Curriculum Therapist for Chinese Medicine

Module: basics

3 weekends each Saturday and Sunday Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (51UE)

2 WE Chinese medicine: focus on the five phases (five elements)

  • Philosophy, Dao, Wuji and Taiji
  • Important works of Chinese medicine, Daoism and internal alchemy
  • Yin and yang
  • The three treasures of Chinese medicine: Jing, Qi, Shen
  • Other vital substances in Chinese medicine
  • The five phases  / The five elements
  • The organs (Zang Fu)
  • The five mental-spiritual aspects (Wu Shen)
  • Etiology and pathology
  • Internal and external causes of disease
  • Medical and spiritual meaning of the emotions
  • syndrome teaching

1 WE energetic diagnostics

  • Recognize the constitution types after the five phases / five elements
  • tongue diagnosis
  • Diagnostic criteria for the five mental and emotional aspects (Wu Shen)
  • The eight diagnostic guiding criteria (Ba Gang)
  • Feel the organ energies

Module: Energy and awareness work

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday Sat 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. & Sun 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (17UE)

  • Importance of energy (Qi) in medicine
  • Health, illness and healing
  • San Bao – Three Treasures
  • The importance of the heart and spirit (Shen) in therapy, teaching and accompaniment
  • Connecting with the yin of the earth and the yang of the sky
  • Dealing with own and external energies
  • Ben Shen: Rooting the spirit
  • Wu Wei: Non-intervention as a therapeutic / accompanying concept
  • Group exercises and meditation
  • Emotions as an expression of Qi, emergence of emotions, emotions as pathogenic factors
  • Practical applications

Module: Water-Fire Axis I

1 weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday Fri 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm & Sun 10.00am – 5.00pm (24UE)

  • Death and birth in the water element
  • Fear as the emotion of water
  • Root (ben) of fear
  • Fear and Mind (Shen)
  • Willpower (Zhi), fear and potential
  • Psycho-emotional disharmonies in water (meaning for kidney qi, kidney yin and kidney yang)
  • Jing-Qi and the importance of ancestors
  • Jingshen – essence spirit
  • Ming Men: connection of spirituality and medicine
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the psycho-energetic aspect Zhi (will)
  • Water-fire axis: heart and kidney
  • Practical application

Module: Water-Fire Axis II

1 WE Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Fri 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm & Sun 10.00am – 5.00pm (24UE)

  • Heart and Shen in therapy and healing
  • Desire as an emotion of fire
  • Root (Ben) of desire
  • Desire in the five phases / five elements
  • Shen (Spirit) and Yuan Shen (primordial Spirit)
  • psycho-emotional disharmonies in fire (meaning for heart qi, heart yin and heart yang)
  • Heart and Dao: Beyond Yin and Yang
  • Practical applications
  • Shen Ming: Silence as the glow of the spirit
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the psycho-energetic aspect of Shen

Module: Earth

1 WE Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Fri 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm & Sun 10.00am – 5.00pm (24UE)

  • The importance of the center for Shen, Qi and Jing
  • Earth between water and fire
  • Attention leads Qi (Yi dao, Qi dao)
  • Internal and external influences on Yi
  • Worry as emotion of the earth
  • Emergence of thought patterns and the root (ben) of worries
    psycho-emotional disharmonies in the earth (meaning for spleen qi and spleen yang)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the psycho-energetic aspect Yi (ratio / focus)
  • Practical applications

Module: metal

1 WE Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Fri 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm & Sun 10.00am – 5.00pm (24UE)

  • Different concepts of Po (body soul)
  • Po (body soul) and Jing: pathologies and regulation
  • Po (body soul), death and life
  • Po (body soul) and autoimmune diseases
  • Internal pathogenic factors and Po (body soul)
  • Grief as an emotion of the metal
  • Root (ben) of grief
  • Breath, Qi and Po (body soul)
  • psycho-emotional disharmonies in the metal (meaning for Lung-Qi, Lung-Yin and Lung-Yang)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the psycho-energetic aspect of Po (body soul)
  • Practical applications

Module: wood

1 WE Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Fri 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm & Sun 10.00am – 5.00pm (24UE)

  • Different concepts from Hun (wandering soul)
  • Anger as emotion of wood
  • Root (Ben) of anger
  • psycho-emotional disharmonies in wood (effects on liver and gall bladder qi, liver yin and liver yang)
  • Courage, responsibility, decisions
  • Hun (wandering soul): pathologies and regulation
  • Po (body soul) and Hun (wandering soul): interactions and influences
  • Hun (wandering soul) and perception
  • Hun (Wandering Soul), Shen (Spirit) and Blood (Xue)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the psycho-energetic aspect Hun (wandering soul)
  • Practical applications

Practice module (24 units)

  • 12 documented sessions with a client / patient
  • 12 documented self-treatments

Module: final colloquium I

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. & Sun 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (17UE)

  • Supervision and deepening
  • Final exam oral / written

Module: Basics of Qi Gong

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • The three Dantians / energy centers and their qualities
  • Wu Wei: Non-intervention as a therapeutic / accompanying concept
  • Group exercises and meditation
  • Collecting Qi
  • Basic knowledge of neurobiology and cell biology
  • Introduction to the theoretical and practical basics of Qi Gong
  • Zhan Zhuang (standing meditation)
  • movement principles
  • Qi Gong relevant basics in anatomy and physiology
  • Health and Qi Gong
  • The three resources: body-breath-spirit
  • Bu Fa Gong (step work / walking meditation)
  • Energy gates
  • Preparation and relaxation exercises

Module: water

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Energy quality of the water
  • Turtle Qi Gong
  • Deepening of the turtle Qi Gong: external and internal, alchemical and medical aspects
  • Mechanics and structure of posture and postural errors
  • Meridians of kidney and bladder, important acupuncture points
  • Possibilities and limits of Qi Gong in different areas of application

