This is the story of my journey to becoming a Certified Acutonics Practitioner and being an ambassador of Acutonics at the American Herbalist Guild’s 33rd Annual Symposium.

What is Acutonics®?

Acutonics is an integrated approach to health care grounded in East Asian Medicine, psychology, science, cosmological studies and sound healing principles. This effective non-invasive methodology works with vibratory energy created through sound. From time immemorial the power of sound has been used to create, generate, transform, and give birth to new ideas and new consciousness.

Using sound and vibration to re-harmonize and attune the human energy field, Acutonics is a non-invasive yet powerful, transformational healing system. It can help address a wide range of ailments from the physical such as gastrointestinal, gynecological, respiratory, musculoskeletal, and neurological to psycho-spiritual, emotional, and psychological distress.

A Bridging Of Worlds

In March of 2022, as I was preparing to write my thesis for my Acutonics certification, I received an email from the American Herbalist Guild announcing their annual Symposium. It sparked a flash of inspiration! Could I somehow incorporate the symposium into a thesis project? After all, it was the study of Herbalism that had led me to Acutonics. The moment passed, and my focus returned to classes and clinic hours. By June 2022, I had completed all but two classes, Hygeia and Fundamentals, and the thesis was looming larger. I entertained doing my thesis on the Ghost Points (I would still like to come up with class/presentation for this) ,but I was struggling to get traction. Then, I received a formal invitation for the Symposium.

With it came another surge of inspiration and the revelation of certain synchronicities. It was the American Herbalist Guild’s 33rd Annual Symposium! 33! And it was being held in Bethesda, Maryland, which is not far from my hometown . Finally, it was scheduled for the weekend of October 22 & 23, which was the time of a very powerful Sun/Venus conjunction. All of these things told me that I was on the right path.

My idea was to be an ambassador and formally introduce Acutonics to the AHG and Herbal world. But first, I needed to contact the AHG and make sure that having a booth and doing mini treatments would be acceptable. I did, and it was! I just had to apply to be a vendor. Empowered that this might be possible, I sent an informal proposal to my teachers, Theresa and Will Morris. Theresa was supportive even though it was atypical and said it was worth a shot. I gathered my thoughts and sent the preliminary proposal to Acutonics HQ. To my great delight and astonishment the proposal was accepted, and incredibly the CEO of Acutonics, Ellen Franklin, PhD would be my advisor! I was elated and whelmed!

I got to work on the project immediately by first listing my reasons for choosing to present Acutonics at the AHG Symposium.

They were:

• The study of herbal medicine is what led me to Acutonics.
• Acutonics is a superlative complementary modality.
• There is a considerable amount of shared philosophy of wellness and epistemology between Acutonics and the other healing modalities represented at the Symposium.
• My presentation would provide awareness of additional resources for healers to enhance their existing protocols.
• The networking potential was tremendous, both personally and for people endeavoring to make positive change in themselves, their communities, and the world.
• The American Herbalist Guild’s Annual Symposium is the main event for Herbalism in the United States and has international attendees. The participants range from curious beginners to world class healers and doctors of multiple disciplines and modalities.
• And finally, the theme of this 33rd Gathering was Energetics, which made this year particularly apropos for Acutonics.

The following was taken from the American Herbalists Guild’s website and helps explain why I chose this organization to share Acutonics with. Many underlying principles align.

American Herbalists Guild Mission

The American Herbalists Guild promotes clinical herbalism as a viable profession rooted in ethics, competency, diversity, and freedom of practice. The American Herbalists Guild supports access to herbal medicine for all and advocates excellence in herbal education.

Vision
The American Herbalists Guild envisions a world where herbal medicine is accessible to all as a core component of health care. We envision a culture of vocational empowerment for aspiring and practicing clinical herbalists, as well as other members of the herbal profession including educators, herbal product makers, herbal business owners, growers, wild-crafters, and formulators.

Values
The American Herbalists Guild honors diversity in the practice of herbal medicine. We equally recognize the validity of traditional herbal practice and modern science-based clinical phytotherapy. As the American Herbalists Guild values the relationship between individual and environmental health, we are dedicated to promoting plant sustainability.

Our Founding Mission:
Honor diversity in herbal medicine, ranging from traditional indigenous models of herbalism to modern clinical phytotherapy.
Establish AHG Registered Herbalist application and approval process as a recognizable standard of competency in botanical medicine.
Encourage the development of high standards of education that promote well-trained professional practitioners who offer high quality herbal care.
Promote ecological health and increase awareness of issues surrounding plant sustainability.
Strengthen the network of support and communication between herbal practitioners nationally and internationally.
Foster high standards of ethics and integrity in the education and the practice of therapeutic herbalism.
Promote cooperation between herbal practitioners and other health care providers, integrating herbalism into community health care.
Serve as a liaison to other professional associations and regulatory agencies.
Promote research in herbal medicine.

To be continued in Parts 2 & 3…

Written by Cody Foor

About the Author

Cody Foor is a Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, a licensed massage therapist, and a Master Instructor in HapKiDo, Qi Gong, and TaiChi. Cody is passionate about being of service and facilitating health and wellness through Acutonics® sound therapy and energy healing.

Cody has been practicing and teaching martial arts and related philosophies for over 40 years. He has practiced massage therapy, acupressure, and energy therapy for over 25 years. Cody has studied Medical Astrology intensively with Dr. Will Morris and uses these considerations to provide the deepest level of service to his clients. With Acutonics®, all of the above modalities and philosophies have come together in a profound whole. He also works with Acutonics® hand chimes, crystals, singing bowls, and tingshas.

In addition, Cody has studied herbalism with a focus on medicinal mushrooms and crafts tinctures and teas.

Certified to Teach:
Acutonics® Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics
Acutonics® Level II: Higher Harmonics and the Inner Nature of Tone

Cody practices Acutonics® as M4energetics in the Atlanta metro area and also offers distance healing/deep relaxation sessions online.

You can reach him here:
m4energetics@gmail.com
https://m4energetics.com