25-26 April 2026 | Auckland, New Zealand
Location: 1066 Great North Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM each day
Tuition: $475
Lunch: BYO lunch; tea provided
Parking: Paid & free street parking available
CPD: 14 hours
Each weekend explores one of the four Complement Channel systems — Sinews, Luo, Divergents, and the Extraordinary Vessels — creating a study of the channels of acupuncture. With all of these, you will be able to treat every patient that walks through your door.
While individual weekends can be attended, it is highly advised to take the series in its entirety. This is mainly because, as you begin working with these channels, you won’t need to use any other ways of previously working with the channels of acupuncture. Mixing can lead to confusion and a diluting of the treatment itself. Therefore, you need all of them.
Reading for the Class
Required:
Illustrations of the Complete Acupuncture Channel System – This is essential for the class. You can use either a hardcopy or a PDF. It contains all the channel illustrations aka maps of the trajectories.
Get it directly from the website of Ann Cecil-Sterman
Recommended (Optional):
Advanced Acupuncture: A Clinic Manual – This is the full clinic manual. It’s not required for class, but it’s useful if you want to explore more in-depth reference material.
View or purchase here
The Extraordinary Channels
The Extraordinary channels are the deepest channels of the body, as deep as the bones. They carry the blueprint for this lifetime. With these channels, we can treat disharmony occurring in the first seven years of life.
Structure:
Day 1 Theory
Where the channels are distributed.
What is the full expression of each of these channels?
What happens when there is a block on this expression?
Channels pathways
Diagnosis by pulse diagnosis
Diagnosis by inquiry
Live treatment demonstration
Day 2 Practical
Extraordinary needling technique
Practice on each other
The Complement Channel Series – Terms & Conditions (Single Workshop Bookings)
Welcome to The Complement Channel Series. By enrolling in an individual workshop, you agree to the following terms and conditions.
1. Workshop Dates, Location & Schedule
Workshops are held in Auckland, New Zealand on the following dates:
22–23 November 2025 – Sinews Channels- 28–29 February 2026 – Luo Channels
- 28–29 March 2026 – Divergent Channels
- 25-26 April 2026 – Extraordinary Channels
Location: 1066 Great North Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland
Daily schedule: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. (Short lunch break, BYO; tea breaks provided)
2. Tuition & Payment
- Workshop fee: $475 per workshop (incl. GST)
- Full payment is required at the time of booking to secure your place.
- Each workshop is booked and paid for individually.
Booking a workshop does not constitute enrolment in the full series, and there are no package deals or payment plans.
3. Nature of the Training
- Each workshop may be attended as a standalone educational experience.
- Collectively, the workshops form a complete system of Complement Channel training; however, participants may choose to attend individual classes without obligation to attend all four.
4. Attendance, Transfers & Future Rounds
- If you are unable to attend a workshop you have booked, you may request to attend the same workshop in a future round, subject to availability and at the instructor’s discretion.
- Access to future rounds is a courtesy, not a guarantee.
- Workshop content is not guaranteed to be repeated outside of scheduled dates.
5. Refund & Cancellation Policy
- Cancellations more than 7 days before the workshop start date:
You may request either:- a refund of the workshop fee less any non-refundable payment processing fees, or
- a credit to attend the same workshop in a future round (subject to availability).
- Cancellations within 7 days of the workshop start date:
No refunds are available. - Non-attendance on the day:
No refunds are provided.
All refunds, where approved, will be processed via the original payment method.
6. Workshop Changes
The instructor reserves the right to make reasonable changes to workshop dates, schedule, content sequencing, or location if necessary.
Participants will be notified as early as possible of any changes.
If a workshop is cancelled by the instructor, participants will be offered either:
- a full refund, or
- a credit toward a future workshop.
7. Liability Disclaimer
- Workshops are educational and for professional development purposes.
- The instructor and The Acupuncture Sanctuary are not liable for any direct or indirect loss, injury, or damage arising from participation.
- Participants are responsible for their own health, wellbeing, and professional conduct.
8. Practice During Workshops
- Most participants will be registered acupuncturists with the Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand (CMCNZ) and are permitted to practise acupuncture. Registered participants may practise on each other during workshops.
- Individuals who are not licensed acupuncturists may participate as Channel Practitioners, which allows them to:
- receive treatment from registered acupuncturists
- perform massage, Gua Sha, and remote channel treatments on other participants
- All participants are responsible for practising safely and within the scope of their professional training.
The instructor and The Acupuncture Sanctuary are not liable for any loss, injury, or damage arising from practice exercises during the workshop.
9. Acceptance of Terms
By enrolling in an individual Complement Channel workshop, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms and conditions.