Event description

A ten-day hands-on course on the fundamentals of the Shen-Hammer System with Scott Tower at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading in collaboration with A Healing Partnership.

This course offers a rare opportunity to develop advanced skills in pulse diagnosis – the key to Chinese medicine. The Shen-Hammer system provides clear information about both constitution and current pathology, including the specific effects of past injuries, traumas, illnesses, life events and emotions. It can also be used to predict future pathology before it becomes manifest, offering the possibility for truly preventative medicine. Applying this system will transform your practice and have a profound impact on your relationship with your patients.

The structure of this three-part training

Parts 1 and 2 (three days each) The three depths and the six principal and 22 complementary positions are introduced and explained. Also individual pulse qualities, some of which are unique to this system.

Part 3 (four days) Students work directly with selected patients. Scott will first prepare a comprehensive pulse work-up on each patient, then students, in pairs, will have 45 minutes to try to feel what he felt and recorded. This is the only way the pulse can be taught effectively, with direct explanation and feedback about exactly what you are feeling with your fingers. Scott will be available for questions and clarification. In the afternoons, using only the information provided by the pulse, a detailed diagnosis for each patient will be presented. We will then hear the history and current symptoms and integrate this with what the pulse revealed.

To enable direct supervision from this experienced instructor, class size will be limited.
Early registration is strongly recommended.

For further details about this course contact A Healing Partnership
Email pulse@ahealingpartnership.com or call 020 7935 9354

Scott Tower began studying with Dr John Shen in 1986 and sponsored his annual lectures in California for the next 14 years. He has studied pulse diagnosis with Dr Leon Hammer since 1989 and has used this system as his primary means of diagnosis for more than ten years. A senior instructor of the Shen-Hammer pulse system, he teaches regularly in Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Scott is currently practising in London and Hertfordshire.

Course fee

£950 Refunds cannot be made unless a replacement student is found.

Parking and rail travel

Parking is available at the Oracle shopping centre nearby. There is no car parking available at the College. We are a short walk from Reading railway station, at 19 Castle Street. Click here for directions and a map.

Course administration

A Healing Partnership 020 7935 9354