Practitioner Foundation Certification Curriculum

Thursday

  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Orientation

Introduction and Overview with Manu Butterworth
Landform and Topography - Broadening Perspectives on Forms in Land, Cities, Buildings. Introduction to Mountain Forms with Richard Feather Anderson

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Embodied Cosmology with Joe Davis
Principles, Form and Application with Manu Butterworth

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Floor Plans with Francie McMann
Principles, Form and Application with Manu Butterworth

Friday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Introduction to Mountain Forms & Dragon Veins; Extraordinary Formations in SF Bay Area with Richard Feather Anderson
Embodied Cosmology with Joe Davis

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Embodied Cosmology with Joe Davis
Influences of Roads, Buildings, and Water Features on Dwellings with Richard Feather Anderson

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Floor Plans with Francie McMann
View, WuWei, and ZuoWang with Jacob Newell

Friday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Principles Form & Application with Manu Butterworth
Regional Geomancy: Reading the Story of Place; Analytical process using SF Bay with Richard Feather Anderson

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Eastern Cosmology with Manu Butterworth
Principles Form & Application with Manu Butterworth

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30AM -   5:30PM

Mapping Mountain Dragons - organize teams, demo of reading contour maps, Google Terrain Maps with Richard Feather Anderson - TA's to assist.
Principles Form & Application with Manu Butterworth

Friday

  9:00AM -   1:00PM
  1:30PM -   4:00PM

FIELD TRIP: Understanding How Combinations of Land Forms Create the Essential Character of a Place with Richard Feather Anderson
FIELD TRIP: Recognizing the Energetic Qualities of Yin and Yang and Eco-Habitats in the Landscape with Richard Feather Anderson

Saturday

  9:00AM - 12:00PM
  1:30PM -   4:30PM

Principles, Form and Application with Howard Choy
Floor Plans with Francie McMann

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30AM -   5:30PM

Nine Star Ki with Manu Butterworth
Bazhai & Ming Gua with Manu Butterworth

Friday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Bazhai & Ming Gua with Aelita Leto
Principles, Form and Application with Aelita Leto

Saturday

  9:30AM -   4:30PM

Site Visit - Feng Shui Consult with Aelita Leto

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Introduction to Twelve Earthly Branches and their Associations with Rachael Henrichsen
Almanac Astrology with Manu Butterworth

Friday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Baizhai & Ming Gua with Manu Butterworth
Principles, Form and Application with Manu Butterworth

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Bazhai & Ming Gua with Aelita Leto
Bazhai & Ming Gua with Aelita Leto

Sunday

10:00AM -   4:00PM

Site Visit - Feng Shui Consult with Manu Butterworth

Friday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Bazhai & Ming Gua with Manu Butterworth
Nine Star Ki with Robert Sachs

Saturday

  10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Nine Star Ki with Robert Sachs
Nine Star Ki with Robert Sachs

Sunday

10:30AM -   1:00PM
  2:30AM -   5:30PM

Nine Star Ki with Robert Sachs
Principles, Form and Application with Manu Butterworth

Friday

  9:30AM -   4:30PM

Site Visit - feng shui consult with Aelita Leto

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Baizhai & Ming Gua with Aelita Leto
Principles, Form and Application with Manu Butterworth

Sunday

  9:30AM -   4:30PM

Site Visit - Feng Shui Consult with Manu Butterworth

Friday

  9:30AM -   4:30PM

Site Visit - Feng Shui Consult with Aelita Leto

Saturday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Exam Review with Manu Butterworth
Student Presentation on Local Mountain Dragon Study with Richard Feather Anderson

Sunday

10:00AM -   1:00PM
  2:30PM -   5:30PM

Guided Garden Tour at Hakone Estate and Gardens with Aelita Leto
GRADUATION and Tea Ceremony at Hakone Estate and Gardens