Conferences, seminars and other teachings planned for the year to come

Unless otherwise stated, teachings are online.

MONDAY CEU CLASSES 12:30 TO 2:00PM (PDT)
12:30 TO 2:00PM (PDT) - 3:30 to 5:00 pm (EDT) - 8:30 to 10:00 pm (UK Time) - 9:30 to 11:00 pm (Paris Time)

Sept. 23: Virtue de 德 (1) Meaning of the concept of Virtue (de) in classical China; Virtue in Confucianism and in Daoism. The Five virtue in Confucianism.

Oct. 21: Virtue de 德(2) How a virtue is associated with one of the Five elements, the meaning and possible use of this correlation.

Dec. 9: The Energetic of the year 2025, corresponding to the year yisi ⼄巳, according to the wuyun liuqi 運六氣 theory.

Feb. 4: The therapeutical gesture, where does the gesture of care come from, and what gives it its quality?

April 7: Some points on the Foot Shaoyin below the umbilicus : a study of Kd 12 to Kd. 15.

60$ per class with CEU, 45$ without.

260$ for the 5 classes with CEU, 200$ without.

Your choice of 2 classes: 100$ with CEU, 80$ without.

For information and registration: robyn.sodders@gmail.com

CLASSICAL CHINESE ENGLISH GROUP

Saturday Sept. 7, 2024: 3:00pm to 7:30pm (London) - 9:00 am to 1:30 pm (EDT) Lessons of CRAFTSMEN in Zhuangzi.

Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024: 3:00pm to 7:30pm (London) - 9:00 am to 1:30 pm (EDT) ZHUANGZI chapter 14.
Individual : 50£ or 60€ for a session - 90£ or100€ for the 2 days.
Couple : 75£ or 90€ for a session - 135£ or 150€ for the 2 days.

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (London) - 1:00 pm to 3 pm (EDT) CENTER, centrality 中 to be centred.
Individual : 25£ or 30€ - Couple : 45£ or 50€.

Information and registration: mctscarpa@gmail.com

ICOM – A series on MENTAL HEALTH

Tuesdays from 6:00 to 7:30 pm (London) - 12:00 to 1:30 pm (EDT) - 9:00 to 10:30 am (PDT)

Sept. 3: Living a Life of Sanity. The 2 levels of Yangsheng (nurturing life).

Sept. 10: Exploring the Five Spirits (wu shen 五神) through Lingshu Chapter 8.

Sept. 17: Mental Illness in the Classics.

Sept. 24: Understanding the Pathophysiology of Elements, Organs and Qi (part 1).

Oct. 1: Understanding the Pathophysiology of Elements, Organs and Qi (part 2).

Oct. 8: Understanding the Pathophysiology of Elements, Organs and Qi (part 3).

For more information and registration: Kate Joseph cpd@orientalmed.ac.uk https://orientalmed.ac.uk/product/mental-health-in-chinese-medicine/

WHITE PINE CIRCLE - EXPLORING THE SPIRITS

Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 9:00 am to 12 pm (PDT) - 12:00pm to 3:00 pm (EDT) - 5 pm to 8 pm (UK)

The meaning of the concept of INTENT (yi 意) and of WILL (zhi 志) in Chinese philosophical and medical texts. Through the examination of the rich classical texts, participants will gain a deeper understanding of these two aspects of the Spirit (shen 神).

For more information and registration: https://www.whitepinecommunity.org/community-events

WHITE PINE CIRCLE-EXPLORING THE EMOTIONS
Friday Feb.2, 2024, 9:00am to 10:30am (PDT) - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (EDT)

ELATION & JOY

Through the examination of the rich classical texts, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how joy relates to health and how the Chinese classics can inform modern thought.

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ELATION AND JOY (xi le 喜樂)

In Classical Chinese Medicine, Elation (xi 喜) and Joy (le 樂) are both related to the Heart-mind, to the Fire Qi. But there are significant differences between the two. Whichever English word is chosen to translate each Chinese character, unhealthy xi (喜) is an excess of the Fire Qi, while le (樂) cannot usually be in excess, only in deficiency.


