Certificates
Certified in Balance System Acupuncture (BSA) by Dr Shifu Sonia Tan of the Tan Academy of Balance in Vancouver.
Full training equivalence with the Ordre des Acupuncteurs du Québec (OAQ), following a professional upgrading program in the Acupuncture Department of Collège Rosemont in Montreal – fall 2014 to June 2017
U.V 1 “Fundamental Bases and Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine” of the National Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the UFPMTC (Union Fédérale des Praticiens de Médecine Traditionnelle Chinoise) – 2009.
Certified in “Acupuncture, Qi Gong, Dietetics and Taoist Meditation” by the École de la Cour Jaune, for the program successfully completed from June 2004 to June 2009 with Églantine Oudart in Marseille.
Clinical internships
- Collège Rosemont teaching clinic – Fall-Winter 2016-2017 session
- Addiction rehabilitation centre (CRDM, Montreal) – Winter 2017
- Association de Médecine Orientale et d’Acupuncture de Hô-Chi-Minh of Prof. Truong Thin (Vietnam) – January 2013.
- Acupuncture and Qi Gong assistant at the École de la Cour Jaune with Églantine Oudart (Marseille - France) – 2008 to 2009
Humanitarian mission
I went on my first humanitarian mission in April 2026, in Nepal, in collaboration with the French association Himalayan Human Qi (HHQ). I had carried this dream for 20 years… to travel with my acupuncture needles and meet villagers while feeling useful.
Chinese metaphysics
- Advanced annual class for Bazi & FengShui Insights by Marlyna Los (online) December 2025
- Beginners Annual classes for Bazi & FengShui Insights by Marlyna Los (online) January 2021 to 2024
- The Five Phases of Ba Zi Chinese Astrology – More than a beginner’s intro with Dr Howard Chen and Sonia Tan Shifu (online) 2021
- Introduction to Chinese Astrology: An introduction to the basic components of Bā Zì 八字 Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui, with Shifu Sonia Tan (online) 2020
- The Three Essences: The Holistic Harmony of Heaven, Earth and Humankind: An introduction to the integration of Astrology, Feng Shui and Acupuncture with Sonia Tan – Net of Knowledge (online) 2020
Social acupuncture, rooted in solidarity
- Social acupuncture 101 (part 2): “Community acupuncture”. Goal of the training: explore open-space social acupuncture; learn and apply the practical techniques of open-space acupuncture; lay the foundations of a training adapted to the reality of Quebec, with Michael Lium-Hall, R.Ac (Montreal) 2022
- Social acupuncture 101 (part 1): History and background of social acupuncture, understanding why it is such an effective model, learning to work with it and founding your own clinic. 2021
- Application of the Nada protocol (National Acupuncture Detox Association), “Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist Certification”, with Laura Cooley (Montreal) 2019
Energy hygiene and geobiology
- Energy hygiene: becoming aware of the energy dimension of daily life, to gain the tools to take back your power, strengthen your energy integrity and rebuild a stable reservoir of vital energy, with Marjorie of the Fondation de Géosophie (online module) 2023
- Geobiology 101 “Being master of your own home”: geobiology is the science of the health of a place. Like acupuncture, geobiology works with the subtle energy of a place to bring harmony and fluidity into your space, with Mathieu of the Fondation de Géosophie (online module) 2022