Live Courses
2024 Live Courses:
December 2024
December 21st, 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
December 22nd, 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
2025 Live Courses:
March 2025
March 29th & 30th, 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
April 2025
April 19th, 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
April 20th, 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
May 2025
May 3rd & 4th – 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]
May 5th – Practical Orthopedic Acupuncture: The Shoulder
This is the 3rd 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
May 17th & 18th – 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
June 2025
June 21st & 22nd – 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
June 28th & 29th – 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
June 30th – 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
July 2025
July 26th & 27th – 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
August 2025
August 2nd & 3rd – 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
August 16th & 17th – 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
August 23rd & 24th – 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
September 2025
September 4th – 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
September 5th – 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
September 13th & 14th – 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
October 2025
October 4th & 5th – 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
October 18th & 19th – 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
October 25th & 26th – 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
October 27th [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
November 2025
November 8th & 9th – 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
November 15th – 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
November 16th – 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
*It is the sole responsibility of the practitioner to ensure these courses meet the guidelines for their states CE requirements.