Living Patterns Certification Program
Five courses. One clinical methodology. A complete practice transformation.
Program Overview
You can read pulses. You can read tongues. You can read the patterns beneath the symptoms patients walk in with.
You cannot yet read their lab work — at least not from inside your own tradition. The standard answer is to learn functional medicine and graft it on. That makes Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the supporting modality and functional medicine the primary frame. It is also unnecessary.
The modern laboratory speaks a different dialect of the same physiological language TCM has read for two thousand years. The biomarkers Western medicine treats as discrete data points are, read through the Five Elements, expressions of the same yin and yang organ pairs, the same generation and control cycles, the same constitutional patterns the classical literature has always named. The information was always there. The script changed.
The Living Patterns Certification teaches the translation.
The Living Patterns Certification
A four-course professional training in TCM laboratory testing — the integration of laboratory data into Five Element diagnosis and treatment.
The program serves two audiences: practicing Licensed Acupuncturists (L.Ac.) who want to add laboratory interpretation to their clinical practice, and TCM students preparing to enter practice with a complete diagnostic and treatment system already in hand.
The four courses are a sequence, not a stack. Each one moves the practitioner one step deeper — from understanding the physiological terrain, to reading it through laboratory data, to investigating the patterns that resist surface treatment, to applying the full TCM treatment toolkit.
By the end of Course 4, you read laboratory data through the Five Element framework, design treatment plans rooted in identified patterns rather than chief complaints, and operate a complete clinical workflow from intake through follow-up.
The Four Courses
See the PatternFive Element Clinical Physiology
Course 1 is the framework — the Five Element physiology that everything else hangs on. The yin and yang organ pairs within each element. The generation and control cycles between elements. How disruption in one element propagates through the whole. For the student, this is the architecture their core curriculum will not give them at clinical depth. For the practitioner, this is the reorganization of what they already know — the physiology underneath the patterns they have been treating for years.
Each element carries a physiological signature — a constellation of measurable findings that reflects the state of its organ pair and its relationships with the rest of the system.
Building on the theoretical work of Jeffrey Yuen and Randine Lewis — whose teaching frames laboratory findings as expressions of lived experience rather than isolated data points — Course 1 makes that philosophical theory clinically operational. You learn to read the body as narrative: what a patient’s biology is saying about how they have been living, and where the pattern is heading.
Read the PatternFoundational Laboratory Diagnostics
The map is in your hands. Course 2 puts the instruments in them.
Ninety biomarkers across the panels already sitting in your patients’ files: complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, thyroid panel, sex hormones, inflammatory markers, nutrient status, urinalysis, and the four-point saliva cortisol test.
These are not exotic tests. They are the panels routinely dismissed as “normal” by conventional reference ranges. Course 2 teaches you to read the patterns those ranges were never designed to reveal.
At the center of Course 2 is the APART System — the clinical framework that organizes everything you do with a patient from intake to follow-up:
APART is operationalized through the 3-Report Workflow — Pre-Test Reading, Results Reading, Follow-Up Reading — and the MAF, which tracks patient progress in measurable terms between visits.
Investigate the PatternAdvanced Laboratory Diagnostics
Some patterns yield to the basic panels. Others don’t. That’s clinical reality.
The patient who has been told everything is normal for twenty years. The patient whose autoimmune presentation is layered across three systems. The patient whose treatment plateaus at sixty percent improvement. Course 3 is built for these cases.
The same APART System and 3-Report Workflow you operate in Course 2 now apply to a more sophisticated diagnostic landscape:
Comprehensive stool analysis revealing the microbial terrain, digestive markers, and intestinal immune function. The gut is implicated in almost every chronic pattern. This is the test that makes the invisible visible
The most sophisticated autoimmune panels available. Specific tissue antibodies, cross-reactive foods, and early autoimmune reactivity before it becomes diagnosable disease. Essential for Hashimoto's, multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and any complex inflammatory presentation
Beyond the basic four-point saliva test into nuanced HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis assessment, sex hormone metabolites, and the interactions between adrenal function, reproductive hormones, and metabolic regulation
What to retest and when. What a partial response tells you about where to look next. How follow-up data refines the pattern and adjusts the intervention
Treat the PatternIntegrative Treatment Strategy
Testing without treatment is expensive curiosity. Course 4 is where the data becomes medicine.
You have the patterns. You have the testing. Now you build the intervention — a complete, integrated treatment strategy drawn from the full TCM treatment toolkit, applied to the specific pattern in front of you rather than the chief complaint at the door.
Classical and modern formulations matched to identified patterns. Targeted intervention at the root. Formulas that shift the pattern, not just manage the complaint
Food as medicine applied to specific pattern presentations. Grounded in both TCM dietary principles and functional nutrition. Individualized to the pattern, not generic clean eating
Sleep, movement, stress regulation, and circadian rhythm prescribed with the same specificity and rationale as a herbal formula
Targeted nutritional support for specific biomarker findings and pattern clusters. Evidence-informed, dose-specific, sequenced within the treatment arc
The 3-Report Workflow fully realized. Pre-Test, Results, and Follow-Up Reports written so patients understand them, comply with them, and stay engaged across the treatment arc
After mastering all four courses, you unlock access to The LPR Workflow Software — a completely automated workflow assistant that makes treatment and follow-up almost effortless.