We will study the meaning of each character, their clinical differences and see how they correspond to the double aspect of the Fire, sovereign and minister.

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LINGSHU INSTITUTE

with Peggy ARENT, Allegra WINT & Elisabeth ROCHAT

On Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to 12 pm (PDT) - 12 to 3 pm (EDT) - 5 to 8 pm (London) A new series of online CEU Classes starts in in October
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For information and registration, please contact info@lingshuinstitute.org (www.lingshuinstitute.org).

CEU CLASSES WITH THE DAOIST TRADITIONS COLLEGE

For information and registration: jmoore@daoisttraditions.edu (828) 225-3993 www.daoisttraditions.edu/dtc-events/ceu-events/.

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CEU CLASSES WITH THE DAOIST TRADITIONS COLLEGE

A vision of the emotion based on Chinese classical texts. For what reason, physiological as well as psychological, they start; how they affect the normal interactions of the qi in a human being, disorganise the flowing of blood and qi, disturb the functioning of the organs at their very core. How we can apprehend them according to the Five phases or elements, to treat them better. The role of the heart is described as the place where spiritual, intellectual, mental, emotional aspects of life are unified and ruled.


After a general presentation of the views of emotions in classical Chinese texts of philosophy and medicine, each of the emotions will be discussed in detail. We describe how each emotion may injure the organ it is related to and what is the mechanism for the symptoms and pathologies they cause; also, since all the relationships which exist between the various functions of the body may be involved, how an organ may be affected by various emotions and how an emotion may affect different organs.


During the presentation, we will explain the Chinese characters for each of the emotions allowing a deeper understanding and a better approach of what they are in Chinese thought.


The basic texts on the emotions, directly translated from the classical books of medicine (Huangdi Neijing Suwen & Lingshu), will be provided to the students.

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A Two-hour class on the Heart Protector

On March 6, 2024

4:00 to 7:00 pm (PDT) - 7:00 to 10:00 pm (EDT)

For information and registration: jmoore@daoisttraditions.edu (828) 225-3993 www.daoisttraditions.edu/dtc-events/ceu-events/.

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HEART PROTECTION & CONNECTION

In Chinese medicine, the heart presents a double aspect; it is the sovereign, the great master of my life, in fact my life itself or myself.

As myself, the heart is the unity of all functions, physiological as well as psychological or mental, of all emotions and sense organs; its is the Oneness of all that composes me, constitutes an « I ».

of all that composes me, constitutes an « I ». A specific function is attached to this heart, call its protection and connection (xin bao luo), usually (but not accurately) translated as « pericardium ».

We'll be examining this function in classical Chinese medicine, how it differs from the sovereign while remaining totally dependent on and at the service of the sovereign.

We'll analyse its relationship with blood and qi, and its regular flow to all parts of the body, with the organs and pathways, with emotions and the working of the mind.

We will study the difference between its channel - called Xinzhu or hand Jueyin - and the channel that expresses the function of the heart as sovereign (hand Shaoyin).

We will contemplate the relation between the function of the heart protection and connection and the sea of qi in the center of the chest (Danzhong).


The purpose of this class is to give a better and clearer understanding of the differences between the sovereign and the ministerial fires, and of the qualities and specific features of the heart protection and connection.

It gives a more accurate clinical approach of the Heart and a more efficient use of the points of the two fire meridians.


The teaching is made through a careful reading and understanding of the classical texts of medicine, given in translation to the students.


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INSTITUTE OF TAOIST EDUCATION & ACUPUNCTURE (ITEA)

November 4 to 7, 2024: 11.00 am to 3.00 pm (EDT) - 8.00 am to 12.00 pm (PDT).

  • The Seven Emotions.
  • The different Qi in the body (ying, wei, etc.) and outside the body (heat, cold, etc.). Blood &Qi (xue qi), body fluids.

For information and registration, please contact president@itea.edu (www.itea.edu).

Video Teachings

Some past classes and other teachings are available as online videos, in most cases also in a version valid for Credits (CEU, PDA and other). More details in the Online Teachings page.

Teachings in French and other languages

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