2024 Facial Acupuncture Online and Live Learning Opportunities

The following seminars/teaching events* are currently scheduled:
updated 2/24/24

2024

Online Event Schedule (to date)

1. Planetary Vibrational Medicine 1: “Harmonizing the Body Human with the Music of the Spheres”, with MichelAngelo.  This three-day didactic seminar, on three consecutive Sundays in July, will introduce the participants to the rudiments of Western medical astrology, with an emphasis on constitutional treatments with Acutonics planetary tuning forks. Elements of Chinese medicine theory, inflected through the lens of the horoscope, will be introduced, for diagnostic and treatment purposes.

2. Treating Significant Syndromes with Motor Points and Chinese Medicine: Bell’s palsy, Migraines, TMJ. Three consecutive Sundays, TBA. NCCAOM PDAs available/no CA CEs.

Remote learning events offered through Zoom by Chi-Akra Center for Ageless Aging; all sessions recorded for later viewing on YouTube unless otherwise available from the sponsor.

Small Group Mentorships at Chi-Akra Center for Ageless Aging (limit: 4 participants)

We are pleased to confirm the following small group mentorship events); please contact us directly regarding registration and seminar content.  There is no online registration available; discounts will be available for those individuals who register for more than one certification series.  All courses approved for NCCAOM PDAs/no CA CEs.

1. Constitutional Facial Acupuncture: The New Protocols, March 22-24, 2024; based on Ms. Wakefield’s 2014 5-star rated book, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture (Elsevier, UK). (rescheduled)

2.  Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture, June 14-16, 2024; this is our core facial acupuncture certification series, and was the very first acupuncture seminar to feature motor point treatment protocols for the face.

3.  Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Archetypes, September 27-29, 2024; a unique facial acupuncture certification which introduces protocols based on the 6 phases of Chinese medicine (Taiyang, Shaoyang, etc.)

Please direct all questions about seminar content, tuition and registration directly to MichelAngelo.  Tuition is dependent, to a certain extent, on registration levels.  To reiterate, discounts will be made available to those individuals that participate in more than one mentorship program.

Other Live Events (subject to change)

1. Constitutional Facial Acupuncture: The New Protocols certification series, Stratford Acupuncture & Wellness Center, Shelton, CT, May 25-26, 2024 (didactic Zoom seminar on May 19). Practitioners, please note: live portion of the event will include both didactic and practicum components. Please contact MichelAngelo with questions about seminar content or to register; please e-mail us directly. No online registration; “early bird” discounted tuition available through 4/25. Click here for the brochure.

2. Constitutional Facial Acupuncture: The New Protocols certification series, TBD, August 2024, Yo San University of TCM, Los Angeles, CA. This seminar has not been offered on the West Coast since 2014. Please contact MichelAngelo with questions about seminar content or with concerns about tuition payments; please e-mail us directly.

3. Event TBD, a 3-day certification series, Autumn 2024, Eastern School of Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine (ESATM), Bloomfield, NJ. Online registration will be available in due course; please contact MichelAngelo with questions about seminar content.

4. Our first international seminar since 2019: Facial Soundscapes: Harmonic Renewal, TBA 2024, Gold Coast, Australia, venue TBD, 3-day certification series. Please contact MichelAngelo with questions about seminar content.

Please note the following regarding the Chi-Akra Center for Ageless Aging certification events:
  • Please see the Practitioner Certification page for complete details of the individual certification series courses. Unless otherwise stipulated, Ms. Wakefield and her partner, MichelAngelo, are Co-Instructors.
  • Unless otherwise specified, all certification series offerings in the Level 1, Somatic, series, i.e., Advanced Constitutional Facial Acupuncture, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture: The New Protocols and Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Archetypes, consist of a minimum of 3 days live training. All of these certification series offerings are open to acupuncturists and advanced students; please see the diagram of Program Details for specific information as to course flow.
  • All Somatic level courses may be taken without pre-requisites.  As a general rule, more advanced level seminars are only offered in Ms. Wakefield’s International GOLD STANDARD FACIAL ACUPUNCTURE® Certification Program,.
  • The entry-level seminar, Foundations of Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™, is offered by a select group of Certified Teachers worldwide. See above for the relevant listings. Acupuncturists and students wishing to participate in more advanced seminars, i.e., those of the Alchemical and Vibrational levels, must complete this training module first, or complete a similar training with Ms. Wakefield and MichelAngelo.