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Learn with Sharon Weizenbaum

Classical Wisdom, Clinical Insight, and Mentorship

Capstone Graduate Mentorship Program ➡

Sharon Weizenbaum brings decades of experience, deep scholarship, and heartfelt clinical insight to the study and practice of Chinese medicine. Through her renowned programs and mentorship opportunities, students are invited into a rich learning environment rooted in classical texts, case-based learning, and a spirit of reverence for the healing tradition. Whether you are expanding your diagnostic skills, refining your herbal knowledge, or seeking guidance from a seasoned teacher, Sharon’s courses offer a rare opportunity to deepen your clinical efficacy and reconnect with the heart of the medicine.

Explore upcoming classes, online study, and in-depth mentorship with one of the field’s most respected educators.

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White Pine Institute Teaching Clinics | 2026

Sharon will be teaching live in 2026 in Portland, Boston, Chicago, Girona Spain, and Tel Aviv Israel. This is a precious opportunity to experience her work in a practical clinical setting.

Washington, DC, In-Person Clinical Rounds Teaching Clinic

Date: July 18-19, 2026 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
Location: 9408 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814 (US)

In Zhāng Zhongjing’s Píng Mài Fǎ, Balancing the Pulse Methods, he wrote:

上工望而知之，中工問而知之，下工脈而知之.

“The first work of the physician is to know through observation.
Next, there is knowing through asking.
Finally, there is knowing through touching the vessels.”

Hence, the intake involves:

  • Looking diagnosis, in which we observe and note the patient’s demeanor, complexion, eye contact, posture, responsiveness, tongue, etc.
  • Asking diagnosis, in which we inquire in a focused way to obtain the information we need.
  • Touching diagnosis, in which we all palpate the pulses and abdomen
  • Listening and smelling diagnosis is often considered the fourth pillar of diagnosis, in which we listen to our patients while listening to resonances, inquiring into ourselves about our impressions and responses to the patient.

From Diagnosis to Method to Formula

After gathering information, Sharon will demonstrate her approach to sorting the information to arrive at and articulate a succinct, reliable diagnosis encompassing the entirety of the patient’s presentation. The diagnostic process is based on the physiology as expressed in the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic and as brought to life by Zhāng Zhongjing in his Shānghán Zábìng Lùn. Sharon will demonstrate how a clear diagnosis, when perceived through classical physiology, reveals the formula pattern that will suit the patient’s pattern. Students will see and participate in Sharon’s entire process from diagnosis to formula writing. Sharon is skilled at deconstructing her process for optimum learning.

Throughout this clinical day, there will be plenty of time for all students to ask questions and get feedback from Sharon on palpation of the pulses and abdomen.

Daily Schedule

9am – 12pm: See patients, teaching abdominal, pulse diagnosis and inquiry diagnosis. Write herbal perscriptions. Q+A

12pm – 1pm: Lunch Break

1pm – 5pm: See patients, teaching abdominal, pulse diagnosis and inquiry diagnosis. Write herbal perscriptions. Q+A

14 “Live” CEUs (NCCAOM & California)

Healthy Seminars

On Demand Courses with Sharon Weizenbaum

Live Healthy Seminars Courses start with a free lecture on a Friday at 12:30pm EST and are followed by two 2-hour Saturday classes from 9:30am to 11:30am. After the Live course is finished, recordings are available as On Demand courses.

The Importance of Blood in Your Obstetric Practice

Completed but recording available!

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If you have had patients who suffer from habitual miscarriage, or issues in pregnancy such as preeclampsia, hyperemesis, premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation, or abdominal pain, this course is for you. In this five-hour course, Sharon will draw from her 40 years’ experience and her in-depth translations to help practitioners understand the physiology of blood in relation to a healthy pregnancy. From physiology, Sharon will give explicit instructions for diagnosing and treating blood pathology in pregnancy, based on classical texts. Zhāng Zhòngjǐng gives us clear instructions on how to see the early warning signs of problems to come so that they may never arise. As practitioners, being confident in our ability to address such issues is part of what makes practice a joy.

Key Intake Skills for Accurate Diagnosis

Completed but recording available!

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When a patient walks into our clinic, we can shape the encounter to build rapport, show compassion, AND get the information we need. Efficiency and warmth often feel at odds: be efficient and risk seeming cold, connect warmly and lose time. After 40-plus years of practice, Sharon has honed an intake process that is streamlined, efficient, and warmly connected. Like yīn-yáng, efficiency and warmth depend on each other.
In this course, Sharon dissolves that false divide. She also helps practitioners understand which questions and explorations are essential, how to ask them, and how they guide the final diagnosis, focusing on these critical areas:

  1. The foundational role of looking for diagnosis according to Zhāng Zhòngjǐng
  2. The subtleties of thirst: why clear information is sometimes hard to get, and how to get it
  3. Digging into urination beyond “how is your urination?” What reveals a patient’s fluid metabolism, and how thirst and urination intertwine
  4. Asking about poops: what aids diagnosis and what details you can ignore
  5. Asking about eating: cravings, sensitivities, fullness, and the nature of discomfort
  6. And much more (sleep, emotions, etc.)

Learning Through Cases: In-depth study of cases for clinical effectiveness

Completed but recording available!

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There are many lessons case studies can teach us, and doctors have been recording their cases as well as their thoughts on the cases for hundreds of years. In this course, Sharon will take students through case records she has translated and discuss the clinical lessons she has learned through them. These include lessons on dosages, combining formulas, herb safety, forbidden herbs, diagnosis, and mistaken treatment.

Sharon will share some of her favorite translated texts on case records as well as a book of her case record translations. She hopes that students can see such works as an essential clinical reference.

All Healthy Seminars Courses

Explore the library of on-demand courses taught by Sharon Weizenbaum on Healthy Seminars. Choose a course below, or go directly to Healthy Seminars. All courses are eligible for CEU/PDA credit and vary in length and number of credits.

On Demand Course Library

Wite Pine Circle

White Pine Circle Courses | 2026

White Pine Circle offers in-depth courses that bring classical Chinese medicine to life through careful study of the texts, clinical application, and rich community learning. Sharon’s teachings at White Pine Circle are known for their clarity, warmth, and practicality, guiding practitioners to deepen both their knowledge and confidence in the clinic.

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Introduction to The Great Turning

On Demand

3 Acupuncture CEUs

This video is the recording of the first class of the two-year White Pine Graduate Mentorship Program. This covers our orientation in time and space as practitioners.

Herb Pair Series: Zhi Shi and Hou Po

On Demand

This is the first class in the White Pine Circle Herb Pair Series, beginning with the foundational herb pair guìzhī and gāncǎo.

This pairing appears throughout the classical canon. Once you understand how these two herbs work together, their action becomes visible across a wide range of formulas.

In this class, we will explore how small, seemingly simple herb pairs function as core therapeutic gestures within larger formulas. These two-herb combinations act as concise “methods” that reappear in many contexts. Learning to recognize them allows practitioners to see formulas more clearly, understand their internal logic, and apply them with greater clinical precision.

Understanding how these small formula units operate within larger formulas is a key foundation for accurate diagnosis, confident prescribing, and flexible clinical thinking.