Programme of the 2nd Scandinavian TCM Congress

We are very proud to welcome some of the best international teachers of TCM to our congress. As you can see below the programme offers many opportunities to gather valuable new knowledge within this year’s congress theme.

Thursday 3rd September 2009

9.00 – 18.00 Workshops

Thursday is a practical workshop day where methods will be presented.
You will be able to bring these methods into direct use afterwards in your own clinic.

Sign on for the workshop you prefer in the application form. For some workshops the number of participants is limited, and the places will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. You can only participate in one of the workshops - you must choose one of the options!

• Barbara Kirschbaum, Germany
  Workshop Tongue diagnosis
  
• Stephen Birch, Holland
  Assessing patient responses and effectiveness of treatment in Japanese Acupuncture
  
• Elisa Rossi, Italy
  Paediatric Tuina: Diagnosis and Practice for the Main Children Patterns
  
• Lillian Pearl Bridges, USA
  Face Reading for Diagnosis of Disease and Validation of Symptoms
  
• Peter Mole, England
  Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture. An introduction to a style that
  prioritises the health of the spirit and diagnosis of the emotions.
  
• Arya Nielsen, USA
  Gua Sha: Hands on Classical Practice

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch

18.30 – 19.15 Jinjing Qigong

• Heiner Fruehauf, USA
  Jinjing Qigong: Shaking, moving, walking, sitting, chanting

20.00 – 22.00 Joint Evening Lecture

• Stephen Birch, Holland and Anette Koppang, Norway
  Researching acupuncture: strategies and examples of how to get started grass roots approaches

22.00 – 23.30 Evening Event

• Peter Firebrace, England & Co
  The Joy of Music - Acoustic Alchemy

Friday 4th September 2009

7.00 – 8.00 Sea Gong

• Joachim Hauser, Denmark
  Sea Gong in the water or at the beach

9.00 – 12.30 Opening of the Congress

• Marian Nielsen Joos, Denmark
  Welcome to the 2nd Scandinavian TCM Congress in Denmark
  
• Mogens Gade, Denmark
  Words of welcome from the mayor of Jammerbugten
  
• Birte Nielsen, Denmark
  Greetings from the Danish Acupuncture Society
  
• All teachers, worldwide
  10 min introduction of all the lectures and topics
  
• Nils von Below, Germany
  The future of Chinese Medicine in Europe – where are we heading?
  
• Simon Becker, Switzerland
  ETCMA: the importance of an Umbrella Association for Chinese Medicine
  
• Marian Nielsen Joos, Denmark
  The Congress is open and may you enjoy yourself

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.15 Lunch Event

• Peter Mole, England
  The Inner Development of the Practitioner. What do the Classics of Chinese Medicine say about the art of being a practitioner?
  
• Peter Firebrace, England
  Chinese Medical Themes and Daoist Dreams
  Lyrics and poems
  
• Arya Nielsen, USA
  Acupuncture Research and Training in a US Teaching Hospital

14.30 – 18.30 Lectures

• Hamid Montakab, Switzerland
  Chinese Psychology – The 6 Temperaments.
  The 6 Psycho-emotional profiles
  
• Yair Maimon, Israel
  Seven emotions and their effect on the Qi and Shen.
  Transforming psychological disorder with Acupuncture.
  
• Peter Firebrace, England
  The Alchemy of the Heart: The Monkey, the Horse and the Pole Star
  
• Elisa Rossi, Italy
  Emotions, Qi constraint and Fire: From the classics to our clinical practice

Teaching time: 7.5 hours

18.30 – 19.15 Hua Shan Qi Gong

• Jeffrey Yuen, USA
  Hua Shan Daoist Qigong

22.00 Surprise Event

• A surprice is in store for you!

Saturday 5th September 2009

7.00 – 8.00 Hatha Yoga

• Trine Veiss Mikkelsen, Denmark
  Hidden Language of Hatha Yoga

9.00 – 12.00 Joint Lecture

• Teachers group, worldwide
  Panel Discussion of the Congress Theme

12.00 – 12.30 Joint Lecture

• Stephen Birch, Holland and Anette Koppang, Norway
  Professional development, research and a collaborative and coordinated
  research agenda

12.30 – 13.15 Joint Lecture

• Teachers group, worldwide
  Panel Discussion of Research in Chinese Medicine

13.15 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 18.30 Lectures

• Lorie Eve Dechar, USA
  Modern Alchemy for an Integral Age
  
• Jeffrey Yuen, USA
  Alchemical Acupuncture
  
• Lillian Pearl Bridges, USA
  The Golden Path
  
• Barbara Kirschbaum, Germany
  Loosening knots

20.00 Saturday Night Fever Congress Party

Sunday 6th September 2009

9.00 – 10.00 Closing speech of the Congress

• Marian Nielsen Joos, Denmark
  Goodbye and take care until we meet again
  
• Hilde Skjerve and Anette Koppang, Norway
  Bachelordegree in Acupuncture – The Norwegian Acupuncture College
  (AKHS)
  
• Gerd Ohmstede, Germany
  The importance of congress networking for Chinese Medicine – politically and content related – at the example of TCM Congress Rothenburg

10.00 – 16.00 Lectures

• Heiner Fruehauf, USA
  Alchemy and the Genuine Spirit of Chinese Medicine: The Classical Map
  Linking Macrocosm and Microcosm
  
• Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee, France
  Balancing the emotions, a way to spirituality
  
• Anette Koppang, Norway
  Why do I feel like this? The hidden guilt and shame affecting the emotions and spiritual aspects
  
• Dominique Hertzer, Germany
  Does (Chinese) spirituality need a spirit?

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch

Please follow the link to find the programme for the 1st Scandinavian TCM Congress in 2007:
> Programme for the congress 2007