Cumberland Institute - Continuing Education Division

CE Credits: 8 Hours

Cost: $250 ($295 if registering within 7 days of class)

Five-Element Theory is the foundation on which many Asian bodywork modalities are based, including Acupressure and Shiatsu.  Steve Sommers will describe how the Five Elements emerge from Yin-Yang Theory, and the balancing quality of nature within us.

The Five Elements are associated with external forces of nature as well as internal, human qualities and conditions.  These associations include:

1.  Balanced and extreme emotions, emotional regulation

2.  Organs and Body Systems 

3.  Beliefs adn Attitudes

4.  Seasons of the year

5.  The 24-hour cycle of the day and night

6.  Physical substances which make up our world

7.  The 5 Senses

Discussion will include the interplay of external and internal influences of the Five Elements and how they reveal themselves in the human body, mind, emotions and spirit as well as the cycle and flow of the elements as interconnected and interrelated forces of life and nature.

This is a lecture class; you may want to bring something to take notes with.

Instructor: Steve Sommers, LMFT, LMT

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.