Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 , " " < @h...> wrote: > I was checking out the line-up for this year's CHA conference, which > BTW looks pretty exciting & strong, but was unsure who Tai Lahans was? > Speaking on cancer? can someone fill me in? Hi Jason Tai is an instructor at SIOM and was recommended to me by Dan Bensky. She reads chinese and her teaching is based upon reading, translation, extensive time spent in chinese TCM hospitals and her clinical experiences in integrative medicine. Her specialty is cancer and her lecture will be devoted to giving an overview of the TCM understanding of cancer as she understands it. I chose Tai for several reasons. She was recommended by Dan. She is considered an excellent teacher by her students and colleagues. she is really devoted to education of both her students and patients. I was also interested in knowing what some of the prominent women in the field were up to right now. Women accomplish a lot in our field; they make up the bulk of the profession and most go quietly along their way. These were the same exact reasons I invited Sharon Weizenbaum, except we need to insert Chip Chace's name for Dan Bensky. Tai is a busy clinician who has developed an exciting integrative approach to cancer that is well grounded in both modern research and chinese source material. She currently is developing a cancer retreat on the san juan island off the coast of seattle. the retreat will be in-patient, integrating east and west, natural and biomedical. they have their own organic farms to provide food and practitioners include MD's, L.Ac., qi gong and more. she is working closely with mainstream medical organizations in creating this project. Regularly convening to find out what ideas leading thinkers, educators and clinicians are currently exploring has always played an important role in stimulating the development of many fields. It has been suggested one should walk away from a workshop with skills that one can apply in their practice the next day. that is one role of continuing education. another is to spur development and growth in particular areas. to stimulate others to explore similar ideas or offshoots thereof. Important ideas only develop through dialog and debate; and such constructive engagement only happens when enough people are well versed enough in a topic to speak about it at a high enough level. For example, that is why we limit this group to masters students and licensed practitioners of TCM. Another group could set the bar higher and require being able to read chinese, for example. :-) In the context of the conference, we have speakers like guohui liu, who will be speaking about wen bing related topics, Dan and Craig on shang han lun related topics, z'ev on nan jing related topics, Steve on the ben cao tradition. These topics can only be thoroughly explored and applied by our profession if others walk away from the conference and begin to tackle the same material on their own in some fashion. There are so many directions one could possibly explore in the realm of TCM and once a year I thought it might be nice to get a little direction one could trust. On the other hand, for those already familiar with the topics, one can certainly expect to leave with insights that will immediately impact one's practice. It was the discussion on this list that gave birth to the vision of what we needed to do to accomplish our collective goals. This year the theme is firm foundations for a flexible future. which is meant to signify my firm belief, which I also believe is also shared by the bulk of this group, that we must have an accurate transmission of what the chinese wrote, what they did and what they are currently doing. That is one foundation. We dispute whether we all must be able to read the sources ourselves, but within this group we all agree on the need to access those sources or commentaries in some fashion. Even those who tout the importance of experience or pragmatism or results or evidence do not dispute this. I believe the second conference will focus on the future of integrative medicine in a way that respects the foundations. stay tuned for that. For more details on the 2003 conference, go to http://www..org/ce.html the early registration deadline is almost over by the way and we are extending a huge discount to CHA members to try and get a really high number of attendees (and to recruit more CHA members). The conference will not be cancelled under any circumstances, so there is no need to be concerned about making hotel or flight reservations. Last year we were forced to postpone due to 9/11; that cancellation occurred 3 months before the event. This year we are already well along and invested. so hope to see you all there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Todd i tried registering online but i cant see the discount price for CHA members alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 , " Alon Marcus " < alonmarcus@w...> wrote: > i tried registering online but i cant see the discount price for CHA members > alon I just checked the website and it has just been updated to reflect the $210 member discount. People can join CHA and register with a discount on the same day. so tell all your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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