October menobundance retreat: Developing your menopause Toolkit

with Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Claudia Citkovitz and Donna Brooks

 
Women embracing

***NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30-june 2, 2025***

Friday (3pm) to Monday (lunch), 20 hours CEU/PDA credit

Shutesbury, MA @ Sirius ECO-VILLAGE

Based on the success of our retreat last year, we are keeping all the elements that practitioners most loved – including the small size to facilitate deep connection, lots of time for Qigong and Bodywork, and a deep dive into biomedical and research info for those who don’t have it already.  This year, we are adding new elements in a ‘buffet’ format that will let first- and second-time participants select their own amount and combination of practice-building and personal-resource-building course material.  

We are also very excited to host Donna Brooks, a longtime therapist and educator in multiple approaches to embodied awareness, includings yoga, meditation and somatic movement.  On Sunday she will teach 4 hours on working with the pelvic floor – 2 hours of work in our own bodies, then a break for lunch and conversation, followed by 2 hours of discussion and workshop with Lisa and Claudia on how to apply these insights in our acupuncture and bodywork sessions.

While Lisa and Claudia bring combined decades of deep study and expertise to the table, our aim is to make it all an intimate weekend conversation where colleagues at all levels can share and learn from each other’s experience.  Between-class time is cultivated as carefully as in-class time, to foster a space of self- and group-care that is much needed these days. 

 

SUPER Early bird pricing Through 12/31/24 - $560

Regular tuition-$700 for 20 hours of CEU/pda

Sirius housing options from $85-$135 per night; Full range of accommodations – from woodland campsites to ‘glamping with walls’ to plush nearby BnB’s

3 meals and 2 snacks/day are included in the housing cost: Delicious, hyper-local, vegetarian food with flex options for high protein eaters

 

The 2024 retreat will include:

  • ‘Buffet style’ CEU structure

    • Early morning Tibetan Buddhist movement/meditation

    • 9am and late morning and afternoon sessions in qigong, biomedical background, the menopause care toolkit, and bodywork

    • Long lunches for digestion, walking in the woods (or labyrinth or stone circle) qigong/bodywork practice, meditation or siesta

  • Relaxation/embodiment approaches include

    • Instruction and practice time for Qigong and Tibetan Buddhist movement meditation

    • Bodywork instruction and practice including selected approaches of Tuina, Craniosacral therapy, Acupressure, and Trager method 

    • Self-care approaches for us and for teaching patients

  • Office practice enhancement approaches include

    • Deep background on the biomedical terrain in which our EAM approaches navigate

    • Interoception and self-efficacy as therapeutic targets

    • Review of pattern differentiation

    • Working with a ‘group visit’ approach to decrease cost and increase number of patients served

We are very excited about this collaboration between two of the US’s leading PhD-acupuncturists specializing in women’s health and well-being.  It is designed for acupuncturists and herbalists, but suitable for other health care practitioners and bodyworkers by invitation.
Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, LAc & Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD, LAc
Contact us at studyingpractice@gmail.com