Specialize and ThriveThe Tao of Sustainable Practice
Tao Te Ching Chapter 77 describes what natural systems already know: healthy systems circulate resources. Extraction flows upward. The practitioner who understands this distinction is the one who builds a practice that lasts.
Course 5 is the business course — but not the business course you took in school. There is no insurance billing here, no reimbursement suppression, no working harder for less. This is the architecture of a cash specialty practice built entirely around the Living Patterns Readings model, designed to generate $150,000 or more annually while you do the most sophisticated clinical work of your career.
You arrive at Course 5 with something most practitioners never have: a complete, differentiated clinical system. You can read what others miss. You can explain it to patients in language they understand. You can document outcomes and track resolution. That is the foundation of a specialty — and a specialty commands fees that general practice never will.

Why cash practice is not a luxury but a clinical necessity for this work, how to price your services, how to structure your offerings, and how the Living Patterns Readings workflow naturally generates recurring revenue through the 3-report system and follow-up testing cycles
Supplement dispensing and affiliate referrals integrated into your clinical model as natural extensions of patient care, not add-ons. How to build these streams systematically so they generate income independent of your appointment schedule
How to identify and own your clinical niche, communicate it clearly to prospective patients, and become the practitioner in your market who solves the problems others can't. Specialization is not limitation. It is the condition of being sought out
Intake systems, the Metabolic Assessment Form in practice, consultation pricing, patient communication, and the operational mechanics that allow the clinical work to flow without friction
The real math of a Living Patterns Readings practice. How many patients, at what fees, with what testing and supplement revenue, adds up to a sustainable, circulation-based practice that serves both practitioner and patient
Specialty Tracks
Each specialty delivers Courses 3 and 4 for a specific clinical population.
Hashimoto’s, PCOS, perimenopause, fertility
HPA dysregulation, adrenal compensation, chronic stress
RA, lupus, MS, Sjögren’s (non-thyroid)
SIBO, IBS, dysbiosis, intestinal permeability
Insulin resistance, lipid patterns, cholesterol patterns
Anxiety, depression, brain fog (copper/B6/methylation/inflammation)
Ongoing track development based on cohort needs and clinical demand.
Delivery Model
Pre-recorded course modules with scheduled live cohort sessions.
Online Modules
Video content, reading materials, case studies, quizzes. Self-paced progression through each course.
Live Cohort Sessions
Scheduled meetings where the cohort reviews material, works through anonymized case studies, and builds community. Cohorts run for six months, with two per year beginning in June and January. The founding cohort opens June 2026; the second cohort begins January 2027. Live sessions run weekly with monthly group case-review sessions; self-paced material is released alongside the live calendar.
Post-Certification Mastermind
Monthly group. Case review, peer support, business growth. The community includes everyone regardless of specialty — because axis disruption means patient populations overlap. Cross-pollination makes the group more valuable, not less.
The 3-Report System
Three clinical documents that tell the patient’s pattern story in data.
Pre-Test Clinical Assessment
Scored patterns from the 5 Element Assessment Form become a justified testing strategy. The pattern drives the test selection, not the other way around.
Post-Test Treatment Protocol
Biomarker verification of TCM patterns produces an integrated treatment plan: classical herbal formula with targeted modifications, supplement protocol, dietary strategy, lifestyle prescriptions. Every recommendation cites the specific laboratory finding that supports it.
Follow-Up Optimization Report
Chronological biomarker comparison tracks pattern evolution. Proves which interventions resolved which patterns. Documents measurable clinical outcomes.
The LPR Workflow App
Completing all four courses unlocks access to the Living Patterns Readings Workflow App — a HIPAA-compliant, standalone practice automation tool built specifically around Marc’s clinical methodology. This is not a charting software. It exists as a dedicated workflow layer on top of your existing practice systems.
Metabolic Assessment Form Storage
Every patient’s MAF is stored and accessible. Track scores over time and compare across visits to see measurable pattern resolution.
Visual Workflow Progress Bar
At a glance, see exactly where each patient sits in the care cycle — intake, pre-test, lab pending, interpretation, treatment active, or follow-up due.
Automated Patient Reminders
The app sends patients automated emails at key workflow stages — lab ordering reminders, follow-up prompts, and check-ins — without any manual effort on your part.
Auto-Generated Test Recommendations Report
Based on MAF scores, the app automatically generates a complete report recommending which lab panels to order and why — mapped to the patient’s Five Element presentation.
Auto-Generated Treatment Plan & Assessment
The flagship output. A full clinical report including top TCM diagnoses, key findings, recommended supplements, number of treatments, dietary recommendations, and lifestyle prescriptions — all hand-crafted by Marc and Seann and matched to the patient’s specific pattern cluster.
HIPAA-Compliant & Invite-Only
Access is restricted to program graduates. The app is built to HIPAA standards as a standalone platform — not connected to any EHR or charting software, keeping your workflow clean and your data protected.
A public demo is available so you can explore the app before enrolling. Explore the App Demo →
Pricing
Payment plans:
6 × $965 or 12 × $485
Payment plans:
6 × $1,400 or 12 × $700
Payment plans:
4 × $500
$750 when bundled at certification enrollment
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