An academic institution that makes an impact in the real world.

From a small healing arts clinic founded in 1975, Tai Sophia Institute has grown to become a preeminent academic institution for wellness-based education, clinical care, research, and public policy discourse. Our integration of eastern and western thinking has empowered and transformed individuals, organizations and communities.

Today, we also keep a keen eye on the demands of the business world. Our graduates learn about building a clinical practice, being a healing presence, and being a catalyst for change in all domains of life. Students come to us from many different paths and use the knowledge and experience they gain here to bring renewed passion to a career they have already chosen or, more often, to reach out into a new direction.

Upon graduating, students in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine often open their own clinical practices or join existing groups. Those in Applied Healing Arts venture forth into anything and everything from healthcare to law, business to education.

Vision:

Rooted in nature and timeless wisdom, Tai Sophia Institute will be an anchoring academic institution for a global wellness community that enables all of us to practice the arts of living and dying.

Mission:

Tai Sophia Institute is a graduate school for the healing arts and sciences characterized by our values-driven learning community and our commitment to shape the future of healthcare through personal and public service.

Our transformative and relationship-centered programs and services integrate the timeless wisdom of nature and ancient healing traditions with contemporary knowledge to develop practitioners and leaders capable of creating and sustaining individual and community wellness.

Values:

All members of Tai Sophia Institute's community - faculty, staff, administration, and students will:

* Operate from an acknowledgement and declaration of Oneness.
* Use nature and the rhythms of the earth as a guide in teaching our students and one another.
* Foster and teach the deep sensory skills that allow us to observe ourselves and others.
* Recognize that healing occurs in relationship and is more than the implementation of a treatment technique.
* Continue our learning in the presence of one another, acting not as truth-tellers but as guides for mutual self-discovery.
* Honor the individual gifts of each member of our community and hold one another in the highest possible regard.
* Honor the diversity of all healing and philosophical traditions and build upon the common foundation that joins them at the deepest level.
* Cultivate the next generation of teachers and leaders within the community to serve the mission and ongoing life of the institution.
* Make all judgments and decisions in the context and light of the seven (past three, future three, and present) generations.
* Ground all of our actions in honesty and integrity.
* Cultivate the ability to observe ourselves and our intentions to enable us to take responsibility for our learning, actions, and well-being.
* Be coachable: able to give, receive, and effectively respond to feedback.
* Take the time to listen deeply to one another - making sure we hear one another and are being heard.
* Consciously and courageously use our words, presence, and touch as instruments of healing - with deep respect, thoughtfulness, and compassion.
* Hold healing in partnership with illness and death. Embrace all aspects of life as part of healing and health.
* Acknowledge and engage in self-reflection and transformative practice as keys to healing and healing presence.
* Recognize that there is no Tai Sophia independent of the individuals who make up the Institute.