Live Courses

2025 Live Courses:

April 2025

April 19^th – Acupressure: The First Needle

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $165
Time: 9am – 5pm

April 20^th – Practical Body Mechanics [aka Tai Chi Body Mechanics]

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
Credits: 6 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $150
Time: 9am – 4pm

May 2025

May 3^rd & 4^th– Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle: Anatomy, Assessment & Treatment

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Potomac Massage Training Institute – Silver Spring, MD
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm
This course will cover the manual therapy treatments of the shoulder, if you are an LAc and want to cover the needling techniques for the shoulder, you will need to take the third day listed below [technically a separate course]

May 5^th – Practical Orthopedic Acupuncture: The Shoulder

This is the 3^rd day of the above Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle series focusing on the use of needles to treat the shoulder from an orthopedic perspective. It is required that you have taken the Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle course before taking this course.

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Potomac Massage Training Institute – Silver Spring, MD
Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists]
Cost: $175
Time: 9am – 6pm

May 17^th & 18^th – Advanced Clinical Anatomy: Upper Extremity & Back

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC School of Advanced Bodywork – Charlotte, NC
14 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $300
Time: 9am – 5pm

June 2025

June 21^st & 22^nd – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Lower Extremity

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

June 28^th – 29^th – Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle: Anatomy Assessment & Treatment

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists, NCCAOM Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

June 30^th – Practical Orthopedic Acupuncture: The Shoulder

Must take Decoding the Shoulder Puzzle first to take this course.

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists only]
Cost: $175
Time: 9am – 6pm

July 2025

July 26^th & 27^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Bodymechanics School of Massage – Tumwater, WA
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

August 2025

August 2^nd & 3^rd – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Upper Extremity

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Bodymechanics School of Massage – Vancouver, WA
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

August 16^th & 17^th – Less Thumbs, More Prosperity

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists Only]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

August 23^rd & 24^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

September 2025

September 10^th – 12^th – Decoding the Hip Puzzle: Anatomy, Assessment & Treatment

nstructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs for Massage Therapists, 24 CEUs for Acupuncturists [NCBTMB & NCCAOM Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325 | $500
Time: 9am – 6pm

September 13^th & 14^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Holistic Massage Training Institute – Baltimore, MD
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

September 27^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
Credits: 8 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $175
Time: 9am – 6pm

September 28^th – Acupressure: The First Needle

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Kneaded Energy School of Massage – Greensboro, NC
Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $165
Time: 9am – 5pm

October 2025

October 4^th & 5^th – Tui Na: Chinese Bodywork

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC Massage School – Cornelius, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

October 18^th & 19^th – Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: NC School of Advanced Bodywork- Charlotte, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

October 25^th & 26^th – Less Thumbs, More Prosperity

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCBTMB Approved for Massage Therapists Only]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

October 27^th [Monday] – Ethics & Personal Safety

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Waynesville Wellness – Waynesville, NC
Credits: 6 CEUs
NCBTMB Approved [3 CEs Ethics, 3 CEs Professional Development for Massage Therapists]
NCCAOM Approved [3 CEs Ethics, 3 CEs Safety for Licensed Acupuncturists]
Cost: $150
Time: 9am – 4pm

November 2025

November 8^th & 9^th – Practical Orthopedic Assessment: Upper Extremity

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Mind Body Institute – Nashville, TN
Credits: 16 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $325
Time: 9am – 6pm

November 15^th – Acupressure: The First Needle

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Reflections of Health School of Massage – Johnson City, TN
Credits: 7 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Cost: $165
Time: 9am – 5pm

November 16^th – Bodywork Lotion Making

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc
Location: Reflections of Health School of Massage – Johnson City, TN
Credits: 4 CEUs [NCCAOM & NCBTMB Approved for Licensed Acupuncturists & Massage Therapists]
Note: The NC Acupuncture Board will not accept this for renewal credit due to them thinking it’s not relevant to Chinese Medicine despite the NCCAOM approving it without any conditions. Thus, this course can be used for national renewal with the NCCAOM but not NCALB renewal for your state license. Massage Therapists can use it for both state and national renewal.
Cost: $125
Time: 9am – 1pm

*It is the sole responsibility of the practitioner to ensure these courses meet the guidelines for their states CE requirements.