Using Tuning Forks for Sensitive Patients - with David Hartmann [1 day CPD]

Resonance Without Insertion: Tuning Forks, the Eight Principles & Sensitive Systems in Chinese Medicine Practice

How can tuning forks support patients who are sensitive, energetically depleted, or needle-phobic, while remaining rooted in the classical framework of Chinese medicine?

This unique CPD workshop combines vibrational sound therapy with the Eight Principles of diagnosis and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, offering new possibilities for working with subtle energetics in clinical practice.

Designed for practitioners who want to expand their treatment tools without compromising depth or tradition, the day includes rich theory, hands-on learning, and practical application of tuning forks on acupuncture points and meridians.

You’ll explore how tuning forks can:
➡️ Provide a non-invasive alternative for patients who struggle with needling
➡️ Activate & regulate constitutional patterns via the 8 Extraordinary Vessels
➡️ Be used according to TCM diagnostic frameworks
➡️ Frameworks including hot/cold, excess/deficiency, yin/yang
➡️ Support emotional regulation, trauma recovery & spiritual integration

Participants will learn:
✅ What tuning forks are & how they work within East Asian medical theory
✅ The difference between weighted vs unweighted & short vs long forks
✅ Techniques for striking & applying forks to the body / over acup needles
✅ How to integrate forks into your practice as a standalone or complementary method

This course includes:
💻 6 hours of pre-recorded videos (theory, treatments & demos)
🏫 A full day of live, practical training at CICM
📚 A take-home workbook for continued reference

Whether you’re looking to treat patients with trauma, build confidence in working beyond the needle, or simply reconnect with the deeper resonances of your medicine, this workshop offers a grounded and inspiring point of entry.

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📚 Using Tuning Forks for Sensitive Patients
🧑‍🏫 David Hartmann
📆 Sun 21st September 2025
🏫 In person at CICM
💰 £150
🐦 Earlybird £125
👍 Bundle both in-person courses, save an extra £50
✅ Open to CICM alumni, clinic students (but not on a clinic day), & acupuncture community members.

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David is also running a workshop the day before, on Saturday 20th September - Acupuncture Point Combinations for Mental Health - and you can save £50 by booking both Saturday & Sunday in-person September workshops at CICM, together at the same time. And if you purchase via the earlybird rate, that's actually a saving of £100 over all! Please see below for the bundle offer.

The online course that David ran earlier this year, in March 2025 - is also still available as a recording to purchase - looking at the role the Heart, Pericardium, and the Shén play in mental and emotional health, but any of his 3 courses can also be taken as standalone learnings.

Take a look at the info for bookings here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/cpd-courses/using-tuning-forks-for-treating-needle-sensitive-patients/

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David Hartmann lives in Brisbane, Australia and has been practicing acupuncture since 1997. He upgraded his qualifications with a Masters of Acupuncture in 2009.
David has been a Chinese medicine lecturer for 24 years. He has also written two internationally published textbooks on Chinese medicine, written courses, presented at conferences, and done his own stand-alone seminars in fifteen countries around the world. He has also developed online workshops for eleven companies/stores world-wide.

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