Online Classes - Live via Zoom and Recordings
Upcoming Live Online Courses
Register for each class series separately,
or become a Chi Member and be auto enrolled in all online classes, plus other perks!
The Art of Seeing The Way of Existence through Cooking
Online Course via Zoom
Instructor: Gilles Marin
6 Fridays: March 21-April 25, 2025
10:00am-12:00pm pacific time
All registrants get video recordings to stream and notes of each class so it's ok if you can't join live.
Learn from the best! Gilles Marin introduces us to his secrets of healthy and delicious home cooking. Most cooking classes are from the mindset of professional chefs in a commercial kitchen. However Gilles will be teaching simple, at home cooking, geared towards everyday life in regular kitchen setups. He will be showing us basic recipes such as omelettes and crepes, with a few fun items including real authentic French fries! He'll be showing us tips, tricks, and how easy it can be to cook wholesome, nutritious and scrumptious meals at home in a practical, sustainable way.
Gilles brings to us his knowledge and wisdom from his heritage in French, Asian and California cuisine, while imparting his expertise in a Taoist approach to healing from within.
This course is accessible and open to people of all levels, including practitioners, students, clients and even anyone not familiar with Taoism or healing practices.
This class will also be a specialized training for advanced TaoTouch Chi Nei Tsang practitioners to train you to juggle with the Taoist alchemical laws of the Five Elemental Forces ruling existence, as well as digesting emotional life as in the Fusion Meditation.
By Sliding Scale Donation: $100-$160
Monthly Members: You are auto enrolled - no need to re-register :)
Class Video Recordings
for limited time streaming
TaoTouch Self-Care Chi Nei Tsang
Online Course
Instructor: Tiffiny Fyans, Senior Instructor & Practitioner
all registrants get video recordings and notes of each class
For beginners, reviewers and advanced practitioners. Everyone is welcome!
In this 5 week course we covered the energies of the elements and gentle TaoTouch Self-Care Chi Nei Tsang Practices. We got in touch with the elemental forces inside us, including the internal organs and meridians related to each one. We did extraordinary chi warmups, connected with our source center, quell our inner winds, explored self-care CNT techniques, and more.
We used the chi extension from our own hands to connect, while feeling and healing from within. Each week explored a particular elemental force, or "Intelligence"- its related anatomy and ways to approach our deep, elemental self-care.
This nurturing class is perfectly suited for the winter season, into the spring, and beyond.
This course is not simply a repeat of the one taught last year. Like the Tao of Consciousness, these are spiraling teachings to help us integrate the material, this approach to healing, in a well-rounded way... so we can really get it.
Week 1:
Earth Element Nei Kung
Orientation, Digestion, Stomach, Spleen, Lymph
Week 2:
Metal Element Nei Kung
TaoTouch Lung and Large Intestine, Classic Self-Care CNT Routine
Week 3:
Water Element Nei Kung
TaoTouch Kidney, Bladder, Psoas
Week 4:
Wood Element Nei Kung
TaoTouch Liver, Gall Bladder
Week 5:
Fire Element Nei Kung
TaoTouch Heart, Small Intestine, Balancing pulses
By Sliding Scale Donation: $90-$150
Fusion Meditation
Five Elemental Forces Inner Alchemy Meditations for a Better Humanity
Instructor: Gilles Marin
Online course originally occurred Nov-Dec 2024.
The 6 video recordings, detailed class notes and resources will be accessible thru October 31, 2025.
Learn and practice these Taoist formulas designed to pacify the mind, elevate the spirit, and instigate healing from the deep seated emotional charges that prevent the healthy development of ourselves and humanity.
During this guided meditation practice, you will learn to:
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Recognize the 5 Elemental Forces / Intelligences within.
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Practice the 4 specific formulas for mental optimization.
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Dismantle negative emotions through internal alchemy.
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Gain understanding through alchemizing emotional disturbances and to create harmony in yourself again and again, thus enhancing your creative energies.
