Japanese moxibustion - With James Woodward - Dates: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026

Dates: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026

Times: Saturday 10am- 5pm, Sunday 10am-5pm

Location: The City College of Acupuncture

Cost: £250.00

CPD - 16 hours : All participants will receive a certificate on completion of the workshop, PowerPoint slides, and moxibustion. All equipment and moxa will be supplied.

With James Woodward

This two-day workshop is a practical experience accessible to all styles of traditional acupuncture. Differentiation between types of moxa wool, selecting the grade to different moxa applications. Clinical relevance for chinetsukyu, half rice grain and moxa on the needle. The nuances between density and how it is relaxant to tonifying and dispersing. Half grain moxa is a beginner’s level that will help participants started in half rice practice.

James has trained with a variety of teachers to help broaden his perspective and expertise in moxibustion.

You will learn

Day 1

• What is moxa?

• Difference grades, densities, sizes

• Indications and contractions

• When to use it

• Chinetsukyu

• Soft - tonifying

• Hard - dispersing

• Variation of moxa cone for dispersing.

• Moxa on the needle

Lunch break 1.00pm - 2.00pm

• Half Rice

• Demo broken down

• Practice on metal sheets and tissues (2 ply).

• Making, then burning practice and controlling the burn

• Practice on SP6, ST36

• Practice on a partner

• Combined moxa practice with acupuncture

• The 4 flowers, 6 flowers, arthritis cold invasion

James Woodward LicAc, MBAcC

James qualified at The City College of Acupuncture, achieving his Licentiate Diploma in Acupuncture in 2017, and his Diploma in Tui Na in 2019. He has been a body worker for 15 years, with experience in Swedish massage and aromatherapy since 2008. James is an Acupuncturist and Tui Na massage therapist who specialises in MSK issues, and he is a tutor of Acupuncture and Tui Na at The City College of Acupuncture.

To book, email: jamesholistic@hotmail.co.uk