Tom Balles, L.Ac., M.Ac., Dipl. Ac., has been practicing acupuncture for thirty years and teaching in the graduate degree programs at Tai Sophia Institute (now Maryland University ...ver maisTom Balles, L.Ac., M.Ac., Dipl. Ac., has been practicing acupuncture for thirty years and teaching in the graduate degree programs at Tai Sophia Institute (now Maryland University of Integrative Health) since 1996. He is an award-winning educator at MUIH and the author of Dancing with the Ten Thousand Things.ver menos