TAOIST HEALTH, HEALING & PREVENTION, the first journey on the Path of Tao

8 Friday afternoons, starting 26th September. Discover with a Tao Master the unknown possibilities your body has to offer, explore your inner landscape, and gain some secret insights into how to extend your lifespan.

In this first journey on ‘The Path of Tao’ Dr. Dan Vercammen shall enlighten you about how to become a Taoist immortal 😉

Wise Taoists teachers & practitioners from the past and present, such as Dr. Dan Vercammen, offer guidance and instructions. Dan Vercammen will give you a clear insight in the Taoists’ view on health, illness, healing, and prevention and how a healthy Taoist lifestyle is practiced. Starting out from the Taoist holistic ideas about the human body and health and its connections with the Universe we venture into the rich world of health practices (such as qigong) and the Taoist daily lifestyle (sleeping, eating, the social, etc.).

A collaboration between the Academy of the Embassy of the Free Mind and the Taoist Alchemical Studies Center (Taoist-Lifestyle.Com) by Taoist scholar & alchemist Dr. Dan Vercammen & Angela Verkade (assistant).

8 Friday afternoons
26 Sept 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 | 21 Nov 2025 | 30 Jan 2026 | 27 Feb 2026 | 27 March 2026 | 24 April 206 | 29 May 2026

Friday 26 Sept first session from 4 to 6 pm
Other days 4-6 pm; vegetarian dinner 6-7 pm; 7-9 pm

Early Bird € 999.00 until Sept 12th when the price increases to € 1111.00

Day 1
General Introduction
• an overview of Taoist health views and Taoist healthy lifestyle practices (2 hrs)

Theory
The philosophical background and its application in Taoist health and healing science
• the Philosophy of Change: the Yijing, Taiji, Yinyang, Qi, and other important elements of the most influential ancient Chinese philosophy
• change and constancy applied in the science of the body (the systematic correspondences; the fluids and vapours of the body; circulations and communication in and outside of the body; causes of illness; adaptive treatments)

Practice
The Taoist Practice of Life
• the Taoist ideal: to live a simple life, to be at ease and to forget
• the difference between Daoshu (Taoist practices) and Xianshu (alchemical practices)
• typical health practices: divided into themes/day; meditation (Jinggong), fitness and health practice (qigong), breathing practices, sleep, food and diets, sexuality, (self-)massage, Qi-healing, etc.

Please note: this 1st journey on the Path of Tao is best combined with the 2nd journey on the view of the body, but the sessions are designed in a way that the different parts can be done as separate journeys.

Second journey “The Taoist Body Series”
A 5-day series (perfect to combine with this first journey “Taoist Health, Healing & Prevention”) and get an extra discount of € 50,- if you sign up for both series.

When? Sat 27 Sept 2025 | Sat 25 Oct 2025 | Sat 22 Nov 2025 | Sat 31 Jan 2026 | Sat 28 Feb 2026

In September 2026 the third journey on Taoist Internal Alchemy starts.