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Reduce experiencing abstractly - what you expect to experience, see, feel - but rather to feel, experience and see what actually is: growth, change, evolution, health.
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Gain insight into your internal and external universal energies, empowering you to truly digest your life experiences and strengthen your inner being.
In this 2024 iteration of the online Fusion class, we integrated more deeply the Biology of Consciousness and Mental Fitness."
Our Mind has 5 Intelligences, so "Mental Fitness" is not only our rational thinking! It is our whole self: Soul and Spirit: rational thinking, emotions, instinct, intuition, and sense of self, with practical applications in daily life.
Be prepared for deep introversion, emotional exploration, and spiritual stimulation.
By Sliding Scale Donation: $90-$150
Qi Meridian Movement & Massage - Online Course
Instructor: Kaleo & Elise Ching
Class originally occurred July-August 2024
New registrants get the 6 video recordings, detailed class notes
and other resources, accessible thru July 1, 2025.
We are grateful and excited to welcome back Kaleo and Elise Ching who will teach us these beautiful qigong (chi kung) practices. This course will be powerful, sweet and simply magical.
Qigong is an ancient Taoist shamanic practice grounded in Classical Chinese Medicine. In “Qi Meridian Movement and Massage” you will learn:
• Holistic qigong movement practices to engage the physiological, mental, and energetic systems of the body
• Meridian self-massage and related acupressure points to improve Qi and blood circulation - for self-care and with applications for your clients
• Qigong breathing techniques to benefit the internal organs of your body, and enhance mental performance
• The Aloha Qigong
• Guided shamanic journeys for the cultivation of deep wisdom from unseen realms
Enhance your Qi, Chi Nei Tsang practice, and inner spiritual practices through explorations of Acupoints, Zhan Zhuang Posture, Earth and Shaking Qigong, Microcosmic Orbit with its 7 Loops of Individuation, Column of Light, Aloha Qigong, Shamanic Practices and more!
By sliding scale donation: $90-$150
Monthly Members: You are auto enrolled - no need to re-register :)
TaoTouch (Taoist) Chi Kung - Online Course
Instructor: Gilles Marin
Class originally occurred April/May 2024.
Register now to gain access to the four video recordings, detailed class notes and other resources - accessible thru December 31, 2025.
The Taoist (TaoTouch) Chi Kung Basics course focuses on the essence of internal alchemy during Chi Kung practice. It is a great initiation to the practice of Taoist internal alchemy for healing and mental, emotional and spiritual evolution.
These ancient methods powerfully harmonize your energy systems while promoting inner health and the ability to help others heal from within.
Training involves a deep connection with our "subconscious" for enhanced transformational results. This is done by connecting physical movement, breath, and personal emotional structures with the biology of consciousness.
This course includes a selection of the following topics:
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Introduction to the true holistic, whole-person approach to health and healing
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The Fountain of Life (aka Microcosmic Orbit) with its seven levels of individuation
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Taoist Meridian Daily Biological Clock
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Earth Relationship Chi Kung
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Bone Breathing Meditation
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Sleeping Chi Kung
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Dreaming Chi Kung
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Sunning Meditations
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Six Healing Sounds - upgraded version
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Yin and Yang energies' mental and emotional attributes
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Healing Buddha Palms
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The Biology of Consciousness - One Mind, Five Intelligences
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Emotional Digestion (2nd Formula of Fusion)
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and/or more!
By sliding scale donation: $90-$150
Class Video Recordings
for downloading to your device(s)
How to Attack and Neutralize COVID-19 and other Pathogens
Online Class recorded live on July 3, 2020
Instructor: Gilles Marin
$10
Gilles discusses how to ward off infectious diseases and how to minimize impact if you think you may have caught something.
Drawing from his blog post on the subject, we more deeply explore this subject, including answers to students' questions.
TaoTouch Home Remedies for COVID-19 and Beyond
Online class recorded live on May 8, 2020
Instructor: Gilles Marin
Read Gilles' blog post on the subject here