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Course Outline

Student’s Guide

The Language of the Body

  • Teaching Method and Work Requirements
  • Contacting the School
  • Beginning the Course
  • Answering the Questions
  • Correcting Your Answers
  • Planning Your Study Schedule
  • Exam
  • Sending Activities to the College
  • Course Objective
  • References
  • Introduction
  • Definitions and Preamble
  • Symbols and Myths: Different Approaches
  • Notion of Inside to Outside
  • Notion of High to Low
  • Laterality: Right and Left
  • The Skin
  • The Skin: The Covering of the Soul’s Earthly Vehicle
  • The Skin: A Showcase
  • The Skin: An Instrument of Contact
  • The Skin: A Route of Elimination
  • The Skin Captures and Records
  • The Skin: The Relationship Organ
  • The Skin: An Organ of Knowledge
  • Conclusion
  • Revision
  • Activity 1

The Tree of Life: The Spinal Column

  • General Definitions
  • The Vertebrae
  • The Cervical Vertebrae
  • The Thoracic Vertebrae
  • The Lumbar Vertebrae
  • The Sacrum
  • The Coccyx
  • Bone as a Structure
  • The Joints
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Revision
  • Activity 2

Action/Relation: The Limbs

  • The Upper Limbs
  • The Clavicles
  • The Arms
  • The Elbows
  • The Forearm
  • The Wrist
  • The Hand
  • The Fingers
  • The Lower Limbs
  • The Hips
  • The Thigh
  • The Knee
  • The Lower Leg
  • The Ankles
  • The Feet
  • Revision
  • Activity 3

The Digestive System: Integration-Transformation

  • The Lips
  • The Mouth
  • Saliva
  • The Esophagus
  • The Stomach
  • The Pancreas
  • In TCM
  • Glucose Management
  • The Role of Fuel
  • The Spleen
  • The Small Intestine
  • The Liver
  • The Concept of Desire and Making Things Our Own
  • The Liver and Self-Image
  • The Liver = An Adaptive Capacity
  • The Liver = Neutralization of Toxins
  • The Gallbladder
  • The Colon
  • The Anus
  • Revision
  • Activity 4

The Language of the Urinary System

  • The Ureters
  • The Bladder
  • Revision
  • Activity 5

The Ovaries

  • The Fallopian Tubes
  • The Uterus
  • The Vagina
  • The Breasts
  • The Prostate
  • The Testicles
  • Revision

Activity 6

  • The Heart
  • Circulation
  • The Arteries
  • The Veins
  • The Blood
  • The Platelets
  • The White Blood Cells
  • The Red Blood Cells
  • The Lymph
  • Revision
  • Activity 7

Breath: The Pulmonary System

  • Revision
  • Activity 8

Hearing and Speech, Olfaction, Vision and Taste: The 4 Other Senses!

  • Hearing: The Ears
  • Olfaction
  • The Nose
  • The Sinuses
  • The Throat
  • Taste
  • Sight
  • Tears
  • Revision
  • Activity 9

The Brain, Spinal Cord and Pituitary and Pineal Glands

  • The Head
  • The Face
  • The Face: The Seat of Our Identity
  • The Face: A Tool for Self-Affirmation
  • The Face: The Seat of Expression
  • Hair
  • The Teeth
  • The Brain
  • The Cerebellum
  • The Spinal Cord and the Nerves
  • Revision
  • Activity 10

The Endocrine Glands

  • The Pineal Gland
  • The Pituitary Gland
  • The Thyroid
  • The Adrenal Glands
  • Revision
  • Activity 11

Conclusion

  • Answers
  • Exam
  • Instructions
  • Evaluation Questionnaire