Changing the Experience of Health

The Spirit of TAI

"The journey of ten thousand miles begins
right where you are standing."

If you are seeking a profession that is part ancient art, part contemporary science, and all human be-ing, please read on.

The Traditional Acupuncture Institute (TAI) has embraced an ambitious goal for itself: to help change the experience of health in America by the year 2000.

A major part of the Institute's commitment to that goal focuses on its accredited Master of Acupuncture program. In a rigorous program of course work and clinical practice, students become full partners in a caring community of learning and healing. Students have the option to complete the program in either 29 or 40 months.

Upon successful completion of the program, TAI graduates receive a nationally recognized Master's degree and are fully qualified to practice Acupuncture in Maryland, as well as to stand for the national exam required for licensure in many other states. They then may join the over 85% of the Institute's graduates in active practice in the U.S. who are bringing an alternative, humanistic health care experience to a society that continues to cry out "There must be a better way!"

The Practice of Acupuncture

The principles of Oriental medicine are over 5000 years old, and they form the basis for the medical care of billions of people in the world even today.

The Institute is steeped in the tradition of Five-Element Acupuncture, which sees human beings as a seamless composite of body/mind/spirit. We are all, in this view, parts of the larger fabric of nature and we prosper most when we are attuned to the cycles of the seasons and of human life.

Within this context, the practitioner joins with the patient in a healing partnership. Both have roles and responsibilities in restoring and maintaining the patient's good health. The Institute views Acupuncture not in opposition to other forms of health care, but as a powerful complement and an on-going foundation for a healthy productive life.

Government regulatory agencies are increasingly recognizing acupuncture as a viable discipline in the healing arts. At present, Acupuncture is licensed or otherwise acknowledged in 38 of the 50 states.

The TAI Community

When a new student enters the Master's program at TAI, he or she enters with a class that will spend much of their course of study together. This arrangement fosters a spirit of "family," and creates a support system that makes progression through the program a community rather than an individual experience.

Most TAI students range in age from 28 to 65. Many have advanced degrees and a high degree of accomplishment in other professions. This experience is acknowledged and honored at the Institute. Students are viewed as peers by faculty and staff and actively participate in the overall social and academic life of the Institute. Senior students help newer students. For example, each new student has a "buddy" from the Junior class to answer questions, assist with orientation and otherwise help the new students feel at home and become part of the TAI community more quickly.

The Traditional Acupuncture Institute

TAI traces its history back almost twenty years in Maryland. Today, the Institute not only offers the M.Ac. training program, it also publishes a magazine and several books in the field of Oriental medicine and its applications to everyday life. TAI also presents a variety of seminars and special events for the general public, maintains a national referral service for those seeking acupuncture treatment, and has an extensive program of support and continuing education for its alumni.

And You!

Wherever you stand right now, in whatever profession, at whatever stage of life, you can begin the journey to a new career as a healer, teacher and practitioner of Acupuncture. And on the way, you can actively contribute to changing the experience of health in America. If this journey appeals to you, find out more. Simply call (410) 997-4888 or (301) 596-6006 for more information.

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