INSPIRING CONFIDENCE
CREATING BALANCE
MOTIVATING EVOLUTION
Based on a long lineage of ancient, authentic teachings, the Tan Academy of Balance is passionate about education in the Wǔ Shù-Fire Arts 五术/五術 and the Sān Cái-Three Treasures 三才 of Balance: Astrology, Feng Shui and Classical Chinese medicine. The Acupuncture focus is Channel Theory, particularly Balance Method, a highly specialized area of Acupuncture known for its instant and efficient results.
The founder, Dr. Sonia F. Tan BA, BA(H), DTCM Dip, DAOM, R.Ac., R.TCM.P., is one of the few Certified Gold Level practitioners of the Balance Method under the late Grandmaster Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan. With the blessings of fellow Senior 16 Students to pass on the legacy, Dr. Sonia F. Tan evolved the curriculum and coined the term Balance System Acupuncture, to which she continues to refine the knowledge and application in her teachings worldwide.
Woon-Yew Tan
Dr. Sonia F. Tan
Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan
A TAN LEGACY
Dr. Sonia F. Tan, DAOM, R.Ac., R.TCM.P. is a second generation Chinese Metaphysician, proudly following in the footsteps of her Grandfather, the late Woon-Yew Tan.
She is a direct and first graduating class disciple of the late Grandmaster Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan.
Sonia is a certified practitioner of Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology, under Chinese metaphysics Master Marlyna Los, and has also trained with Master Joseph Yu and other metaphysics Masters.
WHY STUDY WITH
DR. SONIA F. TAN
DAOM, RAC, RTCMP & her teaching team?
Learn from and be inspired by a dynamic, engaging, clear and credible teacher & her certified teaching team, who are passionate about passing the knowledge on
Improve your clinical outcomes with higher efficiency and more consistent, quicker results
Discover an effective, logical system for the application of acupuncture, and a community of like-minded colleagues to grow your knowledge in this revolutionary practice
Integrate the knowledge of the San Cai – Three Essences of Life Balance (Astrology, Feng Shui and Chinese Medicine) and the practice of a classical Chinese medicine doctor
Enlighten & align to both the logical & spiritual sides of Chinese medicine & metaphysics, an be a part of an authentic lineage
UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS
Certificate program – Balance System Acupuncture Level 5: Five Phases System. *Online option available.
Cohort 7
Certificate program – Balance System Acupuncture Level 6: Balance in the Seasons. *Online option available.
Cohort 7
Eight Extra Channels and Vessels mentorship with Dr. Yvonne Farrell. Strategies for treating psycho-emotional pain and surviving adversity. The Eight Extraordinary Vessels (8EV) Seas Transporters with Luos, Sinews, Divergents and Earth school. Held in-person only.
Cohort 3. Module 2: Luos.
The Foundations of Balance Acupuncture in a combined three-day course of Levels 1+2 Single and Multiple Systems Balance Acupuncture! Effective and east to use pain, musculo-skeletal and internal medicine strategies you can put to use right away! In-person only. Organized by the Renata Vitovjakova and hosted in Manchester, UK.
Course qualifies as prerequisite levels for entry into the Balance System Acupuncture Certificate program at Tan Academy of Balance Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Cohort entries are September every year.
Certificate program – Balance System Acupuncture Level 7: Combinations and Cases. *Online option available.
Cohort 7
Education in the Balance of the Three Essences of Life
Mind
Heaven
Chinese Astrology
Body
Humankind
Balance System Acupuncture, Channel Theory and Chinese Medicine
Spirit
Earth
Feng Shui
Doctors in ancient China were educated and practiced in all the Three Essences of Life in order to create whole life balance for a person. Dr. Sonia F. Tan DAOM, R.Ac., R.TCM.P. follows in these footsteps of her family and teachers, and the lineage of the original way of health care.
"You can't stop the waves but you can learn how to surf"
John Kabat-Zinn
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