Qigong Teacher Training
Qigong Teacher Training through Dao Mentorship
Dao Mentorship is where your training deepens and the pathway into Qigong Teacher Training takes shape. This training develops through consistent practice, guidance and a willingness to stay with your practice over time.
Through mentorship, your practice is refined and your understanding becomes embodied. You begin to see more clearly what you're doing, how you're listening with Qi and where your mind and focus need to be.
This is where teaching begins to emerge, not as something you learn conceptually, but as something that develops through your own practice.
What’s included
Dao Mentorship is delivered online over nine months, providing a guided pathway towards Qigong Teacher Training certification.
Your practice develops through direct experience, ongoing study and individual guidance. We meet monthly for one-to-one mentorship sessions, with your practice continuing between sessions.
Your training draws from a body of study modules, with a focused selection guided by your practice, your level of understanding and what you're ready to develop.
How the mentorship is held
At the beginning of mentorship, the direction of your training is established. The modules you move into and the pathways you follow are guided by your practice, your level of understanding and what you're ready to develop.
Rather than following a fixed progression, our sessions respond to where you are, what you are noticing and what is arising in your practice.
Over the nine months, we have the opportunity to return to things, explore questions as they emerge and refine your practice over time. The direction of the mentorship can evolve as your understanding and perception develop.
The depth of your training is shaped by how you show up, how consistently you practise and how willing you are to engage with what's actually happening in your body and awareness.
This is not collecting teachings and learning more. It is about having the space and guidance to develop a deeper relationship with your practice and to understand what you are actually experiencing.
Areas of study
Your training draws from a range of modules and pathways that support the development of your practice and your capacity to guide others. Rather than following a fixed sequence, the direction of your training is guided through mentorship, based on your practice and what you’re ready to deepen.
Integrated practice, foundations and Qi development
Developing sensitivity to Qi and awareness of the three subtle bodies through foundational forms and cultivation practices.
Some of the modules in this area of practice include Natural Dao Qigong, Build your Qi: Three Bodies & Dantian, and the Microcosmic Orbit, all of which support connection to a more direct relationship with your practice over time.
Five Element theory, cycles and energetic expression
Working with the Five Element system as a way of understanding how Qi moves, transforms and expresses through the body over time.
This includes practices such as Five Harmonies Qigong, along with modules for each of the Five Elements, supporting your ability to recognise patterns within your system and work with them directly in practice.
Classical forms and traditional sequences
Working with classical forms and sequences to refine your practice, develop your form and build your energy skill.
Some of the modules in this area of practice are Eight Sections of Brocade and Five Animal Frolics, alongside study of Daoist foundations, supporting greater alignment between movement, breath and awareness over time.
Shen Gong and cultivation of the heart-mind
Integrating movement, breath, stillness and self-inquiry to deepen awareness and understanding of the self.
This includes practices such as Qigong for Inner Revolution and Celestial Shen Gong, along with study of the internal landscape through modules such as Eight Extraordinary Vessels & the Psyche and The Five Spirits, Poisons, Thieves & Beauties, supporting emotional regulation, presence and a more direct relationship with your internal experience.
What this requires
Your development is shaped through consistent practice and ongoing mentorship. Practice is what builds real skill, understanding and embodied knowledge.
Mentorship does not replace this. It refines it.
This asks for a willingness to stay with your practice, to reflect on what you’re doing and to take responsibility for how it develops.
The depth of your training is shaped by how consistently you practise and how you engage with what is arising.
Guidance, feedback and structure are provided throughout, but they can’t do the work for you. What develops comes through your own practice.
Certification is not simply a matter of completing the mentorship. It reflects the understanding and proficiency that develop through your practice, and your capacity to teach.
Training Structure & Certification
Nine Month Mentorship
The training unfolds over nine months, allowing your practice to develop with consistency and depth.
Mentorship sessions are held monthly, one-to-one, alongside your self-directed practice.
GUIDED TRAINING
Your training is guided through ongoing mentorship, with direction shaped by your practice and what you’re ready to develop. This isn’t a fixed progression, but a structure that adapts as your capacity deepens over time.
Certification
For those intending to teach, this pathway leads toward Qigong Teacher Training certification. Certification reflects the depth and consistency of your practice, and your ability to guide what you’ve developed.
Recognised by the International Institute of Complementary Therapists
Apply for Mentorship
If your practice isn’t yet consistent, begin with Establish Your Practice. This creates the foundation needed before moving into mentorship.
If your practice is already established, you can apply for Dao Mentorship.
Investment:
$2,997 AUD upfront
or $399 per month over 9 months
