Engage The Full Potential Of Acupuncture!
Move Beyond Primary Channels Into Fluency Of All The Channel Systems!
Do you use any of the channel systems outside the primary channels?
Do you understand how the body moves pathogens, toxins or even emotional trauma into latency? Are you able to track the interactions of wei qi, ying qi and yuan qi in the channels?
Move beyond the primary channels and into the inner terrain of the body. This class will explore beyond the day to day primary channel system and open your view and skillset to the deeper levels of the body and the intelligence of the many channel systems.
COURSE DETAILS
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Dr. Evan Talks About Each Of The Channels
Take a single weekend class, or
TAKE THE WHOLE SERIES AND GAIN ACCESS TO YEAR-LONG ONLINE MENTORSHIP!
Dates For Classes
Sinew Channels | March 14 - 16, 2025 | Friday - Sunday
Luo Vessels | June 6 - 8, 2025 | Friday - Sunday
Divergent Channels | Sep 19 - 21, 2025 | Friday - Sunday
8 Extra Channels | Dec 12 - 14, 2025 | Friday - Sunday
Dates For Online Mentorship
2025: May 7th, July 16th, November 12th
2026: January 14th
Course Cost
€475 Euros For Individual Course/Weekend Class
€1900 Euros For the Entire Series
Course Location
The synchronous session meet:
Sundays 6-7:30 pm EST
(3-5:30pm PST | Monday 8-9:30am AEST | Monday 10-11:30am NZST
2025: May 7th , July 16th, November 12th
2026: January 14th
All sessions are recorded and you can submit question ahead of the session
if you anticipate a conflict.
Coursing The Channels Highlights
Evan Includes Many Topics Not Typically Taught
(That does not mean they are not crucial to know!)
In Fact - Evan includes these because they are lightbulbs to understanding!
These are these are the mortar between the bricks!
He designed this course because there was not a comprehensive course that offered study in-depth and easily applied methodology.
He wanted to make a study that was approachable but not reductionist.
Clarity does not have to diminish the dimensions what herbs offer.
WEEKEND 1: THE SINEW CHANNELS
MARCH 14 - 16, 2025
The Sinew Channels mediate our relationship to the external environment. These channels are the map of the Wei Qi terrain. They define our structural alignment and the most exterior boundaries of where and how we meet the world. The application of the Sinew Channels can be especially important and powerful for the treatment of pain, neuromuscular dysfunction, muscular-skeletal conditions, seasonal allergies, environmental sensitivities and many other conditions involving the Wei Qi.
The class provides a thorough theoretical understanding of the Sinew Channels/Jin Jing: their pathways, points, confluences and functions. Their relationships to the other channel systems and role in the overall dynamic of the body's energies will be made clear. Clinical techniques will be demonstrated: needling techniques specific to the Sinew Channels, gua sha, and cupping. The major Sinew Releases of the neck and pelvis will also be taught. Participants will gain a comprehensive framework for diagnosing and treating using the Sinew Channels.
Sample Sinew Lectures By Dr. Evan
WEEKEND 2: THE LUO VESSELS
JUNE 6 - 8, 2025
The Luo Vessels are a powerful means to treat the shen and the emotions. The Luo Vessels give direct access to Blood, the substance that carries shen and provides the matrix for our conscious emotional life. Yet these channels remain largely unknown or underutilized in most acupuncture practices. Using the Luo Vessels can be especially important for the treatment of psychological and emotional conditions, trauma, circulatory and cardiac conditions, digestive disorders and any imbalance involving the Blood and Ying Qi.
This class will go beyond the common understanding of the Luo Vessels by expanding its theory into a framework for human psycho-social development. The application of The Luo Vessels in true preventative care is described, providing a critical means for maintaining and releasing latent pathogenic factors.
Sample Luo Lectures By Dr. Evan
WEEKEND 3: THE CHANNEL DIVERGENCES
SEPTEMBER 19 - 21, 2025
The Channel Divergences are a powerful meridian system able to treat chronic degenerative disease. These channels are perhaps the most mysterious and least understood. However, these underutilized channels can offer strategies to empower practitioners to treat longstanding and complex conditions with increased confidence.
This course is a deep exploration of the relationship between the Wei/Defensive Qi and Yuan/Source Qi in the context of the channel systems. The class examines our ability to adapt to toxic environments and the mechanisms by which we clear or maintain latent pathogens in our bodies. The Channel Divergences offer key insights into the concept of immunity. These channels can be used to treat a very wide range of conditions from chronic pain to complicated autoimmune disease.
Divergences' theory: pathways, points, functions and indications. Their relationships to the other channel systems and role in the overall dynamic of the body's energies will be made clear. The class includes clinical applications and needling technique demonstrations. Students will leave with multiple strategies for treating some of their most challenging patients.
Sample Channel Divergence Lectures By Dr. Evan
WEEKEND 4: EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS
DECEMBER 12 - 14, 2025
The Eight Extraordinary Vessels represent the deepest constitutional layer of a human being. Yet these most fundamental channels are often only briefly examined in acupuncture schools and modern textbooks. This class will cover each of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, examining in depth the classical teachings, physiology, pathology and clinical applications. The class will also explore how the Eight Extraordinary Vessels inform the basic transitions and transformations of the human life cycle.
The Eight Extraordinary Vessels guide our essence/jing from conception and early childhood to maturity and old age. Many constitutional and congenital conditions can be addressed with the skilled use of these meridians. The course will also explore the use of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels in Daoist internal alchemy/nei dan. Participants will be invited to understand these channels as pathways for their own inner cultivation as well as keys to helping their patients heal.
Sample 8 Extraordinary Vessels Lectures By Dr. Evan
Example Curriculum
- Outline: Sinew Channels
- Translation of Ling Shu 13: 經筋 Jingjin/The Channel Sinews
- March 14, 2025 (Friday Class) Part 1 (104:07)
- March 14, 2025 (Friday Class) Part 2 (79:56)
- March 15, 2025 (Saturday Class) Part 1 (83:42)
- March 15th, 2025 (Saturday Class) Part 2a (46:47)
- March 15th, 2025 (Saturday Class) Part 2b (41:08)
- March 15, 2025 (Saturday Class) Part 2c (98:59)
- March 15th, 2025 (Saturday Class) Part 3 (130:54)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 1a (42:33)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 1b (60:17)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 2a (71:15)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 2b (52:14)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 3a (58:29)
- March 16, 2025 (Sunday Class) Part 3b (71:06)
- NCCAOM Credits: Directions
- NCCAOM Worksheet Sinew
- NCCAOM Quiz Sinew
- NCCAOM: Request for PDA's
Dr. Evan Rabinowitz
is the founder of Yao Shan Center for Chinese Medicine in Washington, DC. where he has had an active clinical practice for the last 25 years. Evan studied extensively with Jeffrey Yuen for two decades. He is a professor at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts, Asheville, North Carolina, a school who's foundations are the teachings of Master Jeffrey Yuen. He is currently a lecturer at Georgetown University School of Medicine within its Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) program . Evan served as Director of Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) until 2018. During his 8 year tenure he was instrumental in the creation of the University's Masters and Doctorate programs in Oriental Medicine. Previously, he was an instructor and Chinese herbal supervisor at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Gainesville, Florida. And has been a guest lecturer on Asian medicine and philosophy at various colleges and universities around the United States. He is a graduate of the George Washington University (B.A.), Traditional Acupuncture Institute (M.Ac.) and Maryland University of Integrative Health (D.Ac.). He has an active private teaching schedule, offering continuing education for practitioners across the country and internationally.
