Ellen Madono's education
My homeopathy education
My Ph.D. dissertation titled "Apprenticeship-"Learned it by myself" became my model for my own life-long education. First, I learned homeopathy in Pittsburgh by sponsoring a clinic. Then, moved to Tokyo, so most of my homeopathy education was Internet-based. Clinical practice and teaching continue to educate me. In my timeline you can see that I value, learning through participation, cross-cultural learning, and mind-body paradigms.
Timeline
Born in 1949 after WW II.
Nationality: American (3rd Generation Japanese-American).
Family moved from the University of Minnesota student barracks to a white neighborhood outside Minneapolis, 1954.
Junior year (1973) at Oberlin College studied in Tokyo for one year at the Waseda Kokusaibu.
Post B.A. studied Chinese for a year at the International Division of Taiwan National University, 1975.
Began practicing Taichi chuan in Taipei.
Married a Japanese national, 1976.
Three children born in Japan and then moved to Pittsburgh, PA in 1983.
Raised children in a Jewish neighborhood as a member of the Japanese community.
A visiting student at Kyoto University for 3 years studying Chinese.
Finished Ph.D. in 1999. Thesis on cultural Anthropology of apprenticeship.
Begin practicing yoga 1996.
Begin practicing Zen Shiatsu and Zen meditation. 2000
Certified to teach Kundalini yoga, 2001.
Hosting homeopathy clinic for Tom Heard, 2002-2004.
From 2004 Internet study of homeopathy begins and continues to the present.
2012-2015 practice Yuushiki breathing technique.
Observed in an Indian homeopathy clinic and begin practicing Tibetian Buddhism. 2017
2018 Third Degree Black Belt in Aikido and entered Seishinkan dojyo. Begin private practice with Watanabe-sensei.