2nd CO Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Expo: A Whole-Person Health Initiative
About this Event
About This Event
The 2nd Colorado Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Expo brings together practitioners, educators, healthcare professionals, wellness providers, community organizations, businesses, students, families, and the general public to explore Whole Person Health, prevention, healthy aging, and community wellness.
This year’s Expo is presented under the theme of the Colorado Whole Person Health Initiative, a growing effort to connect healthcare, education, public health, community organizations, researchers, wellness professionals, and integrative health partners across Colorado.
Whole Person Health recognizes that health is not only the absence of disease. It is shaped by lifestyle, emotional well-being, meaningful relationships, prevention, resilience, lifelong learning, purpose, and strong communities.
Organizers and Community Partners
The 2nd Colorado Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Expo is organized by Colorado Chinese Medicine University (CCMU) as part of a broader effort to advance Whole Person Health, healthy aging, integrative health, and community wellness in Colorado.
This year’s Expo is being developed in partnership with the University of Denver Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging (DU/KIHA), with support and participation from community and educational partners.
Current partners include:
- Colorado Chinese Medicine University (CCMU)
- University of Denver Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging (DU/KIHA)
- Chinese Medicine Community Organization (CMCO)
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
- Living Younger Longer Institute / LYL Institute
- Far East Center
- Community organizations, healthcare partners, wellness professionals, sponsors, and volunteers across Colorado
What to Expect
Participants will have the opportunity to experience public education, community booths, demonstrations, wellness activities, practitioner engagement, and accessible health-related programs.
The Expo will highlight acupuncture, herbal medicine, integrative health, movement practices, nutrition, wellness education, traditional healing systems, and community-based approaches to health and well-being.
Weekend Programing
Public education, free acupuncture clinic, demonstrations, wellness activities, and community booths.
The weekend program will bring Whole Person Health to the broader community through public education, free acupuncture clinic services, demonstrations, wellness activities, community booths, practitioner engagement, and accessible health-related programs.
A special highlight of the weekend will be the free community acupuncture clinic, where members of the public can experience acupuncture in a safe, supportive, and educational setting. This clinic is designed to increase public awareness of acupuncture and herbal medicine, provide accessible wellness support, and demonstrate how traditional healing practices can contribute to whole-person health.
The goal is to help individuals and families learn practical ways to support health, prevent disease, strengthen resilience, and live more connected and fulfilling lives.
Who Should Attend
This event is open to the general public, healthcare professionals, integrative health providers, acupuncturists, herbalists, students, educators, researchers, community leaders, wellness businesses, nonprofit organizations, sponsors, volunteers, and anyone interested in Whole Person Health and community wellness.
Participation Opportunities
We welcome applications and inquiries from:
- Booth exhibitors
- Speakers and presenters
- Sponsors
- Community partners
- Volunteers
- Healthcare and wellness professionals
- Public participants
Please use the registration and application links on this page to participate, apply, sponsor, or learn more.
Join the Movement
Whether you participate, partner, sponsor, volunteer, educate, present, or innovate, you can help build healthier people, stronger communities, and a brighter future for Colorado.
Are you a healthcare professional?
Join us Friday, when healthcare professionals, researchers, educators, and community leaders from across Colorado gather for a dynamic day focused on advancing healthy aging through whole-person health.
Explore innovative approaches to prevention, wellness, and aging through three expert-led sessions on:
- Complementary and Integrative Health Strategies
- Movement and Physical Activity for Healthy Aging
- Nutrition, Digestion, and the Microbiome
Featuring nationally recognized speakers including Shellie Pfohl, MS.Ed. Former Executive Director of President Barack Obama's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, and Tiffany Weir, PhD, Director of the Intestinal Health Laboratory at Colorado State University.
learn more about Friday's programming and apply to attend here: https://udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6EDudLOfl6aecu2?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=&utm_content=https%3a%2f%2fudenver.qualtrics.com%2fjfe%2fform%2fSV_6EDudLOfl6aecu2&utm_id=12148678
Saturday, Aug 29
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Community Taiji/Qigong (in the park)
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Welcome — Joseph Brady
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Nourishing Life, Whole Person Health and Cultivating the Three Treasures — Ken
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
A Qi-Based Model of Whole-Person Health — Songtao Zhou
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Creating Metabolic Resilience — Julie Armstrong, DACM, LAc, MSBME
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch · Expo Marketplace · Free Community Acupuncture Clinic
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Nourishing the Heart: Emotional Well-Being Through Chinese Medicine — Rui Nan
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture: An Introduction — Tamara Hutchins, L.Ac.
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Early Detection, Prevention, and Treatment of Cancer — Shi-Long Lu, MD, PhD
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
Beyond the 0-to-10 Scale: What Chronic Pain Is Really Asking — Benjamin Bunte
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Wealthspan: Why Financial Health Matters — Tyson Garfield, DO
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Community Taiji/Qigong (in the park)
Sunday, Aug 30
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Community Taiji/Qigong (in the park)
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Modern Research on Qi & Bioelectricity — Joseph Brady
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Living Well with Diabetes: A Whole Person Approach Through TCM — Xiaofan Jia
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Pathways and Channels: Chinese Medicine & Psychedelics — Deterding & Hawes
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch · Expo Marketplace · Free Community Acupuncture Clinic
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
What Happens Between Sessions: Prescribing Self-Care as Medicine — Julia Fishe
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Parkinson's Disease — Ying Liu
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Session with Meghan Peckinpaugh — talk title to be announced
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
The Garden of Humanity — Jacqueline Allen (Jaya Sol Ray)
🕑: 03:30 PM - 03:50 PM
The Living Needs Chinese Medicine — Songtao Zhou
🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Closing Celebration: Sponsors, Volunteers & Next Year — Joseph Brady
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Community Taiji/Qigong (in the park)
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