“Dr. Ryan has completely changed my perspective on lab testing and has done a fantastic job bridging the gap between eastern and western medicine. The content he delivers feels groundbreaking and essential to the future of our profession.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
The Living Patterns Certification builds on clinical material Marc Ryan has taught in graduate-level TCM programs. The testimonials below come from professional-track practitioners who completed the foundation cohorts in 2025 — the same curriculum now structured as Courses 1 & 2 of the certification program.
What Practitioners Say
“Wow, where to start… This instructor was clear in their communication of some rather complex material. PowerPoints were helpful and easy to follow. He provided handouts and templates to assist our future clinical endeavors and even offered free office hours and five free detailed reports to the first students who signed up. He is both knowledgeable and passionate. As an instructor, Dr. Ryan is a valuable asset to our community. Highly recommended — integrating lab results with TCM patterns is a real niche in our field.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“This was a great class and I use the system regularly in my clinic now!”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
In Practice
“It will take time and practice to implement the skills that Dr. Ryan covered, yet I feel a lot more confident interpreting lab work than I did prior to taking this course.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“I find this class incredibly valuable. Not only are we provided step-by-step actionable steps to integrate into practice, I love the integration of language, philosophy, and perspective on the Eastern spirituality and emotionality as applied to the Western laboratory results.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“Dr. Ryan presents material in a scaffolded manner and spirals back frequently to previously covered material to integrate new material to ensure the students’ understanding. The methodology and tools provided are practical in enhancing clinic outcomes.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“Marc takes this vast material and makes it accessible in TCM and western terms. I appreciate the pace of the course — it is not overwhelming to learn this large amount of information.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“Great material, absolutely invaluable — and it was great how he taught the class in a way that we could immediately implement what we learned into practice with patients!”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
Why Practitioners Stay
“Dr. Ryan is a very knowledgeable and proficient instructor. He takes the time to explain the material and provides extra time to work with you even outside of class time to help and learn!”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“Wonderful integration of western and eastern patterns presented clearly. Grateful to have a very knowledgeable and logical professor sharing an important diagnosis tool for future practice.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“This course could easily be part one (or the intro course) to more functional lab courses. I know that my colleagues and I would be very interested in continuing training with Dr. Ryan.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
“This class was fantastic, and has helped me grow as a practitioner and a successful integrous business owner. I’d love more in this line, even extracurricular.”
— TCM Graduate Program Student, Foundation Cohort 2025
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Patient Voices — Coming Soon
Patient testimonials from Marc’s lab interpretation practice are being gathered and will be added here. If you are a patient of Marc’s and would like to share your experience, reach out at admin@livingpatternsreadings.com.
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