Anxiety, Worry, Stress, Depression: Proven Protocols for Treating the Spirit
China’s recent history of a cultural, industrial, economic and then a technological revolution gave Andrew tremendous experience under his teachers treating mental illness. But as dramatic as that was, upon returning to the west Andrew discovered something far more insidious to the Spirit: the daily epidemic of anxiety, worry, stress and depression being either ignored by society or drugged by allopathic medicine with no concrete path offering actual healing.
Every Chinese medicine practioner knows the emotions affects our Qi. But grasping how Emotional Qi actually moves in the body and how to shift it is key to successful treatment. Qi can be trapped above, unable to pass below the diaphragm. It can be suppressed below, unable to rise up to the head. Emotions can drain its vitality, or can agitate so their Qi never gets to rest. Once these patterns become the new normal in our patients, the emotions that locked the Qi in the first place become amplified by the Qi itself. A feedback loop is created, leaving our patients living their daily lives in various degrees anger, sadness, anxiety, worry, obsession, depression, fear and dread they are unable to break free from once the pattern is locked in place.
This two module seminar draws on over ten years of Andrew’s experience at the Alternative Clinic treating patients with daily anxiety, worry, stress and depression. Over the two modules, Andrew highlights different emotional Qi patterns, lays out the negative loops patients are unable to break out of, then teaches his tested protocols to break those patterns so they can return to a healthier balance in their lives.
Andrew Nugent-Head, MSOM (1967-)
A nationally NCCAOM certified and state licensed practitioner of Oriental Medicine, Andrew Nugent-Head is the founder and director of the Association for Traditional Studies (ATS), a 501c3 organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of China’s traditional knowledge. At the age of 18, Andrew moved to China in 1986 to study Chinese medicine, martial arts, and internal cultivation. Living in China for over 25 years, he obtained the highest quality education possible in traditional, mentor-disciple relationships.
Andrew’s studies and work have been featured on French and German television, the NBC Sunday Today Show, and on ABC News Special. He also worked on and appeared in the Mystery of Qi episode of the Bill Moyers PBS documentary series, Healing and the Mind. He has been featured in newspapers across the United States and written prolifically on Chinese Medicine, culture and the importance of preserving traditional knowledge worldwide.
Working through his not for profit, Andrew has translated six books and produced over 400 educational videos featuring traditional practitioners on Chinese Medicine, Yin Style Bagua martial arts, Daoyin practices, and Calligraphy. He has also translated for and assisted these practitioners at over 140 seminars between 1993 and 2003, as well as taught workshops himself throughout the United States and China during that time. With the passing of his teachers, Andrew dedicated himself to bringing the arts as he learned it to the west, teaching intensive training programs in New York, London and Asheville, as well as introductory seminars around the world. Through his efforts, ATS has launched a Free Video Library program, posting hundreds of hours of video footage free on their site while still paying royalties to the practitioners the videos feature.
In China, Andrew is currently focused on the Dr. Li Hongxiang (1924–) Documentation Project, a 10 year, 3 phase project dedicated to documenting the last doctor still practicing traditionally in Beijing. Mr. Nugent-Head was recognized as Dr. Li’s final student in 2005 and has been working with him in the clinic and at home to document his incredible wealth of knowledge before he is too old to teach. In the United States, he is working with his wife and fellow practitioner, JulieAnn Nugent-Head, to establish a teaching clinic in Asheville, NC.
Seminar Information :
Date:
September 11+12, 2027
November 6+7, 2027
- Time:
Saturday: 12:30 – 19.00
Sunday: 9.30 – 16.00 - Location
Brunnenhof beim Spital Zollikerberg, Neuweg 12, 8125 Zollikerberg, Switzerland - Referent
Andrew Nugent-Head - Language
English - Tuition fee:
Early bird (before June 6): CHF 1000.–
Standard Registration (after June 6): CHF 1150.–