And yes, time certainly does fly. I have completed the acupuncture part of my diploma. The next two years will focus mainly on herbs. Lovely, lovely herbs. Congratulations on the start of your practice and the new teaching position. Fantastic! I’m sure your students will benefit immensely from your creativity and dedication to Chinese medicine. Bravo!

Well, note that the class isn’t just for natural medicine practitioners – but for everyone who has a small business. So, there won’t be any particular teachings that say, “Hey, as a natural medicine practitioner, this is how to reach out to patients.” But, all of Mark’s teachings are fantastic for those of us in the natural medicine professions because they’re really about coming into resonance with the essence of what we do and then effectively communicating that essence, with heart and presence, to our potential patients. I can tell you that implementing his teachings has already brought patients in my door, and has increased the efficacy of my treatments (an unintended effect on his part, and unexpected on mine).

I believe his teachings are the business class we have all been waiting for.

Also – licensing already?! Seems like it was just yesterday that you were getting started, eh? Well, with all of Mark’s courses, the deal is the same. There are live calls with the teaching and questions/discussion, and then those live calls are offered as audio, along with a PDF listing some common questions and the teaching/assignments in text form. It usually comes out rather quickly after the call. The last course I was in, we were encouraged to submit “homework” which was our reflections on the teachings, which Mark got to in future PDF documents.

So, the answer is yes and no. You don’t “have” to get through the teachings in any period of time. Once you buy the course, you can just download the audio and PDFs and go through them at your leisure. However, if you can participate to the degree of at least listening to the recording within a couple of days, you will be able to submit your questions and thoughts about them.

The course I just went through, the Heart of Money, was offered this way. I was able to make some calls, but not others. Those I missed, I learned a tremendous amount from. Those I made, I was able to be a more active contributor.

Regardless, the teachings are very important and, I think, very worth the time – especially for someone about to graduate!

Eric

Darn, I just refreshed my RSS feeds today. Missed the preview teleclass. Questions for you Eric, is this a coaching type of business? I read some of the homepage and I agree, it does sound kind of new-agey. Does it teach you how to reach out to patients that need our help? Also, I have licensing exams at the end of Sept and Nov. GASP, haha. Does the program need to be finished six weeks after Sept 29th?

Cheers!
Katrina

Thanks for your comment. It’s pretty standard practice for bloggers to offer products in this way, and I’ve been doing it since the beginning of my career. Most of the time, it’s obvious (as with Adsense Ads) and sometimes less so. When it is a big purchase decision, as Mark’s course is, I like to make it clear that I am providing the link as an affiliate, which is what I did.

This is one way I can help to cover my costs. I work more than part-time to write quality articles to this blog, not to mention doing the rest of the work involved (back-end work, promotion, networking, answering comments). The blog also has costs associated with hosting, paid design and so on. I have always hoped to make it a profitable enterprise, and will continue to find ways to monetize my content so I can continue to write! I hope you understand this.

I’d be interested to hear more from you on this. What bothers you about my getting a kickback for referring someone to a great product?

Eric

Dude, if you we’re only offering it with no kickback I’d have bought in quickly. Now I gotta go check it all out. I’ve read your blog for two years now and appreciate your journey….if you had just said ~ “this is just for all of you” ~ Did Mark S. teach you that? However, I intend to listen to the Sept. 8 call because the other articles on your site are so soundly beneficial. Sorry ~ this is obviously a first journey response.

Evan- I get it! And don’t worry about the time difference. The calls will be recorded, and available for download within hours after the class concludes- so as soon as you wake up, you can download and listen- although you may want to get breakfast first. :)

Plus, because we’ll be asking you to turn in check-ins each week, that’s where you’ll be able to ask questions, and get them answered in written form in a pdf I distribute to the class each week. So, you’ll still get feedback and response.

I hope that helps to support you in joining us.

Thanks again for all of your kind words everyone. Please feel free to ask any questions you have. And please help spread the word- I would be delighted if many natural medicine practitioners were able to access these teachings and get the medicine out to the people who need it most.