The Ontake Method is a conceptual framework for applying Ontake Warm Bamboo, developed by British acupuncturist Oran Kivity. It integrates ideas from Japanese acupuncture regarding channel palpation and deficiency excess, holographic mappings, and Dr Manaka's meridian frequencies: applying stimulation to the body in time to a metronome.  This course is a dynamic mixture of theory, demonstration, and practice.

LEVEL 1 (TWO DAYS)

You will learn to:

• Systematically palpate the channels and note significant reactions
• Load bamboo with moxa and light it safely
• Perform tapping, touching and closing, rolling, standing, rocking, pressing, leaning, vibrating, and knocking techniques with heated bamboo
• Map out and apply Dr Manaka's meridian frequencies on any part of the body
• Apply a whole-body warm bamboo treatment to strengthen the root
• Treat pain: select treatment channels according to the Ontake matrix and different holographic images of the body on the arms and legs
• Apply warm bamboo to treat a broad range of conditions including headache, neck pain, back pain, knee pain, constipation, diarrhoea,
  stress, depression, and anxiety
• Describe Japanese acupuncture concepts of dosage and recognise sensitive patients
• Remedy overtreatment using Ontake
• Describe Ontake's principal actions, effects, and contraindications

LEVEL 2 (ONE DAY)

You will learn to:

• Locate the Hirata zones and note significant reactions
• Differentiate three criteria for selecting zones and apply them to treat patients creatively
• List and apply the frequencies for each zone
• Perform a variety of techniques with Ontake including tapping, rolling, and super-knocking
• Treat yourself or your patients
• Get patients started with daily home treatment

ONTAKE  AND BOOK SUPPLIES

Small, standard, and large Ontake will be on sale during the course. A small number of books will be on sale and can be signed by the author. Please drop a message here if you would like to pre-order a book.