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Enrollment in individual classes and certification programs

• Students may take individual classes as desired or work toward completion of certification programs.

• The programs allow students the flexibility and freedom to construct individualized programs from a variety of foundation and multi-modality healing arts classes.

• Individual classes or programs may be entered at any time during the year.

• There is no required sequence in which classes must be taken.

• The Academy strongly recommends that students pursuing the 100-Hour Animal Acupressure Certification Program include the two foundation classes of Animal Acupressure: The Five Elements and Animal Acupressure: Meridians & Powerful Points.

• All classes are two-day, 14 credit hours, $240 tuition.

• Payments for classes within a certification program are made incrementally, class by class, rather than paying the total cost of the program up front.

• Total cost of the 100-Hour Animal Acupressure Certification Program is $1,680.

• Total cost of the 50-Hour Advanced Animal Acupressure Certification Program is $720.

• A $50 deposit is required to reserve a space in each class. Deposits are fully refundable if a class is cancelled, or if a student cancels his or her registration within three days of the class.

• A certificate of completion is provided for each class, and a 100 hour and 50 hour certification is provided at the completion of each program.

• Upon completion of a certification program, any class taken within that program may be repeated for $120 per class.

• Students wishing to complete both the 100-hour and 50-hour advanced programs concurrently may do so. Completion of both programs simply requires taking a total of ten classes (which may include two Apprenticeship Training classes) and completing the respective 100 and 50 hour program requirements.

Academy Animal Acupressure Training Curriculum

Fifteen individual classes constitute the core curriculum of the Animal Acupressure Training Academy. Classes are categorized as either foundation or modality classes.

Click on the Classes tab (above) for a full description of each class.

Foundation Classes

Acupressure for Animals: The Five Elements

Acupressure for Animals: Meridians & Powerful Points

Acupressure for Animals: Extraordinary Vessels

Taoist Alchemy: The Five Spirits

Assessment: Coming to Your Senses

Healing Arts Modality Classes

Heart & Art of Animal Healing Sessions

Tui Na for Animals

CrainoSacral for Animals

Jin Shin Jyutsu for Animals

Jin Shin Jyutsu 2 for Animals

Shen Tao Qigong for Animals

Reiki for Animals & Humans

Reiki 2 for Animals & Humans

Animal Hospice: Dancing to the End of the Song

100-Hour Animal Acupressure Certification Program Requirements

There are two options for the 100-Hour Animal Acupressure Certification Program:

Option 1

• Six classes (84 classroom hours)

• Apprenticeship Training (14 hours)

• Consultation (2 hours, no cost)

This option includes Apprenticeship Training, which is an independent study project designed by the student and approved by the instructor. Student and instructor work in collegial fashion though email correspondence and phone conversations to achieve the scope and intent of the project. No classroom time is required in Apprentice Training.

The Consultation (2 credit hours, no cost) is designed to review the student's program strengths and future direction for deepening into working with animals.  

Students receive a 100-hour certificate of completion for the program.

Option 2

• Seven classes (98 class hours)

• Clinical Practice Sessions

• Consultation (2 hours, no cost)

This option offers the alternative of taking a seventh class rather than Apprenticeship Training.

Clinical Practice is comprised of documenting ten energy-harmonizing sessions with animals, based on a simple form and guidelines provided by the Academy. The intent of clinical practice sessions is bring all of the student’s knowledge and skills acquired in the program to working independently with animals. 

The Consultation (2 credit hours, no cost) is designed to review the student's program strengths and future direction for deepening into working with animals.

Students receive a 100-hour certificate of completion for the program.

50-Hour Advanced Animal Acupressure Certification Program

A prerequisite of the 50-hour advanced certification program is completion of:

• Animal Acupressure: The Five Elements

• Animal Acupressure: Meridians & Powerful Points

Requirements for the 50-Hour Advanced Animal Acupressure Certification Program are:

• Two classes (28 classroom hours)

• Apprenticeship Training (14 hours)

• Clinical Practice (7 hours, no cost)

• Consultation (1 hour, no cost)

This option includes Apprenticeship Training, which is an independent study project designed by the student and approved by the instructor. Student and instructor work in collegial fashion though email correspondence and phone conversations to achieve the scope and intent of the project. No classroom time is required in Apprentice Training.

Clinical Practice is comprised of documenting seven energy-harmonizing sessions with animals, based on a simple form and guidelines provided by the Academy. The intent of clinical practice sessions is bring all of the student’s knowledge and technique from the program to working independently with animals.

The Consultation is designed to review the student's program strengths and future direction of deepening into working with animals.  

Students will receive a 50-hour advanced certificate of completion for the program.

Total 50-HourAdvanced  Program Cost: $720