THE TAOIST BODY SERIES, the second journey on the Path of Tao

5 Saturdays, 10-3 pm incl vegetarian lunch, start Sept 27. Come along on our second of three journeys on the Path of Tao and explore with a Tao Master the Taoist medical – alchemical ideas about the whole body including mind, spirit, soul, etc.

Experience the value of Taoist body wisdom about health exercises, meditative practices, and Taoist Internal Alchemy from the days of the early Taoists to the present day, in theory and practice. A course for everyone with interest in how to maintain a healthy body and mind with ancient wisdom of the Taoist teachers of the past, translated and transmitted by Dr. Dan Vercammen, an expert practitioner of Taoist health practices and Internal Alchemy.

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).

When:
27 Sept 2025 | 25 Oct 2025 | 22 Nov2025 |
31 Jan 2026 | 28 Feb2026

Early Bird € 777,- until Sept. 17
when the price rises to € 999,-

What can you expect?

Day 1
Theory
• the Chinese holistic body view
• the threefold body (Xing/shape – Ti/structural body – Shen/the main body)
Practice
• Daoyin: Taoist soft stretching and circulation exercises

Day 2
Theory
• the 3 Taoist bodies: human, cosmic, and Dao – the inhabited body
Practice
• conscious Daoyin
• activating the life force: refining Jing- Essence or awaking the Dantian/Field of Cinnabar

Day 3
Theory
• the medical and social body: images, circulations, relationships of the human body within its surroundings
• movement and quietude
Practice
• as on 2nd day
• Zuowang/Sitting and Forgetting

Day 4
Theory
• the Taoist alchemical body, Part 1: introduction to the Chart of the Internal Conduits/Neijingtu
Practice
• as on 2nd day

Day 5
Theory
• the Taoist alchemical body Part 2: introduction to the chart of the Restoration of Authenticity/Xiuzhentu
Practice
• as on 2nd and 3rd day
• introduction to Neidan/Internal Alchemy practice

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

First journey “Taoist Health, Healing & Prevention”
8-days series (perfect to combine with “The Taoist body Series”.

When: 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

In September 2026 the third journey on Taoist Internal Alchemy starts. You need to follow the first two journeys of the Path of Tao which start in 2025 to participate.