A point is a threshold—a place where the seen and unseen agree to meet. In classical Chinese medicine, a point (穴, xué) means “cave,” “hollow,” or “gateway.”
Each point has a name because it has a personality.
It holds a memory, a frequency, a story. To touch a point well is to ask permission.
To needle a point with reverence is to enter into a contract.
To listen to a point is to hear the field speak
Like a small temple in the skin.
Some are quiet, and others erupt in heat and wind.
Some whisper the voice of the ancestors.
Some carry a medicine that’s not even yours— it comes through you for someone else. When you rest your fingers on PC-8 (Laogong), it’s not just “Heart Protector.”
It is the palace of weariness, yes. But also the altar of hands.
It is where the healer’s exhaustion meets the survivor’s shame And sometimes that point opens—
and what passes through is not a technique…
…it’s a trembling, a song, a release that cannot be tracked by logic
Just like land is not a resource—but a relative—
points are not units of intervention.
They are beings we befriend. And like all relationships, they respond differently depending on how we approach
When we co-regulate through our presence,
when our own meridians are in resonance,
the point begins to respond—not to us, but to life itself.
An Invitation
“Every point is a teacher.
Don’t be afraid to fall in love with them.”
Start by choosing one point to sit with each day.
- Where is it located in your life?
- What story lives there?
- What emotion do you feel in its field?
- Who would this point be if it were a person?
- What does it want to tell you about your path?
“When healing meets healing”
Trauma is not just a clinical category. It is a relational rupture. A wound in the field of connection. We approach with presence, touch, and reweaving the web.
In trauma, the nervous system contracts to protect life.
In healing, the body remembers that life is safe to feel again.
Even something as simple as taking the pulse—holding someone’s hand—can become a ceremony of repair.
When we listen with our whole being, the Heart Protector softens.
The palace of weariness Per. 8, opens.
And two nervous systems meet in a place beyond defense.
This is not abstract. It’s tangible, embodied, sacred.
In this training, we will explore how acupuncture, somatic presence, the five elements and the eight extra meridians can be vessels of collective healing—when trauma is not just understood, but honored.
What You Will Receive:
8 live or recorded lessons (60–90 min each)
Transcripts & downloadable study materials
Practice prompts & clinical guidance
Bonus: Private session option with Katerina
Access to a private circle for integration & sharing
Curriculum Overview
Module 1: Trauma as Frozen Intelligence
How trauma lives in the nervous system—and how the animal body wants to process, complete, and return to flow.
We explore survival states, dissociation, and the somatic rhythm of safety.
Key Practice: Supporting completion through presence & pacing.
Module 2: Touch as Medicine – Co-Regulation and Holding
Before needles, before words, there is contact.
We explore the polyvagal system, regulation through relationship, and how trauma healing begins with coherence.
Key Points: PC8 (Laogong), HT7 (Shenmen), CV17 (Shanzhong)
Bonus Practice: The art of pulse-taking as trauma listening.
Module 3: The Illusion of Separateness
Why we can’t heal trauma from a separate self.
Exploring the interwoven boundaries between personal, ancestral, and collective trauma—and how systems of oppression entangle the body.
Key Practice: Constellation-informed acupuncture approaches.
Discussion: When the trauma isn’t “yours”—but lives in the field.
Module 4: Fire Element – Restoring Trust & Expression
Collective trauma has severed the fire of connection, joy, and spontaneity.
We explore how to reopen trust in relationship.
Key Points: HT7, SI3, PC8, SJ5
Theme: Betrayal, heartbreak, dissociation from joy.
Module 5: Earth Element – Healing Nourishment & Belonging
Trauma often imprints through unmet need.
We reconnect with the body’s right to receive, digest, and feel at home in the world.
Key Points: ST36, SP6, CV12
Theme: Motherline, overcare, food-body trauma.
Module 6: Metal Element – Grief, Boundaries, and Return
Collective grief is unspoken, unprocessed.
We open space for loss, reverence, and ancestral dignity.
Key Points: LU3, LU7, LI4
Theme: Frozen grief, migration, separation from lineage.
Module 7: Water Element – Restoring Safety and Stillness
Fear contracts. Deep trauma often hides in the kidneys.
We learn to create containers for deep stillness and restoration.
Key Points: KD1, KD3, UB23
Theme: Developmental trauma, fear states, dissociation.
Module 8: Wood Element – Movement, Anger, and Boundaries
When trauma is expressed, it becomes power.
We explore trauma recovery through assertiveness, direction, and creative emergence.
Key Points: LR3, GB34, LV14
Theme: Healthy anger, rupture repair, future vision.
Format & Flow:
- Each module includes live or recorded teaching, guided practices, and suggested point protocols
- Opportunities for personal integration, peer dialogue, and optional 1:1 sessions
- Somatic pacing: we will go slow, with respect for the field
Suggested Contribution (Sliding Scale)
- €100 – supported
- €200 – sustainable
- €300 – supporting others
No one turned away for lack of funds.
On line zoom course to practice Trauma-Informed Acupuncture
A live 8-week journey into the relational intelligence of healing
Facilitated by Katerina Panagiotopoulou
Live on Zoom •
We explore trauma not only in the personal body, but in ancestral, intergenerational, and collective fields.
We listen through the five elements, through pulse, through belonging.
We study the points not as techniques, but as portals of relational repair.
What You'll Learn
Module 1: Trauma as Frozen Intelligence
How trauma lives in the nervous system—and how the animal body processes safety and survival.
Module 2: Co-Regulation & Relational Holding
How pulse taking, hand holding, and presence restore trust.
Key points: Laogong (PC8), Shenmen (HT7), CV17
Module 3: Healing Beyond the Self
Exploring ancestral and collective trauma—why we cannot heal separation from a separate place.
Modules 4–8: Elemental Trauma & Repair
Each week we enter a different element:
- Fire: Trust, joy, heartbreak
- Earth: Nourishment, caregiving, belonging
- Metal: Grief, loss, dignity
- Water: Fear, stillness, dissociation
- Wood: Anger, boundaries, emergence
Each element is explored through the lens of trauma, healing, acupuncture points, and embodied practice.
What’s Included
8 live 90-minute sessions on Zoom
Replay access for all sessions
Transcripts & downloadable materials
Protocols for trauma-sensitive point selection
Guided exercises & case study reflections
A private group space for integration & sharing
Bonus: Option to book private sessions with Katerina
Who Is This For?
This course is designed for:
- Acupuncturists, TCM and 5-element practitioners
- Somatic therapists and bodyworkers
- Healers working with trauma, grief, or collective fields
- Anyone longing to bring presence to the wound of separation
Sliding Scale Contribution
This work is offered as part of a post-capitalist healing movement.
We honor your financial reality and your presence in this field.
Choose your contribution:
- €300 – supported (limited spots)
- €450 – sustainable
- €600 – supporting others & the movement