The copyright to Academy 21’s programmes is registered in Europe — France included — and across the CIS countries. The author of the method is Violetta Barulina, founder of Academy 21.
It sounds like a formality. But if you’re looking for a Traditional Chinese Medicine course, acupuncture training, or a massage course from scratch, it changes everything.
What a registered programme has that an "internet course" doesn’t
The market for Eastern-practice training is full of retellings. Someone watched a few videos, bundled them into a PDF, and sells it as an "author’s course". There’s no way to check where the method came from or whether it actually works.
A copyright certificate is a state-recorded fact: the programme exists as a complete, formalised work with a named author and a creation date. You’re not paying for someone’s paraphrase — you’re paying for a verified, structured system that can’t be legally copied. For a student that means one simple thing: you get a proven, step-by-step method instead of drowning in scattered information from ten different sources.
What’s behind the method
Violetta Barulina built this system over years — extensive study in China with practitioners, then adapting the method for the Western student. The key difference: she doesn’t say "memorise these points". She explains how each technique works at the level of the body’s biology — on muscle, fascia, blood flow. That’s why the material is absorbed quickly, even if you’ve never worked in medicine.
The registered course is a composite work — a single system built from several disciplines:
- Traditional Chinese Medicine — how to see the root cause instead of the symptom and tailor treatment to the individual.
- Acupuncture and reflexology — needling, moxibustion (moxa), electro-acupuncture, auriculotherapy.
- Chinese massage and cosmetology — acupressure and warming massage, natural lifting, and skin work without fillers.
- Acupuncture facelift — cosmetic acupuncture and natural facial rejuvenation without injections.
- Heat therapy — thermopuncture and a moxibustion course: dry heat, wooden and copper cups, ceramics, and work with stagnation and tissue tone.
- Phytotherapy — medicinal herbs and individual blends to support the core practice.
Why this is your opportunity
There are plenty of cosmetologists and massage therapists. But specialists who work with Eastern methods and can back it with documents are rare. That’s your chance to stand out: instead of competing on price in a crowded field, you offer a service almost no one else has.
A Chinese-medicine practitioner works with the cause, not just easing a symptom for an hour, so the client’s results hold and they come back for a full course rather than a one-off session. That’s why this work commands a premium — up to $250 per session.
Academy 21 also gives you three documents at once — a European one, a Chinese one and one recognised across the CIS — plus study trips to China with certificates from Chinese institutes.
On top of that, with Academy 21 every student can enrol in distance learning at a massage and cosmetology institute in France and earn the Certificate bien-être, entered into an international registry. It grants the right to work in Europe, the Americas, Turkey and other countries.
How the training works
Learning Chinese medicine and massage from scratch, a moxibustion course, reflexology, cosmetology — these are separate programmes, but they share one structure:
- In person — one or two days, depending on the programme. Come in, work with your hands, leave with a skill.
- One year of access to the theory and video lessons — return and review any time.
- Small groups of 4 to 10 — everyone gets enough hands-on practice under the instructor.
- No medical degree or licence required — the methods are safe, and all the anatomy you need is taught from the ground up.
- Accredited instructors with experience working across several countries.
In-person intensives are held in Europe, and the nearest one in France is taught by the author of the method herself.
Who it’s for
- Cosmetologists and massage therapists who’ve hit a ceiling on their rates and want a premium service.
- Beginners with no medical background who want a profession in a couple of days, not a couple of years.
- Anyone who wants their own Eastern-practice studio — a rare and well-paid direction.
Contacts for enrollment and consultation
Want to train on the copyrighted method?
Spots are limited by design: the groups stay small so the instructor can guide every pair of hands. Send a request to get the programme for your goal and the pricing — flexible instalments are available.