Dates: Saturday -Sunday Aug 3-4, 2024
Time: Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Instructor: Brendan Kelly, L. Ac., M. Ac., Acupuncturist and Herbalist
Jade Mountain Wellness Burlington, VT
• Author of The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis
Fee: $300.00 non-refundable
Location: Boston School of Herbal Studies. 168 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773
Using the lens of Chinese medicine, the class will discuss the direct connection between the rapidly warming planet and the inflammation that is a root cause of many diseases. We’ll describe some of the major concepts and traditions in Chinese medicine and how they relate to treating inflammatory conditions. These include Yin/Yang, the Five Phases, the Neurology Tradition and the Schools of Cold and Heat.
The class will also address how local, western herbs can be used within the traditions of Chinese herbal medicine and the vital importance of diet and lifestyle. Finally we’ll discuss how the insights of Chinese medicine can help us understand and effectively treat modern epidemics, including Lyme disease, late-stage neurological Lyme, COVID and long COVID.
Link to register: https://www.bostonherbalstudies.com/classes-1/brendan-kelly-climate-and-inflammation
Brendan Kelly, L. Ac., M. Ac. has a master’s in acupuncture and extensive experience with eastern and western herbs, including in-depth, hands-on experience growing, wildcrafting and medicine making. Since 2004 he has been combining the potency of local, bioregional medicinals with the older, pre-westernized traditions of Chinese medicine. He teaches about natural medicine and environmental issues around the US and Europe and has been a faculty member at Johnson State College/Northern Vermont University in VT, the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in FL and Daoist Traditions in NC. Brendan is part of a multi-disciplinary team lead by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center that in 2024 submitted a proposal to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for him to train acupuncturists to treat long COVID. He is also a long-time student of Dr. Jeffery Yuen, 88th generation Daoist priest and internationally recognized teacher of Chinese medicine.
Brendan is an experienced practitioner of Tai Ch’i Ch’uan having studied weekly for ten years with Wolfe Lowenthal, who was a senior student of Cheng Man Ch’ing, the creator of the Yang style short form. Brendan practices full time at Jade Mountain Wellness, the clinic he founded in Burlington, VT where a major focus of his work is treating complex conditions including Lyme, late-stage neurological Lyme, COVID, long COVID and cancer. His first book “The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis“, published by North Atlantic Books, uses the lens of Chinese medicine to look at the bigger and deeper issues of our warming planet.