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    Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure®
take a class or the Training Program for Registration to practice this amazing therapy!  


Jin Shin Do® Training offers CE HOURS for Massage Therapists (NCBTMB Provider #026771)
Jin Shin Do® Training offers CE HOURS for IL Registered Nurses 
20% Refund to 65+ years from Sue Michaelsen for JSD® Module 1, Parts 1-3 taken with her.
JIN SHIN DO® ACUPRESSURE FACIAL   8 hours, 1 SESSION
This facial works with the main neck points, called "Windows of the Sky," as well as with other points on the face and head, releasing tension and aiding circulation of "Qi" up and down the body, to open the "windows." This 12-step JSD® facial, originally developed for cosmetologists, uses only points on the face, head, neck, arms and hands. Wonderfully relaxing!  JSD® Handbook available for purchase at class:

5-Step JSD® Neck-Shoulder RelEASE - 2 hours, 1 SESSION 
Learn to find key neck and shoulder points, plus distal points to help release stubborn tensions. Practice the relaxing Basic JSD® Neck Release on oneself
and others, holding 5 key neck & shoulder points bilaterally.  Class Materials: JSD® chart reduction (8 1/2" X 11")

Fundamentals of Self-Acupressure - 8 hours, 1 SESSION
JIN SHIN DO® MODULE I  -  150 Hours of Theory and Technique. 

JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 1, PART 1 – BASIC - 40 hours
Required Class Materials: Color-coded JSD® "8 Strange Flows" wall chart © 1981; JSD® Acupressure Handbook, part 1, © 2006; The Acupressure Way of Health: Jin Shin Do® © 1978   by Iona Marsaa Teeguarden.  Recommended; Chpt. 1-3, A Complete Guide to Acupressure Revised © 2002 by Iona Marsaa Teeguarden.  Evaluation Method: Take-home test, attendance and demonstration of skills mastered. Teachers give a JSD® transcript, signing off each class upon completion.

 JIN SHIN DO® Module 1, Part 2 – INTERMEDIATE - 55 hours  Pre-requisite: JSD® Mod. 1, Part 1   
Required Class Materials: JSD® Handbook; The Joy of Feeling: Bodymind Acupressure®

 JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 1, PART 3 – ADVANCED - 30 hours  Pre-requisite: JSD® Mod. 1, Part 2  
Required Class Materials: JSD® Handbook; The Joy of Feeling: Bodymind Acupressure®, A Complete Guide to Acupressure, Revised 
Evaluation Method: 2 case studies demonstrating understanding of understanding of meridian and 5 Elements theories.

 JIN SHIN DO® Module 1, PART 4, "BODYMIND PROCESSING SKILLS"  25 hours ("Bodymind Trancework")
with Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, Jin Shin Do® Founder/Director, Jin Shin Do® Authorized Senior Teacher, L.M.F.T. 
Pre-requisite: JSD® Mod. 1, Pt. 1. (Mod. IV, Pt. 1 meets this requirement.)  Required for JSD® Reg. & Pre-requisite for ITTP. 
50% Repeat Discount if taken previously with Iona.  
JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 2 - 100 hours of Modality Technique and Practice.

 JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 2, PART 1 – INTEGRATION OF KEY THEORIES  30 hours  (65+ yrs 20% Discount from Sifu Sue Michaelsen)

 JIN SHIN DO® Module 2, PART 2, “MASTER CLASS”   35 hours 
 with Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, Jin Shin Do® Founder/Director, Jin Shin Do® Authorized Senior Teacher, L.M.F.T.  Pre-requisite: JSD® Mod. 1, Pt 3.
Required for JSD® Reg.  Special 50% Repeat Discount if you have taken this workshop previously with Iona 

JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 2, PART 3, EXPANDING THEORETICAL HORIZONS  35 hours at Rock Valley College
Required Class Materials: Advanced Supplement, © 1982; A Complete Guide to Acupressure © 1996 & The Joy of Feeling©1987 by Iona Marsaa Teeguarden.  Evaluation Method: Attendance and demonstration of skill mastered; practical examination.


 JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 3  -  70-125 hours of Clinical Experience
May be obtained as an internship ("in house" at a bodywork school), or as an "externship" (in a supportive professional setting, with supervision from an
Authorized JSD® Teacher, acupuncturist, psychotherapist, chiropractor, physical therapist, doctor or other health professional.  The entire process of the
70 hours of clinical experience must be supervised by an authorized JSD teacher. (or JSD®F accepts instead 125 logged experience hours.)
Unit 1. Clinical experience using Jin Shin Do® Acupressure (50 hr.)
Unit 2. Direct supervision & discussion of cases (20 hr). To include: greeting and interacting with clients respecting their process,
and accepting the negative yet emphasizing (and ending sessions with)the positive.  Contraindications. Taking notes; case studies.
Legal-ethical questions; JSD® Code of Ethics. Business practices.
Evaluation Method: Letters of verification and recommendation from the supervising team, or signed log.


Receive 10 JIN SHIN DO® Sessions - Pre-requisite for JSD® Registration.
 Receive and pay regular fee for 5 Required  JSD® Sessions from JSD® Auth. Teachers: 
IL, Rockford – Sue Michaelsen, 815-229–5965  sifusue@suemichaelsen.com  www.suemichaelsen.com
IL, Chicago – Justin Pomeroy, 773-281-4450  lifegatecenter@yahoo.com
IL, Winfield – Reneč Somer Ryan, 630-260-1084  wuway@juno.com

Receive and pay regular fee for 5 Required  JSD® Sessions from JSD® Reg. Acpr. & Auth. Teachers of Self-Acpr.: 
IL, Rockford – Sandi Andresen  - 815-963-6838 or sandre106@yahoo.com


 JIN SHIN DO® MODULE 3  -  70-125 hours
 VISIT www.jinshindo.org for Module IV and more complete class descriptions,
books, dvds, class supplies and worldwide list of Jin Shin Do® Authorized Teachers and Registered Acupressurists.


 Jin Shin Do® Foundation Authorized Sr. Teachers who offer classes at Rock Valley College

                                                                      
Sue Michaelsen,  Reneč Somer Ryan, RMT, LMT,  Justin Pomeroy, Lic. Ac.,  Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, L.M.F.T.



Updated: 3/5/10

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