The Treasures

I came to the Eight Treasures Qi Gong more than twenty years ago while studying Chinese Medicine at Yo San University, though “came to” is only part of the story. The practice felt immediately familiar, as if I had known these movements all my life. What I experienced was less an arrival than a return.

Since then, the Treasures have become part of the rhythm of my life—my morning cup of coffee and my evening valerian tea. I turn to them for clarity, companionship, and refuge. Again and again, they gently and relentlessly guide me out of the noise of my mind and back into the heart of Nature, where self and world no longer appear as separate objects, but as living expressions of the same movement.

Years ago, while guiding the practice in an Alzheimer’s pavilion at an elder care home, I invited the residents to “move the stars.” One man, who until then had seemed distant and disconnected, suddenly looked up with shining eyes and said: “I remember that.”

Perhaps this is what the Treasures offer us: not something new to learn, but the gift of remembering what is already here…

Inner Seasons

Inner Seasons follows a cycle of five phases. In each phase, you will learn the movements of one of the Eight Treasures alongside the Taoist cosmology that lives through it. At the same time, you will be invited to discover your own meaning in the practice—guided by weekly emails with prompts for reflection, and supported by monthly Q&A and sharing circles.

Offered fully online, with all sessions recorded for future viewing, the program unfolds in segments, each followed by a five-week pause where you continue the practice without human instruction, allowing a different kind of listening to emerge. From that listening, you will arrive at the most resonant name for each of the Treasures—which is why their traditional names are not included here.

Program Calendar

Phase 1 — Rooting
Treasure 1 · 8 sessions
August 8 – September 26, 2026

Phase 2 — Emerging & Ripening
Treasure 2 · 8 sessions
October 31 – December 19, 2026

Phase 3 — Nourishing
Treasures 3 & 4 · 8 sessions
January 23 – March 13, 2027

Phase 4 — Releasing
Treasures 5, 6 & 7 · 11 sessions
April 17 – June 26, 2027

Phase 5 — Returning
Treasure 8 · 12 sessions
July 31 – October 16, 2027

All sessions take place on Saturdays from 9–11am PT.

If you would like to explore whether this practice is right for you, you are welcome to schedule a Discovery Call.