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Middle Way Acupuncture Institute
321 West Washington St. #334
Mt. Vernon, WA, 98273
360-336-6129
Accreditation
MAI is approved by the Washington State Department of Health, Health Professions, Acupuncture Program and is licensed under Chapter 28C.10.
Mission
The mission of Middle Way Acupuncture Institute is to develop competent and dedicated acupuncture practitioners who will serve the community by providing quality health care.
This is accomplished by a curriculum that is nature-based, integrating differing styles of acupuncture that practitioners can skillfully implement, and collaborating with other healing modalities to fully address the health needs of each patient.
Evolution
The Program has evolved from an apprenticeship program for working adults who desire to make a transition to another profession.
It is set up in 32 monthly sessions of three weekend days each, with a clinical program in the third year.
In the final four months of the clinical portion, four additional three-day sessions will be provided in advance of the State testing process which occurs at the end of the 36-month program.
Location
Middle Way Acupuncture Institute
Located in beautiful downtown Mt. Vernon, Washington on the third floor of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op Building at: 321 West Washington Street, Suite #334
Please Call Us At: 360-336-6129
Middle Way Acupuncture Institute is a small school located 100 miles north of Seattle in Mt. Vernon, WA
Middle Way Acupuncture Institute offers a nature-based acupuncture training program, as this was the original setting from which acupuncture developed. Initially, training is geared towards the study of the natural world through the changing seasons, so that an experiential understanding of the elements as a cyclical process based on balance and harmony is developed. This, then, becomes the foundation from which the study of acupuncture proceeds.
The Middle Way Acupuncture Institute has been admitted to institutional candidacy status and is in the process of seeking accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM), which is the recognized accrediting agency for freestanding institutions and colleges of acupuncture or Oriental medicine that offer such programs. ACAOM is located at 14502 Greenview Drive, Suite 300B, Laurel, MD 20708; phone 301/313-0855; fax 301/313-0912.
Graduating from a school in candidacy status confers upon the student the same benefits as graduating from a fully accredited school.
The MAI or vessels in Chinese thought refer to the pathways through which blood and qi flow out from the heart to supply and inform the rest of the body-mind-spirit. We believe Middle Way Acupuncture Institute serves the same function in our community, so we have adopted the initials and character to represent our school.