Tao Yoga

with Karin Sorvik

Next Courses

CNT I – 4/6th May 2012 – Limited Places – Book Now
Treatments with Karin are available on the 7th May
CNT II (part a) –  8/9th May 2012 – Online booking & course information available soon

Chi Nei Tsang is a unique and highly effective form of bodywork that acts directly on the abdomen, vital organs and their associated emotions. It’s an ancient art that was widely practiced in China – especially in remote areas where doctors were rare. Hugely empowering, it can be used for the healing and health maintenance of both the self and others.

Using a blend of Thai and Chinese massage framed by Taoist philosophy, you will learn effective hands on techniques that will enable you to:

• Unravel and unwind the tensions of modern life in intestines and organs

• Help the body expel accumulated toxins from food, drugs and the environment

• Relax the mind and body, relieving worry, stress, anxiety

• Restore energy flow – promoting natural healing

• Relieve aches, pains and digestive dysfunction

• Teach your patient to help themselves

This intensive three day course gives you the ability to treat someone using the techniques and principles covered in Mantak Chia’s book Chi Nei Tsang I. It will also contribute valuable points to your Continuing Professional Development. It can be taken as a standalone course or as part of practitioner training.

Lecturer: Karin Sorvik
Karin is a Senior Chi Nei Tsang Instructor in the Universal Healing Tao. To find out more about her work visit www.taohealing.com

Price: £395

Venue: The Club Room, South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL

Course Curriculum

The Taoist view of Nature and the Universe.

• Chi
• Yin/Yang
• 5 Phases and how they relate to the organs and the emotions

You learn how to work with the above concepts physically in the body.

You will learn a routine to treat all of the phases/elements and their associated organs as well as learning common patterns of dysfunction and how to treatment them. The course is very hands on and applicable to what you will find when working on people. The course is expanded on in later courses and also given a whole new dimension if you choose to go on and study the Universal Healing Tao system to which CNT is intimately linked.

Visceral massage routine

The routine follows the energy phases and incorporates organ specific techniques for detoxing and/or restoring natural function.

• Water phase – kidneys and Bladder
• Wood phase – Liver and Gall Bladder
• Fire Phase – Heart and Small Intestine
• Earth Phase – Stomach, Spleen and Pancrease
• Metal Phase – Lungs and Large intestine

What is Chi Nei Tsang?

Chi Nei Tsang is a blend of Thai and Chinese massage and ancient internal energy meditation techniques. A very direct, effective and unique form of bodywork which works directly on the abdomen, organs and their associated emotions. The abdomen contains our energetic and physical centre, an area sometimes referred to as our second brain, the importance of this area to our overall health cannot be overstated.

Modern life leads to an accumulation of toxins, emotions, twists and tangles in the abdomen. This accumulation may show up as digestive dysfunction, aches/pains, lack of energy, feelings of malaise, worry, stress or anxiety, in fact in too may ways to mention. Chi Nei Tsang unwinds the tensions, relaxes, detoxifies and generally restores natural energy flow to the area. The result is a much healthier system and a more relaxed body and mind.

A typical treatment lasts about 45 mins and generally focuses on the different layers of the abdomen although other areas of the body are also treated. Shallow and deep massage techniques are used and more subtle work takes place on the energy and emotional body. CNT can be combined with other bodywork systems as a shorter session after a treatment or integrated into the session. Loose comfortable clothing is recommended which allows access to the abdomen as some techniques work best directly on the skin and oil is sometimes used. People come for treatments with all manner of ailments, for pleasure or as part of a weight loss or detox programme.

Unlike most massage treatments the treatment dynamic is also about education. The practitioner is not healing as such but awakening and working with the student’s natural healing ability. The student is taught along the way how to treat themselves. Therefore the power for future healing is in the hands of the client and the healing can continue long after the sessions finish.

Our next CNT I course starts 4/6th May 2012 in London.

Followed by CNT II (part a) 8/9th May 2012 – more details and price available soon.

Price: CNT I £395

Book Online with Paypal or contact me to register.