Module: fire

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Energy quality of the fire
  • Crane Qi Gong
  • Deepening of the crane Qi Gong: external and internal, alchemical and medical aspects
  • Water Fire axis
  • Meridians of the heart, small intestine, pericardium and three warmers, important acupuncture points
  • Repeat content of the previous module

Module: Earth

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Earth’s energy quality
  • Tiger Qi Gong
  • Deepening of the tiger Qi Gong: external and internal, alchemical and medical aspects
  • Meridians of the spleen and stomach, important acupuncture points
  • Repeat turtle and crane

Module: Silent Qi Gong I

1WE Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • The six healing sounds
  • The little heavenly cycle
  • possible physical and mental complaints in the course and how to deal with them
  • Side effects and possible incidents, limits of your own possibilities
  • Dealing with destructive emotions in Qi Gong
  • Dealing with resistance in yourself and the participants
  • Practice and deepen what you have learned so far

Module: metal

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Energy quality of the metal
  • Snake Qi Gong
  • Deepening of the snake Qi Gong: external and internal, alchemical and spiritual aspects
  • Meridians of the lungs and colon, important acupuncture points
  • Repeat turtle, crane and tiger

Module: wood

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Energy quality of the wood
  • Dragon Qi Gong
  • Deepening of the dragonQi Gong: external and internal, alchemical and medical aspects
  • Meridians of the liver and gallbladder, important acupuncture points
    Repeat turtle, crane, tiger and snake

Module: Silent Qi Gong II

1 WE Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • The six healing sounds
  • The little heavenly cycle
  • Methodology and didactics
  • general pedagogy
  • Practice and deepen what you have learned so far

Module: Ba Duan Jin – Eight Brocades

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

As the brocade exercises, like in traditional lessons, always flow into the preparatory exercises, they are ultimately learned over the entire duration of the training. On the last weekend of the training, these are then deepened again separately.

  • Eight brocades
  • alchemical and medical aspects
  • Effect on the meridians
  • Teaching sample and examination

Module: internship

  • 11 UE outside of training

MODULE: Earth -Human-Being – Heaven

3 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (51UE)

  • Dantian Qi Gong
  • Earth and Lower Dantian
  • Kidney energy, jing (essence) and grounding
  • Human-being, Middle Dantian and Heart Energy
  • Heaven, Upper Dantian, Shen and Yuan Shen
  • presence exercises
  • Inner body
  • Jingshen – essence spirit
  • Silence and Wu Wei
  • Ben Shen – Rooting the spirit
  • Awareness and presence
  • Relationships between attention and energy (Yi dao, Qi dao)

MODULE: Return to the origin

3 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (51UE)

  • Returning to the Origin (Xian Tian Hun Yuan Gong)
  • Deepening: opening and closing, rising and falling, connection of shoulder and hip, Kua,  spine, Dantian movements, spirals
  • Anatomy and physiology in Qi Gong
  • meditation
  • Rooting the spirit in the movement
  • The essence of Qi Gong
  • Silence in the group field
  • Energy management (Yi dao, Qi Dao)
  • Dealing with irritating energies
  • philosophy
  • Fang Song Gong
  • Integration of the Dantian Qi Gong

MODULE: Li Dan Gong – The Standing Elixir

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • The Standing Elixir (Li Dan Gong)
  • Medical, alchemical and mystical aspects of the eight extraordinary meridians (Qi Jing Ba Mai) and the eight trigrams (Ba Gua) as well as important energy gates
  • meditation
  • Breathing methods for Qi extraction
  • Wu Wei in Qi Gong classes and in one-on-one settings
  • Integration of the Dantian Qi Gong
  • Repetition Return to the origin

MODULE: Integration

1WE Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • Repetition of all previous training content for teacher training
  • Practice and deepen theory and practice

MODULE: Qi Gong in therapy and / or work

2 weekends each Saturday and Sunday
Sa. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (34UE)

  • Integrate Qi Gong principles into your own professional field
  • Qi Gong in individual and group therapy
  • Qi Gong in coaching
  • Silence and presence in work and therapy – holding the space
  • Psychological basics and psychosomatics
  • stress
  • Responsibility and communication
  • Possibilities and limits
  • Dantian Qi Gong, Xian Tian Hun Yuan Gong, Li Dan Gong

MODULE: Wu Wei – Unintentionality

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • Wu Wei (Do Not Intervene): The nature and meaning of acceptance as a transformative force in Qi Gong
  • Dealing with inner impulses, reaction and habit patterns in Qi Gong
  • Recognize and classify the internal energies in the system of the five phases / five elements
  • Ethics of healing and teaching
  • Daoism and Buddhism
  • Dantain Qi Gong, Xian Tain Hun Yuan Gong, Li Dan Gong, meditation

MODULE: Deepening and supervision

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Up to the module “Deepening and Supervision”, 12 documented units should be completed in groups or individual trainings with the contents and principles learned in the teacher training. These serve as the basis for the content of this module.

  • Deepening the training content
  • Supervision
  • exchange of experiences
  • Preparation for the final colloquium

MODULE: final colloquium

1 weekend Saturday and Sunday
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • Teaching sample and examination
  • reflection
  • Certificates and adoption

Overview

A total of 779 units
The training as a therapist for Chinese medicine comprises 26 modules on 35 weekends (Sat. & Sun.) and 5 extended weekends (Fri.-Sun.) plus 1 practice module in one’s own organization as well as internship and documented individual or group training
Certificate: Chinese Medicine Therapist
Regular: 7011 €, early bird 6720 €, payment in installments possible