2025 Tao Alchemy Arts Qigong Teacher Training
at Johnson's Landing in the Kootenays, BC

Level I - June 29 – July 13, 2025

Level II – July 13 – July 27, 2025


Practice Tao Yoga, Qigong and Meditation

for an amazing awakening and rejuvenating experience.

~Cultivate your body, energy, soul and spirit to bring your sense of well being to a new level.
~Connect and absorb nature’s splendor and pure energy.
~Learn tools to get your personal Energy Body tuned up
so you can vibrate with the Source.

Become a Tao Alchemy Qigong Instructor
to support others to:
~awaken their natural healing energy
~learn ways to transform their emotions
~integrate self-love and self care into their life

Accelerate your growth!

 

 

   
   

Professional Training - 4 Weeks - 200 hours June 29 - July 27, 2025

Personal Retreat - 14 days - first 2 weeks June 29 – July 13, 2025

You are welcome to attend all 4 weeks as a personal retreat as well.


~This retreat is a great opportunity to deepen your practice.
~Those with prior Silent Ground experience of Tao Fundamentals and Healing Love are welcome to join for the last 2 weeks, Level II.
~You will receive a practice guide with clear descriptions of the practices.




 

In this training you will learn how to:

• Understand the benefits and healing properties of each practice
• Refine each movement to embody fluidity, harmony, and strength
• Integrate conscious breathing techniques
• Develop and facilitate classes and private sessions
• Build your personal daily practice

 

Schedule
7 am Meditation & Chi Self Massage
8:45 Breakfast
10 Talk, Q&A, Sharing
11 Tao Yoga & Yogic Breathing

12:30 pm Lunch
3 pm Qigong
4:30 Break
5 Meditation & Healing Love

6 Dinner

7:30 Bone Breathing & Unwinding
9 pm Healing Sounds

 


Weekly Practicum - You will have a chance
to teach a class in Meditation, Tao Yoga and Qigong and receive feedback on your practice and teaching.

Practice teaching in small groups will be on Saturdays.

Intimate Group - Only 10 students will be accepted
for optimal personal support.

  Minke at Dorje Ling, Cortes Island ~ Thank You Kenny
Dorje Ling Meditation Hall

 

 



Level I – Tao Basics & Healing Love

June 29 – July 13, 2025


Curriculum
This 2-weeks immersion focuses on the Tao Alchemy Fundamentals and Tao Sexual Energy Cultivation.
We will be practising Meditation, Tao Yin Yoga and Qigong in our daily schedule.

Week One: Tao Fundamentals and Self Healing includes:
Inner Smile Meditation, Microcosmic Orbit, Six Healing Sounds, Qi Self-Massage, 
Iron Shirt Qigong, and Medical Qigong.

*This week is grounding and gets you in touch with your emotions and vital organs.
*Practice healing sounds and colour to clear and reprogram your inner world.
*Open channels and become aware of your energy body.

Week Two: Healing Love and Cultivating Sexual Energy includes:
Self-Massage, Sexual Vitality Qigong, Tao Yogic Breathing, Energy Healing,
Bone Marrow Nei Kung, Yoni Egg and Conscious Relationship

*This week is a deep dive into cultivating self-love and sexual energy.
*We will start with solo practices, which men and women will practice separately.
*Once we tune our own instrument, we will explore dual cultivation
and ways to exchange and harmonize energy.

 

Level II – Five Elements & Shamanic Alchemy

July 13 – July 27, 2025


Curriculum
This 2-weeks immersion focuses on Fusion of the Five Elements I, II, III and Shamanic Alchemy.
We will be practising Meditation, Tao Yin Yoga and Qigong in our daily schedule

Week One: Five Elements and Shamanic Alchemy includes:

Fusion of the Five Elements I, Five Element Qigong, Five Animal Frolic,
Iron Shirt Qigong, Wu Wei Qigong, Clearing Ancestral Knots

*This week is soul-balancing, by practicing ancient formulas,
*We will be fusing polarized emotional energies into neutral energy.
*Get in touch with your inner children and inner animals.
*Clear old limiting imprints and honour your ancestors.

Week Two: Inner Alchemy and Spiritual Qigong includes:
Fusion of the Five Elements II and III, Fusion of the Eight Psychic Channels,
Energy Clearing, Psychic Protection, Cord Cutting, Soul Body, and Primordial Qigong

This week is liberating, raising your frequency, and nourishing your higher destiny.
*We will cultivate compassion through growing virtues.
*Build healthy boundaries and know your energetic codes
*Resolve unhealthy attachments and free your heart with forgiveness.
*Nourish your body, soul and spirit and return to the creative source
*Learn how to create sacred space and facilitate your own classes and workshops.

