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Pacific Symposium 2006 Offering the Popular Restoration Track and Advanced Acupuncture Techniques Workshops The 18th annual Pacific Symposium returns this year, November 2 -5, 2006 to the beautiful Catamaran Resort Hotel in San Diego for four days of learning and sharing. This year features new faces, and old favorites, all of whom are recognized leaders in the Oriental medicine field. For the first time speaking at the Symposium are Darren Starwynn who will be presenting microcurrent electro-acupuncture for pain relief and assisted rehabilitation; Mark Kastner who will be teaching Advanced Needling, David Simon who will lecture on Ayurveda - The Science of Life, and Paul Schell who will demonstrate the Egoscue Method through his hands-on workshop Posture and Pain. Returning to the Symposium this year are some of the most renowned names including Ted Kaptchuck, Kiiko Matsumoto, Alex Tiberi, and Jake Fratkin, Jeffery Yuen, and Lillian Bridges. A highlight of this year's Symposium is the popular Restoration Track. The Restoration Track is a hands-on, relaxing series of workshops that provides an in-depth exploration of bodywork and massage. Also featured in this track is the Egoscue Method, which will correct your body's posture and balance through exercises and a variety of stretching routines. In addition to the restoration track, for the first time a new series of Advanced Acupuncture Techniques Workshops is being offered to provide the opportunity to learn advanced needling, palpatory diagnosis, pulse analysis, and pain management methods. This track is invaluable to practitioners due to its diverse techniques taught by the most experienced professionals in the field. Both the Restoration Track and Advanced Acupuncture tracks provide two alternatives to the general session lectures. The keynote speaker for this Symposium is Ted Kaptchuck, author of The Web That Has No Weaver, who will be discussing how man's view of illness and health have changed from the religious traditions of pre-Confucian times to the rational perspectives evident in the Nei Jing. Kaptchuck will also discuss the quality of Eastern medicine care versus the quantitative approach in biomedicine. Ted Kaptchuk was involved with the first Symposium in 1989, and each time he has been a speaker he has been in high demand. He was the most anticipated speaker of the 14th annual Pacific Symposium. In his keynote address, Kaptchuk provided the 'pearls of wisdom' he is known for, exploring the idea that although TCM and biomedicine have become intertwined, mutual respect, patience and the ability to question our beliefs are key components to the future development of medical care in America. Kaptchuk has written widely on the topic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including over 100 scientific and medical articles. Kaptchuk, OMD, earned his doctorate in Oriental medicine from the Macau Institute of Chinese Medicine in 1975. He is now the associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at Boston 's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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