NEW: EV Book!

Enhance Your Clinical Skills and Expand Your Palpatory Abilities

Coming Late 2025: Engaging Vitality: Fundamentals

Many acupuncturists rely primarily on patient reports and basic diagnostic methods to guide their treatments. Engaging Vitality: Fundamentals introduces a comprehensive set of palpatory tools that can provide additional, objective feedback during clinical practice.

What is Engaging Vitality?

Engaging Vitality (EV) is a systematic approach to palpation that helps practitioners detect changes in qi, blood, and fluids during treatment. Rather than working solely from theoretical frameworks, these techniques allow you to gather real-time information about how the body responds to your interventions.

Practical clinical applications of Engaging Vitality include:

  • Enhanced point location - Use palpatory feedback to identify which points are most active for each individual patient

  • Real-time treatment feedback - Monitor how the body responds as you treat, allowing for immediate adjustments

  • Channel assessment - Directly evaluate which channels are open, restricted, or most connected to the patient's problem

  • Treatment confirmation - Know when you've achieved the therapeutic response you're seeking

  • Reduced guesswork - Make clinical decisions based on tangible palpatory findings

Expert Authors with Proven Experience

Dan Bensky and Chip Chace dedicated decades to developing and refining these techniques, blending insights from Traditional East Asian Medicine with osteopathic palpatory methods. Their approach has been taught to hundreds of practitioners worldwide.

Comprehensive Coverage:

The book covers five core EV techniques:

  • Shape of Qi - Assessing qi quality and responsiveness

  • Qi Signal Assessment - Using energetic signatures for diagnosis and point selection

  • Listening - Identifying areas of restriction through palpation

  • Yang Rhythm - Working with the body's inherent rhythmic motion related to the normal qi

  • Fluid Body Assessment - Evaluating the deeper physiological aspects of the fluids

Evidence from Practice

Each technique includes detailed explanations of what you'll feel, how to interpret findings, and step-by-step integration into your existing practice. Clinical case studies demonstrate real-world applications across a variety of conditions.

Who Will Benefit:

This book is valuable for practitioners who want to:

  • Enhance their clinical toolkit with objective assessment tools

  • Develop more precise needling techniques

  • Gain confidence in point selection and treatment planning

  • Deepen their understanding of traditional concepts through direct experience

A Practical Resource

Whether you're looking to refine your existing skills or explore new approaches to assessment and treatment, Engaging Vitality: Fundamentals offers practical techniques that can be gradually integrated into any style of practice.

Available Late 2025. Sign up now and be among the first to learn about these groundbreaking techniques.

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