 

Certification– You will be certified by Tao Alchemy Arts.
If you have sufficient prerequisite hours (70 hours), with a minimum of 6 months of personal practice and
pass the test for Associate UHT Instructor, your certification will be internationally recognized by
the Universal Healing Tao (system founded by Grandmaster Mantak Chia).
If you are already a UHT Instructor, we can test you for upgrades.
Certification will be for each level, according to their past experience. If someone has at least 40 hours of
previous training and a year of personal practice, we will certify them as an instructor of the material.
If they are less experienced, they will receive a participant certificate.

Textbooks
for Level I: ‘Tao Tantric Arts for Women’ by Minke de Vos
‘Energy Balance though the Tao’, ‘Tan Tien Chi Kung’, ‘Iron Shirt Chi Kung’ by Mantak Chia

for Level II: ‘Fusion of the Five Elements’ and ‘Fusion of the Eight Psychic Channels’ by Mantak Chia

Expert Teachers
Minke de Vos and David Gyurkovics together have over 50 years of experience.
Minke has been certifying teachers for over 30 years.

Tuition: in Canadian dollars, plus 5% GST tax

2 weeks retreat - $2,400, early bird (before June 7) $2,200 CAD
4 weeks retreat - $4,600, early bird (before June 7) $4,400 CAD

Register with Minke - minkedevos@gmail.com
Reserve your spot with a deposit of $800 CAD
by INTERAC etransfer, paypal, cheque, money orders or bank transfer
(non-refundable after June 9, before this there will be a 10% admin fee applied)
Balance due June 21st

If the course is cancelled for any reason, you will receive a full refund.

 

Accommodations & Meals, 4 weeks:
Register for accomidation with Robyn
(see links below)
admin@johnsonslandingretreat.bc.ca
250-336-4402

Accommodation and Meals for retreat in Canadian dollars (CAD) plus taxes
 
Two Weeks (14 days)
Private cabin $2,310.00 CAD
Shared room $1,730.00 CAD
Camping $1,490 CAD
book accommodation
 
Four Weeks (28 Days)
Private cabin $4,380CAD
Shared room $3,262 CAD
Camping $2,845 CAD
book accommodation

Choose from:
5 cabins, 4 bedrooms in the Lodge, 2 Tree houses,
and 2 campsites.

Location:
Johnson’s Landing Retreat Center,
Johnson's Landing, BC
Wonderful views of Kootenay Lake and the mountains.
Great food from their organic garden!
www.johnsonslandingretreat.bc.ca

 

 

     

Travel, Arrival and Departure
Dates include arrival and departure days, arriving at 4 pm on Sunday and leaving Sunday.
Please arrive by 4 pm to get settled in. We start with Qigong at 5 pm.
Our closing circle will end around 11 am.
Please let us know if you can offer or need a ride

 

Travel Info



Facilitators

Minke de Vos ~ is a Senior Universal Healing Tao Instructor, certified by Taoist Grandmaster Mantak Chia. As Director of Silent Ground Retreats she has devoted over 35 years to practicing meditative, healing and movement arts. She draws inspiration from a broad base of disciplines, including Dance, Eurythmy and Voice work. Following a series of Kundalini awakenings, her encounter with Taoist teachings confirmed the universality of her experience. She is a Master Therapist of Shamanic Chinese Medicine, certified by the International Institute of Medical Qigong. Author of “Tao Tantric Arts for Women”. Practitioners of all levels benefit from her creative teaching style, with its focus on living a vital, loving and passionate life
David Gyurkovics _ Universal Healing Tao David Gyurkovics ~ is a Universal Healing Tao Instructor, has over 25 years of experience in Taoist internal practices. He is a practitioner of Chinese Shamanic Medicine/ Medcal Qigong, Acutonics, and Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist Internal Organ Massage). He is a musician and offers Sound Healing at their retreats. He emphasizes breathwork as a basis for healthy living.
   
 

 

Testimonials

“I highly recommend Minke and David as experienced and authentic teachers. An incredible experience in an amazing location.” Sandra Tonn


"Experienced, masterful teachers that offer wisdom, inspiration and embodied flow." Irene Dulay

"Minke is arguably the best Taoist instructor in North America. She & her partner David are a powerful yin - yang tag team. Their workshops are powerful & fun" Peter Melnychuk

"This workshop has changed my life. Minke has brought to my life a whole new world of energy.
My partner and I are going to continue this work for the rest of our lives."
Participant at Hollyhock retreat

 
   

 

 
   


 
 
 
 
   
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