Balance Method · The pathway

Learn Dr Tan's Balance Method the way he taught it.

Three modules, one complete system, taught by Dr Eileen Han in the order Dr Richard Tan taught it to her.

Find your starting point ↓ See the three modules

Where are you now?

Start where you are.

I'm new to the Balance Method Start with Module 1, Dr Tan's Core Essentials Brisbane · 16–18 April 2027 I trained with another teacher Module 1 with the Speaker Switch reward, or ask us whether your training counts for Module 2 Brisbane · 16–18 April 2027 I've done Module 1 Go on to Module 2, Dr Tan's Point Prescriptions Kuala Lumpur · 9–11 April 2027 I've done Module 2 Complete the system with Module 3, Dr Tan's Advanced Track Register interest for the next date

The journey

Three modules, each one building on the last.

Module 1 · Start here
Dr Tan's Core Essentials

The five systems, imaging and mirroring, and the judgement to choose between them on live patients. Mostly pain.
3 days · 19.5 CPD · No prerequisite Next: Brisbane · 16–18 April 2027 →
Module 2
Dr Tan's Point Prescriptions

Beyond pain: functional and internal conditions, the six-channel patterns and Dr Tan's Magical Points.
3 days · 19.5 CPD · Needs Module 1 Next: Kuala Lumpur · 9–11 April 2027 →
Module 3
Dr Tan's Advanced Track

Seasonal Balance, the Five Elements, the 12 Magical Points, and how Dr Tan combined his systems for modern conditions.
4 days · 26 CPD · Needs Modules 1 and 2 Register interest for the next date →

Why three modules

The judgement builds over time.

Learn a system, use it, come back for the next layer

Each module gives you something to use in your clinic straight away. The months between modules are where it becomes yours, so the next module builds on real cases of your own.

Each module opens a new kind of patient

Module 1 is mostly pain. Module 2 takes the same systems into functional and internal conditions. Module 3 is how Dr Tan put everything together for the conditions that don't fit a single system.

One teacher, from the first point to the last

Dr Han teaches all three modules, so each one picks up exactly where the last left off: the same systems, the same language, the same way of reading a patient.

Understand the method

Guides to Dr Tan's Balance Method.

Dr Tan's Magical Points: the 4, 8 and 12What Dr Richard Tan's 4 Magical Meridians, 8 Magical Points +1 and 12 Magical Points are for, how they relate, and where they are taught. The Five Systems of the Balance MethodThe five systems of Dr Tan's Balance Method explained: the classical channel relationships behind them, the Chinese clock, and why some charts count six. Imaging and Mirroring: How the Balance Method Maps the BodyHow imaging and mirroring map one part of the body onto another in Dr Tan's Balance Method, and how Acupuncturists check the area during treatment. Balance Method, Tung and TCM: How Point Selection DiffersHow TCM, Tung's Acupuncture and Dr Tan's Balance Method each choose a point, where the three overlap, and what to look for when choosing training. Which Side to Needle: Opposite-Side and Same-Side Needling in the Balance MethodWhy the Balance Method usually needles the opposite side, the Neijing source of crossed needling, and how same-side and bilateral cases are approached. The Balance Method Beyond Pain: How It's Applied to Internal and Functional ConditionsHow Dr Tan's Balance Method is applied beyond pain, in functional and internal presentations: Global Balance, six-channel patterns and Modules 2 and 3.

Along the way

What you earn as you go.

A certificate for every modulewith the CPD points for each one.
A refresher rateto sit a module again and go deeper, at a reduced price.
The Speaker Switch rewardif you trained in the Balance Method with another provider.
New-graduate supportif you're in your first year of clinical practice.
The graduate communitya private group of Acupuncturists on the same path.

From graduates

Acupuncturists who kept going.

131Acupuncturists have taken Module 1 with us since 2023

66have taken Module 2

21 of 35from our June 2025 Melbourne class came back for Module 2

"…I decided to continue learning from Eileen because she is one of the best Dr Tan students."

Dr Ben O'BrienAcupuncturist (WA, Australia)

"Giving yourself that mapping and strategy to deal whether it's a meridian problem or internal issue or musculoskeletal just gives you that map and that strategy and guideline to work through."

Teresa HuynhAcupuncturist (Brisbane, Australia)

"Dr Eileen Han is a very knowledgeable and passionate teacher. I particularly enjoyed her anecdotes from her working years with Dr Richard Tan and from her clinical practice."

Dr Lucy CampbellAcupuncturist (VIC, Australia)

Your teacher

Dr Eileen Han

In 1999 Dr Han became one of Dr Richard Tan's disciples. For twenty years she learned the Balance Method at his side, fifteen of them helping run his clinic, and after he passed she went on treating his patients. Today she treats 50–70 patients a day with nothing but the Balance Method.

More about Dr Han

Coming up

Where the modules run next.

9–11 April 2027 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Tan's Point Prescriptions — Module 2

16–18 April 2027 Brisbane, Australia

Dr Tan's Core Essentials — Module 1

Questions

About the pathway.

Ask us something else

Do I have to do all three modules?

No. Each module is complete in itself, and Module 1 gives you a full framework to use straight away. The system becomes complete across all three, so most Acupuncturists go on when the next module suits them.

In what order?

Module 1, then 2, then 3. Each needs the one before. If you trained in the Balance Method elsewhere, ask us whether your training counts for Module 2.

How long should I leave between modules?

There's no time limit. Use what you've learned in your clinic first, then take the next module when it next runs.

I trained with another teacher. Where do I start?

Most start with Module 1, with the Speaker Switch reward. You'll recognise the systems; what's new is watching Dr Han choose between them on live patients. If your training was extensive, contact us about Module 2.

Is there a Chinese option?

Some modules are taught in Chinese in Kuala Lumpur. Each seminar page says which language it's taught in.

Take your next step.

New to it: Module 1 Done Module 1: Module 2 Done Module 2: Module 3

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