Welcome to ITEA

We are in a new era of healthcare — an unprecedented time of blending of 'traditional' Western medicine with a return to Eastern observance and reverence of nature in maintaining health. The lineage of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture (CF-EA) is in demand as one such healthcare discipline, although the number of schools teaching it remains quite small.

CF-EA not only treats physical symptoms, it also brings clarity of mind, and brings the twinkle back into a person’s eye. CF-EA calls this the treatment of the whole person — body, mind, and spirit.

Are you searching for something meaningful? Are you dissatisfied with the life you are leading — the life many people seem to lead— with large corporations, large cities, mass recreation, emphasis on money, individuals getting lost and devalued, and relationships with people and nature being substituted for interaction with mechanical devices? Do something different...change your outlook, change your environment, change your life and the lives of others!

Do Something Different!

Enroll in the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture’s (ITEA’s) program. Learn to observe yourself and others without judgment and without being judged. Learn that there is no real failure — only opportunities for increased learning. Learn that the journey is more important than the destination. Learn to act rather than react. Learn how to listen deeply. Learn how to meaningfully touch the lives of others.

The ITEA program helps you Do Something Different!

As a student you will find acceptance of yourself — of the things you can do well, and the things that require a little more effort— acceptance of your uniqueness and individual personal worth. The ITEA program allows all students to work at their own pace and depth as individuals.

As a graduate, you will make a difference!

As a graduate you will give the highest quality treatment while also bringing your own special set of well-developed skills to clients. You will continue to learn, for the art of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture is forever deepened and honed through experience in practice. You will always be doing something different — you will never be bored. This is the work of a lifetime!
You will lead your clients to "Do Something Different"! Whether your clients have physical complaints, psychological distress, chronic illness or lack core the strength to fully experience life with their bodies, minds and spirits, you will support their healing as their lives change.
You will become a teacher of clients, friends and colleagues. You will develop the ability to see where people struggle against nature and lose personal energy, and will give insight when asked. And this will lead, in a powerful way, to bringing humanity back to nature, to respecting nature, and perhaps, to healing the environment.

If the idea of working with nature, rather than against it, is exciting to you — if you have a desire to work hard, change your life and have fun in the process, ITEA is the school for you! I am confident that you will find our program unparalleled. The dedication, inspiration and passion shown by our board, faculty, administration, students and alumni make me proud to be the President of this school.

Sandra Lillie
President, ITEA