscribe by Email
Scheduled Classes
Neo-natal Daoyin
March 8-11, 2012 - Albuquerque, NMUsing the Channel Complexes of Acupuncture
Five weekends: April 21 & 22, May 19 & 20, June 9 & 10, July 7 & 8, August 4 & 5 - Santa Cruz, CALearn more...
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Classes
The Path Toward Flourishing Health
Healing is a journey; many people have much to learn about the specific challenges of their embodied spirits to facilitate the profound transformations of healing. My inspiration for health care is broad and deep — far beyond the control and maintenance of disease expression. Learn more about the nature and opportunities of the individual healing process through:
Professional Education Seminars
I am committed to teaching classical Chinese medicine as a thinking process, built on principles and theories that allow practitioners to evaluate whatever specifics a patient may present. I provide lecture notes for my seminars, because I want participants to be able to think about the material I’m presenting rather than simply trying to write it down.
Neo-natal Daoyin Process
These are practical (mind-body experiential) workshops to stimulate the unwinding of habituated entanglements that have been accumulated by the embodied spirit. While anyone can participate in Neo-natal Daoyin workshops, they have duel significance for practitioners — both as individually embodied spirits and to clarify the nature and role of the channel distinctions and divergences.