Live Courses

2024 Live Courses:

December 2024

December 21^st, 2024 – Acupressure: The First Needle

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod L.Ac.
• Mind Body Institute – Nashville, TN
• Cost: $165
• Credits: 7 CEs NCBTMB & NCCAOM Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists
• 9am – 5pm

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December 22^nd, 2024 – Gua Sha: Scraping for Wind

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod L.Ac.
• Mind Body Institute – Nashville, TN
• Cost: $75
• Credits: 3 CEs NCBTMB & NCCAOM Approved
• 9am – 12pm

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2025 Live Courses:

March 2025

March 29^th & 30^th, 2025 – Advanced Clinical Anatomy: Lower Extremity & Anterior Torso

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 14 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $300
• Time: 9am – 5pm

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April 2025

April 19^th, 2025 – Acupressure: The First Needle

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $165
• Time: 9am – 5pm

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April 20^th, 2025 – Practical Body Mechanics [aka Tai Chi Body Mechanics]

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 6 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $150
• Time: 9am – 4pm

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May 2025

May 3^rd & 4^th – Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle: Anatomy, Assessment & Treatment

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Potomac Massage Training Institute – Silver Springs, MD
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists, NCCAOM Approval Pending]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm
• This course will cover the manual therapy treatments of the shoulder, if you are an LAc and want to cover the needling techniques for the shoulder, you will need to take the third day listed below [technically a separate course]

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May 5^th – Practical Orthopedic Acupuncture: The Shoulder

This is the 3^rd day of the above Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle series focusing on the use of needles to treat the shoulder from an orthopedic perspective. It is required that you have taken the Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle course before taking this course.

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Potomac Massage Training Institute – Silver Springs, MD
• Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM Approval Pending for Licensed Acupuncturists]
• Cost: $175
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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May 17^th & 18^th – Advanced Clinical Anatomy: Upper Extremity & Back

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC School of Advanced Bodywork – Charlotte, NC
• 14 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $300
• Time: 9am – 5pm

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June 2025

June 21^st & 22^nd – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Lower Extremity

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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June 28^th & 29^th – Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle: Anatomy Assessment & Treatment

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists, NCCAOM Approval Pending for Licensed Acupuncturists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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June 30^th – Practical Orthopedic Acupuncture: The Shoulder

Must take Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle first to take this course.

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
• Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM Approval Pending for Licensed Acupuncturists only]
• Cost: $175
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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July 2025

July 26^th & 27^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Bodymechanics School of Massage – Tumwater, WA
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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August 2025

August 2^nd & 3^rd – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Upper Extremity

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Bodymechanics School of Massage – Vancouver, WA
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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August 16^th & 17^th – Less Thumbs, More Prosperity

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists Only]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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August 23^rd & 24^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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September 2025

September 4^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
• Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $175
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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September 5^th – Acupressure: The First Needle

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
• Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $165
• Time: 9am – 5pm

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September 13^th & 14^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Holistic Massage Training Institute – Baltimore, MD
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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October 2025

October 4^th & 5^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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October 18^th & 19^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: NC School of Advanced Bodywork- Charlotte, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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October 25^th & 26^th – Less Thumbs, More Prosperity

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists Only]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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October 27^th [Monday] – Ethics & Personal Safety

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
• Credits: 6 CEUs
• NCBTMB Approved [3 CEs Ethics, 3 CEs Professional Development for Massage Therapists]
• NCCAOM Approved [3 CEs Ethics, 3 CEs Safety for Licensed Acupuncturists]
• Cost: $150
• Time: 9am – 4pm

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November 2025

November 8^th & 9^th – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Upper Extremity

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Mind Body Institute – Nashville, TN
• Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $325
• Time: 9am – 6pm

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November 15^th – Acupressure: The First Needle

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Reflections of Health School of Massage – Johnson City, TN
• Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Cost: $165
• Time: 9am – 5pm

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November 16^th – Bodywork Lotion Making

• Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
• Location: Reflections of Health School of Massage – Johnson City, TN
• Credits: 4 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
• Note: The NC Acupuncture Board will not accept this for renewal credit due to them thinking it’s not relevant to Chinese Medicine despite the NCCAOM approving it without any conditions. Thus, this course can be used for national renewal with the NCCAOM but not NCALB renewal for your state license. Massage Therapists can use it for both state and national renewal.
• Cost: $125
• Time: 9am – 1pm

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*It is the sole responsibility of the practitioner to ensure these courses meet the guidelines for their states CE requirements.