To undertake the journey of studying Traditional Chinese Medicine is to embark on a journey of transformation. This transformation is not only of self, as you learn a complex new paradigm that will change your worldview, but also one of helping to transform our western medical healthcare system. Chinese medicine may be ancient, but it is also timely….and the time is upon us. TCM provides an ancient knowledge that reaches deep into the core of what it means to be human, explores the quality of our relationships, and expounds upon the necessity of balance with our home planet. Chinese Medicine teaches that we are all part of the same microcosmic and macrocosmic systems, striving to maintain a balance that results in health of mind, body and spirit. This is one of the means through which the world can change….through the work of each one of us.