Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture - ITEA

10/20/2025

09/22/2025

Late Summer — Live Online in 5E Circle 🍎🌾
October 4, 2025 at 9 am Mountain

All-access for 5E Circle members! Join the 5E Circle Team for a live presentation and discussion on Harvest and Nourishment as they relate to the Earth Element and Late Summer. This event is for 5E Circle members!

practitioners ready to join our supportive community? 💌
Check your email for your special invite!

09/20/2025

What a big week at ITEA! 🌻 From a rich weekend of welcoming our first official Hybrid Track students with orientation, a gong ceremony, socializing and community with lunch in the park, their very first introduction to taking pulses and locating the meridians of the lower arm, and their first nature walk in the glowing sun, to celebrating the last treatment of a student intern and the official ceremony with Year 2 students in the , our hearts are full! 💛
We also celebrated on his 102nd birthday with joy and gratitude for all he has shared through . What a beautiful season of harvest and culmination!

09/12/2025

Welcome to ITEA! Today, our Class of 2028 Hybrid Track students met for their first in-person Weekend Intensive. Students have been learning through the online portion of the program for several weeks. Their day included orientation, a school tour, meeting staff and faculty, sharing collective class values, meeting their Year 2 mentors, the Acorn Ceremony, picnic lunch and an official welcome gong to signify this new beginning! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone that co-created this day!

08/31/2025

LEAF 2 in 2026

After the outstanding success of the first Leading Education in Acupuncture for the Future (LEAF) in 2023, ITEA is proud to announce LEAF 2 in 2026!

Taught by Hilary Skellon, Mary Ellen Metke and Randi Savage, this 10-month online training program ensures skills and confidence for future teachers of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture.

LEAF 2 is for Classical Five-Element students and practitioners who:
- are passionate about sharing this medicine with future generations of students
- would like to teach, but feel they don’t have the knowledge or experience to teach different generations of students
- have graduated from a pure CFEA school want to review and deepen their knowledge on the basic theory and principles of this medicine as taught by JR Worsley
- wish to cultivate more authenticity and confidence in speaking to groups of people
- are eager to learn tips for teaching online and in-person classes
- have completed LEAF and would like to audit the full 10-month training

Learn More and Apply: https://www.itea.edu/continuing-education-events/

08/15/2025

The Lives of ITEA Interns
Welcome to your next era, Class of 2027! We’re thrilled for our newest interns to begin Clinic this week.

07/01/2025

Updated Cancellation Policy
To ensure timely and responsible consideration of Clinic appointments, please provide at least 36 hours notice to change or cancel any appointment, otherwise the full treatment fee will be assessed. This updated cancellation policy goes into effect today, July 1, 2025.

For clients: please sign the addendum agreement for notification of this policy at your next appointment if you haven’t already.

Thank you for your understanding and continued trust in ITEA. We are grateful to be able to provide exemplary care in our Clinic to you, our community.

Please contact your student intern or our Clinic with any questions.

06/27/2025

We invite you to join us in honoring Sandy’s memory through a heartfelt birthday fundraiser aimed at enriching our ITEA community.

With a donation of only $27, you can contribute towards a more uplifted outdoor space for our students and faculty. We are raising funds for a new picnic table to create a more accessible outdoor environment! This is more than just a table — it will serve as a welcoming space where students and faculty can gather, share ideas, take a peaceful break in nature and cultivate meaningful connections — all in celebration of Sandy’s spirit.

https://itea.populiweb.com/router/donate?donate_page_id=2

06/20/2025

is here! 🌞
The Fire Element and Summer are all about our connection to joy, vitality, love and the expansion of nature. It’s in these moments we can appreciate the sun’s peak, the heat of yang energy and the inner spark each of us can shine and share with others. ❤️

06/05/2025

Hello from ! 🇮🇪
Many graduates, faculty and staff from ITEA are attending the Fine Tuning Yourself as an Instrument Retreat, an international multi-day program bringing together over 50 practitioners and students from around the world. 🌍

We are excited for this wonderful opportunity to connect, and share our knowledge and love for this medicine!

05/31/2025

Spring to Summer Clinic Refresh 🌱 ➡️ 🌸
The ITEA Clinic is closed May 29th through June 8th for a seasonal pause and reset. We welcome you back on June 9th to eco-friendly cleaned carpets and other glow ups. 🪄✨
It’s important to us that our bustling, wait-listed Clinic gets some extra TLC throughout the year too!

Our free Wednesday Community Clinic is closed June 4th and will reopen June 11th in service to all.

Thanks for your understanding.
Art by Oamul Lu

05/16/2025

Graduate and Practitioner Workshop
July 19-20, 2025 at ITEA

Join Hilary, along with ITEA graduates and
CFEA practitioners, for point location, pulse taking,
practice management discussion, consults,
treatment planning and more.

Learn more and register: itea.edu

Day 1: for all ITEA graduates

Day 2: for licensed ITEA graduates and
other licensed CFEA practitioners

Licensed ITEA practitioner graduates are invited
to attend both days