Upcoming NSEV Extraordinary Vessel Weekend Workshops

Our next workshop will be in Port Charlotte, FL March 23-24, 2019.

Each workshop is Saturday and Sunday 10-6pm with a 1 hour lunch break.

• Port Charlotte, FL March 23-24, 2018

*Click on date above to see brochure*

To Register: call 513-834-8173 or email esly@caldwellacupuncture.com

Pricing: $300 early bird (1 month before the workshop) $350 regular registration

$300 Early Bird

$350 Regular Registration

14 NCCAOM PDAs & California CEUs approved for acupuncturists

What is NSEV Acupuncture?

Created by Daniel Atchison-Nevel, the Non-Somatic Extraordinary Vessel (NSEV) system of healing works with the Eight Extraordinary Vessels.

The Eight Extraordinary Vessels are primordial fields within us that represent at a fundamental level how we relate to ourselves and to the world around us. They are the principle vehicles with which we seek to achieve greater harmony with ourselves and with the world.  As pathways they are separate and distinct from the 12 meridians commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. These 12 meridians are the rivers of energy within us and the extraordinary vessels are the great seas or reservoirs of internal energy that feed into these rivers.

The NSEV acupuncture tradition encompasses not only all aspects of clinical treatment but is also a complete philosophy of health that integrates mind, body and spirit. It addresses an individual’s core functional patterns to achieve optimal health.

You can learn more about the lineage here: www.nsevhealing.com

About the Instructor:

Esly Caldwell LAc has been practicing acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for a decade and is a senior certified NSEV instructor. He apprenticed directly under NSEV founder Daniel Atchison-Nevel for two years at his Miami Beach practice.   Esly is passionate about the use of NSEV treatments for personal cultivation as well as to treat his patients.  He teaches NSEV workshops around the country.

Why take this workshop?

The Extraordinary Vessels are among the most mysterious and mystical aspects of Chinese Medicine.  Not much is usually taught about them in acupuncture schools.   Taoist and Qi Gong lineages often include practices oriented to a few of the vessels; although few address all the vessels as comprehensively as this system.

The NSEV model is a healing system that has profound implications for professional work with clients, personal healing, and spiritual cultivation.

This workshop will be an opportunity to learn a powerful model with which to treat clients and to explore the mind-body connection for yourself.  The workshop will cover NSEV palpation diagnostics, treatment combinations, and the use of cupping, guasha, rolling, and moxa to treat the vessels.

Personal use of NSEV treatments can be utilized to enhance all other mind body, bodywork and cultivation practices you already work with.  Professional NSEV treatments can be used to increase your effectiveness as a healer, to enhance the treatments you give, and to help clients integrate treatments more deeply.

For massage therapists, medical qi gong practitioners, yoga therapists, chiropractors and other healers,this workshop will give you tools (non-needle techniques include magnets, cupping, rolling, guasha and moxibustion) that you can immediately use to enhance the treatments you give others and also to enhance your own mind body connection.

For acupuncturists, the NSEV treatments and model can be helpful in the following situations:

1. When clients are not responding well to conventional acupuncture treatments
2. When clients have opposite reactions to conventional acupuncture treatments
3. When clients are getting worse with conventional acupuncture treatments
4. When clients are exhibiting the chasing syndrome, with signs and symptoms moving from one organ system and channel to another
5. When clients have a large amount of vague and diffuse symptoms, that cross over into multiple organ systems and channels
6. When the clients non-somatic signs and symptoms closely match the signs and symptoms of the extraordinary vessel
7. When clients express or language their symptoms in a way that closely matches the associations with the vessels
8. For any and all mood disorders including depression

Past workshops:

Santa Cruz, CA September 8-9, 2018

Columbus, OH October 27-28, 2018

Boston, MA April 2017

Boston, MA Dec 2016

Miami, FL August 2016

Workshop Testimonial:

“I took Esly Caldwell’s Extraordinary Vessel workshop this past April. I have been practicing acupuncture for over 20 years and knew a little about the EVs but this workshop excited me about this work more than anything I have studied in the past 10 years.

I had a toxic poisoning from mold 5 years ago which left me with chronic headaches and pain on the roof of my mouth. At the end of each class Esly gives a treatment to all the students on the same vessel. He didn’t know my history and the first treatment was incredibly profound. The pain on the roof of my mouth disappeared. After 3 days of classes and 3 treatments, my headaches went away and haven’t really returned. I am blown away by the EVs. I want to learn as much as possible about them. They are mysterious, deep and profound.

Esly’s teaching was clear, simple but effective. He is warm, accessible and patient with our endless questions. I think Esly is an amazing teacher. I can’t wait to take another class with him.

I have been using the EVs in my treatment room with positive results ever since. I am eager to learn more so that I can help patients as much as I have been helped by the EVs.”

~ Margaret Rydings LAc, Boston, MA

Here is a brief description of each of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels:

1. Yang Weimeans “Outer Gate.”It is the context in which we find ourselves.  It is the outermost part of us, our primary interface with the external world.   The Yang Wei is involved with protection, boundaries, and surface tension and its sphere of influence is the neck and shoulders.  Common conditions we might treat with the Yang Wei include: headaches, neck and shoulder stiffness, airborne allergies, and mood swings.
2. Dai—The Dai is our persona, it is how we express ourselves in the world.When the Dai is constricted and we can no longer freely express ourselves it manifests as tension just below the surface.  Its sphere of influence is around the waist and down and around the inside of the shoulder blades. Common conditions we may treat with the Dai include: TMJ, fibromyalgia, depression, painful periods, quick temper, and auto-immune diseases.
3. Yin Weimeans “Inner Gate”.  It is the Vessel involved with assimilation and processing of all that we experience.  Its sphere of influence is down and around the lower border of the rib cage.   Common conditions we may treat with the Yin Wei include: eating disorders, anxiety, depression, vomiting, morning sickness, loss of appetite, and irritable bowel disease.
4. Chong – Chong means “Womb.”It aids in incorporation and integration into the deepest level of our being.  The Chong is the province of the mystical and spiritual states of consciousness.  Common conditions we may treat with the Chong include: menstrual disorders of all kinds, infertility, postpartum issues, and abdominal pain.
5. Du – The Du is the storehouse of all the Yang energy in our bodies.It flows along the spine and is involved with the functional aspects of our nervous system.  The Du gives us the capacity to focus and the determination to push forward in life. Common conditions we may treat with the Du include: low back pain, insomnia, headaches, and neck pain.
6. Yang Qiao – The Yang Qiao is involved with access and distribution of yang energy throughout our bodies.The Yang Qiao helps us move gracefully through transitions in life.  Common conditions we may treat with the Yang Qiao include: drug withdrawals, migraines, shoulder pain, hypertension, and headaches.
7. Ren – The Ren is the storehouse of all the Yin energy in our bodies.  It is the Mother energy within us and gives us the awareness of our interconnection with all beings. Common conditions we may treat with the Ren include: immune support, chronic upper respiratory infections, infertility, hormonal imbalances, hot flashes, and stiff neck.
8. Yin Qiao – The Yin Qiao is involved with the access and distribution of yin energy throughout our bodies.Like the Yang Qiao, it helps us move gracefully through transitions in life.  Common conditions we may treat with the Yin Qiao include: irregular or painful ovulation, incontinence, eye aches or pains, and arm or leg tremors.